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- myobie
i am working on a one page marketing piece for myself and would like some opinions...
thanx.
- redefine0
keep stuff above the fold.
also where is this going to live?
- redefine0
scratch that, just realized probably DM
- myobie0
print
not web
- Terminal270
Hello, Looks nice.
Two things I spotted:
The word STUFF makes it sound very amateur
and I'm sure the term is future proof.. not future proofed.
Thats all.
:-)
- myobie0
stuff...i understand, but i may leave it...iono
will fix the wording of future proof
- dirtydesign0
i understand you want it simple, but it looks a little boring. maybe needs color...?
- myobie0
that orange would probly cost me another 50 $'s plus might have registration problems
probly won't go that way
process blue is my color
and it's cheap
- paraselene0
traditionally, when used as an adjective, user-centered must be hyphenated.
but i'm old school...
and for that much orange, it isn't worth it.
- myobie0
i agree, user-centered
is the layout good?
i am trying for a really solid grid
- johndiggity0
if you insist on keeping the design so straightforward, at least get a copywriter to give it some oomph.
- myobie0
copywriter, hmmm
going for cheap here, but i will look into ithow would teh crucked go over?
- radar0
...and it seems odd at the bottom it references your domain to view work, areen't they already at this domain? why not start displaying your work right there?
- myobie0
again, print piece...
not web...
goina print it out and hand it to people
- radar0
my bad - when you said one page, I was thinking of the popular trend online.
For print I like, with a minimal piece like this I think paper selection will make all the difference - maybe a cotton finish or something.
- _salisae_0
depressing
- Baskerville0
the wonky design has no idea to it and is therefore redundant.
If you were a company that balanced clocks or something maybe there would be a reason.
Who's it going to be sent to? I assume potential clients. It's not very eye catching.
If you're a designer then either make it interesting looking (could just be something to do with how you print it, what stock etc). Or come up with a clever idea that illustrates why you are good at what you do.
Don't forget that you can have as many percentage tints of your colour as you want, since they're all one ink.
If you added one more colour to the job (say yellow) then you could have a 3 colour job.
Since you would have blue, yellow and could overprint the two to make a green. When you factor in all the percentage tints of those colours, you could do something very creative with only 2 colours.Don't feel restricted by your budget. The stock you choose can affect the feel of the piece too. And you could do something nice with folding (which is free if you do it yourself).
- radar0
calming
_salisae_
(Aug 31 06, 06:33)
- myobie0
yeah, stiff cotton
a bit of texture, but not much
i am going to have to find a printer who can lay ink down without getting it all crapped up...
my business cards had to be done twice...they bled all over each other the first time...
is the layout cool?
would the rotated one be interesting enough to the eye, or distracting?
- myobie0
i agree, it needs something to make it interesting, but i think that will come down to the details you said
paper
fold
cuts maybesomething
i don't think color will make it any better...
and yeah, thanx for the tip about the tints
i got the blue tint already, but had forgotten about mixing tints...