The 100 Grand chocolate bar wrapper is one that I really wish I could redesign.  While the chocolate bar itself tastes good the wrapper looks like it was designed in a hurry.  To start off, all the font is inside a box. It looks like the designer used three different fonts, the first being a large serif font, and I'm not sure if it is custom or not.  The smaller font bellow the "100 Grand" looks like it might be Times New Roman which is probably the most commonly used fonts ever.  The font in the right hand corner is an italicized san serif and it kind of throws of continuity but it still manages to add a little interest to this dull design.  Not only is the product name inside a box, but the font itself has a stroke around it making the font even more contained.  Candy bar wrappers are supposed to be fun, interesting and iconic. This wrapper could be redesigned using similar colors and fonts, but it would help the design to be so much better if everything wasn't boxed in.

Pringles has a new look, and its cheesy!!!! I love that the designer of this ad created the text out of cheese. It is done in a simple san serif font which works well, and the illustration is so life like. Besides the giant wall of cheese in the notable Pringles container at the bottom of the page. Everything on the Pringles container is arranged in the usual Pringles fashion. Luckily the font has plenty of breathing room and the designer only used three fonts in the design.  I like the Pringles design but I think if they use new ingredients it might also be beneficial to arrange the text differently than usual. I love the realistic graphics for the ad and the bright orange and yellows of the design, and the designers incorporation of the colors onto the container.

The design and typography for these bags of seed are wonderful. This is the first design I have seen in a while where the designer didn't use center alignment, and actually put the larger font on the bottom. This isn't the case with the pink bag, but the arrangement is still good.  However, I don't like the font and the product could be so much better if there was font variation.  For the whole thing the designer used a simple san serif font, and while there is color and size variation, the font just isn't interesting. I like the illustration and that we can see the product through the illustration, but a boring font was used in a less than interesting way, so the design is lacking in that area.

Of all the designs I have seen for a bread bag this is be most creative I have seen so far. I can't really tell what the bag says, and I'm not sure if it is an actual brand or if the designer used Lorem Ipsum.  The font has plenty of breathing room, but I think the design could be improved if the font that is on the clear plastic was moved into the empty space on the fish.  I like that some of the font was put on the fishes teeth. While these spaces are small, it is still a creative way to incorporate font into the design. The font itself is okay and the designer stuck with the "rule of three" and only used a minimum amount of fonts. I love the concept but a lot more could be done with it typographically.

I love the illustrations on these potato chip bags but the thought that was put into the arraignment of font is somewhat lacking. As usual the designer decided to use center alignment, which is less than interesting. I do like that the font is somewhat three dimensional, and it gives the allusion that it is floating.  Despite the center alignment the font's color and sizes are very well done.  The bag could use more detail and a different font might make the design better. I like that the illustrations look like paper cutouts, and that the chips were incorporated into the design.  There is a lot of empty space and the font has plenty of room which is good. The colors are vibrant and would stand out on a store shelf.  

This is one of those packages where the designer decided to put all the font inside a box.  The design could be so much nicer to look at if the font wasn't contained.  The designer used a simple font and it looks fine, but using more then one font might make the design a bit more interesting. I keep finding these designs where all the font is center aligned, and it is so frustrating because it is so generic.  As usual the designer chose to put the largest font on top, this of course crushes the smaller fonts below it. Yes the designer used dividing lines, but this only creates a sandwich effect. Moving the text out of the box and using some font variation would help this package design so much.  I do love the photograph, because it is noticeable and it looks delicious.  The font on the side of the box looks pretty good, except that it has a jagged edge and adjusting the tracking could definitely help this problem.  I do love the colors that were used for this package, and with a little work this design could be so much better.

Product design can be hard, especially when you are trying to target a certain audience. If this product is targeted towards an audience that is willing to spend money then the designer did a good job. When I look at this I get the feeling that the product is healthy, and it looks like something that would be found in a health food store.  I like that the design is somewhat old fashioned and I like the font that is at the top of the page.  However, the font at the bottom of the page seems very generic.  It looks like the designer used Times New Roman, and that paired with a completely different San Serif font doesn't really work well together.  The text does have plenty of room which is great, but it is center aligned which makes the design even more generic.  The color combinations were done very well the continuity of the text is lacking.  The design would be a lot better if some of the font was changed, and maybe even moving the illustrations around could add interest.

