'This to That' - Water Rockets poster

From water to powered flight: the process of a water rocket take off and landing.


Following my research I began to start sketching ideas, at first looking for the simplest way to symbolise the rocket and showing its separate components.

Initial ideas

I settled on an angular design, and then looked at page layout. I decided to include a 'You Will Need' box in the top left to show the components and reduce the need to label my diagrams, keeping them as clear and uncluttered as possible.

Draft copy

Once I'd decided on the design I first laid it out on lined paper, which allowed me to ensure that all the elements were the appropriate size to avoid confusion and to add a more professional look.

'You Will Need' box

This is the top corner from the final poster. I used a black and grey palette as I felt that too much colour would overpower the simplicity of the illustrations. Having to label every image would also have overcomplicated the poster, and so I used the 'You Will Need' box to show the equipment and then a diagram showing how the components fit together.

Final outcome

This is the full image, which I believe is simple enough to follow that text is not needed. I was pleased with the final outcome, and I received positive feedback praising the simplicity. One criticism was the layout of the 'You Will Need' box, which seemed to show the water being poured into the pot and so that would be one area to change. The process requires the bottle to be half full of water and so that would be another technical decision to reconsider.