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Old 03-04-2010, 03:24 AM   #1
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Lightbulb Round 3 Ladies and Gentleman

So since I work 24/7 I have alot of things going on at the same time and I choose what I share with you folks but these were some mock ups I did today for Kia (obviously). They tell me where they want a sign and well I make it happen.

The one is very self explainitory and the second well its kind of a work in progress trying to scope out a sales event idea.




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Old 03-04-2010, 03:54 AM   #2
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It would be nice if we knew what they are suppose to be. Looks like internet banners I'm guessing?
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It would be nice if we knew what they are suppose to be. Looks like internet banners I'm guessing?

The first one is a banner for the outside of the building 3 x 20 facing a main highway. The second is 2 x 8 flag banner which will be going on the light posts in the dealership parking lot.
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Bit bigger please.
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Old 03-04-2010, 06:32 AM   #5
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Bit bigger please.

what do you ant bigger?, click on the thumbnails
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Old 03-04-2010, 06:48 AM   #6
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Right you are, tiger.

You've gone a bit crackers in photoshop. With the medal one, lose the glow in the logo and wording. Lose the stroke and the kerning needs sorting. The type gets a bit close to the bottom. What is the medal reflecting onto, it's floating in mid-air?

The other one doesn't come up.
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Old 03-04-2010, 06:50 AM   #7
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they look like pretty standard car adverts..which in my opinion are always too loud.

the horizontal banner: i'm getting distracted by the black/white tile. does this pattern have any significance to the dealership? otherwise, i am just reminded of my highschool cafeteria.


the vertical banner: by no means am i an authority on design, i'm very inexperienced. but, perhaps you might want to have a look at what the text looks like mirrored? for example, instead of "madness" being the first word at the top, maybe "gold". i could be wrong, and i have trouble with this sort of thing myself, but i can't help but believe that just like left-to-right here, people read downward.

this is nitpicky but the medal seems really wide. and the ribbon doesn't seem to connect. if you want, maybe try making up a clasp?

example - http://www.torresfoundation.org/tt/pics/GoldMedal.jpg
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Old 03-04-2010, 11:29 AM   #8
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What's the text say under "the future is here"?
You have that long to get your point across in a banner by the highway.

Despite my enthusiasm for your attempt at drumming up business for your vehicle vinyl, you really do need to get into some theory. I know. You are sooooo busy. But take a class, get a book, look online... Ramp it up a level or three.
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Old 03-04-2010, 11:53 AM   #9
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There's a pretty bad layer mask on the car, not tight at all looks like you used a very soft brush and didn't get tight to the edges with a hard brush.

A clipping path would probably be quicker and easier to do on that.



The gold medal is fine, but it looks like a mistake because it's a Gold Medal and you have written Gold Metal, which could be confusing without dissecting the design the Medal and word Metal are too similar.

Perhaps some sort of Gold Trophy would be better.

But it's not bad.
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Is the gold color in the text getting darker as it goes up the vertical banner? The word "Madness" is getting lost.
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