Poster Crit
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- DUKIE0822
Hey Guys + Gals
A college student who is looking for an honest crit on a poster I had to do for class. It was supposed to promote a discussion, a make believe discussion to be exact, on corporate housing developments
https://webhost.bridgew.edu/webd…
rip away
Thanks for the help
- PonyBoy0
hmmm... do I really need to enter a username and password to view it?
- PonyBoy0
... if so... it sucks. ;)
- DUKIE08220
I thought I fixed that....hold on
- DUKIE08220
https://webhost.bridgew.edu/kduk…
OK corrected link...this should work
- blaw0
You need to choose a different typeface for the text set in Commercial Script.
- PonyBoy0
well... i'm not emotionally smacked in the face...
I read the blurb... it's shedding a negative light on the 'urban sprawl'... your poster is just pretty colored houses... cookie-cutter yes... but there's nothing 'negative' in the imagery that's hitting me emotionally...
... so... eh... not really working for me. The imagery needs to push the message - w/out reading the message.
- Antonelli0
They look like arrows to me.
- ukit0
Hmmm....color scheme is not very appealing.
Something about the layout bugs me too. The text and the houses are competing for attention. You either need to fill the whole thing up with houses, or go with a different layout that has more negative space.
- Studiospooky0
Spray them with blood and put a rusty scalpel in the middle somewhere. I have to say I haven't actually seen the poster and I don't really know fully what this thread's about, but I wanted to join in and I gathered your design was lacking a bit of gritty realism.
- ArsenicPants0
it bugs me that the date of the conference isn't easily seen
i had to read all the way through the paragraph, and even then it's only quickly mentioned
remember that people only really see a poster for an average of 1.5 seconds, so you need the message to be extremely clear
- kalkal0
A 1.5mb pdf? wtf are you playing at, we're not printing it for you! :P
- detritus0
I can't read the text, which there is probably too much of, and the sub header is indistinct.
- MrOneHundred0
Yeah, I agree with PonyBoy that the negativity of the message isn’t being emphasised. I also think there is too much text for a poster. I think you have to think who is going to see a poster from a distance, walk up to it, stop what they’re doing and read all that text. They will only do that if the initial message is really attention-grabbing.
- I agree with you guys about the text...I didn't get to choose the text, it was given to me by the teach
had to work within the project rulesDUKIE0822 - Teach eh? Reminds me of http://www.youtube.c…kalkal
- I agree with you guys about the text...I didn't get to choose the text, it was given to me by the teach
- DUKIE08220
I was trying to relate the idea that while these communities seem nice and inviting on first glance, yet these communities are actually cold structures with rigid boundaries and are dividing not uniting towns/cities.....
and the fact that they look like both arrows and houses is supposed to relate the image to the idea that these communities are popping up everywhere
maybe these didn't come out the way I expected...but thanks for the comments
- You have some serious work all the way around. Your type needs some work and consistency. Your concept does scream grid. I'll post a quick sketch with a rough idea below. Think beyond the obvious.tparsons
- i_monk0
too many messages then.
- doesnotexist0
I would focus on the text, seems like that is the whole point and the only way I would get this poster. Do something original with the type that how housing is being treated, we should be focusing on the words. I think I said that twice. anyways, nice first stab
- univers0
Watch your rivers ( Sorry just had time for a quick glance ).
- BonSeff0
i like the rhythm you got going, but other than the text area, you need another anomaly
id make all the houses the same color.. to demostrate the cookie cutter track housing, but make only one different to break it up. what you do with that space can drive home your message
my 2cents