I chose black, white, and red as my main color palette for this assignment. I have no technical problems, but the critique pointed out that my design and content do not go along with each other. I used Shel Silverstein’s poetry Messy Room. The poem is one huge metaphor relevant to life and the manner in which it is lived. It’s also humorous as it mirrors the average teenagers’ lifestyle.
I did not really think about the relationship between the content and design. Like said, I did not think about why it’s horror when I make the first one look like a horror movie flyer. I just go as far as my idea goes. Nothing went beyond that. Maybe subconsciously I felt messy room is a horrible experience and bad living manner but I cannot get rid of this habit.
For the second one, many felt that the Aladdin Genie Lamp down on the bottom is interesting and eye-catching. The text messy room which was written over the lamp is the only one easily read text. Someone pointed out that put an image of messy room in the context can make the text and design more connected. Without breaking the pure black background, I put an image of my room overlays the background white text. Through the text, people can have a limited view of a messy room, but it’s hard to tell what’s really inside the room. The image decreases the color contrast but strengthen the theme.
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