Had to do a poster for school
Got carried away...
Did alot of experimenting and playing. Was interesting project for me
hope you like,
or atleast think its interesting too
this is the final poster (well basically.. some updates of info):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/flaber/extra%20stuffs/fuck2.jpg
incase you was interested to see..
note:
Initial concept inspiration due to: Andrew 'Android' Jones, from ConceptArt.org
Further inspiration from opening scene of new James Bond
the type is horrible.. but still works in a way
Hah, I didn't even read what you said about inspiration from Android and I knew instantly that he was an inspiration. Striking resemblance, so good job there. I like the figures, too. I think some of the notes could've been sharper, though, instead of all smudgy like you have. Cool though.
Heh, so i realized I accidently did it up in 72 dpi.. I was talking to someone, and they said I probably should have worked in 300 dpi. That could be abit of a reason as to why its abit blurry.
I was trying to learn and figure out and utilize.. and i agree, a bunch of the shapes edges are rather soft. I definatly need to figure out the fix for that. Glad to hear it has some resemblence.
Im quite pleased with this being my first attempt at this sort of a style.
zach - are you referring to the text i have in the link poster? or what 'type'
the type in the poster, it's super bland and boring
hmm, ok.
I wasnt sure how intricate i wanted to get, before it became cluttered.
Ill keep that in mind - try to make things more interesting
For my next project/experiment with this.
Flaber, I dont think this is flat and boring at all. In the end design is just visual communication not art, and for a poster i think this just works.
I have to say that I can undertand all the common mistakes you did because I started the very same way you just did with this poster. First of all, all those workarounds to get that "fashion-y" look on this poster without knowing -how to do it- really amazed me.. I wish i could have done that the first time I designed a poster for someone else, seriouslly.
Ok so, text: You have spacing problems and i could write a huge post about it but gomediazine made it easier for both of us:
http://www.gomediazine.com/design-tip/rule-four-spacing-is-your-friend/
Try to balance everything, titles on top, details on bottom, align everything correctly, if a logo its important make it bigger, if its not make it smaller; Think about it, what should I read first? Price? Date? etc. After that is just a matter of spacing everything correctly.
DPI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dots_per_inch
Colors, as you work on projects like this you will understand how printed stuff works. (CMYK process etc) Basically, i would change those neon-y colors for something more red-ish or something a bit different because if it gets printed its going to look really, really saturated against that dark background.
Hmm, check out gomediazine they have some really nice articles about everything im trying to explain. I suppose you used Photoshop for this?
(Ps. damn sorry for my english but im freaking busy right now)
I definitely agree with zach ... I guess it's an alright type, but I don't feel it is relevant to the them (or style of the illustration). It takes away from the entire poster. I would go for something thin ... white.
Thanks for the links Miguel!
I read both of those, and they both gave me some good things to think about and consider now.
Darion; I wasnt too sure if I should have used white or not since there are the white speakers uptop. I tried to use that yellow because of it being contrasting to the blues and purples of the poster.
Hmm, perhaps thinner though.
Thanks again everyone for the replies.
I appreciate
Glad it helped you Flaber. Keep it up!
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