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OtleyLad

Joined: 13 Jan 2007
Posts: 2737
Location: Otley, West Yorkshire

Posted: Mon Mar 11, 13 5:23 pm Post subject: Your feedback is needed!

In June i'm running an evening to promote my book. I've designed some posters for it.
I would appreciate your thoughts/suggestions (I will of course take offence and ignore anything remotely negative

).
No but really, your thoughts would be useful.
By the way the bottom blue strip and the logos below are compulsory and provided by the venue as its part of their rules/guidelines.
If you click on any of the pics it will open another page with a bigger image.
They will be printed out to A4 and A5 I think - so its worth looking at the larger images to get a feel of the real thing?

Here's the first with a pic of the Twelve Apostles stone circle on Ilkley Moor (featured in the book):

With a generic 'Celtic cross' Perhaps easier for people to relate to?

Centred 'Celtic cross'

Centered without any shadow on the text (I know some people don't like shadowing but I like it):

Thanks for reading and your contributions!

Last edited by OtleyLad on Wed Mar 13, 13 4:44 pm; edited 3 times in total

earthyvirgo

Joined: 24 Aug 2007
Posts: 7972
Location: creating prints in the loft, Gerlan

Posted: Mon Mar 11, 13 5:28 pm Post subject:
The first one with the landscape background is definitely more engaging. I'm not wild about the yellow lettering. If it was more gold, or ochre, it might be a bit gentler on the eye. EV

NorthernMonkeyGirl

Joined: 10 Apr 2011
Posts: 4630
Location: Peeping over your shoulder

Posted: Mon Mar 11, 13 5:28 pm Post subject:
I prefer the first one - something about the writing over the cross bugs me on the others. I would however remove the text shadow from the black writing - not necessarily the yellow title.

Midland Spinner

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 2931
Location: Under a green roof

Posted: Mon Mar 11, 13 5:31 pm Post subject:
The white background on the cross is easier to read. But isn't your book set in a pre-christian / pagan community? (sorry, I haven't read it, but the title suggests that it's not exactly Christian ). If so then the cross is misleading and could potentially lead to upset & confusion if people expect it to be broadly Christian in outlook and then find it's not.

Marionb

Joined: 27 Aug 2006
Posts: 5267
Location: Mid-Wales

Posted: Mon Mar 11, 13 5:31 pm Post subject:
My first thought was that the text was hard to read... much better in the last example where there was no shadowing.

vegplot

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 21301
Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd

Posted: Mon Mar 11, 13 5:33 pm Post subject:
The first or the last. Have you consider an picture of the book itself rather than just the cover image?

Lloyd

Joined: 24 Jan 2005
Posts: 2699

Posted: Mon Mar 11, 13 5:37 pm Post subject:
For me the last one gave greatest clarity and ease of reading.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46235
Location: yes

Posted: Mon Mar 11, 13 6:12 pm Post subject:

umm dont like
the circle is several cultures earlier ,the cross at least two later later ,
the lettering fonts are a mix of styles i find messy and distracting
in the font stick to one ,maybe a super modern one
this may be intentional but could use less cliched images

umm maybe
background ,a constant in the location from before to after be it a close up stone or plant or face or other constant
ultra modern font

glad to offend to be helpful

Azura Skye

Joined: 14 Jun 2005
Posts: 2199
Location: Carmarthenshire

Posted: Mon Mar 11, 13 7:05 pm Post subject:
I think the last one was the more professional looking. Good luck with it!

Barefoot Andrew
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Joined: 21 Mar 2007
Posts: 22780
Location: In the 17th century

Posted: Tue Mar 12, 13 8:48 am Post subject:
Another vote for the first one. Are you having them professionally printed? Don't forget a 2mm bleed A.

joanne

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 7100
Location: Morecambe, Lancashire

Posted: Tue Mar 12, 13 8:51 am Post subject:
The first one, Celtic Crosses are far too late and whilst the stones are much older than the tale being told, they are relevant, plus it looks lovely and eye catching

Finsky

Joined: 10 Sep 2011
Posts: 847
Location: Notts.

Posted: Tue Mar 12, 13 10:40 am Post subject:
I like the last one as flyer..it is very clear to read and when the book and the venue is mentioned in separate sections, you find what you want in just one glance. The first one is nice to look at too...perharps more of poster material. I like the sky as backround and it looks much more colourful too.

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Tue Mar 12, 13 10:57 am Post subject:
For the reasons many people have given, the crosses are wrong. The top one is good: what about printing in a sort of faded effect, so the background is less dominant? Also not sure about yellow: without the shadow yellow is difficult to read against a lot of other colours: how about a brown?

lyndsayfink

Joined: 30 Dec 2012
Posts: 22

Posted: Tue Mar 12, 13 1:31 pm Post subject:

Hey OL,

I think the first one is most coherent and clear, the landscape background ties it together nicely and makes a good 'frame' for the text.

I think that the shadow makes it harder to read, especially at a distance.

What does the yellow text look like in the same blue (or even the orange of the little building's roof) as the banner you have to include? If you could do that it might make the whole thing look more balanced (using your font from the book but the venue's colour).

The other thing I'd say is try to have a play with the body text to get it either in one block or in separate sections so you don't have it 'wrapping' around the other elements, ie at the top where the the first two lines then slip over to the side of the book for the third line. You could maybe shift the book up so the intro is in the block down the side but then the 'more details at...' could go on one line underneath. Neat blocks are much nicer looking and easier to read, and having a fiddle with font size, borders and wording might get it more straight.

Hope that is helpful!

henchard

Joined: 23 Aug 2012
Posts: 232
Location: Carmarthenshire

Posted: Tue Mar 12, 13 3:46 pm Post subject:
Not sure if there could be issues but 'Celtic Connections' is the name of the main UK Celtic Music Festival and is a registered Trade mark https://www.ipo.gov.uk/domestic?domesticnum=2199217A

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