Coming Up with an Idea
The point of the exercise for the poster to have a political/ecological message behind it. Due to the fact that the COP26 summit in Glasgow was about to happen, I decided to use that as a starting point.
Because the main point of COP26 was to discuss and look for solutions on climate change, that was something I felt the piece should make a statement about. I decided that the image of the Earth in flames would make for a bold visual representation of the impact of climate change.
Because the main point of COP26 was to discuss and look for solutions on climate change, that was something I felt the piece should make a statement about. I decided that the image of the Earth in flames would make for a bold visual representation of the impact of climate change.
Creating the Piece
Instead of going to immediately get an image of a globe on fire, I decided to assemble one myself, as I wanted to create a particular look for my image.
At first, I was just going to have a table with people in suits to illustrate the inaction of big businesses to directly address climate change. However, I later decided to replace some of the people with politicians instead. I also made sure to include Greta Thunberg as well, as she is also prominent in the climate change conversation.
I later decided to add a few extra elements to populate the piece, such as firemen trying to put out the flaming Earth, and some extra images in the background depicting a forest fire and plastic in the ocean.
I'm fairly happy with the result of the poster. I tried to add a sense of symmetry to it, and on the whole I think I succeeded. There are a couple of areas in which it looks slightly off, particularly the picture of the UN meeting in the background, as the perspective of that picture isn't really consistent with the arrangement in front of it.
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