Composition and Design by: Sydney Elliott.

Between my colleague and myself, I chose to critique this poster from the Poster Remix Project. I chose this poster because though my others were creative, this poster flows the viewers eye about the page in a compositionally sound way. I wanted parts of the poster to draw the viewer in by using bold but also layered text; i.e. Museum of Art and Experimental Poetry, two very important pieces of information for the event. I made this artistic decision because I hoped it would draw in more than one audience, those interested in what is going on in the museum of art, and for those who enjoy poetry. The viewer is drawn in by these two areas of the poster, but naturally through english language, we are drawn to the interesting text of “MUSEUM OF ART”. Then directed to: Washington State University, Visiting Writers Series, the artists names and biographies, the date and time, and the official name of the event. This natural flow is created my a very traditional way of organizing a poster while making design choices that make the viewer want to come up closer to the poster and what the event might be; created by balance between the top and bottom portion of the poster in an asymmetrical way. I find the design to be effective in delivering the necessary information while created a visually appealing and magnetic design. Some things I would like to improve upon is the sizing of the elements within the page (making it draw a viewer in better from across the room), rearranging the artists’ biographies to become more easily read, and creating a more asymmetrical balance, something that I think draws my eye as well as a viewers’ eye in more so than a perfectly symmetrical composition. Being able to add one more extra letterform should really add some more contrast to my poster, so that will be fun to play around with.