I’ve been working on my poster some more lately. I was pleased with how the general letterforms and overall balance turned out, but wasn’t really sure about the style or treatment of the letters. I’ve been playing around with all sorts of different ideas and this is the one that I like most. It takes quite a while so I have only finished the first two lines.
When I showed my wife she said that she liked how the two parts of each letter intertwined, working together to make a whole. It was like us working in tandem with the idea, muse, or whatever you want to call it. It was a very, “Yeah…that’s what I meant to do…” moment.
I also have to admit that I jumped on the grain wagon because I like how well a few of the other members pull it off and I thought I would give it a go. If you don’t think it works in this case, please let me know. Any and all other feedback is also welcome.
Update:
I really like how this is coming along. The intertwining letterforms are a nice touch. Is there a way to connect the lighter color characters? I don’t know if it would work, but it may be a nice difference between the two letterform shapes. Then again, it may be completely unnecessary. Just an idea.
The contrast between the different letterforms is a bit low. At times I see the dark blue coming to the forefront, others the gray. Maybe the overall value of the two is too similar. That may be your intent, but it’s a little unclear for me at present.
I think the grain effect could be useful here. Currently it seems that you’re using it as a sort of all-over texture, which is fine. I think it could also be used as a way to show a bit more dimension where the letterforms are overlapping or folding onto themselves a bit more. You’ve got a bit of that going on, but it’s really subtle.
Can’t wait to see how this progresses.
Yup, dito Stephen. I’d at least take the texture out of the background. I’ve found it works best sparingly.
Looks good. Super funky. Super Micah-y.
Thanks guys. It’s great advice, as always. I tend to err on the side of subtlety, usually to a fault, so I appreciate you telling me when to push it a bit further.
I changed the contrast as well as taking out the background grain. Do you think it works better? Anything else before I move on to the rest?
Yeah, much better.
Agreed.