Friday, 7 December 2007

Change of Plan


Instead of showing some scanned designs, i have uploaded one of my banners, made in Photoshop.
comments are appreciated.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

You've distorted the picture.

Julian Dyer said...

Holding the shift key when in Free Transform mode will stop the picture from distorting when changing the size.

I think that the blue text is too dark. I believe it is an appropriate colour for the ‘jazz’ theme, but it needs to be lighter. – Maybe try matching the colour to the same blue as her eyes?

Also, think about the ordering of information – what would you want to know first? The fact that ‘something’ is live at Wakefield Jazz, or the actual artist who will be there?

I think the font you have chosen for the venue is not suitable at this size. I’d recommend that you use this type of display font for the artist, but at a larger size. Also a small margin around of the edge (2 or 3 mm) would be enough for this size of banner.

Mark Torrington said...
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Mark Torrington said...

Having read the posts above, I feel you require some inspiration. In my opinion I would make the background blue and the whole image duotone apart from the lips as you may want to a relationship with red to add life to the text.

A design that combines some of these styles should inspire you.

Very popular text style for Jazz/Blues music
http://www.gnhcc.org/images/posters/Jazz-and-Blues-Spring-Concert-Poster-Print.jpg

Look at this link to add structure to your text.
http://bassdreams.net/IMAGES/Jazz%20Fest%20tour%20poster.jpg

Or, If you want a loose approach
http://www.downtownboise.org/media/img/jazz_poster_sm.gif

Example of Duo tone
http://images.allposters.com/images/49/017_pp0155.jpg