Is this awful?
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- nb
I'd like a little feedback on this poster. Please keep in mind that I'm a photographer, and I've never considered myself much of a designer. I have a lot of respect for good design, and I love it, but I feel like I've only scratched the surface.
Anyway, It's for my band and I thought it turned out well, but I sent it to a designer friend of mine and he thought the blocked words were a bad idea. My argument is that the missing words are unnecessary for understanding the message of the poster.
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Thanks!
- nb0
- MrDinky0
The date at the bottom seem awkward. I think you need to decide if you want the text on top of behind the kid
- That's what I originally did, but it really made it look as though the kid was photoshopped on. This way had more depth.nb
- i really like that, actually. yeah gives more depth to the type.. integrates it.Projectile
- MrT0
Sorry, I agree with your friend. 'Say Goodbye' is OK to mask since you can still read it. Masking the rest just seems frustrating, especially as you chose not to mask the day/date.
You could easily run the smaller text either side of the young fella and have the same effect.
Nice feel to the poster though. I like it!
- locustsloth0
"As he prepares to bugger Winnipeg, Manitoba
in order to pursue an onion in the faculty of law"?The missing words don't bother me until you get to the line with his name. THen i get so annoyed with trying to figure out the missing stuff that i no longer want to say goodbye to David
- But the answer to your question is, no, it's not awful, just not spectacularlocustsloth
- bulletfactory0
what's the point of the message, if it can't be read?
"as he prepares to what?... to pursue what?"
- i think he means that the fact that it's a band, the date and address are all readable.locustsloth
- yeah. the critical info is there.nb
- nb0
Really? You can't figure it out?
a) his middle name is irrelevant, and I think he prefers no one to know. It's a bit of a joke, keeping his middle name a secret from the public.
b) "as he prepares to Winnipeg, MB" is probably as grammatically correct as saying "as he prepares to leave for Winnipeg, MB"
c) "pursue" and "faculty of law" doesn't tell you what he's doing there?
I think the point of it was to frustrate the viewer a bit. My city has strict postering laws, all the posters are on certain poles, side by side in a huge grid. It's hard to make things stand out, I thought this would get people to take a second glance as they walked by.
Also, I think it's hilarious to frustrate people. As long as I'm not missing any critical information, isn't that ok?
I do appreciate the feedback, thanks a lot.
- right, because if you frustrate people and laugh at them, they'll do what you want them to.iCanHazQBN
- Isn't that the first rule of attracting women? ;)nb
- locustsloth0
Are you trying to get people to go to this thing? Cause i never heard anyone (who doesn't have violence in their heart) say "The poster for this show frustrated me so much i just HAD to go"
- Good point. Although I think the people in my city like to be fucked with a little.nb
- spookykat0
I think the poster is having trouble conveying what it is your trying to sell. But I like that some of the text is in the foreground and background. Your right, the lack of readability to annoy the viewer does frustrate but I don't think it goes with what your doing. Its not bad but the whole thing could be better. Play with the text more until you hit something else.
- rosem0
if you had to ask, it's not working.
- great critique! i hated when my profs said this...gives you nothingstudderine
- MrT0
To assume everyone will appreciate the challenge/frustration is dangerous. Thing is, you could make the info clearly legible, without diminishing that initial impact.
as for b) above - are you serious? Where did you learn grammar?!?
- Australia I believe.utopian
- That would make sense. I learnt in England I'm pleased to say.MrT
- me now understanind yuputopian
- I think only me and thee are responding today...MrT
- I think it's correct. As in, "He prepared to his quarters for the night." Might be out of date, but I think it still holds up.nb
- yup agrees we all that aintutopian
- Projectile0
i like it. really like it. send it to the printers.
- TomBac0
Ok i like it as idea.
But, have to agree with your friend regarding txt.
- raf0
What's the font?
- JerseyRaindog0
I does look nice but it clearly doesn't work. I think you can work a lot of the text around the text while still keeping the feel of what you're trying to achieve here. Also does "Say goodbye" want to be the biggest thing on here? It is a band event poster primarly and though it may be the reason for the gig I think it detracts from more important information. My 2 pence anyway. Not a bad effort though..
- JerseyRaindog0
I does look nice but it clearly doesn't work. I think you can work a lot of the text around the text while still keeping the feel of what you're trying to achieve here. Also does "Say goodbye" want to be the biggest thing on here? It is a band event poster primarly and though it may be the reason for the gig I think it detracts from more important information. My 2 pence anyway. Not a bad effort though..
- Says the man who can't even post properly these days.JerseyRaindog
- Coffeemaker0
i love it. don't care if it works or not. the mystery catches my interest.
- gramme0
What Mr. Raindog said.
- Samush0
the simple answer is, No.
- lambsy0
i love it. but i like hard to read stuff.
lets see the next version.