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Open publication - Free publishing - More shel

Kristina Mahoney

Project Statement

Background-

I am creating a type representation of Shell Silverstein.  His whole face will be created with type, and will be displayed as a poster to promote an upcoming event in Seattle where he will be reading from pages of his book to children, along with doing signing. Shell Silverstein is a children’s short story and poetry author that has written over 25 books designed to entertain and make you laugh.

Target audience-

His target audience is for little kids but it really reaches out to all ages. Adults can relate to a lot of his stories from their own childhood experiences.

Objectives-

My objective is to make the poster look fun and have the on looker want to attend the event. I want to use a playful type that is somewhat kid like since he is a childhood author.  I also choose a picture of Shell where he is giving a funny face because that helps represent what he is about and that is to have fun.

Obstacles-

The biggest obstacle for me will be making the font come together to create the right dimensions and shades to his face. I feel when you are creating something that is real it is harder to fake you cant abstract it, it must be almost exact to be recognizable and that in itself with be the biggest challenge (making the picture look like him). This is mainly important because if no one recognizes him they aren’t going to want to go to the event.

Key benefits

I feel that the audience that will receive this poster will get some insight on the author and find out a little more about what he is about through the picture choice I am using and the fact that all the words I will use to make up his face with be that of his poems and short stories so they will even be able to read some of them if they take the time to look closely. This will also help in making the poster and author memorable.

Supportive statements:

The key benefits outweigh the obstacles because the obstacles state that its hard not impossible. Knowing that its obtainable alone and if executed correctly more people will know about my favorite author and enjoy him enough to keep the poster.

Tone:

The tone should be fun and light with a comedic type of feel

Media

This with be made wit ha poster but could also be sized down for a newspaper add or flyer.

Creative considerations

I choose a comedic picture of Shell to represent humor and provide a light atmosphere. I also choose a font that was kid like and light because he is a children’s author.

                                                                                                                              Prepared by Kristi Mahoney

famous people that inspire me

 This is my favorite childhood author I spent hours memorizing his poems and short stories when I was younger 

 Beyonce she is so beautiful and her songs get me in the best mood

 Garth Brooks Ive been listening to him with my dad since I was little I have heard and memorized all his songs and his music inspires me to never give up and be creative.

 May west has awesome inspirational quotes that I live by and use all the time

Type inspirations

My project statement

Project Statement

Background

The Collegian, is the editorially independent Newspaper of the University of Richmond that features news, sports, opinions of others and multimedia. The Newspapers core purpose is to enhance societies knowledge about events, keep creative juices flowing and keep people invovled by creating an opinion page, talking about upcoming events and news, along with the multimedia  which in itself can bring along entertainment.

Target Audience

Members of Richmonds' community, the Students, and other colleges from around the state -  small/big it doesn't matter they just want to keep things interesting and have things to talk about that keep people coming back., anyone that is  interested in what richmond's offers or what they are up to or just what they might have to offer as far as opinions go are more than welcome. The article however that I am reading refers to young to middle age women that have some curves and might want to show them off.

Objectives

This article was brought to my attention because I read another article from a women's study class that referenced it, and brought up a great debate. the article has its points but it doesn't elaborate and it isn't educationaly stimulating but does bring up some points of good discussion, so I felt that it would be something that I would like to illustrate for because the topic is so interesting (what women ware and wether of not they should be judged by that), Some people might read this short article and drop it down and forget about it because it is an opinion of someone that went on a rant with not a lot to back it up. So my objective is to draw a picture that make the reader say, " what! wow, this is an interesting out there some what provocative picture I wonder what it's about". After they are done reading the short article and deciding that it wasn't necessarily worth reading but the picture stays in there head enough that it might strike up an interesting conversation later.

Obstacles

Because this article is short and is very narrow minded, it brings up a lot of contraversies and objectives. The writer challenge is to say if women ware cloths they will be more respective but in his argument speaks to a world that no longer exist. There are few men that cherish a chaste woman over a presentable one or a virgin before a diva but honestly if you are referring to any girl in a professional environment which I am sure he is referring to you won't find a whole lot of virgins over 22. This article targets women of all ages so the object of getting girls to read it without throwing out a picture of a women being objectified is going to be hard to represent. I thought it could be a picture of a women that the author looked up to like his mother in provocative clothing but to anyone else that women is just a women and they would miss the significance. This would be my obsticle.

Key Benefit

A good conversational starter among friends.

Tone

The illustration should be emotional and maybe after reading the article thought provoking. I also want the initial glance at the picture to maybe bring across anger, a disgusted feeling, or a feeling of being uncomfortable.

Media This project is for an online newspaper.

Creative Considerations 

I think my article might be black and white and only show parts of a lades body that way it can refer to any women in the world, along with the men.