I personally feel that my poster does portray what I want to show the audience about my thoughts about Donald Trump's approach toward the Syrian Refugee Crisis though it is not perfect. The reason why I feel that my poster does show my stance is because I made sure that text is clear and straightforward. I made my poster more simple on purpose so that way people can recognize the message immediately. Here's my final poster:
My Final Poster
The process of re-creating my idea from paper to digital wasn't easy. I had to learn how to use Adobe Illustrator tools which is totally different from Adobe Photoshop. As I started the project, I kept going back and forth in using the tools. So I feel somewhat successful in putting my initial ideas into a digital file.
I originally thought that I want to make a poster that has text only like my initial poster above because it is a straightforward in terms of showing the message about Syrian Refugee Crisis. However, when I see more examples of posters, I started to realize that my initial poster wasn't effective in showing the message. So I decided to change the color of the background, layout of the pictures, and add more picture so that way I can show my stance effectively. I wanted to create something that catches people's eyes and make them think about what's going on around the world today.
My Initial Poster
The most challenging aspect of this poster project conceptually is figuring out how exactly am I going to show my stance through representation of images and text. In the beginning of the process, I came up with my personal views on today's society. Syrian Refugee Crisis really captures me since it happened to thousands of people living in Syria. It is not like they asked for it; they were forced to escape their homeland in fear of being victims of violence. From here, I did quite a bit of research on this topic as way for me to think about words and images that associate with it.
The most challenging aspect of this poster project technically is implementing my ideas digitally. As I mentioned couple of times, I'm not awesome when it comes to technology. Sometimes, things don't go the way how I wanted them to be. It takes time to create a poster the exactly the way I vision them to be. I learned to create certain shapes using the tools give on Adobe Illustrator which helps a bit in enhancing my message for the audience. Not only I learned to use tools that create shapes, but also how I create paths using pen tool. These skills allow me to create better poster than before.