There are a lot of good ideas in this gig poster, but there are some things that need to be improved. I keep finding designs where the text just wasn't given any breathing room, and this design is another example of font without room. The font is okay and it goes well with the illustration, and the designer did a good job of using continuity in his/her design.  I love the illustration, and I like the use of color.  I like the idea of using dividing lines to separate the font from the illustration. unfortunately the font was crammed inside the dividing lines and this creates a box effect where the text feels like it is being crushed between to heavy objects.  The illustration would be so much better if someone moved the dividing lines further apart and gave the font some room.  Another thing that might help the design is moving some of the text so that it isn't center aligned. Doing this could add interest to the design and make the font arrangement less generic.

The design and typography that were used for this bottle wrapper was done very well. While there are a couple things that do need fixing I will start by writing about the good aspects of the design. The amount of branding on this has been pushed to the limit, but somehow i works. I love the illustration of the kraken because it looks like it was hand drawn instead of cheaply, and quickly done.  The design seems to be directed towards clients who have plenty of money to spend.  The text is inside a box, but in this case it works very well. The text inside the box is center aligned but it would probably look strange if it wasn't.  The biggest problem with the design is that the small text at the top and bottom of the label have been pushed so close to the top and bottom of the page.  Looking at these two small bits of text I automatically want to move them so that they won't be shoved up against the edges of the page, and I also wouldn't make them center aligned.  This aspect of the design could be improved through adjusting the tracking and maybe even the leading. Despite this there are many wonderful things about this design.

I got a pretty good laugh out of this poster, simply because it is so brutally honest.  I don't like the font that much, but it is more personal preference than anything. While the designer did only use two different fonts he/she did use different variations of the bold san serif font. The designer used dividing lines to improve the design by making it more interesting. The dividing lines also prevent The large text at the top of the page, from squishing the smaller text at the bottom of the page.  The use of color is pleasant to look at, and it helps to emphasize certain words on the page.  because of the font and the way it is arranged it reminds me of a World War two poster. An overall good use of space and the text isn't cramped which is very good.

I love the Bible verse on this poster, but I am not a fan of the typography that was used to put it together. There is a ton of space that could have been used to give the font breathing room but for some reason the designer decided to cram it into the center of the page. And even stranger is the fact that the designer used an excess of dividing lines and illustrations to turn the text into a box shape.  I also dislike how each word seems to be separate, even though all the words make up a sentence.  It makes the design seem broken.  I do like that the designer used the same font for the whole design but still got creative with it.  I'm not a huge fan of the colors. I like the blue and white paired with the black, but the background color just doesn't work well. To improve the design, playing around with the tracking and leading might help, giving the text breathing room by spreading it out more and getting rid of some of the illustrations that cause the text to be contained, would help a lot.

Another good example of using text to create an illustration, this poster is both creative and fun. The first thing you recognize is the shape, and since Darth Vader is such an iconic figure this works very well.  The small font is at the top and it gets heavier as you move towards the bottom of the illustration. This is also good because one of the first things that the viewer notices are the words "The dark side" which makes the illustration stand out even more, especially for those who get the reference.  It is a design that looks like it was done in illustrator, but I am not entirely sure because there is a slight watermark in the background and we can see Darth Vader's face, cape, and other features. Another aspect of the design that makes it great is the red light-saber which stands out and catches our eye.  This is an awesome design both typographically and esthetically, and most Star-wars fans would be happy to hang it on there wall.

This design isn't my favorite, but there are some good things about it. This is a good example of using text to represent an object or to create an illustration.  It is simple yet eye catching, and it was innovative of the designer to make the front of the box red on white, and the side of the box white on red.  This is another instance where the smaller font was placed at the bottom of the design, and while it isn't always a good idea to put smaller fonts at the bottom because they tend to get weighed down by larger fonts on top, the design actually works. This is because the slice of pizza which is represented here is at an angle. Granted, all the text looks like it will fall over on its side because of the angle it is sitting at.  This adds a little bit of playfulness to the design. I think what bothers me most is all the empty space. I like empty space, but in this case there seems to be to much, and it might be good to add some other elements to the box such as vector illustrations of peppers and olives. I love the idea and I love how the text was used to create the shape of a slice of pizza.

