Quark Xpress Poster

When we were told that we would have to make a poster I started to get scared. Not only had a never used the program, Quark Xpress, but I had never designed a poster. I didn't know what to put on the poster or what to do to set it up.

I knew that I wanted to use a picture of Michael singing that I had used in my powerpoint, one with a purple color scheme. I felt like this would make the picture stand out. I put the picture on the right side of the poster so that he would be looking towards, rather than away from the important information. At first I had the picture as my background, but then changed it so that it was on the side of my poster.

My final poster was not my first attempt, it was in fact my third. I kept changing my poster because I didn't like how it looked. I kept trying to change the background colors and the placement of words. I even changed the pictures, but nothing looked right.

I decided to find a completely different picture. One that was large enough to use as the background without the picture becoming deformed. I found a picture that had a similar color scheme than the picture I had before. Since the picture was so big, I had to crop it in photoshop and then shrink the size. I also deleted the picture of the CD cover. It created to much unnecessary clutter.

My next challenge was to work with font colors, especially since there is a light beam across the picture, it was difficult to find colors that were visible. Doing an outline for Michael's name was actually not my idea. That was advice given to me and I think it was a great idea. I tried to use bright colors and stayed away from colors that would blend into the background, such as light blue, pink, purple, and black.

I choose a unique topography for Michael Buble's name because I wanted it to stand out from the rest. This was a font I had never seen before and wanted to give it a try. The second portion I wanted to stand out was the date and time of the party. For the rest of the information I used standard typography.

I used two starbursts on my poster. One at the top for the album title and one on the bottom for the price of the party. I liked the starbursts because they made everything pop. Since they are yellow, it makes it stand out even more.

Posters look like they are easy to design, but I learned the hard way that they are far from easy. I never thought it would take me so long. There is so much thought that goes into a poster. If it doesn't pop and catch the audiences eye then there is no point in creating it in the first place.