Sacramento Mardi Gras (feedback requested)
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- sarahfailin0
- fixed the kerning in the title and made it bigger @.@
- The font is freakycherub
- Do u have any other fonts installed?cherub
- this is the only font i have on my computer.sarahfailin
- whats the title font called?faxion
- LOSE THE FUCKING TREES ON THE HEADLINE.monospaced
- those trees look like Dr. Seuss trees lolcherub
- Digging the progress. Have the circle overlap the bottom yellow ribbon, and update Mardi Gras text with that yellow to make it pop more.instrmntl
- Or match the rainbowinstrmntl
- Font is called Sundaysarahfailin
- sarahfailin0
OK you anal retentive bastards who are helping me enormously to make this poster so much better, I chainsawed the trees.
I can NOT get the text to look natural with a center-alignment on the left-hand side. The details included in the lower section will likely change. I like the overlap a lot, i hope it's the right amount.
- More space inbetween logos, even if it makes them smaller. Are you able to quickly paraphrase the "What is the..."?
Assume I'm stupid. 'cos I am.Nairn - I think the main title should be over multiple lines, so bigger, and should overlap the graphic underneath, as it does in turn the details beneath.Nairn
- yeah i actually caught the spacing issue as soon as I posted it here. edged the "city of trees" up a bit. --I don't understand your question though?sarahfailin
- I used to do music promo posters. My main thing when checking was making them like 5-10% on screen, squinting, and seeing what bits stood out.Nairn
- One needs to abstract themselfffrom the process and see it anew, without context or presumption.Nairn
- also, the top of the yellow band should drop a wee bit, as a minor thing.Nairn
- Do you have the main graphic as a vector? You could the text drop behind her, in between her head and the back of the graphic, covering ARAD in paradeNairn
- @sarah - are you able to explain what the 'City of Trees Parade' is, in a short sentence?Nairn
- Justify bottom left main text, nix the www. to make the url bigger. put a shadow under the joker's hat.Nairn
- fucking hell, i read my ramblings here and wonder what sort of idiot could let that pass their editorial process.Nairn
- You’re too close to the edge I think, might pose a problem when the posters are cut, I’d say increase the padding all around and it’s perfect._niko
- Center the fucking type. Jesus :)monospaced
- Also this is a huge improvement.monospaced
- More space inbetween logos, even if it makes them smaller. Are you able to quickly paraphrase the "What is the..."?
- sarahfailin0
In short, the City of Trees Parade is a spectacular cultural showcase, celebrating Sacramento.
Appreciate the strategies Nairn!
Gonna make it teensy and squint at it. will think about padding, but if I make up a version with bleeds it shouldn't be an issue, right?
the fucking logos in the bottom right are driving me nuts. the bear one is wider than the rest and has that star thing off to the left and i can't figure out how to center it. not looking for advice but I've been scooting them around for like 20 minutes.
- sarahfailin7
ok... is it final yet? ToT
i'm fucking loving it- that stupid little yellow bar got scooched over to the left a tiny bit. i fixed that and it's fucking DONE. it's DONE I say!sarahfailin
- Looks great!instrmntl
- It's never done. -ancient design proverbcherub
- I dig this version... again, it's never done.. but at some point it has to bealiastime
- WonderfulSimonFFM
- Lookin’ good mangscarabin
- Looks great. The pose the woman is in is also wonderful for ripping hot gasstoplying
- BaskerviIle3
Just read through this thread from page 1. Kind of surprised where this ended up.
I'd encourage you to list out the elements on your poster and rank them in order of hierarchy/importance.
I feel like the date/location is pretty recessive here and the illustration far too dominant.Currently your hierarchy looks like:
1. Illustration
2. Title
3. A Sacramento mardi gras event
4. Date
5. Location
Is that what you think is right?Have a look at some other event posters for reference. What do they have in common that works well?
ps, I see that Curiosity Collaborative logo ;)
6. Partner logos- Tell me to eff off, but I did a couple of quick experiments. Might be worth exploring some more 'mardi gras' fonts:
https://imgur.com/a/…BaskerviIle - idk what best practice is, but I like how explosive and eye-grabbing this design is. it builds interest, and folks will look for the details.sarahfailin
- I did consider more Mardi Gras fonts, but I like that this is unorthodox. Not your mama's Mardi Grassarahfailin
- Go for it!BaskerviIle
- those top 2 two fonts are nice baskacherub
- styles for miles, nice work!aliastime
- Tell me to eff off, but I did a couple of quick experiments. Might be worth exploring some more 'mardi gras' fonts:
- nb0
What’s the matter with Sacramento?
Serious questine
- cherub0
Currently your hierarchy looks like:
1. Illustration
2. Title
3. A Sacramento mardi gras event
4. Date
5. Location
Is that what you think is right?This is good advice. In this world of nonstop information being plugged into our ears/eyes 24/7 you gotta realize, the average person won't spend more than a few seconds looking at your creation. A hierarchy gets you to think about if there is one thing you want to remember, what is it? Put that first, or second. You are communicating visually. What do you want to communicate? Don't say everything. Just covered that, they won't remember everything.