I really like this design because it is whimsical and the use of font is very good. The font that is used for the main product looks like it is floating above the smaller font, and even though it is the darkest and heaviest font on the jar it doesn't really look like it is about to squash the small font. The font that was chosen for the product name is perfect, because it looks like the product. Another great thing about the design is that the text has plenty of breathing room and isn't boxed in. The text on the sides of the jar is also pretty good and the incorporation of dividing lines was used really well so that everything is fairly even. Center justification usually doesn't work, but in this case it works well.  The illustrations are also very fun and inviting, and the colors would help the jar stand out on a shelf.
 

I love ice cream but this design is somewhat overwhelming. Once again I have found a designer who used more than three fonts in there design.  The designer also seems to be afraid of empty space as there is either a picture or font filling every space on these ice cream containers.  The font is also stacked and combined with dividing lines, and this creates a sandwich effect.  I do like the colors, and the fonts are fun and inviting which is perfect for an ice cream container. The smallest text is at the bottom of the page, and while this is usually a terrible place to put it because it gets squished by the larger text, it actually looks okay because the picture of the ice cream holds the larger text up.  The designs are colorful and friendly but it would be okay to have some empty space. Removing one of the fonts and changing the font size would also be a good way to make things less busy. I like the concept but the font needs breathing room because it is all crammed together. With a little work this design could be even better. 

I'm not a huge fan of the design of this bottle but it does have some redeeming qualities. The designer used the shape of the bottle to create dividers for the text which adds a nice touch.  The text is also perfectly lined up and there aren't any weird spaces between the words.  The illustrations are nice and they make the design look old fashioned which makes the design kind of welcoming.  Unfortunately there is a lot going on which makes the design less than inviting. There is a lot of text and it has all been piled up in a giant sandwich complete with dividing lines to separate the sentences.  This makes things broken in some places and hard to keep track of. There are also to many texts used here and it makes the design even busier.  I can see that the designer was trying to make things interesting but in the process he or she seems to have made things a little to overwhelming. While gutters were used to create space between text, the text still doesn't have breathing room. This is probably because of the bars that create a box effect.  It isn't a terrible design but it could use some work so that it wouldn't be so cramped.  

There seems to have been a lot of thought put into the illustration of these wine bottles. However the font that is on the bottles, combined with the illustration makes for a composition that is busy and somewhat hard to read. The design on the right has a few things wrong with it, starting with the fact that the font is overlapping an illustration that has more weight than the text. Our eyes are automatically drawn to the bright orange kettle in the background and this takes away from the more important information that sits on it. Another aspect of the design that lends to the general busyness are the fonts.  There seem to be more than three fonts and with the combination of the swirly border that goes around the text the whole thing becomes dizzying. I actually like the design on the left more than the one on the right. This is because the designer didn't put the font over an illustration. The amount of fonts used was kept at a minimum which makes the design more enjoyable to look at. I do think the designer should have given the font some space, as it almost becomes consumed by the illustration.  I love the color scheme and how it fades at the bottom of the bottle. The illustration is extremely complex and this is another one of those designs where the font was neglected while the greatest emphasis was placed on the illustration.

This poster designed my Michael B. is the perfect example of how you shouldn't design a  gig poster.  The designer broke every rule in the book! This is one of the most hideous designs I have ever seen. First off, there should be a maximum of only three fonts in a design, and the creator of this monstrosity used seven different fonts. Maybe there are so many fonts because all the bands featured on the poster wanted there logos to be there, but I'm not so sure this is the case. To make things worse the designer put a stroke around the majority of the font. This just makes the whole thing look unprofessional and messy. If the designer didn't put a stroke around the font he decided to put the rest of the font in boxes, which makes the text confined a the overall design even more busy. After using different fonts, different colors, stroke and boxes, the designer added a drop shadow to the back of all the text. There is a picture of a rose in the background but it is almost all covered in text. To make it better you would need to get rid of the stroke, drop shadow, different fonts and different colors. It would probably just be better to start over.

I am unsure of who designed this, and while I like the overall presentation of the bottle, the typography could use some work. It is nice that the bottle only has one tag, so that the viewer can look at the contents.  The designer seemed very fond of using boxes to contain text, and while the boxes aren't terrible getting rid of them might help free things up a little.  I think what bothers me the most is the font that was chosen. It is just so boring, and the format makes it even worse. Perhaps if the designer had considered using some different fonts to add interest the label would be more interesting.  I do like that they used white on black instead of black on white.  It might help if the logo at the top of the label was enlarged a little. The one redeeming quality is that everything is lined up very nicely and the designer didn't use center alignment.  

