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- brooke0
I take it back, the colors are okay, now that I've looked at it twice. Maybe it's just that I really dislike the imagery.
- TNDAP0
Again thanks for the constructive comments.
- algorithm0
"I always review with an open mind, & I honestly really don't like looking at it. The combination of styles between the image & the copy just really isn't working, & neither are the colors"
nailed it brooke.....
- redFridge0
agreed
- oliveira0
The illustration and colors ain't quite my cup of tea, but i'll criticize something else.
As you've said, their name is Bardo Pond. However, that name in the poster itself isn't the text with the most emphasys, and it should.
If I had no idea about what the name of the band would be, I'd say it was "The Khyber", because the typography for it is clearer and really calls up on the viewer.
You should think about what people look at first before moving on.
- DutchBoy0
i dunno.. the face (or whatever) is way to 'pompous' (?) compared to the copy.... and it has this ugly 'flash-trace-bitmap' feel to it.. *shivers*
to be painfully honest with you.. it annoys the shit out of me.
i like the copy a lot tho.. work on the image!
goodluck man. :)
- TNDAP0
Like I said before thanks for the constructive criticism,.alas there is no more working on the image, because the client approved and it's off and runnin', I can't imagine how a image is pompous and I don't personally agree with using flash for print, again thanks.
- TNDAP0
Also I disagree with you,
oliveira, in the hierarchy of things the name comes before the venue, and I think the script text catches the eye, it's 2004 and I'd hope that our audience is a tad bit more intelligent than last year and we as designers wouldn't have to spoon feed every bit of info, ie. Band:Bardo Pond, Venue:Khyber. That's not what I want to do all the time and if the client loves it and is cool with this way of thinking, I'm good and paid. Just like our last poster, I but the info at the top for the lazy mofo's but some cats got their panties in a bunch over the incorporation of that same info in the main area of the poster: http://www.gigposters.com/poster… In most cases yes it's a poster and the info should be straight forward...sometimes. Sometimes I like to make the viewer think, work, feel. I also think the colors are cool, initially I had a problem with the type but I like the stark contrast and think that the poster has a sort of cleaness to it tha brings everything together.
- ********0
I personally like the disconnect between rough image and refined type.
Stupid personal prejudices: that particular script (Carpenter?) got overused around ten years ago and I never got over it. I'd be interested in seeing an even more ridiculously over the top script. But that's just me. Also, I like yellow with a tiny bit more red in it. And hey, that's just me, too
- ********0
nice tndap! send me one ;) lol
- TNDAP0
WHich one?
http://www.gigposters.com/design…