my poster is about animal neglect/abuse. i chose this theme because cases of animal cruelty have risen in numbers lately. i notice a lot of people i've spoken to don't like to look at alot of the adverts and posters that are around that depict animal abuse, because they're too graphic and horrible, so people tend to avoid them, which is achieving nothing, so i didn't want to make a poster that used horrible images of abused animals like a lot tend to do, so instead i implied it by using a chalk outline of an animal, like you'd see at a crime scene, and splatters of blood to show there's been violence.i've chosen a rabbit because they are the most neglected and abused domestic animals. the use of the hutch was to imply that the abuse has been carried out in the rabbits own home, and the text "home sweet home" is supposed to sound sarcastic/ironic, from the point of view of the animal and ignorant from the point of the owner...the text underneath the rspca logo is a quote i found about animal abuse, which i think goes with the home sweet home idea.
I'm unsure wether i should add some sort of weapon next to the rabbit outline, to make it more obvious it's been abused or wether it's enough on it's own....
let me know what you think :)
11 comments:
tbh I dont think you need the blood or the weapon, as the chalk line is indication enough.
In a crime scene, the police wouldnt come, lay out the chalk scene, but leave all evidence there.
Would still be a strong image with just the Chalk I feel.
yeah i wasn't sure about the blood either. cheers :)
Oh aswell, the text lower right is lost against the image, didnt even notice it at first.
Also, im not sure whether or not you would be able to even use the RSPCA logo, so perhaps leave it out?
hm i can see it fine on my screen? yeah i wasn't sure, it's not actually their logo, i just wrote rspca in similar font 8-) just thought it looked better with some kinda of charity thingy on it. thanks!
Could well be how its just come out after uploading it on here. Just its very hard to make out the RSPCA on my end.
Like Morgan said i don't think you need to add a weapon to it, and maybe the blood isn't needed either. The images work well and i think the slogan's strong too but possibly make it bolder as it's blending into the background a bit. Oh and the text at the bottom isn't showing very clearly for me either! Good idea though overall :)
cheers :) i'll get rid of the blood then. hm yeah must have buggered up on here, looks fine for me :/
Bonnie this is an amazing idea!
To be honest, I don't think it needs the blood, the weapon, or any of the text. The image is very powerful in itself.
I get envious of such good ideas!
Oh, but one subtle thing I've noticed is the perspective of the hutch to the fence - the back leg looks a little out-of-place - move it towards the left possibly?
haha cheers :) yeah i was having loads of trouble getting the perspective right, cuz i basically made the whole scene from scratch. took a pic of the ground, one of the fence, one of the sky, one of the hutch and tried to make them all fit together to look like the image i had in my head heh.
I agree with matt.. very strong idea, and good research!! I would either use 'home sweet home' or the other text, because its to much going on. but well done :)
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