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Pandaren117
04-13-2010, 04:33 AM
Hi, its been a while since I posted here, but I would appreciate a lot of help in this contest.

A local institution is holding a graphics design competition in a theater festival this weekend for high schoolers, and I have to create a poster and a playbill or shirt for a fake production of a play. I decided to do "Into the Woods" and I wanted to try to do a minimalist approach.

Here are the following drafts and sketches I came up with. Please critique and or suggest anything that might come to mind. I don't have much time. Thank you and God Bless.


http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc126/PhatPanda117/Art/th_IntotheWoodsPosterDraft2.jpg (http://s218.photobucket.com/albums/cc126/PhatPanda117/Art/?action=view&current=IntotheWoodsPosterDraft2.jpg)


http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc126/PhatPanda117/th_IntotheWoodsPosterDraft4.jpg (http://s218.photobucket.com/albums/cc126/PhatPanda117/?action=view&current=IntotheWoodsPosterDraft4.jpg)

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc126/PhatPanda117/Art/th_IntotheWoodsPosterDraft1.jpg (http://s218.photobucket.com/albums/cc126/PhatPanda117/Art/?action=view&current=IntotheWoodsPosterDraft1.jpg)

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc126/PhatPanda117/th_DSC00357.jpg (http://s218.photobucket.com/albums/cc126/PhatPanda117/?action=view&current=DSC00357.jpg)

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc126/PhatPanda117/th_DSC00358.jpg (http://s218.photobucket.com/albums/cc126/PhatPanda117/?action=view&current=DSC00358.jpg)
shrunkendesigner
04-13-2010, 09:51 PM
How about a row of darker trees in the background, to give the illusion that there is woodland there.
Pandaren117
04-13-2010, 10:07 PM
Holy snap, that's actually genius!
Pandaren117
04-15-2010, 01:31 AM
New draft
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc126/PhatPanda117/th_IntotheWoodsPosterAlternateD.jpg (http://s218.photobucket.com/albums/cc126/PhatPanda117/?action=view&current=IntotheWoodsPosterAlternateD.jpg)
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc126/PhatPanda117/th_IntotheWoodsPosterAlternateE.jpg (http://s218.photobucket.com/albums/cc126/PhatPanda117/?action=view&current=IntotheWoodsPosterAlternateE.jpg)
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc126/PhatPanda117/th_IntotheWoodsPosterDraftA.jpg (http://s218.photobucket.com/albums/cc126/PhatPanda117/?action=view&current=IntotheWoodsPosterDraftA.jpg)
CountZeroInterrupt
04-15-2010, 03:31 PM
Cool project and looking great so far. I always like minimalistic designs.
Question: What is the purpose of the tower in the background? It's drawing a lot of attention and I am not sure if that is what you want since the title is "Into the woods" not "Into the tower". That yellow rope falling out the window also makes the tower look like a puking face. Again I'm not sure if that is what you are aiming for.
Least but not last (and now I'm being anal) the subtitle has incorrect grammar. If I'm not mistaken I think it should say "You have got to sometimes" (or maybe "You gotta go sometimes"). Of course in advertising misspelling and incorrect grammar can be used on purpose, so again I'm not sure if that is what you wanted.
Anyway, keep it coming, I'm digging the designs.
Pandaren117
04-15-2010, 07:01 PM
New second draft
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc126/PhatPanda117/th_IntotheWoodsPosterDraft7.jpg (http://s218.photobucket.com/albums/cc126/PhatPanda117/?action=view&current=IntotheWoodsPosterDraft7.jpg)
Pandaren117
04-16-2010, 02:58 AM
Modified and made a finalish draft of the treeline concept. I changed the tag also
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc126/PhatPanda117/th_IntotheWoodsPosterAlternate.jpg (http://s218.photobucket.com/albums/cc126/PhatPanda117/?action=view&current=IntotheWoodsPosterAlternate.jpg)
matsman
04-16-2010, 11:39 AM
last one is definitely the woods... and the best of the bunch for that. However... :)


"the" is badly readable because of all the treetops at the same level
The eyes don't really add anything for me. Is it a monster thing? maybe something in a correct scale (half a silhouette of monsterish proportions?
How about a dark blue background as a night sky instead of the parchment, which doesn't really fit the "modern" look of the rest and I find to easy and unneccesary in allmost everywhere I see it.
Possibly put the one way sign back in on a brown pole so it actually is a sign? I'd like that
Just some thoughts to help you see it different. Try to experiment more, some small squares and a pen together with 15 minutes will get you at least 15 other ways of looking at it.

Hope it helps you along bye!
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