Essential pieces Composition and layout Text Graphs and

Essential pieces Ó Composition and layout Ó Text Ó Graphs and charts Ó Photographs Ó Type/font style Ó Color Posters Design and Composition

Composition and layout Abstract 36” Left Top to Right Bottom 48” Posters Design and Composition Conclusion

3 Column layout 1 2 3 Title Big Idea Subtitle specifics provided Abstract 48” Introduction Methods Results Conclusion 36” Posters Design and Composition

5 column layout 1 2 3 4 5 Showing A Cyclical Process Abstract 36” Conclusion 48” Posters Design and Composition

Asymmetrical layout Title Big Idea 48” Subtitle specifics provided Abstract Introduction Methods Results Conclusion 36” Posters Design and Composition

Type Ó Your choice of type, and the way you use it, plays a major role in the success of your presentation. Posters Design and Composition

Type Ó Avoid clichés: typeface establishes tone of poster Ó Weight contrast: light, medium, bold Ó Capitalization: MAY BE DIFFICULT TO READ Ó Contrast: Maximize background foreground t o contrast Posters Design and Composition

Develop a Type Hierarchy Title to be largest/boldest Text to be simple, easy to read Labels for table, charts and photos to be smallest Posters Design and Composition Chart 4: Comparison of Seasonal Growth Patterns in Rubus

Color Ó Hue: another name for color Ó Chroma: the brightness or dullness of a color Ó Value: the lightness or darkness of a color Posters Design and Composition

Primary colors Posters Design and Composition

Secondary Colors Ó Two primary colors mixed together Posters Design and Composition

Color Ó Tint: color + white Ó Tone: color + gray Ó Shade: color + black Posters Design and Composition

Warm Colors Ó Exciting, advancing Posters Design and Composition

Cool Colors Ó Calming, receding Posters Design and Composition

Complementary Colors Ó Opposite on the color wheel Ó Highest, striking contrast Posters Design and Composition

Color Ó Tint, tone, or shade “it down” Ó Reduce harshness Ó Reduce eye strain Posters Design and Composition

Color Ó Mono-chromatic colors: using any shade, tint or tone of one color Posters Design and Composition

Color schemes Showing A Cyclical Process Abstract Conclusion Posters Design and Composition

Color schemes Showing A Cyclical Process Abstract Conclusion Posters Design and Composition

Color Website addresses: Ó Interactive color wheel: www. sherwin-williams. com/DIY/interior/colorselect/confidence/dwc 4. asp Ó How the eye works to perceive color and the 3 properties of color: www. thetech. org/exhibits_events/online/color/eye Ó General color information: http: //www. busybrushes. com/Classroom/harmonyintro. html Posters Design and Composition