Saturday, January 30, 2010
Name:
Pararae
Your graphic (url):
http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh309/Pararae_2008/VicitiesHighSchoolcopy-1.jpg
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~Colour/Color 0.5/3
You didn't make good use of the variety of colors. You just used black for the background. Black is a good color for the background, but because you didn't use any textures, it looks plain and ugly.
Font's color is as bad, for this kind of poster, I suggest you not to use gradient on the font's color because it just doesn't suit. Gradient colored fonts should only be used in joyful posters. Because they give the poster a fun mood.
You may use gradient colored fonts IF needed.
~Font 0.5/3
I personally think that Comic Sans isn't a really good font for posters. And, the font doesn't go well it your poster.
If you don't really have any fancy fonts in your computer, you can try using Microsoft Sans or Arial/Arial Narrow. These two fonts aren't anywhere fancy, but it's simple and it pulls of really well with any kind of poster. Be it be happy or sad.
Image Suitability 1/3
Since I can't see what the theme of the poster is, I just take a guess from the title and I think it's some kind of violence/angst fic in High School?
First of, Yunho's and Junsu's picture aren't resized properly, from what I see, it's actually squished. Thats are really big NO when you're designing a poster because it ruins the overall poster.
Second, pictures shouldn't be in low quality.
Lastly, avoid those pictures with only their head. You know like those kind of passport photos? It's really ugly if you put it in the picture because you can't do much EXCEPT if you're doing a icon.
~Overall layout 0.5/3
Pictures aren't blended in properly, the cutting of pictures is also not really nice. The background is only a plain black background. I see no textures/brushes are used. It's practically like throwing a bunch of pictures into the plain background.
Font colors are not used well, I can hardly read the words.
Graphic isn't appealing to eyes. Remember, people request a poster for their fanfic or actually did put up a poster on their fanfic is because they want to capture the reader's attention and also, to "beautify" the fanfic. Most of the people read fanfics because the fanfic have a really nice poster and it's really appealing to eyes. Of course, I'm not saying that all of them are like this.
Maybe you did put in your 101% effort into the poster, but because it isn't appealing to the eyes, people might think that you're just doing it for the sake of doing it. Try using textures, I swear it'll make your poster more appealing to eyes.
Result: 2.5/12
Extra: I have nothing against you and I understand that the comment I've made are really harsh. But my intentions were good, I just wanted to help you. By getting rid of these, I'm sure you'll be a pro graphic designer. (if you decided to be one)
As what I've said, you didn't use any textures. I hope that you'll start to make use of textures after reading this "greview".
Serenity | 3:51 AM
