Art vs. Graphic Design

Description:
For my graphic design final, I was asked to show that I know the difference between art and graphic design by turning a piece of art into a design piece. I decided that I would use the hot air balloon project from my previous post to create a poster for a halloween balloon festival.

Image:
To the right is the image I used in this project to create my poster. This cartoon is obviously art. First of all it can have several different meanings. Maybe I, the artist, love aliens in hot air balloons ---or maybe it is a metaphor for the dreams of little people. The point is you do not, and never will, know.


Final Project:
This is my final design. I used a combination of my balloons and aliens, alphabet project text effects, and thus acquired knowledge of layer effects to create a Albuquerque Halloween Balloon Festival poster.  This is obviously now design because is has the singular message that there is a celebratory festival. The aliens are obviously people in costumes, and while little people may dream of coming to this event, it is not representational of little peoples dreams.