DPI / Week 6 (Recoloring BnW and Digital Poster)
27.9.2021 (Week 6)
Abigail Kartika Darmowinoto / 0350525 / Bachelor of Design in Creative Media
Digital Photography and Imaging / Taylor's University
Week 6
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LECTURES
PSA POSTER
In this week's lecture, Mr. Martin gave us a lecture which the material is continued from last week lecture. For short, there are three main steps on making poster; research, define concept, develop design project. Mr. Martin added some information about steps in steps 2 of making poster (defining concept).
So, in the second part of making poster the authors are challenged in the way they evoked the readers. There are five ways to evoke readers' feeling and reaction:
- Shock Value →Brutal
fig. 1, Shock Value, source: lecture, Week 6 (27/09/2021)
- Provocative →Upsetting
fig. 2, Provocative, source: lecture, Week 6 (27/09/2021)
- Humor →Sarcastic
fig. 3, Humor, source: lecture, Week 6 (27/09/2021)
- Sensitive →Heart warming
fig. 4, Sensitive, source: lecture, Week 6 (27/09/2021)
- Artistic →Subtle
fig. 5, Artistic, source: lecture, Week 6 (27/09/2021)
But for Mental Health PSA, they usually take a gentle approach; graphics work well, target audiences vulnerable. Examples:
fig. 6, Mental Health PSA Posters, Week 6 (27/09/2021)
INSTRUCTIONS
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WEEK 6: (EXERCISE)
We were given a BnW photo for us to be colored using Photoshop.
WEEK 6: (PROJECT 2B)
Continue on doing research.
EXERCISE
So, we were provided with a photo which we have to recolor it using brush and layer modes:
fig. 7, BnW version, Week 6 (27/09/2021)
First, I opened the image and add new layer, and I started to color the face using brush as the video that Mr. Martin's instructed.
fig. 8, Painting Face, Week 6 (27/09/2021)
So, this is the preview of my recoloring exercise without switching the layer's mode:
fig. 9, Painting Color, Week 6 (27/09/2021)
fig. 10, Face Overlay, Week 6 (27/09/2021)
fig. 11, Effected, Week 6 (27/09/2021)
After I finished her face, I selected the woman's face and body, then I selected it.
fig. 12, Selection, Week 6 (27/09/2021)
fig. 13, Select Inverse, Week 6 (27/09/2021)
fig. 14, Background Coloring, Week 6 (27/09/2021)
fig. 15, Background Effect Choice, Week 6 (27/09/2021)
After that, I chose soft light (3), then I repair some areas that are messy. So, here're my final work and comparison:
fig. 16, Final, Week 6 (27/09/2021)
fig. 17, Comparison, Week 6 (27/09/2021)
PROJECT 2B PROGRESSION
RESEARCH II
How It Affects Young Person / Student Like Me (2)
1. UNICEF's Research (source; here)
UNICEF conducted a research of 8,444 adolescents and young people between the ages of 13 and 29 in nine countries and territories in the region. The research from UNICEF said that 1 of 2 people feel less motivated to do activities they usually enjoy, due to the situation of their localities, young woman report a higher percentage of anxiety (27% anxiety, 15% depression), 43% of young women feel pessimistic of future compared to 31% of men.
fig. 18, Less Motivated, source; (https://www.unicef.org/lac/en/impact-covid-19-mental-health-adolescents-and-youth), Week 6 (27/09/2021)
fig. 19, Anxiety, Depression, source; (https://www.unicef.org/lac/en/impact-covid-19-mental-health-adolescents-and-youth), Week 6 (27/09/2021)
fig. 20, Pessimistic, source; (https://www.unicef.org/lac/en/impact-covid-19-mental-health-adolescents-and-youth), Week 6 (27/09/2021)
WEB REFERENCE:
UNICEF. 2020. "The impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of adolescents and youth", accessed on September 27, 2021 (00.03, UTC+7), https://www.unicef.org/lac/en/impact-covid-19-mental-health-adolescents-and-youth 2. Department of Education USA (source; here)
Based on a survey from Active Mind, from nearly 2.100 college students, 80% of them said that COVID-19 impacted their mental health negatively, mostly giving higher effect in feeling stress and anxiety, disappointment, sadness, loneliness, and isolation.
fig. 21, Active Mind Research, source; (https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/20210608-impacts-of-covid19.pdf), Week 6 (27/09/2021)
E-JOURNAL REFERENCE:
Department of Education United States of America. 2021. "Education in a Pandemic: The Disparate Impacts of COVID-19 on America’s Students", COVID 19 Impact on College Student Mental Health, [online], page 43, accessed on September, 27 2021 (00.24 AM, UTC+7), https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/20210608-impacts-of-covid19.pdf.
RESEARCH.02 (Poster Designs Inspiration)
1. Posters designed with IMAGES/PHOTOS and texts
fig. 22, poster example 1, source; (https://pin.it/1moPMl3 , https://pin.it/10XfQhB), Week 6 (27/09/2021)
This poster is about Noel Gallagher and part of his song lyric, "Flying Birds". The second one is not really a poster, it's more like a photography but what I want to show is the way the designer use the text and picture combinations. Things that make me interested in this composition, is firstly it's balanced symmetrically. Although the right and left part of the poster are different elements, but the words are still following and shaping the face shape. I also like how the designer used like an overlay effect for the text so it still showing the man's face.
fig. 23, poster example 2, source; (https://pin.it/6danMr0), Week 6 (27/09/2021)
The second poster is about a promotion of fashion bazaar. What I like from this poster are the eyecatching and great capture using perspective. I thought it's an illustration at a glance, but as I look more in it, I notice that it's a photography combined with graphic design. I like how the designer place the text as if it's a frame, it makes the main focus is the woman, especially her heels. It's really describing about fashion.
2. PSA posters
fig. 24, PSA Poster 1, source; (https://pin.it/7zdyHSs), Week 6 (27/09/2021)
It's a PSA posters about mental health. The designer use a provocative method. The objective is to tell readers about mental health and a hotline of a service. I like how the designer make eye-catching design. I like how the designer tells the reader the feeling of those who have mental health problem. The designer use a paper ripped then write harsh word "nutter" which that make people want to know what poster is it. Then, the designer tells the objective of the poster using a descriptive text below.
fig. 25, PSA Poster 2, source; (https://pin.it/35I9ZPn), Week 6 (27/09/2021)
The second poster that I found is about a modern slavery, especially children slavery. The designer use a provocative method to tell the objective. What I like from this poster is how the designers communicate to readers. The poster clearly tells the reader about child slavery by putting a girl into a box and tied it with some kind of boarding pass. I also like how the designer put the text, combined with the object.
The last one is my most favorite poster. It's describing about Red Cross (ICRC) service. The communication method is using provocative. It's a very powerful poster design which tells and provoke the reader to help people using first aid method. I like how the designer make a very clear design by using only little space for texts. For me, I think the design is out of the box. It's simple yet a mesmerizing design.
CONCEPT DEFINING
After searching for some researches and inspiration I began to make my poster. The theme is, "MENTAL HEALTH - Stay positive during this pandemic". I'm actually inspired form these images I found on Pinterest:
fig. 27, inspiration, Week 6 (27/09/2021)
I'm planning to show the unhappy side of people caused by pandemic. My main focus are young adults (not children, not adults), mostly teens / adolescences. I'm planning to make a poster with two face expression, one for the face that they show to people in online school, and another one a sad face expression about their feeling.
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