I need to draw poster for history to advertise people to go off to world war 1 ... as if it was from a long time ago any ideas?

Google World War I poster then click image search and that should give you some ideas.

The classic image was "Uncle Sam wants you" It was a poster of the character Uncle Sam and he was pointing his finger toward the viewer

Do a poster advising people that war is not a good idea. That would be more appealing.

I know but for some reason the assignment is they have to be for war... which i dnt understand if we learn that war is bad.... i have no idea. its in our history textbook.

I can remember doing this project last year in history. I did an A2 Poster... which was embarrasing because everyone else did A4 and mine stood out...
Anyway.

Mine was a mother holding a child(foreground) in her arms as they smiled, waving to a soldier 'the father' who waves back (background). In the middle ground, there was like a cornfield that was bright yellow, and the sun was shining down on it.
At the bottom there was big Black writing saying 'DO IT FOR US!'

Bright colours are the best in this project, because it shows that you understand how the posters were deliberately made in such a way to 'manipulate' people into going to war. The posters were made to make it seem like going to war was something everyone would 'want' to do; and that it would be easy to do.

I hope this helped some.

Toni.

Does the assignment state which nation it has to be done for?

for canada

that seems like a fanastic idea... helped out alot. thank you very much

No Problemo.

That classic WW1 american poster of "Uncle Sam" was painted by James Montgomery Flagg in 1917, but based on a 1914 british poster of Lord Kitchener by Alfred Leete

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Kitchener_Wants_You

Flagg's poster was a somewhat aged self-portrait!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Montgomery_Flagg

When Flagg was an old man, Everett Raymond Kinstler painted a very fine portrait of him (adding a monocle for fun), but de-aging him! with the most awesome use of "lost edges" I've yet seen:
http://www.everettraymondkinstler.com/page...mens_flagg.html


Dave

I had family in the Black Watch WWII, one dead on the beach the other came home. If I were doing a poster for Canada I would use the Black Watch recruitment as a theme.

I suggest that you study which ever subject you decide to draw. Creativity is more likely to present itself when you uderstand the subject that you are dealing with. Dig in and take the time to understand what you are trying to portray.

Here is a link to a WWI Black Watch Poster for reference of the look and feel.

So you're trying to recreate a recruitment poster correct? I agree that you need to do some research on the subject and how they recruited volunteers and troops for WWI. Poor souls didn't know what they were letting themselves in for then as it was very brutal. My grandfather and brother were in WWI, my great uncle died in a famous battle involving Newfoundlanders. Pure tragedy.

However, your best bet for research would be the federal government's Veteran's Affairs. They have a lot of historic documents and information that should give you some ideas.

I would imagine there were themes of patriotism as well as training/job opportunities, the same as there are today, around recruiting people to join up,. Your recruitment poster would need to reflect the attitude of the day to make it authentic. Here are some posters that were used in WW! in Canada.

thank you