As one of the administrator’s on my high school’s Senior Class College Decisions group, I wanted to make a map as people announced their college choices. Although not a member of my school’s yearbook, the editor of the Farewell section asked if they could include the infographic amongst the advertisements and dedications. I modified it slightly so that it would fit within a half page spread.
Category: Graphic Design
One of a series of nine posters I made to promote myself senior class president. Click "View Full Article" to see the whole series.
When I was running for senior class president one of the things I was most excited for was the campaigning. Even if I didn’t win (and I didn’t) I wanted to have one of the more memorable campaigns that Ward Melville HS has seen.
The first portion of my campaign was the posters. I recruited my long-time friend Joseph Morelli, who has a ton of experience with art, to create an original painting for use on the poster. Happily agreeing, Morelli painted an all-blue painting which I took into Photoshop and manipulated the painting into nine different images, each a different color. I added text to each of the posters that explained my platform. I hung up one poster a day for the eight days leading up to election day and on the day of the election I hung up a significantly larger poster that was Grayscale and simply said “Vote Jeff!”
The second part of my campaign was a video that aired as a prelude to my speech in the auditorium. The video’s music was inspired by a trailer for Where the Wild Things Are and I replicated the edit of the Arcade Fire song. The text animation at the end of the video was made by Jordan Michnoff.
Was the campaign successful? Although I didn’t win, it was a ton of fun and people appreciated it…and, looking back, that’s what really mattered. Besides, I was later was elected the Vice President of the Student Government.
To see the complete series of posters click “View Full Article”
This is a business card I designed for myself using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. I’ve blurred out my phone number for privacy’s sake (but if you are interested in working together, please e-mail me).
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