Poster Design

The Grid Layout

• The Grid Layout is where you divide the ground into equally sized rectangles or squares. These blocks and ‐their tangent points represent areas where you want to place your elements.

• For example, a simple quadrant layout can help you to center the point of interest and then you can add other elements that create a more asymmetrical layout:

• Great for Movie Posters!!!

The Grid Layout continued

• A more complex grid layout uses larger type and is a little larger or set a little above the grid line space. • Great for Music and Sports Posters!!

The Circular or Oval Layout

• This layout takes the viewer’s eye around the picture, and it often uses elements that are – you guessed it – circular. But, since the poster is often rectangular, the circle is often an oval.

Great for Informational Posters!!

Vanishing Points and Dynamic Perspectives

• This type of layout uses perspective to create a focal point for a specific element.

• This layout can help you to also define the importance of various elements within your poster

Great Big Impact Posters!!

Your TaskDesign a promotional (informational) poster

with one theme related to Bremen High School• Sports/Activities/Clubs– Participants, events, games

• Class– Lesson, Field trip, 2015 vs. Faculty basketball

• School-Wide Event– Prom, Graduation, BYCTWD

Your TaskDesign a promotional poster with one theme

related to the following:• Sports• Movies• Music

Your Task

Design a poster with one of the following compositions

• Grid- Simple • Grid- Complex • Circular/Oval• Perspective/Vanishing Point

Your Task

Your poster must have…..• Title• Multiple Images• Unified Background• Clean Edges and Smooth Blending• Good Resolution- No Pixelating

Your TaskDesign a poster with one theme, compositions

• Sports/Activities/Clubs– Participants, events, games

• Class– Lesson, Field trip

• School-Wide Event– Prom, Graduation, BYCTWD

• Sports• Movies• Music

____________________• Grid- Simple • Grid- Complex • Circular/Oval• Perspective/Vanishing Point____________________• Title• Multiple Images• Unified Background• Clean Edges and Smooth Blending• Good Resolution- No Pixelating

Today…..Start with ideas• Brainstorm possible ideas• Collect 10 informational posters because you

like their layouts• Copy and paste them into Word.

Today

• Decide the focus of your school poster• Go on a photo shoot to collect images you

might use in your poster (backgrounds, main images, etc.)– Images of the school itself, key objects, people,

etc.

Download all images before the end of class!!!