Updated Singularity Poster

I made a couple of small changes but I think this is a much more effective message: 

Poster Design Part 2

After our critique of the first poster designs, the class was instructed to choose a poster and take an opposing viewpoint for our second poster designs. I chose a poster promoting robots as "our friends."

In case you're not familiar with the term "Technological Singularity," according to Wikipedia: Technological singularity is "a hypothetical moment in time when artificial intelligence will have progressed to the point of a greater-than-human intelligence." 

And here's an interesting quote from another article I came across on the Internet: When Will Singularity Happen – And Will it Turn Earth into Heaven or Hell? “Defined as the point where computers become more intelligent than humans and where human intelligence can be digitally stored, Singularity hasn't happened yet. First theorised by mathematician John von Neumann in the 1950s, the 'Singularitarian Immortalist' (and Director of Engineering at Google) Ray Kurzweil thinks that by 2045, machine intelligence will be infinitely more powerful than all human intelligence combined, and that technological development will be taken over by the machines.”

Sounds a little scary, huh? Could The Matrix, in fact, be a real possibility? So, I decided my poster should be a forewarning of this imminent danger. I welcome your comments and critique (btw, the link at the bottom of the poster is a fictional website):

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It May Be Too Late!

Wednesday & A New Poem

The sun tormented him when he finally awoke

He coughed and he wheezed until he’d just choke

Grimacing at this poorly played joke

He pulled up the thin sheet around him to cloak

Having a faint memory of events from before

Rolling out of his bed and onto the floor

He managed to get up to open the door

Remembering something he could not ignore

How life somehow seemed to keep going by

That every truth spoken was simply a lie

Recalling all this he thought he should cry

But could only react with a deep gasping sigh

It’s my own fault, he thought to himself

The one to be blamed was always myself

Habitually placing my heart on a shelf

Not paying attention to the needs of the self

He returned to his bed to seek some more sleep

Not wanting to ponder these issues too deep

Knowing what’s sown is only what’s reaped

There’s so very little that’s worthy to keep

He fell on the mattress and clutched to his pillow

He felt that his being was beginning to billow

Imagined the corpse of a dead armadillo

And dreamt of a weeping sage colored willow

He slept to forget the rest of the noon

But awoke to that tormenting sun far too soon

Hoping to see just the light of the moon

His reality reverted to a children’s cartoon

His insanity caused him to seek some relief

Dishonesty began to be his only belief

He swore that someday he’d turn a new leaf

In the end he was robbed by a kind quiet thief

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My Friend Nikki

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EAT BEEF Poster Revised

I got a very constructive critique from a colleague and made some edits to my design. I think this one is so much better. This is why we critique each other; to bring out the best.

One Other Idea for Poster Design

I had some extra time so I came with one more poster design idea:

Meat Poster

I'm pretty sure I'm going with this one for the critique on March 24th. 

Another Idea for the Poster Project

I guess I just enjoy controversy LOL.

DWARF

So, DWARF will once again grace Mesa's Main St. for yet another 2nd Friday Out! With Bailey on bass and back up vocals, Dom on drums and Sage on guitar and lead vocals, this is THE up & coming alternative punk group to keep your eye on. These kids are getting far too big for their local britches and will soon be making the mainstream jump! Join me this Friday, March 13th so you can tell your kids that you saw DWARF while they were still giving free performances at local art events  . . .

This New Project is going to make me Very Unpopular!

Okay, this is gonna get me into a lot of hot water LOL. Our next project in my Illustrator class is to design posters. They can be anything; movie, music, promotional, propaganda, whatever. I decided to try a dark humor propaganda approach. These causes are very unpopular, so I will duck as you fling feces at me LOL. Remember, these are only idea mock-ups:

Just for no particular reason

Just for no particular reason
Not for the rain nor for the season
Not for the way I’m feeling right now
Not because I miss you somehow

Not for the time we spent together
Not even for the days that last forever
But for the moments that slipped away
The conversations that went astray

Those very short months and weeks
Spent and wasted my soul seeks
Just one more day to talk and share
To let you know how much I care

Not because it makes me nervous
Or not even for a kind of regret
Nor for any sort of disservice
That I prefer now to forget

Not because of any agony or guilt
For a future that I’ve now built
When I awake, I only want to sleep
Your memory I can’t help but keep

But torture always haunts my dreams
I’ve run out of clever schemes
But not for any particular reason
It might just be the rain or the season

Upated Book Design

I made some tweaks to the design. I think it's a little less busy now.