Citizen Cope Poster

The goal of this assignment was to create an 11 inch by 17 inch poster for a CD release party for our chosen musician. What I was hoping to achieve with this was an eye catching yet informative poster containing the needed information; location, time, price and of course what it was.

One thing I found difficult working with QuarkXpress was configuring the alignment of texts. After a lot of playing around and reading through the book (QuarkXpress 8 Essential Skills) and was able to figure out what I wanted to do. I really enjoyed being able to send my items back and forward. I discovered 'Send to Back' sends the item to the bottom of the stacking order, and 'Send Backward' one moves the item back one level. (Same goes for 'Bring to Front' and 'Bring Forward')

I am most proud of the background I created. Although the poster was developed in QuarkXpress, I made the background in PhotoShop. I played around with the color yellow/orange in order to capture the audience's attention without being an irritating color. I layered two background and blended them to create it. If I was given more time I don't think I would change anything about the poster. I may have added more pictures, but the big picture I used I chose was because I wanted the audience to see Citizen Cope in front of an audience to let them feel like that could be them. I also chose the black and white version of the photo to contrast on the background. Overall I am very pleased with the outcome of the poster.