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=__Social Justice__=

Unintentionally, all of the posters I've found for social justice only use shades of white, black, green and browns, not a very pretty color palette on its own, but it does create a strong image. I remember the first image from the AP Art social justice project, the image of the dirty water leaking from the faucet, and I still like it. It's simple enough to make you think for a moment, shows a very real issue we see in todays world, and demonstrates a strong composition somehow, even if it's dead center. As for the middle image by the guerilla girls, it relies heavily on its use of typography in a clean, bold font and incorporates the ideas of people who are opposed to helping the environment. They used the repeated shape of torn up paper, otherwise seen as trash, to create a base for the text. Finally, the last image is a strong photograph, that I just like. The black and white is stark on a subject that isn't funny, has a lower opacity of text to not distract the viewer and is a smart way to visually display the common saying. For this assignment, I'm thinking of a few different causes. I've already covered animal abandonment/abuse, so I'll stay away from that, but I might do something involving gender equality. I liked the guerilla girls use of the "trashy things about" idea, and I might incorporate that idea into my design, by adding what the opposition has said/sexist comments over images of girls. As for my sources I've investigated, one source that was given was a link to [|Eye Magazine], where i found my image on the right. I liked the posters they involved using a mix of photography and typography. Additionally, just in life itself, I love seeing the posters and images women bring to the [|women's march], because they're witty and creative while talking about a serious topic. My idea for this assignment is creating illustrations of girls doing things that aren't so typically feminine. It will be a compilation image of multiple scenes, from playing sports, to working on cars, with text saying something sexist (won't be that hard to find) saying women can't do that thing because of etc. etc. The typography of the words are either going to be cursive and delicate in appearance, to have contrast with the words they're saying, or bold and simple for a straight to the point image. Also I found this really passive agressive website of [|things women can't do], and I just might make those my quotes instead of long excerpts. I can't tell if it was written by a man or woman, and I think that makes it funny and sadder that it's mostly true.