Poster Design # 2

We had to do a second poster/advertisement for this project. I choose to do one for Prom 2012. In this poster, I did the Tampa Text Effect to the words "PROM" and "2012." I simply added a clipping mask to "Western Albemarle High School" and the two figures to give them the same background that I used for the other words. I found the images of silhouettes of people dancing online. To the words and images that I did not give the Tampa Effect to, I added a drop shadow just to make them stand out from the background a little bit more.

Learning New Effects

Another small project we had was to go to this website, www.photoshopuser.com, and view some of the tutorials on cool effects that you can do in Photoshop. I chose an effect called "Tampa Text Effect" in which the text is given a 3D look and you add a clipping mask to show the background picture through the text. I decided to use a picture of Emerald Isle and use those words as the text as well. At first try, the effect is kind of hard, but once you do it, it becomes easier. The hardest part for me was using the pen tool and giving the letters a curved look.

Posters/Ads

For our first project of the new year, we were to design posters for upcoming events around the school. I did a couple posters. One was for the "Warrior of the Week." For this poster I used the text that the leadership class wanted on there and added a WA symbol and put that under with reduced opacity text that said Warrior of the Week. I added some effects to the text including a texture which gave the text a fractured look. For my other poster, I did an ad for the opening school football game. It is a little outdated now but at the time it would have worked. I did the background in both color and black and white, not being able to decide which I preferred. I have posted both. In the black and white version, only the background is black and white.