This is a tag that really needs some work! It looks like they just got bored and decided to use Times New Roman as the main font.  They also decided to center everything, which makes the design even more uninteresting.  The partially transparent wrapper also makes the font that has been printed on it really hard to read.  The font is also really small which doesn't help at all.  Making it better wouldn't be to hard.  Changing the wrapper so that it isn't transparent would help the font to stand out.  I like that they stuck to using just black font and letting the colors inside the jar emphasize the product instead.   If the font size was changed and it was moved around some this could be a really good design.  Changing the background for the text would help a lot.  It might look really good in pale blue.

I really like this package design, and it would really stand out on a shelf.  The colors are good, and I like that the designer didn't use a lot of black ink in the package design, but still incorporated it onto the package.  There isn't a lot of font, and I really wonder what the back looks like.  Most of the emphasis was put on the design of the container instead of the font.  The font that was chosen doesn't stand out a whole lot, and while I like it,  I wonder what something a bit bolder would look like. The smaller font is sandwiched between the bear and the title.   Also, the white font is hardly legible.  This design looks like something I would find on the shelves of a health food store, and I really like the design, but I think some of the font needs to be moved around, enlarged, or changed.

I'm not sure who designed this, but the minute I saw this I started to laugh.  It looks like a product mockup of a can of Spam, only far more comical.  While I wish there was a picture of the back of the container, I can still write about the front.  I like the colors and the graphics but the arrangement of text isn't very good.  The font that was used for the name of the product is fine but it has a stroke around it which makes it look contained. I can see that the designer attempted to fill space as best they could but it ends up looking really busy on the front of the can.  I don't like that the rainbow goes down the middle of the can, and it would look better if the rainbow was on the left side and make it a little smaller.  The problem with having a big rainbow centered in the back is that, even thought the text above it is big and bold, our eyes keep moving to the rainbow.  If the rainbow was less imposing it would be easer to focus on the text and the placement of it.  The concept is funny and I like the color scheme, so with some work this could be really good.

In this flyer designed by Nick Allport,  there are many problems with the placement of the text. To start off, all the text has been put underneath the illustration, so it looks almost like the sports car is about to fall on top of it.  I'm not a huge fan of the font that was used for the headliner.  From a distance it is  hard to read and each letter looks like it was smashed against the other, so the tracking really needs to be adjusted.  Besides the location of the headliner the text around it is hardly legible. It is so small that I can't tell what kind of font it is.  While this is a scaled down image of the poster it is still a good example of what you would see from a distance. The small font over and underneath the headliner is creating a sandwich effect which makes the design even worse.  The green and brown on the car look good but the background color is awful.  It is the kind of shade that my color theory teacher would refer to as a baby poop color.  Another problem with this design is that there is so much empty space, especially at the bottom of the page, and the illustration and the text look like they are floating in mid air. There is also a border around the page which makes everything seem like it has been boxed in.  The illustration is good, and it would look a lot better if it were at the bottom of the page with the text above it.  The background color should be changed to something more appealing.  If the font was enlarged and readjusted this design could be much better.

Why is it so hard for designers to put text in a format that is easy for the viewer to read? It appears that Dan Keezer, the creator of this poster decided to use text wrap.  It took me a while to find all the information because all the words are broken as they move around the shapes.  Someone would need to work really hard to get all the information read, and it is questionable as to whether or not most people would be willing to stop and put in the time to try and read this.  It looks like the designer was going for a retro/patriotic look, and while the colors are fine, I just don't like the way that this poster is set up.  The cassette tape is sitting right over what I am pretty sure are the headliners, and while it is see through, it only makes the text beneath it harder to read.  I still don't understand why the designer wanted to use text wrap.  In the end, it looks like an attempt at a cool effect that was accomplished through lazy means.

Some posters aren't very creative and don't always depict a creative description of what the client wants, but this poster seems to do a good job of describing the title. It was innovative idea of the designer, Kenton Quatman, to make a radio look as if it had hatched out of an egg.  While I like the illustration this is another one of those instances where I don't like the way the font was arranged.  As usual the smallest font always seems to end up at the bottom of the page, underneath the heaviest text and illustration.  This is an easy fix, and the poster would probably look far more interesting if everything wasn't centered.  The bird and its nest could be moved to the lower left corner of the page and the smaller font could be moved and rearranged so that it isn't centered like that.  The title is fine, and it seems to be the only text on the page that wasn't centered perfectly which Is good.

