The next project in my Design for Journalist class is something I am very excited about, as I spend a lot of my time scrolling and finding different creative ideas. We are taking on the challenge of creating a social media ad. I do these often for cheerleading flyers and even though I will be using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop instead of my go to basic Instagram Story tools, I believe that I have an eye to figure out what will make these graphics stand out amongst the world of social media.
I have a multitude of ideas running through my head all focusing on a central topic: Panic Buying. With the coronavirus causing chaos and scaring many people, as it is extremely contagious and dangerous, many people have resulted to panic buying which is hurting us more. My first idea is having a person standing in the middle with their hands thrown in the air. They will be throwing up popular objects that people have been panic buying. Splatter across the top with be the simple phrase “Stop Panic Buying”. My next idea will be various empty toilet paper rolls stack on top of each other in w pile and peaking out from behind it will be the words “Stop Panic Buying”. My third idea is to somehow depict the waste caused by panic buying by showing many items from the refrigerator ending up in the trash can. I could potentially do a before and after shot. Within each I would like to work in small text as to why panic buying is the wrong solution.
Jordan's Journey 