Rate my Artwork... (just 1 piece)

[Silver Ledian]

Hiya. I don't really post in here often but I thought that seeing as I have it on disc, I might as well ask for people's opinions on it.

It's a Geocities webpage so you might have to copy and paste: http://www.geocities.com/mimo2k4/em2.jpg

Basically I had to pick a theme for my Art project in school and I chose 'Racism'. So I took photos of a couple of pupils in my school - one black, one white - and I took it from there. I hope that doesn't sound racist...it's just the background to the project. The background images are all of my own work - in paint, oil pastel, charcoal etc. although I know some of them are quite weak - which I scanned into the computer and assembled together.

I decided to make the theme more regional and since, politically, I live in Northern Ireland, I related it to that. What it says is rather quite interesting IMO but I made the words, that I consider significant, stand out more.

The 'United Colours of Ireland' part is a play on the 'United Colours of Benneton' ads that you see in places. They're often controversial and many of them are based on racism and inequality, so I thought that was a good play on words and an original idea.

And the faded colours are the flags of Ireland and Great Britain, which is supposed to convey the idea of a divided region.

I'm not going to go on for much longer. Any comments would be greatly appreciated. All my prep. work for the project built up to this, and I plan on getting it printed onto A1 or A0 size paper. I'm not making any changes to it but still, any comments are gladly accepted. Thank you

[Asilynne]

That...is really cool Though I wasnt born in Ireland, my blood is Irish, and Ive always been fascinated with learning about it, and I think whats been going on there for 100 years is really sad. People are killing each other over religion when they really worship the same God My dad refuses to go there because of it x.x
But that is awesome ^-^, you should really submit that to a magazine or something

[Agent Elrond]

That's quite slick! Stylish and very interesting. I like all the faces. If I could offer one improvement it would be to have the white lettering have either darker outlines or a different color, as they are kinda hard to read right now. Sure, you can read them, but you have to concentrate and take your time, which is sort of counter productive when you are trying to get a message across.

Otherwise a really like it, I've always wanted to go to Ireland myself (along with Australia and New Zealand). My aunt has a coworker who lives in Cork, but I guess that's in the south innit?

Heh, I'm actually part Irish myself, which isn't really saying anything, as I am part everything. (Me completely multi-racial ja!)

Ahem, it's a really cool banner, I like it.

[Silver Ledian]

Originally posted by Agent Elrond
That's quite slick! Stylish and very interesting. I like all the faces. If I could offer one improvement it would be to have the white lettering have either darker outlines or a different color, as they are kinda hard to read right now. Sure, you can read them, but you have to concentrate and take your time, which is sort of counter productive when you are trying to get a message across.

Otherwise a really like it, I've always wanted to go to Ireland myself (along with Australia and New Zealand). My aunt has a coworker who lives in Cork, but I guess that's in the south innit?

@Asilynne- Tell your dad he shouldn't let that put him off coming to Ireland. Ireland is a great country and is much more safe than many other countries in the world. The country has had a rough past and although it still lingers today, there have been many improvements

@Elrond- Yep, Cork is in the south. Thanks very much for your views. I thought also that the text could have stood out a bit more but what my Art teacher wants, she gets, and that's what she wanted ^^; I'm in agreement with you, though.

[Craig]

I like it, it would do good as a sort of poster thing, but one problem.. a few of the words are hard to read, I don't know if its me but it would look better & be easier to read if the words had some sort of countour around them, maybe a dark colour like dark blue or dark green? Its all up to you obviously though