Assignment: Poster advertising a social issue of personal
interest.
Food not Bombs was a fun assignment even though it turned
out nothing like I imagined at the start of the project. I wanted it to
be more pro-active and have photos of volunteers serving food, but all of
my attempts to connect with a group failed. I happened upon the homeless
man and talked to him for a while and he reluctantly let me take his picture
(I loved the "No Left Turn" sign behind him.) I took the picture
of City Hall on one of my failed outings looking for the FOOD NOT BOMBS
group.
Finished Original 12x18 poster
BARBIE ENVY
Assignment: Any size, format or media with a
theme of one of The Seven Deadly Sins..
I choose Envy. I was inspired by my own experience
as a young teen wishing to look like the curvaceous Barbie Dolls I had played
with. The right images were difficult to find. Interesting enough I finally
found a photo of my daughter looking into a mirror by our front door--so
I just cut her out. The right bedroom was difficult to find as well (gilrs
bedrooms in magazines look much too frilly), this one I found in Life Magazine
in an article about an astronaut (I erased him). I chose the old-fashioned
Barbie for her slinky sexy look.
Susan is a member of the Technical Support Staff at a Community College. She is also a freelance
Graphic Designer and Web Designer. She can be emailed at shathawa50@comcast.net
