Artistic posters are important for many different reasons. They display creativity, and help to prominently portray a distinctive message. You may choose to create a poster to help present an idea, or to organize your thoughts. Therefore, it is necessary to know make an artistic poster. Creating an artistic poster is actually very simple and fun.
Instructions
1. Sketch your words and designs in pencil on the poster paper. Before using any of the permanent design devices, it is necessary to first determine how you want the illustrations and words to look. Pencil is best for this process because it can be erased. Therefore, if you do not like the way that the poster looks, you can erase it and fix your mistakes.
2. Outline the words and drawings in marker. Outlining the drawings and words with a marker will attract attention to them. When creating an artistic poster, you want the contents of the poster to be noticeable from a distance. The outlining will contribute to the prominence of your message.
3. Color the words and drawings with crayons, colored pencils, and paint. Artistic posters are characteristics by the incorporation of visual contrast. The crayons will provide the poster will a solid, waxy appearance, while the paint will give the words and designs a smooth appearance, and the colored pencils can provide lightness to the fine details. All of these different tools can allow the poster to have a more realistic appearance.
4. Put tissue paper on certain parts of the poster. Artistic posters have many different textures. The poster paper itself is smooth, while the bunched tissue paper will provide the poster with a rougher texture. Also, the tissue paper will create more of a three-dimensional effect. It will allow the designs and words to stand out more strongly, and almost appear as if they are popping out of the poster.
