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This course will give you the tools to design a beautiful AND functional poster. Posters are not paintings, they are often created in response to or in service of a current event (a concert, a call to action/protest, an annual event, etc).
Course Description
This course will give you the tools to design a beautiful AND functional poster. Posters are not paintings, they are often created in response to or in service of a current event (a concert, a call to action/protest, an annual event, etc). Therefore the poster must service its function within limited time and often limited means (budgetary limitations that directly effect the printing process). We will learn to creatively work with and against these parameters. The best posters are usually few colors, in order to serve as quick reads that leave lasting impressions.
Topics covered
-Poster history, basic tenets of effective and efficient image-making, and color theory
-Creating visual impact within limitations of few colors and brief timeline
-Taking your poster from digital final to print (pre-press and separations)
-Basic rules and best practices of photo emulsion screen printing
Course Agenda
Day 1: Posters / Graphic Design overview and conversation.
Image-sourcing, collaging, sketching and/or color-blocking for your poster.
Day 2: Poster design work day. Poster to be completed and separated for films by start of Day 3.
Day 3: Screen burning, color mixing, printing your edition.
Day 4: Printing & trimming your edition. Poster hanging and crit/conversation with light drinks and snacks
ADMISSION INFO
Fee:
Members: $144
Non-members: $180
Materials
Provided by TLP, class fees:
Poster stock, ink (+ mixing sticks and additives), screens, press, squeegees, emulsion.
Films, image-source materials (Cryptogram).
Provided by Student:
Sketchbook/paper, preferred drawing/mark-making materials, laptop or desktop computer with adobe illustrator and photoshop, any additional image-sourcing materials you may have and want to use.
INDIVIDUAL DATES & TIMES*
Additional time info:
March 24th class will be an additional 2 hours.
