Symposium Posters

In REVERSE chronological order, these are the posters that were put out for various Symposium events and notifications this past year. Except for the "ATTENTION FUNDS" poster (which follows the site design, or vice versa, homepages.dordt.edu/symposium), they seem to have a protest/revolt theme... that I thought was hilarious and well executed and, frankly, I can't think of better images to match the enthusiasm we were looking for and, at the same time, (I think) poked fun at misconceptions of how a student body government is supposed to operate. (Forum, as I've been told, was a waste of time and countless students, faculty and administrative members have commented on our effectiveness in serving the student body.) There has been some questions/slight disapproval with the content on these posters, so that's up for discussion as well.

Few notes of mine:
-My ONLY criticism for the first poster, VOTE, is that the dissolving, diminishing lower half of the soldier makes it a little difficult to read the candidates. Also, it goes against the stark contours of the rest of the images. Otherwise, it's probably my favorite piece of the collection.
-The second poster is my least favorite, but seemed to receive the most aggressive response.
-Love that the vortex behind the fist is a little off center, and that "vote" and "run" in said vortex are inverted colors.
-The corners of the Che Guevara stamp are a little distracting to me - might want to see it softened out or blown up and at an angle, but that would compromise the triptych.
-The people on the bottom of the boot are hilarious, and it really helps the copy.

All posters by Paul Hanaoka for Student Symposium (08-09)
...and Paul, you can list your blogs and site up here.