Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

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   “I am not afraid of tomorrow for I have seen yesterday and love today” 

                                                                                               ------  William Allen White


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I have always had the habit of collecting some quotes or sentences on my handbook, so when I started this assignment, I decided to choose this quote which made me feel the most empathy. Before came to Emerson College, I was being cooped up in my comfort zone, thus I had always been afraid of my unknown future. I was worried about my life after graduation, and I had thought about what I did worth my efforts. But when I came to Boston, I found out that I thought too much about my bad past. Now I choose to skip out of my comfort zone and take every day seriously. I am no longer afraid of tomorrow, as the quote said, for my brand new beginning.

   
Poster #1,  24'' x 18''

For my first poster, which composed of warm pink and soft colors, was focused on “Love today”. Pink is one of my favorite colors, personally, it can represent warmth, love, and tolerance. Thus, I used pink as my background color of the first poster. At the same time, in the color selection of other texts, I tried to choose the color palette that makes people feel healing. Moreover, I put “Love today” on the poster multiple times by using repetition and balance, which can help me express my main concept for this poster. And, I chose “Fascinate Inline” as the font, which is a bold but simple font. As the name can be seen, I hope that my first poster is full of love and hope.


Poster #2, 8.5'' x 11''

On my second red poster, I chose to focus on the past. I used to regret the past because I was afraid of tomorrow and be cautious about today. For many people, red indicates enthusiasm and energy. But I chose a dark red. Although I tried to make myself energetic, I still had no peace of mind. This poster is different from the previous warm poster and looks very depressed. The font name I chose is called “Megrim”, which means depressed. I chose to use repetition and left alignment for the quote, which seems like a notification and admonition for me, so the poster looks very depressive.

   

Poster #3, 4.25'' x 5.5'' / each


My third poster, which was split on two paper, used two completely different colors. Blue means hesitation and yellow represents bright. Since I believe that after experience depression, we all are be able to renew hope for life and love life. I just used two colors for these posters, and they fit nicely when they are putting together. Because I think that every state of human beings will not be independent, everyone will experience happy and lost. but we need to look forward to tomorrow and love today, to achieve goals.

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