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Typographic Expression Poster Series
A mockup of a set of two posters, with the left being mostly orange and red and representing anxiety, and the right being mostly blue and green and representing depression. Image by Vectonauta on Freepik
This poster series conveys two separate feelings often at war with another: anxiety and depression. The poster representing anxiety has a very bright, almost abrasive, warm color scheme. The depression poster swaps the high-energy color scheme a duller blue and sickly green, along with purple text to keep to a cool color scheme. This series helps bridge the gap in communication between my experience with these conditions and the viewer.
The anxiety poster features multiple separate thoughts, strewn about the page seemingly at random. Some of which seem to blend into other thoughts, making it hard to discern where one ends and another begins. Behind all this, a constant stream of consciousness floods the page. This represents the racing, and at times intrusive, thoughts brought on by anxiety. It invokes a feeling of overwhelm, and the harsh colors only back up the text on the page. Through all of this, a request for everything to slow down tries to cut through the sea of worries.
The depression poster keeps these large amounts of text. The overwhelming mass of thoughts is still there, but everything is out of focus. The color palette is suddenly more gloomy, and perhaps even unappealing. The main message this time pleads for a break. But, as one can see, that break doesn’t come yet. The worry is still there.
Both feelings are harsh but temporary, and that makes their juxtaposition in this series all the more fitting and impactful, as well as helping to convey the connection between the two feelings, both their similarities and differences.