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04-05-2008, 01:06 PM
|  | is, against all odds, still a scuba viking. | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Alta Loma, California | | | Check out my new band poster!
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made it in photoshop this mornin'
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04-05-2008, 01:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Clarkston, MI | | | I like.
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04-05-2008, 01:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NY, NY | | | It looks cool, but did you make the 3D man?
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04-05-2008, 01:21 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College Station, Texas | | Not bad  |
04-05-2008, 01:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Clarkston, MI | | | That dude on the poster looks like the dude from the discovery channel's serieson the human body.
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Originally Posted by santucci218 Go ahead, ill sleep with men and drink and have fun. | Mark Wilson Is The Greatest!
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04-05-2008, 01:23 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Central Southern Massachusetts | | | I dunno man, I can't honestly say I like it.
I mean no offense, but you asked. |
04-05-2008, 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by GeneralElectric It looks cool, but did you make the 3D man? |
Yeah, if you didn't make the 3d man, DON'T USE THE POSTER! In the age of Google image search, people often forget that images are STILL copywrited, and can't be used for commercial gain.
If it is yours, the poster still feels like it needs work. It's not bad, but the band text feels completely unrelated to the image. And having the main image all faded/dissolved just looks like the image was cheaply printed/produced.
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04-05-2008, 01:35 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Torrance, CA | | | What's the goal of the poster? Is it just to have something to put your band's name on or what?
Posters are used as a promotion tool. In music they're used to promote either a show or a CD or say what the band is about. This poster doesn't tell me anything other than there's a 3D man and the band's name is Spiral Visions. I'm guessing it's some sort of hair metal band? That's what the stylized text reminds me of.
I know I'm being harsh, but I'm just going over the questions in my head whenever I design something, whether it's a poster, website, etc. Making a poster just to have a poster is cool and all, but when you have clear goals it becomes much more effective. |
04-05-2008, 01:37 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Central Southern Massachusetts | | I dunno, the composition of the poster makes no sense, and it's too "busy". It's often waay too easy to get carried away in photoshop.
I don't get the connection with the name and viscera man...looking all Prince-when-doves-cry mirrored.  |
04-05-2008, 01:39 PM
| | is, against all odds, still a scuba viking. | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Alta Loma, California | | | hm.. thanks for the suggestions guys. Yeah, I totally spaced about copywrite stuff, I'll probably just make a look-a-like of the guy in adobe illustrator.
and, yeah... I agree with the criticism about the text not working, I'll recreate it.
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04-05-2008, 01:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: St. Louis,MO | | | Cool idea, but I think the 3d rendering looks kind of cheap. Hi-res Photoshop logos look better than 3d images done with Corel, Bryce, or Lightwave IMO.
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04-05-2008, 02:14 PM
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Owner/Retailer: Jive Sound | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alexandria,VA | | | Keep in mind that a band poster is designed to be printed. What looks good on a computer monitor can come out real lousy when it's in print.
If you keep it that way, it will cost a fortune to print and retain any quality of that image. If you go black and white, ala, photcopier, much of the fine detail will be lost.
The long and short of it is - make a design that is easily reproduceable on a number of different mediums such as a flyer, t-shirt, poster, newspaper article, etc. |
04-05-2008, 05:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: On The Bayou | | | Keep working on it...not a bad first effort. Some good suggestions here. |
04-05-2008, 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Mon Rominee I dunno, the composition of the poster makes no sense, and it's too "busy". It's often waay too easy to get carried away in photoshop. | Really? I was gonna say it's not busy enough. Like there's too much space between the words and the picture. If you're going to have that much space, then fill it up!
Although it does look like he got a little carried away. Good idea, could use improvement.
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04-05-2008, 06:12 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Montreal,Canada | | | Icon I know you well enough that i can say this
It sucks, it really sucks IMO. Design a simple band logo or something. I'll work a simple idea logo for you, just for the heck of it.
It doesn't look like a poster and more for a design to represent it. A poster should be as said easy to reproduce. |
04-05-2008, 06:42 PM
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The images and Fonts are copyrighted but this is just a basis for an idea. |
04-05-2008, 06:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Augusta, GA & Saint Louis, MO | | | Cool. It reminds me of Alex Grey's work.
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04-05-2008, 09:24 PM
| | is, against all odds, still a scuba viking. | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Alta Loma, California | | | PHEW!
I'm still trying to make a decent recreation of the face in Adobe Illustrator. This is definitely one of the more exasperating projects I've undergone with that program...
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04-05-2008, 09:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NY, NY | | | Why do you have the face to begin with?
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04-08-2008, 12:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Torrance, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by peaveyuser
The images and Fonts are copyrighted but this is just a basis for an idea. | I think that's looking better. You have a general theme that you want to convey and it seems more focused. Keep working at it and I think you will have something to be proud of. Remember to keep in mind Jive's and other people's comments since there's some good advice there.
The name actually reminded me of an eyeball with a spiral in the pupil like you sometimes see in those 50s sci-fi/horror movies. Quote:
Originally Posted by wdinc01 Really? I was gonna say it's not busy enough. Like there's too much space between the words and the picture. If you're going to have that much space, then fill it up! | I disagree. Negative space (aka whitespace) is just as important to art and design as the contents that inhabit the space. It really depends on what you want to do, but it's better to have some space than fill everything up. At least then people will ask "Why is there so much space?" It attracts attention. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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