Design The SCHS Car Show Poster

Mr. Wizard expects your car show poster to breath fire, screech tires, burn rubber and smell like freedom!

Hello Advanced Students, 

Your new assignment is to design an event poster for the SCHS Car Show. You must adhere to the specifications below and use your own creativity to design an eye catching and original poster design. This is your chance to flex your creative and design skills. All elements studied are to be utilized and will be scrutinized: color, design, illustration and typography. Photography from past shows can be provided and used.

Same copy can be used from last years poster, but new dates will be provided as they are still TBD

Car Show Poster Design Project:

- You MUST produce 1 FULL PAGE pencil sketch of your poster design idea and post it with your final design

- Your poster must be designed at 11"X17" at 300DPI if you are using Photoshop

- Your poster must contain ORIGINAL ARTWORK or ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHY that has been provided.

- You may use Photoshop or Illustrator or both... your choice

- You may use no more than 2 fonts

-  Post your pencil sketches along with final approved artwork on your blog.

TIPS, TRICKS AND RESOURCES FOR POSTER DESIGN

• Designing a poster isn't always easy, fail and try again for best results. Don't be afraid to experiment and don't feel held back by your drawing capabilities. There are lots of tricks to creating original artwork from photographs that don't require elite artistic techniques.
• Pay attention to the spaces BETWEEN your letters. Take some lessons from our typography studies and pay attention to the spacing, pace and rythmn of the type. Use typefaces that are appropriate and spend time on stylistic effects if you want them to look good.
• Use colors that COMPLIMENT each other. When your color choices clash it affects the entire composition of your design.
• Communicate your message with the right images. Poster design is about communicating and delivering information. Your design should fit the style of event that the poster is advertising, pay attention to what elements will speak to your intended audience best.

Links for inspiration:

Link - 30 Inspiring Poster Designs

Link - Vintage Poster Designs for Color Inspiration

Photos from previous shows, more available: