winters in buffalo Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 My wife is directing local performances of The Vagina Monologues and asked me to make the show posters. Wanted to share. Overall, I'm pretty pleased with the result. It's quite a bit different than stuff I'd normally do. Comments are welcomed, but no childish giggling, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mings Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Joe, I would definitely lose the gradients in the skyline since you don't have them anywhere else. I would also have it go across the entire poster with the lovely lady parts in front of it. The other thing that is getting me is the colors and fonts right now. I really like how the VDAY logo looks on black, so I would take a cue from that for all of the text. I also don't like Fontin (I think that is the font) for the titles, body it is ok. I would make the title in the same style as the logo, since the pink bar splits the poster in two right now. Pretty good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shmee Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Excellent! I like the simple silhouette and skyline, the text is all very clear and in good fonts, and the V in Vagina is placed very cleverly.I think the [{ and }] brackets are kind of immature, but I'm not sure if those are symbols that the V-Day movement embraces. If so, I think they're used well here. If not, it's my only criticism.Edit: That appears to be an official logo. No worries on that front, then. The world's foremost practitioners of professional tag-team wrestling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewharrington Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 I understand the 'look' you were trying to achieve, but the visuals and composition of the elements are not very compelling and the typefaces don't fit well with that particular aesthetic. I still don't have a website, but I have a dribbble now! http://dribbble.com/andyharry [The postings on this site are my own and do not necessarily represent the position, strategy or opinions of adidas and/or its brands.] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 I'd drop the skyline altogether. And drop at least one of the typefaces.The outline figure is good, and I like the pink horizontal bar. Put those against a solid black field and they'll pop better.Or better yet, remove the bar and put the name in pink text. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winters in buffalo Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 Maybe it loses something not being full-sized, but other than the V-Day logo, there are only two fonts on the whole poster. I needed the skyline, or at least some local tie-in. My direction was to either use the Raleigh skyline, or an acorn (a local symbol) tatoo on the figure. The acorn was going to be too small to notice, so I stuck with the skyline. Anyway, this is what the ladies wanted and they loved the final product. Like I said, it's not the style I'd normally do. Still, thanks for the input. The suggestions are all pretty good. Oh, I'll remove the gradients for the version they need for their t-shirts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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