First off (and on the same thread as yesterday’s post) I want to thank Colleen Redman, Wanda Combs at the Floyd Press and SWVAToday.com for their excellent work that lifts our community projects up into the wider radar. A recent interview by Colleen was published in print and online yesterday.
And the business at hand for the next few days: create a symbol that will represent both the 350 climate action AND the SplitRail Eco-Fair and capture the essence of Floyd and be reducible to graphic elements that can become T-shirt artwork (thank you Green Label!), a window sticker (available for $3.50 each very soon!) and posters and the street-wide banner.
This is what we’re working on now: to help us conceptualize the final design, two photographs have been merged (I was happy to find the right images and then really surprised I remembered how to crudely overlay and paint away to leave elements from both).
From this, our graphics person (thanks so much Elaine!) will incorporate the nice converging parallax of the rail fence and parkway leading to the distinctive outline of Buffalo Mountain. In the end, we’ll have a bold but elegant representation that will immediately be understood to represent Floyd County.
See yesterday’s post if you’d like to volunteer, or become a vendor or a sponsor at the October 24 festival.
Nice image, Fred! Please show us the two images you merged. It will be fun to see what you did with Photoshop.
Yes, nice composition indeed. The fact that it is black-and-white adds to its appeal for me, at least.