The Poster Situation
A custom team poster created for my son’s school basketball team, designed to turn a group photo moment into something a little more polished, personal and frame-worthy.
The Story
This poster was created for my son’s school basketball team, but the idea behind it came from more than just wanting a nice team graphic.
This team came together for the season and ended up being such a great group of kids. A bunch of kids playing for fun, showing up for each other and genuinely enjoying the game.
A lot of what I make starts with a moment, a feeling or something that quietly inspires me. Watching these kids play each week the way they encouraged each other, laughed together, celebrated the little wins and just enjoyed being part of the team was one of those things.
I wanted to create something that captured that feeling. Something that commemorated the season in a way that felt more personal than a standard team photo and more polished than another image sitting in the camera roll.
It was not about making them look overly serious or turning a school basketball season into something it was not. It was about celebrating a really lovely group of kids who played with heart, had fun and made the season feel worth remembering.
The Design Approach
The design needed to feel bold and sporty without becoming too serious. These are kids, not an NBA franchise, although I’m sure several of them would disagree.
I kept the layout clean and player-focused, using strong composition and team energy to make the final poster feel like a proper piece of sports design rather than a decorated photo.
The goal was to create something that felt fun enough for the players, polished enough for the parents and official enough that everyone could pretend this was a completely normal thing to have made.
The Finished Thing
The finished poster became a proper team memento — something that celebrated the players, the season and the small but important kind of junior sport moment that deserves better than being buried somewhere in a phone gallery.
It turned a simple idea into something more intentional. Still fun. Still personal. Just with better layout decisions.
Which is usually where things start to escalate.
Good For
This kind of project works well when a team, season or small moment needs to feel a little more official than it technically is.