Posters For Events
Creating posters for events hosted by an organization on my university campus has been a great way for me to explore many different concepts. I have been able to put my graphic design skills into practice. I have learned to use AI, create my own illustrations and use platforms that have available elements. As well as using color theory, color palettes, layout, and importance of placement. Keep in mind that some of these posters are some of the first ones I started creating so you will notice that my margins are non-existent.
This one was on of my personal favorites because of how well I represented the Hispanic culture. Yes, I did use Canva to create this poster. I know it is frowned upon but Canva can become another tool for graphic designers if we know how to use it and learn to use it as an advantage. There are so many features in Canva that are nice to work with. Also not everything is premade in a template you can make anything you want from scratch.
Mariachi Band Event
In this poster I decided to practice what I had been practicing in my classes which was using AI. This one was definitely more of a challenge because it gave me a bunch of merged and deformed images. I was finally able to come up with one that I liked. To make the words stand out I lowered the opacity of the background and added light backgrounds to the other words as well.
Paint and Sip Event
In this poster I decided to practice my illustrative skills. I searched up reference images and drew the elements for this poster in Adobe Illustrator. This one was fun to create I was able to play with the placements of the words making them fun to look at.
Movie Night Event
This poster was designed in Canva too. Also yes you can personalize Canva templates just because it’s already made doesn’t mean your going to use that exact template. I mean look at this poster. I chose a premade template but did not even end up using it whatsoever. I had to get creative on how I was going to use the provided elements. As you can see I decided to have the bull head go over the words so it looks more outward. I really liked how the glowing font helped emphasize the name of the event. As well as the rest of the information just having it in a simple yellow to keep it connected with the rest.
