Choice

• The idea for the The idea for the subject came to me subject came to me when I saw a when I saw a carnival in Rolling carnival in Rolling Meadows. Many Meadows. Many posters in the posters in the shopping center shopping center gave me the gave me the information and information and ideas for the ideas for the project.project.

Develop

• I later returned to I later returned to the shopping the shopping center and took center and took many pictures of many pictures of the carnival in the carnival in progress as well as progress as well as their poster. These their poster. These pictures gave me pictures gave me what I needed for what I needed for the project.the project.

Pictures

• I took many I took many pictures pictures

Pictures

• More Pictures

More Pictures

• Many More Pictures

• I used Verdana I used Verdana fonts in the body of fonts in the body of the poster and the the poster and the Shadow Depth Shadow Depth Design Technique Design Technique that I found in the that I found in the April/May 2005 April/May 2005 edition of edition of Photoshop User Photoshop User magazine as a magazine as a basis for the basis for the design. design.

More development

• I titled the top of I titled the top of the poster the poster “Carnival Time” “Carnival Time” using the warp using the warp text feature. To text feature. To bring out the bring out the text I drop text I drop shadowed it with shadowed it with vibrant red color. vibrant red color.

First Attempt

• I addedI added the the darker blue boxes darker blue boxes to give the dates a to give the dates a three-dimensional three-dimensional look. I reduced look. I reduced the larger the larger background background opacity to opacity to emphasize the emphasize the smaller boxes. smaller boxes.

Final

• I used drop I used drop shadow shadow throughout the throughout the poster to poster to especially make especially make the pictures the pictures stand out. I used stand out. I used outer glow used outer glow used on the title of the on the title of the poster. poster.

Comments• After much After much

agonizing about agonizing about the placement of the placement of the text, I decided the text, I decided that the poster was that the poster was complete with 15 complete with 15 layers after 7 layers after 7 major revisions. major revisions. Placement of the Placement of the text was the most text was the most difficult of the difficult of the project.project.