This poster designed by Lizandro Fertz is eye catching and could definitely hold its own in a fighting match. I like that the headliner is overlapping the mask.  This helps add interest and helps the piece stand out.  I don't like how the text bellow the headliner is all perfectly centered.  It would help the design if some of this font was rearranged so that the text doesn't create a jagged edge, and was lined up a little better.  There is a good amount of movement in the piece as the text seems to move hear and there.  The mask however seems to remain strong and stationary.  The illustration is simple but it does the job.  The font arrangement could use some work.  It isn't good that the smallest font is at the bottom of the page.  it seems as though it is being crushed underneath the larger text. It is also interesting that the font is consistent until you reach the very bottom and then it changes.  This isn't necessarily bad, because it helps the e-mail to stand out, but it might be better if it was put at the top of the page.

This is another one of those gig posters that has a really cool illustration, but the typography just wasn't done right.  The designer, Jonathan Fasulo created a really pretty vector illustration, and the colors he chose look really good against the black background.  He used the trail of a bumble bee to create the name of the headliner.  This of course, is very hard to read, and seems to be shrinking into the background.  The font is so hard to read that I still don't know what the name of the headliner is.  He put the location and time at the very bottom of the page in itty bitty print, and he put them up against the plants so they are even harder to see.  The poster would look better if the font size and type were changed and moved up into that big black empty space on the left side of the page.  The illustration is wonderful, but the font just isn't good.

This poster designed by Lizz Farhat is both creative and captivating.  It would stand out well because of the text, colors and illustration.  The headless horseman on the front cover is awesome to look at and I like how the designer has the illustration overlapping the text at the top of the page. I don't really like that the e-mail was put at a ninety degree angle up the left side of the page, and I'm sure it could be incorporated somewhere else.  The supporting act shouldn't be sandwiched in between the headliners name and it would probably look a lot better sitting on top of the headliner.  It is good that the designer strayed away from using text boxes.  The only other thing that might be fixed is that the text is so close to the edge of the page.  Other than these thing this is a wonderful design.

I'm not really sure who designed this poster but I'm not a huge fan of this design.  It is very modern, sharp, and there is something almost unsettling about the illustration.  It looks almost like a sculpture that you would see on a street somewhere in Baltimore city.  This is another one of those instances where the placement of text wasn't well thought out.  The headliner stands out but it should definitely be bigger.  As usual it bothers me that designers think they can put text at a ninety degree angle and have a final product that is easy for the viewer to read.  You could still use the background but it would help for the font to be enlarged.  I don't really like the color scheme because the colors are extremely dull, especially the background color. With a color change and new text placement this gig poster could look better.

Designer Benjamin Acevedo has done a wonderful job of creating an interesting and well thought out gig poster. The whole thing is so convincing as a aged comic book cover, and all the information has been arranged to fit the theme perfectly.  The designer even did a barcode!  All the font is easy to read, and all the colors work well together.  Some of the text is boxed in, but in this case it actually looks good. I like how the headliner looks slightly three dimensional so that it stands out even more among the rest of the information.  Making some of the text red adds a lot of interest and helps the poster stand out even more.  The poster would automatically stand out for someone who likes to read comics, and even those who don't.

I actually like this poster, designed by Ariana Abud.  There is a lot of empty space at the top of the page and it might be good if the headliner had been put up there.  The background is beautiful and it looks like it was hand painted, but not a lot of thought went into the placement of the text.  The designer used the gradient from the top of the page to make the headliner stand out against the mountain.  You could reverse this effect and make the text stand out against the sky.  It would add a more interest if the artist hadn't used center alignment.  I love the colors because they are eye catching and captivating, plus the illustration gives the illusion of depth.

This gig poster was also created by Adam Abeyta, and while I like it more that the last poster of his that I reviewed, it does need work. I like his color scheme because pastels tend to be more relaxing to look at, and these particular colors work very well together.  This designer seems to be very fond of water marks, and while I can see that he was trying to give the water a feeling of depth it might be easier to read if all the water marks of repeated text weren't in the background.  The font is fine but the information and the band names are not arranged well.  It takes a while to figure out which title is separate from another because the text is all mashed together in that one space.  It would probably help to move the information to the empty spaces outside of the purple area and leave the band names.  This way you could play around with colors and text spacing. I like the concept and the colors but the text arrangement needs work.

