Miha Artnak - a versatile artist of visual communications

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statistics

from the website:

http://aheartforjustice.com/blog/2010/08/23/some-human-trafficking-statistics-and-stop-child-trafficking-now/

some interesting child trafficking/labour/slavery statistics which are worth a read, I'd say I was surprised at some of them but there are a lot of terrible people about, and a lot of people in poverty, so in all honesty, I'm not surprised one bit at the extent of this problem.

• Child trafficking is one of the fastest growing crimes in the world.
• There are 2.5 million child sex slaves in the world today, some as young as 4 and 5.
• More than 1,000,000 children worldwide will become victims of child trafficking this year.
• Over 100,000 children in the U.S. are currently exploited through commercial sex, and 300,000 children in the U.S. are at risk every year for commercial sexual exploitation.
• Investigators and researchers estimate the average predator in the U.S. can make more than $200,000 a year off one young girl.
• The global market of child trafficking is over $12 billion a year.
• The total market value of illicit human trafficking is estimated to be over $32 billion a year.
• An estimated 14,500-17,500 foreign nationals are trafficked into the U.S. each year.
• Approximately 80% of human trafficking victims are women and girls and up to 50% are minors.
• 600,000-800,000 people are bought and sold across international borders each year; 50% are children, most are female.  The majority of these victims are forced into the sex trade.
• There are open sex slavery cases in all 50 states.
• U.S. citizen child victims are often runaway and homeless youth.
• Runaways, orphans and the poor are targets for sexual predators.
• Approximately 80% of trafficking involves sexual exploitation, and 19% involves labor exploitation.
• There are more slaves today than ever before in human history.

I will most probably work with one of these statistics when I produce my poster. Most probably this one :

'More than 1,000,000 children worldwide will become victims of child trafficking this year.'

This is a good statement: It is almost impossible to comprehend what a million looks like, but everyone uses a year as a measurement of time every day. so basically in an amount of time that takes very little to think about, an incomprehendible number of children will be bought and sold. 

The article I was studying was about James Caan, and his spur-of-the-moment offer made to buy a child for £700 or some figure close to that. Obviously the act of buying and selling children is Child Trafficking, so I started to do some research into this. As it happens, it is one of the world's fastest growing crimes, and there are more slaves in the world today than there has ever been before in human history. I would rather focus on this aspect, and maybe slightly disregard Caan's antics/very kind and loving gesture.

Anyway, as promised, here's some posters which are all in a very similar tone to what I am trying to achieve. They're the sort of thing which are seen everywhere: bus stops, billboards, tv adverts, flyers through the door, etc,etc, etc, attempting to attract the average man's attention because the government don't seem to be ever so bothered about these sort of issues. Well maybe they are, but I wouldn't know because I don't really watch any TV

Poster design

With the newest brief set it would only seem obvious to research some basic poster designs to get an idea of where to start, I found a few of these off Blanka.co.uk which is a decent online poster collection set up by the graphic designer Mark Blamire. Sites like this are useful to keep the subject of poster design alive, as more and more design becomes digital to keep up with the rest of the world.














some simple ways of mixing colour and type. I deliberately chose very basic (but none the less effective) designs to inspire me as this is how I want my own posters to be perceived. I do not have much experience of poster design, but I am quite excited to see what I can achieve and how much I can experiment, whist not straying from the constraints of the brief.

The overall message I get from effective poster design is that less is more. Fonts like Helvetica seem to be the top choice for legibility with posters, but I will have to look at more posters conveying a similar message to what I am hoping to convey in order to gain a better idea of how I should be doing this.

on the subject of james caan

this is the highest rated comment on the daily mail website. I feel that I'm getting better opinions from this source, becuase to be honest asking people in person means that they'll tailor their answer because they like you/dislike you and want you to hear what they think you want to hear/not hear. anonymity = 100% honesty.

"How foolish of anyone to feel "outrage" at a knee jerk reaction like this. Who, in Mr Caan's situation would not feel the same? Good grief, to criticize compassion and emotion when faced with the grimness of abject poverty is a naive position to take, because it is the wealthy and powerful who help raise the profile of charities, speak out about the cause publicly and increase the revenue the charities receive.

The only people who should be criticized are the corrupt and downright useless governments of these countries who do nothing for their own citizens, leaving it to overseas aid agencies to try and save lives.

I find it disgusting in this day and age that left to their own devices many nations leave their most vulnerable to perish. People whine like crazy in the UK at the merest suggestion that benefits might be cut, but they sure as hell would get a reality check if they went to Pakistan - they would realise that ANY help is a blessing!!"

- Karma, What goes around comes around, 22/10/2010 5:58