Week 2 - Session 2 (Thumbnail Development)

In studio, we were able to share our current thumbnails with our peers and get feedback on what is working and what can be improved. My thumbnail appeared to be too literal so I was given the advice to find symbols or substitution images to convey my idea in a more metaphoric approach. I looked into the three forms of rhetoric and found some inspirational posters and imagery to help give me some idea on how I can develop my thumbnails. In my thumbnails I looked into several negative aspects of social media such as addiction, strangers lurking on the net, distractions and being isolated from society. I originally wanted to go for the "stranger-danger" idea but as I developed my thumbnails more further, I got intrigued in the idea that addiction to social media creates isolation. I began to look at metaphoric images that could possibly portray isolation and addiction, and then choosing a few that I like so I can move on to creating my poster digitally and getting feedback next lesson. 

Some of the images I found for addiction are: 
pills, 
cigarette, 
syringes, 
hook,
plugs,
cables

Some of the images I found to represent the outside (social) world:
sunny day, 
windows and doors to act as a barrier
photographs
sport - football
keys


Looked into some more poster ideas that uses substitution/addition.