I decided to critique this poster for my final design because although I created it, as a viewer I believe it is has the best visual flow for an audience. I tried to be create in the way that I presented the title with dominance while maintaining legibility from a distance. As this is a poster for poets presentation the most important aspect is to draw in people who appreciate poetry. As we have discussed in class points, or the first part of a visual text you focus on, is the title. Personally the first part of this poster I focus on is the word ‘Poetry’ then I follow it through the word ‘Action’ then down to the poets profiles. Then my eye goes down to the other important information such as where it is located and when. This is very effective in my opinion because it catches attention and flows down through to the next important set of information. I chose to bold some of the more important information such as the title of the event, the name of the poets, and the time and place of the event to give a hierarchy of text. I didn’t want the design to detract from the point of making the poster although I wanted to be experimental. I felt that the readability of the poster trumped the strangeness of the design for this particular assignment. If I was the person holding this event I would want the poets bios to have just as much importance as the title.