For this project we were asked to design two posters for an upcoming event in our local area or in New York City. I chose to use the upcoming Boston Walker Stalker Con, which is a zombie, horror, and sci-fi fan convention. I initially had several ideas of what I wanted to do for these posters so I tried to choose design styles that I thought would help reflect my ideas.

            The first poster was inspired by Bauhaus design style. I love how the Bauhaus style uses typography in a linear format and also uses sections of bold, contrasting color. I think that my poster was overall fairly successful. I really like the contrast of the red with the mostly black and white background. I think it really helps the poster pop and still has a feel like something from the Bauhaus style.

            For my 2nd poster I chose to do something that was based on modernism. My goal was to use a sans serif font and significant white space, which is typical of modernistic design. I especially like how many of the modernistic pieces have some kind of eye-catching component to them; I think the blood splatter meets that criteria.

            Overall, I think I was successful in bringing to life what I had envisioned in my head and that they were somewhat identifiable as the style I was trying to use. I would like to revisit this assignment down the road after some more research and possibly try to do a series of posters in one common style. Out of my two posters, I tend to lean towards liking the Bauhaus style one more, as I really am drawn to the linear type and contrasting colors.