Manifesto Poster

Personal Manifesto

Understand that nothing is ever only what it appears to be. There are layers to everything. There are many ways to live in this world. There is no 100% correct way, so put your thoughts out there and be open to the MANY perspectives outside of your own. Do what you want to do, for yourself. There is no right or wrong, and everything is relative to who its coming from. Confront and understand your intentions. Don’t stay comfortable for too long. Good has different meanings to everyone. Know your values and work from them. Put them into everything you do. Fuel your happiness with things outside of yourself. Keep doing what you’re doing, and do something else too. Notice what pulls you and what moves you. Be patient and always look for ways to get better. Be critical. Be critical of who you look up to and follow. Be most critical of yourself. When you’re happy with your work, point out 5 things that could be different and try them. Go back to old work. Research what you do, and understand its impact. Don’t bullshit. If you don’t know it, say it. Get to know the communities around it and the systems involved. Research in different ways, not just behind a screen. Go out and engage with people. Talk about what your passionate about. Even if you can’t quite explain it, give it a try. Don’t keep yourself in a box. Don’t look to define what you do.

Make time for yourself. Make time for the ones you love. Make time for things that seem stupid. Waste time. Think about everything. Think about how you feel. Confront discomfort. Think about why you feel how you feel. Think about why you do what you do. Think about your place. Think about where you come from, and where you want to go. Be loyal, but also be open. Go outside. Leave the city. Leave your hometown. Meet people you would never expect to meet. Use your work as a tool. A tool to communicate ideas and new ways of thinking, new perceptions of space. A tool for engagement. A tool for improvement. A tool to empower others, but not to be a voice for others.

To start brainstorming, I first read through my manifesto multiple times and picked out the lines I felt to be most important.

1. Be comfortable with being uncomfortable. Confront discomfort.
2. Be critical. Be critical of who you look up to and follow.
3. Make the time. – for yourself, for reflecting, for discovering, for others
4. Don’t look to define yourself or what you do.

Then I took each of the lines, and mapped out any associations I had with them- colors, activities, shapes, objects, anything.

Inspiration

http://glantz.net/blog/fun-posters-for-graphic-designers

Glantz Design

I like the style of these posters and colors they use

Preliminary Sketches

   

  

 

 

Comps/ Early stages

I usually use sharpie marker when I draw in this style because I like the graphic, comic style. For this, I decided to do the same style of drawing in Illustrator because its something I’ve always wanted to try. I mostly used the paint brush and pen tool. I am really happy with the process so far because it feels like a continuation of the graphic narrative we did earlier.

  

 

Final poster:

final-manifesto-poster

 

Overall, I’m not completely happy with the final poster. I agree with the suggestions about the title font and placement. I learned a lot making the illustrations because I’ve never tried to doodle in illustrator in the same style as I would using ink on paper. I’d like to play with the illustrations in a different format/ layout like in a book form, or stand alone images. I think from enjoying the illustrator portion I might try to incorporate this in my final project. But, I still want to continue working on the poster.

 

CRIT suggestions:

change font/ composition of title, tension on string of frames, color/ font changes

edited version

iterations-manifesto-poster