Social Media Banner

Social Media Banner!

For platforms such as Facebook and Twitter there is an option to have a backing cover photo for your page. I took on responsibility for designing the layout and selecting the artwork once my team members had sent their artworks over to me.

Important things to note when creating a banner:

• It needs to be clear, but not jarred. All images need to flow into one another.
• Any titles, names or general lettering, if related to a specific image, needs to be obviously placed. This is so there  will be no confusion as to whom the artwork belongs to if someone is attracted to it.
• Lettering itself needs to be clear, bold and in a neat font, so it can be read no matter the size.
• Colour gradient. Not to many clashing colours next to each other. 
• Correct measurements to be used so it isn't cut off or squished.

Images my team gave me to work with, the red dots indicated the ones I chose. The two primarily present colours where red and purple. I got roughly two of each. Then there was Josh's which was either dark blue/ Purple, or a mix of colours and red. I decided to go with the darker one as I thought it could be used as a buffer to help fade the line between the bright red and more misty purple. I then selected my own image carefully, using one which had both elements of red and purple, but not to strong on either so it could act as a balancing image. The artworks with the strongest amount of the particular colour will go on the edges, and work its way inwards the lighter the colour becomes.

Jaz's artworks

Millie's artworks

Vicky's artworks

Sarah's artworks

Josh's artworks

Next I looked into arrangements! After fiddling around for a while, I ended up liking quite two designs in particular. Using black dividers to help show where one artwork stops and the other begins, but also as a space to put the name tags.

Although I like this design, it does cut of a lot of the members artworks, and creates an awkward space to fill. It also poses a problem when labelling each individual artists work, it looks a little messy but very confusing as to where it belongs.

This design is a little more on the simple side of things, but it does seem clearer and easier to look at. However i am not quite happy with the transition between each image. It loos a bit to blocky and clunky.

Thinking things through, I believe it can still be a successful experiment with a few tweaks. One being that I take the two i have circled out of the their boxes. Since they both have white backgrounds it is only a matter of lifting their layer up so they can be put on top of the other artworks. 

Also to help balance the image, as well as create a smoother colour transition I will swap the two images on the right side. Hopefully this, plus either thinning the black boarders or removing them will create a nicer more atmospheric image to help represent all of our works.

The Final Banner Design!!

Conclusion: I think bringing the two images forward really helped create a dynamic feel to the cover page. But this also let the more block artworks have room and not seem squished. I decided to not use the boarders at all in the end as it just didn't help the flow of the artworks.