Final Version
1. I believe my stance is clear within my poster. In the poster I used a rolled up $100 that was being burnt to demonstrate that smoking is a waste of money. Next, I used a smoky skull to convey that smoking is dangerous and can lead to death. My stance is further emphasized by my message "save your money save your life" written in bold and placed in the middle of the poster. In the message "money" and "life" were emphasized by using a different font from the words "save your" and written with a larger font size.
2. The thumbnail sketches were really helpful in giving me many possible ideas for the final poster. I created my final poster by combining different themes and pictures from the thumbnails. My final poster came out successfully and similar to what I drew for my thumbnail sketches.
3. Attached below is my first version of the poster. The changes I made from the first version to the last version were the font, font sizes, addition of cigarette ashes and a contrast in the colors. In the last version I used two different fonts to emphasize "life" and "money" and added in cigarette ashes to show the litter smoking leaves. The large white circle in the middle of the poster represents hope: if the person who reads the poster listens to the message and stops smoking they may be able to escape the short and long term consequences of smoking and save their money.
First Version
4. The category I thought my project is the strongest is in concept. I think I used effective fonts and proper placement of the objects to convey my message. Also, I believe my message was strong and concise to get my point across.
5. The most challenging aspect of the project was thinking of a message that was powerful and concise. Originally I planned to put up statistics on how much money people spent on cigarettes annually but decided against it because it was not eye catching or interesting.
6. The most challenging aspect of the project was the choosing the font and design for my message. The font I was going for was smoky and bold and many of the fonts were either too tiny or not bold enough.
