poster design

the gorbott · 03-05-2008, 06:12 PM

follow the link to a poster i started work on. each of the bands involved wanted something a little different. so far everyone can agree on the concept. i like it, but i am unsure about the execution. any opinions would be appreciated.

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theafroguy · 03-10-2008, 12:39 PM

Hmm... I like it, but it doesn't really convey what it's advertising, in either its iconography (or rather, lack of) or the actual text.

Saywells · 03-10-2008, 02:32 PM

i designed a shirt for my band a few years ago with the coolest concept i found from a psycho-acoustic book. it was a 3-D representation of sound with different instruments in their place in this X-Y-Z axis thing. The band name was at the bottom. MORAL: my concept overtook the overall design way too much and the message was sacrificed.

you've done that with this poster. while i can tell you've thought about the concept a lot, i agree: your execution sacrificed any immediate legibility or comprehension on your audience. looking at it longer, I can now see what 12, 27, 9, 17 refer to, and i can now make out the date and time of the show, but in my opinion it takes way too long to extract any meaning from it. And a show poster may only get a second of someone's eyes/attention. you want it to either convey your message in that amount of time, or be so magnetic that they must return their eys/attention back to it.

hope you take this critically, cuz i think you have talent. but this one just isn't striking me.

nbluth · 03-13-2008, 01:09 AM

As I was reading this, I realized, I've been to Velour. They usually have pretty good music. It's good to see a fellow Utahn.

I like your design, it has good visual heirarchy. I'll admit, it does take a second to figure out, but I think that I enjoy that about it.

03-05-2008, 06:12 PM	#1
the gorbott Designer Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: SLC Posts: 85	poster design follow the link to a poster i started work on. each of the bands involved wanted something a little different. so far everyone can agree on the concept. i like it, but i am unsure about the execution. any opinions would be appreciated. poster __________________ HTTP://THEGORBOTT.BLOGSPOT.COM

03-13-2008, 01:09 AM	#4
nbluth nbluth Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Utah, USA Posts: 25	As I was reading this, I realized, I've been to Velour. They usually have pretty good music. It's good to see a fellow Utahn. I like your design, it has good visual heirarchy. I'll admit, it does take a second to figure out, but I think that I enjoy that about it. __________________ ~N Bluth Creativity is the sudden cessation of stupidity. nbluth.wordpress.com

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03-10-2008, 12:39 PM	#2
theafroguy Designer Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 26	Hmm... I like it, but it doesn't really convey what it's advertising, in either its iconography (or rather, lack of) or the actual text.

03-10-2008, 02:32 PM	#3
Saywells on Main Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 104	i designed a shirt for my band a few years ago with the coolest concept i found from a psycho-acoustic book. it was a 3-D representation of sound with different instruments in their place in this X-Y-Z axis thing. The band name was at the bottom. MORAL: my concept overtook the overall design way too much and the message was sacrificed. you've done that with this poster. while i can tell you've thought about the concept a lot, i agree: your execution sacrificed any immediate legibility or comprehension on your audience. looking at it longer, I can now see what 12, 27, 9, 17 refer to, and i can now make out the date and time of the show, but in my opinion it takes way too long to extract any meaning from it. And a show poster may only get a second of someone's eyes/attention. you want it to either convey your message in that amount of time, or be so magnetic that they must return their eys/attention back to it. hope you take this critically, cuz i think you have talent. but this one just isn't striking me.