Pixlr and drafts

I created a draft poster using screenshots from my film on photoshop, but for some reason the file became corrupted. As I do not have photoshop at home, I looked for other photo editors. What I ended up finding, was Pixlr.

                  
Pixlr is a free photo editor. While not as complex as Photoshop, it offers the same basic features. Curious to what the program could do, I started messing around with the pencil. I realised that you could create some quite intersting typography with it.

That took about about a minute or two to make. I continued to mess around with the program and eventually made the following.

Looking a bit better now. The black cloud looks a bit rough but I think the typography looks good, reminds me of chalk writing. I then took a few minutes just creating a rough draft of a possible poster idea.

While not perfect in any way, I think that this is quite a good draft for another option for my poster. Originally the only other option I had was the film screenshotted one. Now I have two options. 

Once I recover my first poster draft, I can get other people to decide which one they think looks better. While I think I'd rather do my original idea, it'd be a good idea to do some audience research and get some feedback. Perhaps I could even somehow mix the two together.

Reflective Comment:

Considering I only found Pixlr about 45 minutes before making this post, I think my little tests are okay. They aren't overly great, but for rough drafts I think they'll do. I could always mix the typography of these tests with my pre-existing idea. However I think the best way forward is to do some audience research.