Contructivism Poster Design

Political rubbish aside, this looks amateurish. Did you use references? Why are the "A"s upside down?

Also, when presenting "facts" to people it's always best to use citations lest you look like a wing nut.

i think its spelt 'constructivism'

Can you tell me where you got your reference material?

You WILL be marked down for this project if the marker does not have the same views as you,

Personally i think this is crap and you really need to get off your high horse.

haha Excellent work! It definitely has a constructivist quality to it (and previous whiny indignant comments notwithstanding, the political component is also apropos). I would suggest, however, using Live Trace on the jets and on President (Glorious People's Leader) Obama to give those elements the appropriate period character. Take some time and tweak the Live Trace settings and refer to old posters of Lenin, Stalin, and other mass-murdering communist thugs. Also, think about redoing those stars in Illustrator and hold down the alt/option key while you're dragging out the star shape to make the sides straight. I don't know about the upside down As... I see how you're going for a Cyrillic look, but those may be a bit much. Great use of color, grid, visual hierarchy, and unity, though. The previous commenter may well be right that you could lose points for espousing views divergent from your professor. Academics exist in fantasy realms well removed from reality and tend to panic and lash out when their insular views are challenged.

funny but too much overweighted... look the stars and exclamation.
inconsistencies on paragraphs and margins.
"N" could be inverted. Cyrillic alphabet style could be more explored.
background orange gradient needs soft random interventions, red surfaces too.

Thanks for the tips about making the stars.

As for the "A's" I was just playing around with the type, and I thought it looked interesting, but upon reading your thoughts I have changed them...all...back to normal.

I researched a number of sources, and your right no upside down "A's", however the type in the constructivism posters was always playful and that's all i had going on with that.

Also inverted the "N's".

What do you mean by interventions? Are you saying that I should add some inconsistencies throughout to give it a more dated look?

Lastly how do i post the revised poster without replacing the original on the top of this thread.

Thanks

if you have a look at dafont.com they have loads of Russian inspired typefaces

that's where these fonts came from. karnivore and molot.

Interesting. And the added bonus is you could switch out the names and the Obama photo with a picture of Bush and it still works.

I'd junk all except one of those bullet points, Constructivism centered on ONE strong point as a focus, not a list. After that, i'd blow up the picture of obama really big, still off to the right side, ideally in a constructivist illustration, not as a photograph.

on a side note, wtf is with everyone's political opinions, save the "bawwing" for another time!

It is intended as propaganda, as most constructivism posters were primarily propaganda...right?

I am not trying to get anyone to change their beliefs, obviously there has been no soul selling, but if you read that far you may get a laugh. i am just trying to create a poster that is in the style of constructivism, that portrays current happenings.

If you don't agree with obamas politics you may laugh to yourself or tell a friend to check it out, if you do agree with obamas politics you may say i hate this poster and tell a friend i am a piece of crap.

Bottom line is, i am doing this as a school project, i would like to get a high mark, i want critiques because i think it is important to get opinions from people with experience. I appreciate the suggestions that i have received thus far and i will post my updated piece shortly.

thanks

thanks

then i guess they have a grain of truth don't they

OK It's your school project. =]
Professionaly you could be more discreet (and will find some critiques that guys made until now)
look this real world Obama poster at Berlin:

SOURCE: http://crookedtimber.org/2008/07/26/back-to-the-futura/

That is nice

When I saw the thumbnail: "Oh that looks cool!"
When I saw the full piece: "Ewww..."

Let's separate this into three components:
1. The pure design of the visual elements
2. The piece's relationship to your "source material"
3. The tone of the content, the delivery of the message - NOT the message itself.

1: Disjointed, harsh. Your angles are all at severe angles that fight with each other. It doesn't present a feeling of dynamic tension, it presents a feeling of mish-mosh. Very weird line intersections, particularly of the change banner and the red square below it. Where are you trying to guide my eye? Change banner covers too much of the gradient transition of the rays behind it, but the rays are off-putting anyway. Jets? They look like slapped-on clip art. So does Obama for that matter. He looks shoe-horned in as an afterthought, not an deliberate design element. EVERYTHING is hard to read, so your viewer is not going to bother. Have you not taken a typography class?

2: I'm no expert, but even after a rudimentary Google image search I can see that Constructivist art emphasizes focus on a few elements, repetition of forms, bold shape and color schemes (often with just a few colors), and a strong sense of motion, typically in one or two directions. You've ripped off superficial elements like the jets, stars, and rays, but you've missed the boat entirely on how those elements were arranged in their original forms.

3: Are you mocking Obama? Mocking the people who compare him to fascists? Is this even a mocking tone, or are you being serious? Propaganda posters have a direct, clear, message, usually very proud and sincere. In trying to substitute design with base cleverness you've failed to deliver your message, though I suspect there wasn't mush of one to begin with.

Your inspiration is very cool, and you seem talented and ambitious enough to make this work, but too impatient to do the research and brain work required to pull it off. All artifice, no substance. Slow down, look at your subject in depth, and stop getting in your own way.

Here's the way it's executed successfully:

Taken from http://community.brandrepublic.com/blogs/gordons_republic/archive/2008/12/01/battlestar-galactica-goes-constructivist-with-recruitment-posters.aspx

Give it another shot. This time replace Obama with Clinton and drop in the oval office desk to set it all off.

Here's a reference video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSVYkQoFADs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAaQNACwaLw

The problem with Alex Jones is he thinks everyone in power is connected to some grand conspiracy. So they're yelling at Obama today - 2 years ago they were yelling at Bush and 10 years ago he was yelling at Clinton. That's his business - professional nut job.

Let's see how long he will last with yelling.

wow - this kid came here asking for a design critique. i think to even mention the politics contained in it is both self-interested and counterproductive