Today I emailed Marina about the topics for my posters, and the fact that I'm having problems trying to find the actual sizes of posters back in the early 1900s in Mexico. All the sizes are different, and are random numbers like 59.5 or 60.1 cm etc. She already emailed back explaining that there really wasn't a standard in place yet for paper sizes. I guess that means I can pick whatever I want? As long as they're all consistant. I was thinking 60x40cm or 23.6x15.7in seems like the best bet, and closest to what my original size of 18x24 was.
As for my poster topics:
- Intro poster/BFA promo
- Poster concerning the pendulum effect of local vs. international design influence in Mexico.
- Poster concerning the limited use of colors in posters prior to 30s/40s due to technical limitations
- Poster highlighting the type of Mexico: handdone/painted or woodtype or linoleum
- Poster showcasing the different treatments of images/illustrations, especially woodblock
I'm still trying to figure out an appropriate image for the top of my intro poster, which is all sketched besides that. It needs to be something flat, graphical, highly symbolic, and easy to abstract. Some ideas have been the Cornish building, the Seattle skyline, the stairs leading up to the Cornish building, or perhaps the Cornish seal rising out of an opened book with pages turning. I know I should just sketch all of them and fit them in and see what I like, but I get such satisfaction from having a sketch, and having it be done right, and finishing it up, and fine-tuning it only in small increments. Not how it's supposed to go, but I guess that's just how I work.
This weekend I plan on finishing up the intro poster, and really fleshing out how the other four are going to look. I also need to email my other advisor and keep him in the loop. Only one and a half weeks til 11th week review.
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