POETRY SPRE AD
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Poetry spread project was one of the most challenging projects I had to take on in school so far. The project it self was an incredible opportunity to use artistic expression through type. The objective was to represent the idea of a song lyrics or a poem through original and effective arrangement of type. The imagery had to be a mere addition to the strong arrangement of type. I chose a poem by a young poet name Kyle Bondour called On dating PHD students. The poem had a melancholic and in some ways dark humour while describing a ref lection of past relationship. The poet describes a misunderstood woman with tattoos on her body that represent her, and who ever can read them back to her in the correct manner will win her heart. I decided to use an ornate and tattoolike typeface to depict the names of the tattoos, also, I have used a complementary type face that represented the nature of the poet, a typewriter, and last but not least a photograph of a colour bone printed on the transparency. The transparency gave the f lesh look and feel to the final design. The biggest challenge of this assignment was the group dynamic. Most of the group members didn’t get a long so I had to step up and take over to inspire the members to be professional and respectful. It wasn’t an easy task but we pulled through and came up with great designs.