Hello everyone!

For my final graphic design project, I decided to make a poster of my favorite fashion moments in 2018. I got this idea while scrolling through my camera roll and seeing some pictures from the New Year’s Eve concert, Resolution, I attended.

For my initial draft, I complied six photos of my favorite outfits. Two photos were from festivals, two from a formal dance and two from nights going out. While putting these photos together, I had the idea of editing them into black and white. I thought this would be a cool effect to do and add pops of bright colors in my final project. I liked this idea because I thought it was very aesthetically pleasing. With those six photos, I was going to add red shapes and text in the back to fill in the blank space. Although, after I received feedback on my draft from my teacher and peers my idea shifted.

The feedback I received from my peers was very helpful. One young man said he liked my idea of the photos, but thought I should only focus on a couple photos. He also mentioned making my draft into a poster or magazine cover. I really liked his suggestions and took them in mind. Another girl commented on my draft post and said I should clean up my editing lines because they were a little choppy. So, in my final draft I fixed up the lines to make it look more professional. The last form of feedback I received was from my teacher. She said I should add a bright color, like red, to bring the piece to life. All of this feedback really helped me improve my ideas and final design.

For my final draft, I decided I wanted to make a poster for my blog showing my favorite fashion moments in 2018. I got this idea from my feedback comments (thank you!). I had to make drastic changes to my draft to create my final. First, I changed from six photos to only three photos. I did this because I thought six photos was a little cluttering. Second, I chose a new third photo because I thought it showed my outfit better. Two of the photos in my final draft I took (the left and center photo) and the photo on the right was taken by my friend Emily Burns and she allowed me to use it for this project. After getting my three favorite photos edited to black and white I had to think of a background. Earlier in the year at home, I saw a mural like the one I created in my final and used it as a reference. I created the background by using the ellips tool, lines tool and the polygon tool. After the background was done I placed my three photos on top and thought it needed a title. I downloaded the font from https://www.dafont.com/ and typed my title: “Fashion Moments”. After I added the title I loved my finished poster, enjoy!