Positivity Poster I made... Comments?
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- pascii0
redo the kerning & space between words, specially in the "block" type
"DO IT" shouldn't shrink - should grow. did you change some type from 100% to 90%?
- uncle_helv0
It's hard to read, ugly and makes my eyes hurt! I think if you are gonna do something like this, you need a real work horse font, something that gives you contrast think Alan Kitching's amazing letterpress work!
Sorry man I think it's awful!
- Studiospooky0
I find the presentation is not really projecting the sentiment. Have you thought about making each quote into a piece of work on its own and maybe combining each with some imagery... a misty mountain view for one, a kitten in a teacup for another, maybe a businessman on a hamster wheel, or a monkey in a waterfall etc? Could make a nice range of posters for people to put up in their cubicles.
I would think that, knowing the intolerant nature of the typography purists here on QBN you might experience some ruthless flaming for some of your letter stretching and unconventional positioning. Don't let that get to you though, they're just specialists in their field and prone to pedantry. You might to consider a few jovial retorts such as "Go twiddle your ligature, fontmonkey", or "how did you people turn out so hurtful and unkind? what gross injustice did you face in the innocence of childhood that twisted your perceptions in such a way that you are now guided by the pure essence of vicious hatred?".
And remember.... Fortune befriends the bold.
- don't mean to be a pedant, but fortune 'favours' the bold ;)
and your kerning is all offkelpie - I was quoting the poster...^Studiospooky
- don't mean to be a pedant, but fortune 'favours' the bold ;)
- Studiospooky0
You see?
Uncle_helv there, oozing vile repugnant contempt rather than looking at the positive. Its soemthing to do with typography. It destroys hope and darkens the human spirit. I guess typography is the clearest symbol we have of the machinisation of life. We should pull down the signage, tear up the documents, burn the books, no wait, not that last one.
- neue75_bold0
who put you up to this propaganda?
- Studiospooky0
I'm an agent of the highly secretive Humanist Passive Action Committee.
Oh shit, I'm not supposed to tell you that.
- uncle_helv0
Spooky stop patronising the poor zod!
- skt0
- Way to suck his positivity...TheBlueOne
- he asked for comments.skt
- Studiospooky0
Here we go look, the usual attempts to subvert the positive into negative, paving the way for negative to be covertly drip-fed, to the unaware, as the positive.
- you ok there chap?skt
- Yes, I'm...its... just, a...
oh never mind.Studiospooky
- pascii0
everybody enjoys a bit of poo on his head
- So true, so true.Studiospooky
- some people may think, it makes the hair shinierpascii
- For me, its more about self-expression.Studiospooky
- corymicek0
chill out. everyone take a deep breath.
aside from it being hard to read; give 'em a break.. its a positive poster. learn from it.
and watch the movie "The Secret"
- skt0
there is also no point in telling him it is great when it clearly isn't.
- pascii0
no offense, but i dunno, why not list some hints, so he can do it better? but i understand bashing when someone has a "derek-character*
- skt0
- Studiospooky0
I just knew this thread would turn sour before the clock struck eleven.
- hahaha, you suggested kittens in tea cups for fucksake.skt
- and raindrops on mittens, bright copper kettles and blisters on ...err...bitchens, bright paper packages...Studiospooky
- ties up with string... these are a few of my faberit fings.Studiospooky
- neue75_bold0
sure, the messaging is great if you believe in that clichéd rhetoric, but the layout is terrible from any which way you look at it. Why make a typographic poster with such "important" messaging so bloody complicated and hard to read? Keep it simple, make a series or something with a single message per layout...
He asked for comments, why, I have no idea... is this for personal use? Like pasting sticky notes around your flat reminding you that "it will all be ok"
- skt0
- wow. are you done yet?
corymicek - He beat me to it. Mine follows on the next page making me look dumb and unoriginal. Thanks SKT.Studiospooky
- wow. are you done yet?