Tooth Decay
Educational Poster
Project Overview
Summary
This project was to create an educational poster that depicts all the stages of tooth decay while providing additional helpful context to dental anatomy and preventable care.
Problem
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Visualize the steps of tooth decay
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Layout various groups of information on a single poster
Audience
Dental patients
Project Limitations
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11x17 size
- Various groups of information
Process
Project proposal, research, and sketching
The project proposal was a poster on tooth decay with relevant tooth anatomy to educate a patient audience with a deadline of four weeks.
To understand the content that should be featured, heavy research was conducted on tooth and mouth anatomy, cavity progression, and preventative measures.
At this stage, my sketchbook is typically full of research notes, sketches to understand the anatomy, and composition thumbnails.
Copy Layout
Once I figured out what was going in the poster, I designed the text layout. Readability and scannability were top priorities in this information dense poster. Time was taken in both my sketchbook and Illustrator file to optimize the text layout while giving enough space for illustrations.
Development pictured from initial to end result.
Illustration Sketches
With the text finished, I could start the fun part: illustrating! I began in Photoshop by sketching over the text layer to get an idea of what could fit in the space. From there I transferred those sketches to Procreate and develop them further.
Illustration Development
When creating illustrations I tend to have a repetitive flow: drawing, flat color, render, and final outline. I also work in strict limited color palettes to ensure a visual harmony throughout the piece. Given my small time scope and amount of illustrations (19!), this workflow was essential in getting all the illustrations cohesive and finished in a timely manner.
Finished Poster
Once the illustrations were finished, all that was left was marrying the text and art together. This required some back and forth between Illustrator and Photoshop for small adjustments to ensure everything fit together just right.
