A poster design competition during 2012. Describe censorship.

"Censorship"

         The first year I attended South Universities' Graphic Design degree program, SUGD. The school had signs in the halls and in the Mac lab for a poster design contest. I got excited because this gave me a perfect chance to see what kind of work I could produce before getting too deep into the degree's curriculum. 

         I would say the first thought I had was everyone else thought would be...I "Google" censorship. I don't go THAT route. I used a stock download website that SU had an account for. The "Silver Surfer" image you see above caught my attention right away. I love the clean lines and modern look of the faceless silver man. The hands covering this eyes, mouth, and ears mimic the same skin tone make up. The perfect backdrop for my composition. I did not have to think very hard on what kinds of images I wanted. It was just which one of the hundreds I looked through. Narrowed my search down to the for you see in the upper and middle quadrants of the piece itself.

         Each of the images involved in the upper two I selected the desired portion of the overall picture and made sure to refine the edges for a seamless effect. The Capital building dome, of course, represents our government. The placement of it was deliberate. Other than the background it was the first piece of my composition. Western society reads from left to right therefore it is natural to look at the upper left hand corner of pages. The first arm takes you the viewer downward to the bright purple arrow which quickly catches your eyes and tells you to look further downward. Next is the hands bound by chains which represents the controlling what we are a nation cannot show and can show in a public/private settings. Again a bright purple arrow catches your eyes and onward you move to the right where your eyes fall upon a naked women with censorship markers covering private parts so that you may not HAVE to view them. But once again, Another arrow pushes your eyes upward to the last image...Bubble Boy Hitler. Good O'l Adolf  was the "God Father of Censorship" of which he silver toungued his way to the people's hearts. There is a double arrow between the Capital dome and Hitler. They are saying that if the government pushes censorship they are in a sense acting as Adolf Hitler did with the Nazi's. Now, the second hand, covering the left ear of the faceless man, draws your eyes to the man's head covered in hands that represent the hear, speak, and see no evil, as the ultimate censorship of how you as an American can live.

         Since you're done exploring the upper two thirds of this design mind as well look as see what other information you can find on the bottom third. A vectorized government warning labels with the words "Government Censorship Protecting You From Reality" are placed in mid chest with the opacity level set on 30% in order to give the piece a look of being tattooed onto his chest. The message of the entire piece sums up the entire composition with a simple statement. " 'crapping' on the first amendment". Hitler's people had no freedom of speech and our government is starting to do the exact same things...Be afraid...be alert...be vigalent.