Color advice on a poster

[raingen]

You have all this vibrant color to the top right of the poster and all this monotone color to the bottom left... It isn't very well balanced through the composition of the poster... i know you said that you have just the base color in for now... but i would really make a huge definition between the lights and darks of the poster to make it more appealing to the eye... i am kind of not understanding the overall look for the poster... confused with the bottom portion mostly... to me it seems like it doesn't fit with the overall theme... that could just be me though... just a few suggestions...

[Kroevyn]

I agree with what raingen said about the balance of the poster. Perhaps change the persons hair colour to a lighter one, or add a darker shade to the top right corner. Try converting the image to black & white, and having a look at how all the different shades are scattered; the camera and hair are really dark, while the rest of the shades are similar. The flowers are also blending in with the background, because the colour is really similar, using a darker colour for the background will focus the viewers atttention on the flowers.

Good luck :)

[hilbruks]

I think there's all to much happening here, so I think you should try to simplify it. There's no breathing-space at the moment, and the viewer will loose interest failrly quick. All the elements are roughly the same sise, and there's no depth, so everythig seems equally important. You have alot of good elements, you just have to organise them better. See what you can do to make it easier to read and get more contrast and balance.
Composition is the most important, and letting the viewer "breathe".
Will there be any text?

Scott Hansen is very hyped at the moment, and he is a very good poster-designer. Take a look at http://blog.iso50.com/

Good luck!

[CybrGfx]

You have more of an issue with values impeding the visual flow, and your yellows should be brighter in the flowers to help direct the eye around the image.

here is a desaturated version of your image, lens blurred in Photoshop CS2 to give you a better value illustration.
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/7592/posterqs5.jpg

Notice how the middle of the RH side is "blah."
If you can get some darker values for the roses, and perhaps some small, dark value tiny flowers to help direct the eye back over to there.

The flowers sprouting from a gigantic hole in her head are disturbing. Perhaps you can taper the stems down to a smaller radius, to then expand from her mind, rather than look like she had a hole drilled, and is being used as a vertical vase...I would put some dark values in the stems, which will again, help direct the eye upwards and to the right to help the visual flow.

I would also rotate some of the butterflies. They all look like they are fleeing the violence of the flower arranging.

She has a very unhappy looking expression. If you redirect the eyebrows, and soften the browbone a bit, and turn the corners of her mouth slightly upwards, it will help give her a more pleasant appearance.

Hope this helps some!

~Cyber

[d2king10]

Thanks for the comments guys. I can't really lighten the hair because that is the person I am making this for.

Once I add texture to the thing, the blue background will have a wavy look, that progressively gets lighter towards the top (like water), maybe that would help balance it some.

The thing with the flowers and the head is, basicly signifing that she lives in her own world, and roses and Lilys being her favorite flower, I decided to throw those in there. I will probly go back and add some darker flowers to hopefully spice it up. And I agree with making the reds and yellows more vibrant. As for the part with the hole in the head, you think that by tapering them it will give the effect of coming from thoughts rather than a hole in her head? And yeah, the stems will have darker shades the farther back, I haven't gotten around to adding shades just yet.

I will see what I can come up with, thanks!

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