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The image here is a poster that I designed for the Propaganda Poster Project during my junior year.
The purpose of this project was to create my own propaganda poster concerning a political, social, or economic issue, and then choose a clear message to communicate about the issue. The propaganda poster that I chose to make was my own Uncle Sam poster.
The issue that I chose for this poster was the coronavirus. The message that I wanted to give out was to ask if there was anyone out there who is doing all they can to stop this virus.
The message for Uncle Sam posters was for Americans, but I wanted my message to be for the world. That is why I made my Uncle Sam look like a doctor and made the background of the poster into a plain background.
The image works because it actually looks like Uncle Sam is wearing a doctor's uniform.
What I have learned from this is learning about the important elements and the purpose of a propaganda poster.

The image above is a made-up poster exhibition that I created for my poster exhibition project in my Graphic Design 1 class during my Sophomore year.
The purpose of this project was to create my own poster exhibition for the Milwaukee Art museum consisting of a silly theme for a random object. The object that I picked was a napkin, and the theme that I picked was the four corners of the world.
The title that I came up for this was "The Napkin, from the four corners of the world."
The image shows a napkin lying on the planet Earth, and the napkin has some writing on it describing the meaning of this exhibition.
Other elements that I added in this exhibition include some stars, a gradient circle representing the moon, and a black background representing space itself.
The writing on this poster represents the important information for the exhibition and the museum: the show dates, tickets, museum hours, museum information, and the Milwaukee Art Museum logo.
What I have learned from creating this poster is learning about the important facts of an object and learning how to create a museum poster.

The two images above are two different poster versions that I created for the MCA Type exhibit project.
The purpose of this project was to create a promotional series for a fictional "beauty of letterforms" exhibit that will be shown at the Museum of Contemporary Art.
While I was creating these posters, I wasn't just experimenting with letterforms, I was also experimenting with colors, visuals, lines, and typography.
In both of these images, I created my own logo by redesigning my own font for "B" and "L" which stand for "Beautiful Letterforms."
In the first image, I put different sets of colors in the title "Beautiful Letterforms" and had them connect with three lines, one red, one yellow, and one red/yellow gradient, to match the rainbow vibe going on with them.
In the color lines, I added the city of Chicago in a red/yellow gradient to make it look like the sun is rising over Chicago, and I put different forms of stylistic letterforms circling over the city to fit the overall theme of the poster.
The message that I was trying to give out in the first poster was that there is so much beauty that we can see and learn about here in Chicago.
In the second image, I put my logo, with the title under it, in the very middle of the red/yellow background, and I put yellow lines sticking out of the yellow center to make it look like the logo and title are shooting out of the background. I even added different forms of stylistic writing to encircle the logo to fit the theme of the poster.
The message that I was trying to give out in the second poster was that there are letterforms that are brand new to us here in Chicago.

This design here is one of my redesigned movie posters that I created for my promotional work for my Senior Seminar class.
The movie that this poster is supposed to represent is "The Magnificent 7."
I created this image by rasterizing a picture of the main character here and putting it into a letter portrait. Except I rasterized the image with the number "7" to make it more unique. I even added "The Magnificent" on the top to make the title look like it is going down.
I even added a brown box on the bottom to add the sentence "Returning to Cinemas April 25, 2022" to make it announce a particular date that it is returning to theaters. I even added some brown borders surrounding the entire page. The reason I these is because I needed to add some more elements to this poster.

This design here is a third redesigned movie poster that I created for my promotional work for my Senior Seminar class.
The movie that this poster is supposed to represent is "2001: A Space Odyssey."
I created this image by rasterizing a picture of the main character here and putting it into a letter portrait. I made the number "2001" vertical to make it align with the image. Then I put the other title "A Space Odyssey" under the word portrait to finish off the title.
I even added a black background to make it fit along with the vibe of the portrait, and so that it looks more unique.
Lastly, I added the sentence "Returning to Theaters May 23, 2022" to make it announce a date of when it is returning to theaters.

This design here is a second redesigned movie poster that I created for my promotional work for my Senior Seminar class.
The movie that this poster is supposed to represent is "Rocketman."
I created this image by rasterizing a picture of Elton John and putting it into a word portrait. I made the text vertical to make it align with the image.
I even added the same sentence "Returning to Cinemas April 25, 2022" on the top-right corner of the poster.
One other thing that I added to the poster was a black background to decrease the brightness, because it was pretty hard to see on a white background.

This design here is a fourth redesigned movie poster that I created for my promotional work for my Senior Seminar class.
The movie that this poster is supposed to represent is "ET: The Extraterrestrial."
I created this image by rasterizing a picture of the moon with the boy flying over on his bike and putting it in a word portrait. Then I made the word "ET" align with the image. Then I added the other title "The Extraterrestrial" under the word portrait to finish up the main title. I even had to get rid of some detail blocking the moon.
Next, I gave the portrait a dark blue background to make it fit along with the theme of the movie.
Lastly, I added the sentence "Returning to Theaters May 23, 2022" so that I can announce a date of when it is returning to theaters.
What I have learned from creating these four posters is learning about promotional work, and how to make it more unique.