Instruction
Print out a 30″ by 30″ version of your draft – with color – on normal printer paper.
Purpose
See how your poster will truly look with color. Focus on new details and what is working and what doesn’t.
My Interpretation
I wanted to have a relatively dark analogous color scheme. Purple to red to orange and everything in between, keeping a grounded and familiar sense to the piece while still having contrast between a dark purple and a bright orange. I wanted to imitate the red velvet seats of most auditoriums by making the background a deep red gradient. I wanted to emphasize the central figure being in a spotlight by making the shapes bright orange, and the subtle dark purple emotional aspect of the bittersweet feelings lingering around the figure, also mimicking the shape of a bow. I wanted the top dripping lines and bottom wavy lines to be connected but different in their own kind of gradient, one linear, one radial. Finally, with the background being a gradient, keeping the last curves one solid color almost make them look like different colors because the background they are on is changing, again, trying to mimic the experience and the disorientation it may bring.