This is one of someone's chili cook-off poster thumbnails. I chose it as my favorite out of fifteen because the concept is excellent; it's fun, unique, and would definitely appeal to college students (who doesn't like ninja chilis?). The overall layout of the illustration is diagonal, which is visually appealing, but the illustration seems a little small. I think the text and the illustration should fill up more of the negative space - probably by making one of the two bigger. I suggest enlarging the illustration so you can show every drop of sweat on those ninja chilis' brows. The main text, "chili cook-off," could also be a lot bigger to balance out the illustration and to make it fill the horizontal margins instead of looking so centered. The thumbnail doesn't really give an indication of what kind of font will be used, but I suggest something bold that can stand up to fighting chilis. Also, the layout doesn't have a lot of value contrast - perhaps a block of darker value in the background would be nice? Or a diagonal shape to accentuate the right chili's flying karate kick? Anyway, good concept overall.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Chili Cook-Off Poster Critique
This is one of someone's chili cook-off poster thumbnails. I chose it as my favorite out of fifteen because the concept is excellent; it's fun, unique, and would definitely appeal to college students (who doesn't like ninja chilis?). The overall layout of the illustration is diagonal, which is visually appealing, but the illustration seems a little small. I think the text and the illustration should fill up more of the negative space - probably by making one of the two bigger. I suggest enlarging the illustration so you can show every drop of sweat on those ninja chilis' brows. The main text, "chili cook-off," could also be a lot bigger to balance out the illustration and to make it fill the horizontal margins instead of looking so centered. The thumbnail doesn't really give an indication of what kind of font will be used, but I suggest something bold that can stand up to fighting chilis. Also, the layout doesn't have a lot of value contrast - perhaps a block of darker value in the background would be nice? Or a diagonal shape to accentuate the right chili's flying karate kick? Anyway, good concept overall.
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Thank you Rebecca! Yeah, I completely forgot to even consider what kind of font to use, and my sizes of shapes and text aren't as large as I originally wanted them to be, so I totally agree with you on those suggestions. I was just trying to get my layout idea onto the piece of paper, but sizes will be changed on this next composition. Thank you for suggesting the use of a darker value for the background, that is something that didn't even go through my mind, but I do think that it would really help with adding more contrast, thus adding more interest. I will be adding more details to the chilies as well, I kept them fairly basic in this thumbnail sketch. Thank you again for all your great suggestions!
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