Assignment 2: A Persuasive Poster
Everyone gets fired up about it! Should smoking be banned in public places? Where do you stand on this issue? What are the most powerful images you can use to get your ideas across?
Choose one side of this argument and develop a colorful digital image, drawing, or collage that is intended to persuade others to agree with your way of thinking. Your audience consists of people who are neutral on the issue or have an opposite position from yours, so it’s important to get their attention.
Use poster board or drawing paper for your poster. It’s ok if the scale is small enough to fit on your scanner. Remember, the idea is to persuade the viewer by the images you capture or create, not to sway them with words alone. When you are finished, scan the image or take a digital photo of it and upload it to your portfolio to be graded. Study the portfolio rubric so you’ll understand the grading standards.
Note: I created this image on my computer using Gimp, a free image-manipulation program. My idea began with butterfly wings (for freedom, smoke-free) and similarly-shaped lungs, so I searched image files and started there. I haven't used Gimp much for layering transparencies so it took a while to figure out the system. This kind of portfolio project would work out just as well by creating a collage with magazine photos and text, and scanning it, or using a word document with an image and varied type sizes.
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