Flyer Ideas - What do you think?

[ChinChilla]

The third one is my favorite but I would love to know what everyone else thinks. :)

http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/690/justinkrediblenz5.jpg

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/2366/justinkredible2mn6.jpg

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/2245/justinkredible3fa2.jpg

[budafist]

Make all the text white. You need contrast for readable text. Use a font that is easy to read. If you make people work too hard to read, they will just carry on walking instead.

[CkretAjint]

None, I can't read any of them at a quick glance...

[Randomhero]

I like the first one, but its just too much of one color.

The third one just doesn't have the right color set up.

[ChinChilla]

Thanks for the input! I have made some changes to the text and reworked my color scheme and came up with this:

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/9576/justinkredible4tx8.jpg

[Randomhero]

Might wanna add a "," or "..." after "Like a magician". Reads too fast otherwise. Im liking the new one better but the bland text isn't working for me. Try keeping the cool lettering with that color.

[ChinChilla]

Thanks for the advice. I actually was going to put a "," after magician but noticed that on his website it was written without one. Since I did not come up with that saying, I thought it was best to leave it as it is on www.justinkredible.com (http://www.justinkredible.com). I played around with the text and think that the plain text is better for the web site link due to the size. I did, however, try changing the "Like a magician but cooler" part though.

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/8089/justinkredible5wb4.jpg

[budafist]

It its miles better with the colour changes.

"Campus Activities" is a bit too close to the trim edge.

[holycow77]

Why don't you use some of the elements from his website? He's already got a funky image happening and it is nothing like what you've done.

[acousticmind]

Dawson Student Union?

[ChinChilla]

I made some more changes (changed the pic, moved the text around, added effects, etc.)

http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/6816/justinkredible8hh4.jpg

@ acousticmind- DSU stands for Dinkins Student Union.

[zunkus]

I would only use a funky font and different colour for Justin Kredible and use a simple sanserif font for the rest. The endline "Like a magician but cooler", is too prominent IMO. Tone it down by using same coloured font as the rest and/maybe use italic. Don't go too close to the borders with text. I also don't like the tilted text for date, time and place. Sorry for being so negative, just my opinion.

[rstetz]

I would first ask him is he could please change his name, the play on justin and incredible is soooooo overdone that it almost seems like everyone named justin has used it 4/5 times in their life, BUT since you have no control over that, i would use the same font style you used for "DSU PRESENTS..." for the "LIKE A MAGICIAN..." because IMO i'm having trouble readin that font in orange and i think you need that color scheme somewhere else in the flyer that just the main title. I also like the first image of him better only because it looks like his right arm has "magically" vanished and hes going to pull it out of his hat.

[Randomhero]

I definitely like it a lot better with the new orange font.

[Mr_LeE]

maybe its me, but like this image better... other then that.. keep refining.. ull get there

[vtwin_gary]

i like this image better.
i would make a copy of the headline text & fill in the negative areas where the background shows through. & i would loose it at the bottom all together. i line in that font is plenty.
keep us posted.

*edit* give yourself more room from the edges to the text. it is way crowded

[Danger_Mouse]

I find the font hierarchy quite an eyesore. Why Stencil? (or whatever that is)..it conflicts with your headline font and looks like more of an army advertisment.
I would try a sans serif font in the entire poster except the headline.

[budafist]

Successful poster designs make an impact by focusing attention to 1 important part of the piece. Hierarchy is important because the designer gets to choose the order the viewer reads the information. By spreading information evenly across the whole page, you've lost that hierarchy and control.

[Craig B]

I agree with Buda, hierarchically speaking the photo is the dominant thing you look at, and (nothing personal), but it's not enough to get my attention. And then with everything else spread around, I'm not inclined to "hunt" for information, so to speak.

[ChinChilla]

Thanks for all the tips! :) I am still really new at this and know nothing about design yet to be honest. It has just been my hobby for the past few years and I hope to make it my career one day. I will try out everyone's suggestions, change the font, make the text stand out more, etc. I will keep working with it and keep everyone updated. I want to make this flyer as good as it can be. :)

[budafist]

I will try out everyone's suggestions, change the font, make the text stand out more, etc. I will keep working with it and keep everyone updated. I want to make this flyer as good as it can be. :)

Don't make the text stand out more. Make it stand out less but make it easily readable. Hope that makes sense!

[Craig B]

Do you have a big chain bookstore near you, go look at their design section, they should have several books on poster design. Flip through it for inspiration, not to copy form it, but to try and understand what works and why it works. Get a better feel for composition and hierarchy. When looking at the examples, pay attention to how your eye moves around the page and why.

[ChinChilla]

@ budafist ~ Ok, thanks for clearing that up. :) I will work some more with the text.

@ Craig B ~ Thanks for the tip. We have a Books-A-Million close to campus so I will go check out the design section there when I have a chance, probably this weekend after I get this big project for my class done.

[NTLemon]

Hey ChinChilla do you happen to be on your Campus Activity Board?

I do all the promotional work for the board at my school and the only thing I would try to be aware of is that unless you have good contacts or funding to get these printed somewhere else they will probably get run on the color copier. The only reason I mention this is ends up eating a lot of toner and probably won't look quite as crisp as it does on your monitor. I try to stay away from the black backgrounds for that reason.

This just isn't catching my eye though. At a quick glance I don't think I would stop to look at it sort of thing. It's much improved over your previous versions though and I think it's certainly improving but I think I would follow Craig's suggestion and see how you can get this to pop.