Motivational Poster

Hey everyone! So this week we will be finishing our motivational poster and I will like to talk about this project so you know what this project is and how we did it. Some of the layer requirements that we had for this project is to have 4 total mages, 3 of them being symbolic images to show what represents us and one portrait picture of our face. We also have to have 2 text layers, on of them with our personal quotes, and the other layer with our manifesto (you can read my manifesto in my last post "Personal Manifesto".) For our design expectations, our text has to be kerned to fit the whole page with no blanks or empty holes. Kerning means to adjust the spacing & sizing of characters, words, and lines to have a more pleasing result. Another deign expectation we had was to have a triadic color scheme , 1 dominant and 2 harmonious accent colors, we also have to have blending options for text layers (drop shadow, stroke, outer glow, and bevel and emboss.) One other requirement is that we had to have adjustment layers for images, like levels, curves, exposure, and, color balance

Now I will explain the steps that we had to take to complete this project. First of all we had too come of with six personal quotes that we live by or that is special to us, then come up with our Manifesto. After, I put into photoshop and kerned it (Adjusting the spacing & sizing of characters, words, and lines to have a more pleasing result) till it would take up all the space and fill up the page so there wasn't any blank empty holes or spaces. I then had to take pictures of three things that are symbolic and that symbolize me, and a portrait picture. I loaded them into photoshop and sized it differently so you couldn't see any empty spots or any unusual overlapping. I then had to come up with a triadic color scheme (3 harmonious colors balanced out on the color wheel) for my text to match my photos. First of all though, I had to edit my text using drop shadow, stroke, outer glow, and bevel and emboss so it would pop out and not disappear into the photos. Then for my photos, I edited them using color balance, curves, and exposure so it flow together and look like it all belonged with my triadic color scheme and text.

During this Motivational Poster project I would say my biggest challenge was fitting my quotes and manifesto ext to fill up all the space and kerning it perfectly so it looked like it all belonged together. This was my biggest challenge because at first I couldn't come up with personal quotes and I didn't know what I wanted to say in my manifesto. I later did some up with these things but I didn't have enough to fill up the whole thing so I spent a lot of time kerning and I didn't decorate my text with fonts and stuff as much as I wanted to.  I could definitely improve by using my time more wisely coming up with the things I needed on time instead of waiting. I also think I could've improved by of course sizing my text better so it look like I'm triple spacing my lines. That is it! Check out my photos below...

This my text that I used for my poster. No effects just plain black text.  It includes five personal quotes that I live by and my 2015-2016 Manifesto!

These are my images that I used in my poster. Three of them are symbols that represent me and the fourth image is a self portrait.

And here is my final Motivational poster! Now with a color scheme, effects on the text and photos, and having the text and photos combine together to make one unified poster.