This is yet another design that I just don't like.  The artist, Adam Abeyta, seems to have some animals yelling the names of bands, and I can't even tell what kind of animals they are. This is because he transformed them into water marks. The picture frame is pretty but it doesn't really go with the text or the wild animals.  Using bright yellow as the background is eye catching but because yellow is one of the parent colors of green, the lighter green text and border almost look like they are being pulled back into the yellow.  All the text is the exact same size and some of it is overlapping slightly as it moves towards the corners of the page. The thing the bothers me most is the text that has been flipped upside down.  This makes it hard to read and confusing to look at.  With a color change and a reworking of text this could be better.

This design by Andrio Abero is creative and likeable.  I'm not sure why the designer chose a theme with bumble bees but that is probably because I am unfamiliar with the bands mentioned here. There isn't a whole lot of info to work with so space has been filled in an amusing sort of way.  The bees are all very large and don't look like they are capable of flying, but are still somehow suspended.  The text has been boxed in but this is one of the rare instances where this sort of thing actually works. If it were possible it might be better if the lines that box in the text were farther away from the text. The text would also stand out more if it were black instead of white.  Despite these little things, it is a good design.

This poster designed by Jessalyn Aaland is a crime against typography. The designer chose to use a collage effect by piecing together different pictures from what appears to be the 1950's. To top it all off, the pictures and the text have been placed on a horrendous, yellow background, Worst of all is the arrangement of text!  The white text on the yellow background is hardly legible and it is all over the place making it even harder to read. even if the text was black it wouldn't help this design to be any better.  There is also text in the triangles at the top of the page bit it looks broken and disconcerting because of all the colors and spaces between the letters.  The illustration at the bottom of the page is just to busy and is looks like the people are floating on the bright yellow background.  Unfortunately the same designer has created other monstrosities such as this.  Perhaps this poster and others like it were the result of client work, and perhaps this is what the client wanted.  I don't know what client would want this, but people never cease to amaze me.

This poster designed by James A. Holland reminds me of something out of the 60's, and I am trying to decide whether I like it or not. The only reason it give off a 60's vibe is because of all the pink flowers that are all over the place.  Other than that it seems almost like 80's/90's punk rock.  Despite everything being pink the illustration is actually pretty good.  The large font that was used for the name of the headliner is okay, but the small font that is above it looks like it is being smashed against the top of the poster. Furthermore, the font is so small that I can barely read it.  It looks like the designer used three different fonts, which is fine.  I don't like the arrangement of the font at the very bottom of the page. From far away it looks like a hamburger, and it looks like it is being consumed by all of the pink flowers.  The illustration takes up to much space leaving little room for the text.  It might also help if there was some color variation.

I like the concept that the designer Remi A. has put together here. The idea of making a gig poster look like a playing card is both creative and innovative.  The illustration is also very good, and flipping it upside down makes the poster interesting to look at.  Even the edges of the poster look worn, like those of a playing card.  While the illustration is good the typography of the poster is somewhat wanting.  In this instance you can get away with putting text in a box, because the box makes the poster look more like a playing card.  However, if you are going to use a box you shouldn't cram your text right up to the edges, and that is exactly what the designer did here. While I think the text is pretty I'm not a huge fan of it.  I can see why the designer used it though, and the poster is for a church function so it seems to serve its purpose well.  The poster could also be improved by arranging the text differently.  The way it is set up now it looks jagged as it moves from one side of the page to the other.  It also seems as though the text in the middle of the page is being sandwiched between the illustration and the bold print of the headliner.  While the design needs some work, I am still very fond of the concept.

This gig poster designed by Shaun A is aesthetically pleasing and the location of the text makes the composition even better.  The designer obviously wasn't given a whole lot of text to work with but they still made it work.  It is great that the headliner is so big but there is additional information above it.  this adds quite a bit of interest plus it helps pull the composition together.  The smaller text in the right hand corner also looks good, and it fills a space that would definitely need something if it were empty. The variation of the greens also creates a nice effect and almost gives the text a pattern.  There are some little things wrong with the text at the top of the page though.  The words "Fresh" and "Onlys" should be lined up, but "Onlys" is moved slightly to the right.  There is also to much space between the L and the Y in "Onlys", but this would be an easy fix.  I like how the information at the top of the page has been put at an angle instead of being perfectly centered. The text at the bottom of the page also stands out really well and The different shades of brown text for the location and date add some interest.  The illustration is also really good, and the choice of color is wonderful.   

