The development of a compelling visual design system seeks to unify a system's differing components yet instill excitement through its innovative representation of meaning. This project focuses on the manipulation and arrangement (composition) of typography and image as it conveys messages through a poster series.

I tried to communicate using metaphor, with the image and text creating a tear.
The small pop of yellow was purposeful in being eye-catching without overwhelming the content of the tear, which I felt was the most important part of my composition and message. I chose yellow because it was still bright without being in your face and there was less vibration with the halftoned background, which kept the text legible.

Found Image Source Cited: “Naomi Wadler.” Kolumn, i1.wp.com/www.kolumnmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/
Naomi-Wadler__00a.jpg?w=1200.

Found Images
“Elizabeth Eckford.” Vanity Fair, 2007, media.vanityfair.com/
photos/54cbf68c5e7a91c52822c3ba/16:9/w_2560%2Cc_limit/image.jpg.
“Mush .” Newsies Wiki, Fandom, vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/newses/images/e/ef/Mush.jpg/
revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/300?cb=20110806193856.
“Naomi Wadler.” Kolumn, i1.wp.com/www.kolumnmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/
Naomi-Wadler__00a.jpg?w=1200.

My concept for this poster was centered around the tension and meeting point of the two sides of the conflict. I took the tear and applied the words “Thoughts and Prayers”
which is often the only action many policymakers and people make after a school shooting. The kids leading March for Our Lives make it clear that thoughts and prayers aren’t doing anything to solve the problem and that what we need is a policy change and common-sense gun control, which is met with backlash.