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Mike's Attempts at Graphics
Posted: 06 Apr 2014, 19:20
by Ferefire
So, I've been learning photoshop on and off over the last few months. Main reason to create graphics for the events and conventions.
Finished today, has taken about 7 hours of work from start to finish (main pain has been working out the exact composition to get the intended impact of providing information but not in a manner that is not cluttered). 10,000 of these will be printed out -
I shall post what I make in here in the future. It will mostly be flyers, conbook covers and so forth. The focus is on ensuring it appears as professional as possible, so a lot of renders, logos and styles will be deliberately reused for the sake of consistency in branding. (Less is more)
Re: Mike's Attempts at Graphics
Posted: 06 Apr 2014, 21:05
by PharaohAtem
That actually looks pretty cool. I did a poster once in photoshop. It's the only program I use.
Re: Mike's Attempts at Graphics
Posted: 11 Apr 2014, 16:13
by Expendable
I'm learning GIMP, slowly but surely. I like how you use the solid balloons for the inset pictures and the faded balloons for your text. I think it definitely gets your point across. Interesting text effects on the title.
Re: Mike's Attempts at Graphics
Posted: 11 May 2016, 18:51
by Ferefire
Figured I'd show you all some more recent flyer designs, which by and large show my progress (some assets are shamelessly reused of course) -
Re: Mike's Attempts at Graphics
Posted: 11 May 2016, 22:20
by PharaohAtem
You can tell you've gotten better. They are bolder and brighter and look cool.
Re: Mike's Attempts at Graphics
Posted: 11 May 2016, 22:29
by MissPurple
Like what you did with the gaming font for LAGC, not sure on the outline for the Liverpool one, but they're both nice and impactful.
Re: Mike's Attempts at Graphics
Posted: 16 May 2016, 21:53
by Izzy
I'm inclined to agree with Purple.
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Re: Mike's Attempts at Graphics
Posted: 13 Sep 2016, 02:07
by Ferefire
Developing more of a style for the flyers now. The overall focus moving toward a more "fun and stylised" theme that better grabs the audience's attention better, better puts across all necessary information in a more readable style, and is more consistently branded -
As always, the "art of branding" is to be extremely lazy and reuse everything to create a common theme and style. Not quite A6 dimensions, but it'll be an easy rework as I template this bitch up for all the 2017 flyers and promotional materials.
Re: Mike's Attempts at Graphics
Posted: 13 Sep 2016, 02:49
by Chibi Angel
Love the improvement over time. Typography has improved immensely which I think has helped a lot. Great work.
Re: Mike's Attempts at Graphics
Posted: 15 Sep 2016, 15:26
by Izzy
I have to agree, You are definitely improving! Keep it up!
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Re: Mike's Attempts at Graphics
Posted: 20 Sep 2016, 10:18
by Ferefire
Thanks. I'll be showing some more graphics later this year.
Re: Mike's Attempts at Graphics
Posted: 22 Sep 2016, 03:26
by Chlobo
They look cool.
I thought the birmingham flyers you sent out on Saturday looked pretty awesome too.
Re: Mike's Attempts at Graphics
Posted: 17 Oct 2016, 04:45
by Ferefire
Re: Mike's Attempts at Graphics
Posted: 17 Oct 2016, 07:42
by King Jackman
They've got karaoke on them twice
Re: Mike's Attempts at Graphics
Posted: 17 Oct 2016, 19:27
by Ferefire
Yeah, fixed that just after I uploaded, lol.
