Sir Dr's Finished Posters

Today I've been in the mac suite making the images that will be printed out at A2 to become my poster, I did so many roughs in my book because I literally had no idea what I wanted my A2 poster to be. At first I thought it would be something similar to the first image I did of Nakamats diving in that test tube shaped pool as I did really like the composition of that in the beginning, but when I started thinking more things through I realised there was so many more dynamic composition ideas that communicated the idea of him struggling to hold his breath more and the first one just didn't really show any of that. So these are the two that I've made:





Good points:

• I really like the composition of this one, a lot. I like that it means that you can see his full body and the little pair of speedos he would wear whilst diving, and I think the larger image frame gives you more of an impression that he is fully underwater, and how opressive that is
• The colours on this and the others have turned out really well, for some reason I find it so much easier to work within a confined colour palette in Ai than with analogue media? 
• This one is also quite good at leading you into the picture, I feel like your line of sight is drawn first to the figure, then down where the bubbles lead and then to the white explosion of light, so in a sense you kind of follow Nakamats down on his dive

Bad points:

• His left hand makes me laugh a little bit... not sure what happened there or why it looks like a fin, but thats ok? 

Good Points:

• I think this one really captures the expression of running out of air/ panic on his face, I think its partly down to his eyes and the bubbles where his mouth would be but I really like that. 
• This one is more closely cropped but I think that also helps with portraying the expression on his face, as it means you can see it in more detail

Bad points:

• I don't know if this one is too closely cropped, maybe it looks a bit too much like the postcards? Its the same kind of format just in a bit more detail and I don't know if thats interesting enough for the poster format
• I don't like that we can't see his full body in this one

Conclusion?: 

• I think I'll probably end up printing the first one at A2, although I like them both I think the first one is a bit more dynamic and interesting, its also the only one where we can see his body in full so it gives you a bit more of a sense of what he was like as a person