Usually I just make one poster. Just before relay with our schedule of events. This year I thought I would make a poster for a few months earlier to encourage new teams in different communities.
Sometimes when I'm working on a project it turns out completely different than what I had fist envisioned and this was one of those times. I was going to use lots of banners and old school ribbons, but as i worked out those ribbons seemed to just get in the way and it just wasn't coming together. I thought maybe a quote would pull it all together and found this.
"Tonight I will celebrate life, cherish those I love and pray for those fallen angels and their families." - anonymous
I really liked it and thought if I could change it up a bit it would fit my needs perfectly. However, the poster was still not coming together. It was just too much, so I took off all the ribbons which just left me one banner with the Relay logo on it. Then I took tweaked the quote to read;
"Tonight I will celebrate life, remember those fallen and fight back for those I love."
I added this quote to the banner with emphasis on Celebrate, Remember, and Fight Back. Now we were starting to get there, but it was missing something. Our Relay theme this year is Celebrate and I remember the candle logo on the American Cancer society and thought that would be perfect!
Thinking it looked great I printed it out and asked for opinions. I came back with it was still missing something. So after long thought I came up with the idea of adding some of the reasons we Relay behind the banner and kinda blended it in with the grungy texture (for long time readers you will notice this is my style). I think the finished product turned out great and they were right the script behind adds a nice element and hopefully it will help get new teams. If not maybe it will help you.
I made this poster in two size 8.5x11 and 11x17. You can download the 8.5x11 psd
here. If you would like me to help you customize it with your info for you just let me know and as always
Please help me reach my goal by donating to my Relay Fundraising page!
Note: I did ask for approval on the poster and my temporary staff partner informed me that the American Cancer Society lettering and sword always had to be white, so I had to make a quick change to the logo.
PS. After looking at it for awhile I see that my Harry Potter fixation manifested itself again. Don't you think it looks like a Hogwarts house banner?
Go Hufflepuffs!
