Assignment

Create four posters. Each describing/expressing the four stages of depression.
Initial Impact, Sadness, Irrational, and Numb.
Be able to create a kind of viewing order. Keep in mind each poster should be strong enough to stand alone.

Audience
The viewer should not feel connected nor fully understand the piece. They're role in viewing the piece is similar to their role if they actually were seeing someone going through depression. They feel confused, don't know how the other person feels, are trying to figure it out, but are unable to truly understand. To them the abstractions of these posters feel right because a person who is depressed, truly is an abstraction that's hard to perceive.

Elements
Colors are optional, but very important as colors are tied very closely to human emotions.

Style should be expressive yet controlled. Use what you know as a graphic designer to create an expressive piece, which is the challenge. Try not to always run to paint splatters to be expressive. It is like an artist's emotional crutch.

You are still communicating some information. You must communicate a small narrative, emotions, and transitions. There must be different feels to each poster, therefore you must choose a style(s) that can accurately represent the difference of each stage.

Use of photos or literal images are up to you. Remember however, that the use of literal images means literal definitions. That is unavoidable. Keeping these things to an abstractive quality may help diminish these assumed meanings.

Size 24 x 36.
Printed.
Due for Critique: January 1, 2010 (well also Dec 15 for review I guess)