Awareness Poster Pt.2

 

My awareness poster was created to bring attention to the alcohol consumption issue. Everybody knows and feels the consequences of drinking, but continues doing it and seeing it as something fun. For my design, I took the concept of a brochure, where sellers usually put discounts and other special offers for their customers. However, in this case, people see the real "bonuses" of drinking alcohol. I chose the poisonous green color for the liquid to evoke associations with poison. 

To draw the glass, I mostly used the "ellipse tool", and "rectangle tool" with no fill and 30px stroke, and later filled in the color with the "paint bucket tool". To create the curve, I drew a line with the "line tool", and later distorted it using "liquify". The "special offer" sign is also a "rectangle tool", but with curved angles (75px). When I added copy to the poster, I thought that it should have some background highlighting it, and drew the pink circle by clicking once with a simple brush (big size). Also, I added drop shadows so that the picture was not looking too flat.