birthday party posters

[anderson]

these are this years birthday party posters... what do you think?

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i149/ando3000/Posters/bigdamnpuppet2.jpghttp://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i149/ando3000/Posters/bigdamnpuppet1.jpg

[mac.FINN]

I think those guys aren't going to be too happy about getting the shocker!

I really like the hand illustration and the jacket arm. The people are kind of distracting and detracting to me.

It kind of reminds me of the movie poster for "The Man with the Golden Arm" and I think it would work better if it were less detailed.

The type really doesn't thrill me (I almost didn't notice the type on the arm) and the text in the bottom left (and right respectively) is lost and unreadable.

[MikeTheVike]

I like them! I think there is too much space on both sides of the hand. Maybe try to off center the hand and fill the remaining space with text or something.

[balou]

It's already done and over with. Not sure why you want our critique.

[anderson]

I think those guys aren't going to be too happy about getting the shocker!

I apologized to Casey for being the "stink" of the shocker, he didn't mind.

I really like the hand illustration and the jacket arm. The people are kind of distracting and detracting to me.

The people are what make the posters unique to each band. There are probably several posters with skeleton hands throwing horns.. but how man have finger puppets on top of them?

It kind of reminds me of the movie poster for "The Man with the Golden Arm" and I think it would work better if it were less detailed.

I fail to see the resemblence except it has an arm in the poster, but that's your opinion.

I'm not sure I understand the less detailed part. What details do you feel I should take out? The finger puppets have no faces, the ties on D.Gary have generic Illustrator fills, and the guitars are generic as well.

The type really doesn't thrill me (I almost didn't notice the type on the arm) and the text in the bottom left (and right respectively) is lost and unreadable.

I'll be the first to admit I have issues when it comes to font usage, I can never seem to get it right and then I get frustrated and take the easy way out.

And as far as being read, the info PRINTS just fine, these are obviously low res online formats.

Thanks for the info though... greatly appreciated.

I like them! I think there is too much space on both sides of the hand. Maybe try to off center the hand and fill the remaining space with text or something.

Thanks Mike.

[anderson]

It's already done and over with. Not sure why you want our critique.

I guess I didn't know you could only critique new stuff.

You can always learn from someone else's opinion.

If you don't wanna critique... move along.

[morea]

If you don't wanna critique... move along.

that's not a great attitude.

*decides not to critique and moves along*

[Craig B]

This is a serious question:

Those were meant to be puppets on the fingers? I kept trying to figure that out. I honestly was trying to figure out if the bones of the fingers were supposed to be like the bottom half of the body, but I never guessed finger puppets.

I think the skeleton hand is illustrated in a nice "sketchy" manner, and I'm a little disappointed that the puppets aren't. The coloring of the puppets also seems out of place. The rest of the piece has a lot of vibrancy and contrast where as the puppets don't.

Everything about the type has already been said.

With all that being said as Morea said, when posting, don't respond so defensively. I think Balou was just questioning what the validity of a critique was since the piece was complete. I also agree that you can always learn from someone else's opinion even after the piece is completed ... you probably didn't have to add the "move along" statement.

[budafist]

I really like it, there's things I would change, but the points others have raised is that this has already gone to print. Do you really want to hear critique since there is nothing you can do to change it?

[mac.FINN]

The people are what make the posters unique to each band. There are probably several posters with skeleton hands throwing horns.. but how man have finger puppets on top of them?


Just this one... and it's not working. They don't look like puppets, I think the problem with the people is that they don't "fit in". They're a different style, and seem awkward and out of place. They look like illustrations of people, not puppets of people.
It's just not working for me, you don't seem to have a clear direction.

[anderson]

This is a serious question:

Those were meant to be puppets on the fingers? I kept trying to figure that out. I honestly was trying to figure out if the bones of the fingers were supposed to be like the bottom half of the body, but I never guessed finger puppets.

Yeah, that was the concept. Guess I need to work on execution.

I think the skeleton hand is illustrated in a nice "sketchy" manner, and I'm a little disappointed that the puppets aren't. The coloring of the puppets also seems out of place. The rest of the piece has a lot of vibrancy and contrast where as the puppets don't.

I understand the sketchy feel. Never noticed it before.

Everything about the type has already been said.

Yup... I'm not good with fonts, but we already established that.

With all that being said as Morea said, when posting, don't respond so defensively. I think Balou was just questioning what the validity of a critique was since the piece was complete. I also agree that you can always learn from someone else's opinion even after the piece is completed ... you probably didn't have to add the "move along" statement.

It irritated me, at the wrong moment. Probably should have been left off.

I really like it, there's things I would change, but the points others have raised is that this has already gone to print. Do you really want to hear critique since there is nothing you can do to change it?

When you were in school and you turned in an assignment and the teacher gave it back to you, didn't you get a critique on that? How is this any different except in a public forum?

I may not apply what anyone says to this exact poster but I can take the concepts and apply them to the next one... right?

The opinions of your peers are typically the best tool in learning, that's all this is about. Taking my "mistakes" and using them in the future.

Just this one... and it's not working. They don't look like puppets, I think the problem with the people is that they don't "fit in". They're a different style, and seem awkward and out of place. They look like illustrations of people, not puppets of people.
It's just not working for me, you don't seem to have a clear direction.

I was imaging them to be those cheap rubbery finger puppets that you'd get at the dollar store. The one size fits all sorta ones.

[budafist]

You want a teacher to crit your work because you need to know why you didn't get 100%

Personally I wouldn't want anyone to crit a piece that has already been printed. I dread the mistakes found after printing! But I guess if you're to touch this up for portfolio purposes, that's cool. Oh, and learning is always good too.

[anderson]

You want a teacher to crit your work because you need to know why you didn't get 100%.

This is basically the same thing.

Pre-print or post-print I always like to hear what people say.

[PrintDriver]

This was printed?
And they didn't cut off the 10pm-NoCover?
Lucky. A lot of this is pushing the safety.

[anderson]

This was printed?
And they didn't cut off the 10pm-NoCover?
Lucky. A lot of this is pushing the safety.

There is a border all the way around the poster that you don't see in this file.