STIMULATE POSTER SERIES

THE OBJECTIVE: A mentoring campaign, a care campaign, a do-good campaign directed to students in first and second year. One word may put minds at ease, may bring a sense of empathy, may motivate, may make someone smile – especially now. The campaign is about sharing your wisdom and providing a positive outlook.

I selected the word Stimulate as well as the quote “When there is silence, Give your voice. When there is darkness, Shine your light. When there is desperation, Offer hope.” By Tim Fargo. The word stimulate or stimulation means “the action of arousing interest, enthusiasm, or excitement” which I thought best fit this project to get the students minds thinking which also corresponds to my image of the woman with enhanced senses. 

The illustration I created for this piece was a woman with enhanced senses like I mentioned above. That being said as an artist when I think of the word stimulate I think of how to excite my audience, or spark someone's interest so why not take that and create exactly what I want to do, bring out the 5 senses; touch, smell, sight, hearing, taste. 

Based off the illustration I chose the background colour to be an off pink because in technical terms pink is a positive colour inspiring warm and comforting feelings, a sense that everything will be okay, which to me seems to fit perfect for this design as the concept is meant to stimulate the senses but the colour bounces off that and smooths it all out. When I first looked at this I had that exact feeling and I want my work to have that same effect on others especially in a mentoring campaign. 

RECRUITMENT POSTER FOR THE GRAPHIC DESIGN PROGRAM AT GEORGIAN COLLEGE

THE OBJECTIVE: To recruit high school students for Georgian College’s graphic design programs. The final poster must use an illustrative or type based approach, and no photos may be used. The posters will be distributed for use in high school classrooms and guidance counsellor offices.