Reflective Practice Poster

We were asked to create a poster reflecting on what we have learnt from our time so far at university.

It had to include 2 things we have learnt, 2 things that have engaged us, 2 ambitions for level five and 2 things we have not enjoyed.

I decided to base my poster around printing and how much of a problem I have with it!

Two things that I have learnt:
- Printing is expensive
- You ideally require a lottery win to pay for printing

Two things I have been engaged by:
-Free printing credits every term
-My mum's donations to printing credit money

Two things ambitions for level 5:
- Save as much money on printing as possible
- Be able to afford printing credits without worrying out my general welfare

Two things I have not enjoyed:
- The printing prices
- The amount of printing required


I wanted my poster to be sarcastic and humorous - and to reflect how much whinging I have done about printing prices!

I chose to use a printing glitch background that I create from shapes and lines in Illustrator. I wanted this to represent all the trouble I have when printing and the things that go wrong. I chose to use a garish colour scheme of bright yellow and pink to allude to a feeling of discomfort and distress.

I placed the text in simple type (Futura Heavy Oblique) across the poster in lines, to demonstrate how serious and straight to the point my views are on the matter. I wanted it to come across as very blunt and linear, as if I am that angry with the printing situation that I am listing my complaints in a robotic manner.

I also included text in the background that says 'this print cost £3'. I included this not only for the humorous element but to also highlight just how much creating the document cost. It adds a bit of irony to the situation!

Overall I really liked my poster and thought it put my point across well. The one thing I would change/add is all the discarded print pieces that I had from trying to print the poster when it went wrong!