Intertwined Poster
Project Brief
Create an 11"x17" poster that utilizes:
Typography Hierarchy:
A title (1-3 words) that takes up most of the poster
Description that is much smaller (5-10 words)
Graphics created/traced by you
Intertwine with parts of the letters (using the "Intertwine" vector effect in Illustrator)
Related to the text/content of the poster
Inspiration
Brainstorm
Brainstorm your poster's content:
Title (1-3 words)
Description (5-10 words)
Illustrations that you will intertwine
Color Scheme (background, text, illustrations)
Font Ideas
If you don't want to come up with something yourself you can choose one of the following ideas:
Create a poster for a scuba diving competition, title: "Scuba Diving Championships", smaller text: "Monterey Bay Aquarium, August 10th" with ocean wave illustrations intertwined with the text
Create a poster for a pasta-making class, title: "Pasta Making", smaller text: "3 Hour Course, Sign up Online" with spaghetti illustrations intertwined with the text
Create a poster for a museum exhibit on snakes, title "Reptiles, Reptiles, Reptiles", smaller text: "Natural History Museum, Coming Soon" with snake illustrations intertwined with the text
Open Illustrator
Open Creative Cloud from your Dock.
In Creative Cloud, in the "Apps" tab, click "Open" next to "Illustrator"
Click "Create New"
Select "Tabloid" in the "New Document" pop-up
Tabloid: 11"x17"
Choose either vertical (portrait) or horizontal (landscape).
Design
Create a background color
Typeset your title and description
Draw/trace your illustrations/graphics
Make sure to hide any reference photos (only your drawn/traced illustrations should show)
Use the "Intertwine" effect
Save as a PDF File
Go to "File" > "Save As..."
Click "Save on your computer"
Select "Creative Cloud Files"
Change the Format to "Adobe PDF (pdf)"
Click "Save"
Click "Save PDF"
Turn in PDF to Canvas
Turn in your .pdf file on Canvas.
"I'm Done"
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