Thursday, September 25, 2014





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.

Sunday, September 21, 2014

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

Band Poster - Kings of Leon