Asugnment 4: An Impression Made

Well, The class received it pretty well, to what I feel. Itt sparked off a big debate on how the picture should be viewed. Comments include:

- It might be making a big anti-nazi statement
- It looked like Bush
- Looked like a movie poster: Add some text below to diminish that effect
- Is Hitler the most evil person?

In the end, people commented that using Hitler might be abit targetting on the anti-nazi theme. In my context, I would think My poster would appeal to the American Culture. But point noted. Some people suggested using an array of different evil people. This I think would be difficult, because I had originally thought of adding nuclear weapons behind hitler, but removed the idea because it was too cramped... I wanted the message to be simple and straight forward, uncluttered... too many figures would make the image too "full", taking away essential negative space and lowering the overall aesthetic appeal. What do you think?

Many people also suggested using a more generic figure to represent evil. To this, I have done a simple sketch of a mad scientist for it, and would photoshop it in as soon as I find time. Your valuable comments would be appreciated in this case, because in my perspective, I feel that the message is no longer as apparent with the use of the scientist. However I also realised one thing in design class: This is not an art class, where the artist reserves the right to remain truthful to his or her own ideas and expressions. Design classes generally require the designer to alter his initial designs to suit the audience, the context as well as various factors before coming to the final design. So well, I might not find the poster as appealing, but if it satisfies the objective better, that would be the ultimate goal at the end of the day.

Your valuable comments on this subject is greatly appreciated.