Design Competition: Preliminary

It was really hard to pick a competition to create a design for. There were so many to chose from and so many of them seemed like they would be really interesting. I ended up choosing the Conqueror Typographic Games 2012. I have always been intrigued by typography and this competition seemed like it would be the most fun for me.

The goal of this competition is to "Create a typographical poster about sports, using the phrase, "It's not what you win, but how you conquer it." The Conqueror Typograpica Games website can be seen here. The winner of the contest gets two tickets to the 2012 Olympic Games in London (I'm not sure if the winning poster will be used in any way for the games though).

I am going to use a picture of a friend during one of her marathons (she is a runner). I'm sure if I want to leave the background the way it is or create something else.

So far, I have made the picture black and white and edited the Brightness/Contrast.

Other pictures I am using for inspiration only (found on Google Images):