Graphic Design Theory - Project 6

 Hello everyone! For our final project, we had to create a poster for an upcoming event, movie, or concert. With it quickly moving towards October, I decided to use an autumnal event! Being from New York, fall has always been my favorite season - the scents, the food, the activities, and the colors. Living in Florida, we don't get a lot of those things, so it's exciting when I can find events that fill that part of my year. 

With this poster, I aimed to capture all the cozy fall vibes and colors, while clearly communicating the event and its offerings. I decided to play around with different typefaces that still appeared to work together, but also conveyed this casual, family-friendly event. I'm still learning how to choose the most appropriate typeface and when it makes sense to mix them, so I'd love some feedback on that aspect. I chose to alternate the colors of the font to work with the colors in the image. Because it says "at Keel Farms" in the main information section, I chose to leave it out of the address in the bottom corner.

My original design read too much like a flyer, so I started over to try to emulate what I think this would look like as a poster. Truthfully, there are some things I would still change about this piece, but I'm pretty happy with the current final result. I posted both because I actually liked the first one better, but wasn't sure it aligned with our tasking.

Until next time! 




My first attempt:

My final draft:    

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