I don't like this poster, designed by Benjamin Power. The colors are okay, but the composition just isn't good.  The headliners are trapped inside text bubbles and the fact that the designer added a stroke just makes the text seem even more cramped.  The text looks like it was hand drawn and the spacing between some of the letters isn't even, making the titles feel slightly broken.  I also dislike how the syllables in the headliner band names have been separated, making it hard to read them. I haven't heard of these bands before so I am going to assume there is a reason for such a peculiar illustration. The animal pictured here looks sickly, almost like it is dying, and there is something very disturbing about it. Because of all the scribbles, the background looks very messy and it makes the smaller text at the bottom of the page hard to read. The smaller text isn't spaced properly either.  If the background was just a solid purple and the names of the headliners weren't broken it would improve this poster quite a bit, but it would still need work.

I'm not very fond of this design. There is a unfortunate lack of text, and the design isn't all that great either.  The constant repetition of the bottles and skulls is far to monotonous and takes away from the general information and the name of the band. I like how the colors work together to create a mad scientist vibe.  It might look better if the black and the white were flipped so that the background is black and the skulls are white. The text for the headliner looks fine but there seems to be a stray skull and crossbones underneath the "e".  I think it is intentional, but it just ends up looking like a mistake.
I don't like how the text is trapped in a sea of skulls and bottles, and the general information is barely visible down in the lower right hand corner, and seems to be shrinking back.  The font has very little room to breathe.  Despite this posters horrible design, there are so many ways to make it look awesome.  Instead of using so many skulls and bottles, you could take one of each and enlarge them to fit the page or bleed off the page.  This would allow breathing room for the text.  With some work this poster could be pretty good.                                                                                                                                                                                                        

I love this poster designed by Kevin Tong! It is wonderful how he created an ocean scene, and while I am not familiar with the band that is emphasize I assume that the poster serves its purpose very well. The illustration in the background is the perfect combination of color and contrast and I like how there is a colorful glow that follows the Submarine on its way down. While the design appears to have been put together in Illustrator it still has the slight feel of having been hand painted which I really like. Despite the wonderful illustration the font could use some work. I can see how the designer used a line to separate the two different fonts and I think that is fine because it leads our eye down the page and creates a good flow throughout the piece. The font for the supporting act, location and date could be made slightly larger and maybe even a little thicker, simply because some of the smaller words begin to sink into the background. I don't really like the capital H in "tHe"and I'm not really sure if the designer did that because that is how the band name is drawn or just because he thought it would make things interesting. This poster also has a limited about of info and I wonder if the info that the designer had couldn't have been made more extensive to fill space. I like the illustration and the font, and it all works well together.

This design, created by Cody Fennell, is both edgy and captivating. It is good because it isn't to cluttered and it is to the point.  However it would be helpful if the text that is located in the right corner were slightly larger.  On a poster it might be larger, but on a 8.5 by 11 print I'm not sure it would be large enough. The concept is very creative, and I love how he incorporated the text of the headliner band into the picture. 
He also managed to put three different fonts into the poster to add interest.  Each text is different but it all works well together.  The concept of a fan so excited about his favorite band, that he gets the name of the band shaved into his hair is also evident here and might make those who are not familiar with the band become curios and want to investigate further.

This poster created by Miles Tsang is very complex and his attention to detail is impressive.  The colors stand out well together, despite the fact that they are a bit dull on the pantone scale. The illustration is both eye-catching and exciting to look at. Unfortunately the designer put so much energy into the illustration that the typography aspect of the poster is somewhat lacking.  In fact the illustration is so big that it seems as if the text at the bottom of the page is being squished. 

The small space that the text has been put in gives it little breathing room, and the way it has been stretched to the edges of the page makes the space even more cramped.  The fonts that were chosen for this poster don’t really do well together either. The smaller fonts at the top and bottom are edgy and futuristic, while the font in the center looks like something you would see on an older poster for a county fair. The font in the middle is also a bit hard to read due its detached puzzle-like state. The illustration is very good but the text could use some work, and I am also curious as to what this would look like without the border that keeps everything boxed