Poster Design - Godskitchen; Feedback Wanted

Ok firstly ill start by saying 'Hello' as this is my first post at GFXVOID.

Good day to you all, im cris and i love graphics and DJin.
This is one design i have done for my college assignment for the introduction to my Graphic Design course.

We have to create an A3 poster for an event of our choosing. We are not expected to create it on photoshop, illustrator or indesign but as i have the software and some knowledge within these areas i have chosen to use these medias. Plus i really enjoy it :)

So this is a poster design which is not yet fully completed, i would love it if you guys could give me some feedback on the actual layout and design.
Use of colour, text, etc.

Please could you start by saying if you like or dislike and then go on to how i can improve and what do you think i could add or take away to achieve a better overall finished design.

Thanks :)

http://img3.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/8a419ccf2f.jpg

I like this alot, the colors are solid an go with each other. The design is really cool and the layout is good. My suggestions would be to move the date and time up a little bit, atleast until the bottom of the 06:00 is on top of the first set of "rays" just so that the eyes don't have to wander as far to see that. Maybe try using the same font you did to type "Godskitchen" on the subtitles (oxygen arena, etc.) to tie in all of the elements you can. That's my take, good work thus far.

Shadow thanks a lot dude :) that means a lot to hear that you like it, i love your sigs by the way there awesome!
Great feedback, exactly what i was looking for and not just cause you said you like it lol. I think your spot on about trying to match the elements up a little more, it should hopefully bring a bit more co-ordination to the whole piece.
Thanks for your C&C

Ohh and the godskitchen font i sadly dont have, i got a logo of there's and chopped it up in places and vectorised the actual logo so i could keep the quality and resize it.
If anyone knows what this font is please give me a shout it will aid my design massively :)

thats very good, each element of it compliments another, brilliant choice of colours, nice layout

Ok some slight changes have been made.
The date and time text has been changed, sadly i didnt save the PSD for the previous one, i'd done everything except the date and time so i have had to change them.
To be honest though i now prefer the positioning and i feel to use the same font it has benefited the design overall. Let me know what you think to this one :)

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/7...usion25ee6.jpg

i prefer the 1st 1 where the date and time was in the bottom corner

I'm not a fan of the font you used for the details. But I like the rest. The date and time are better at the top.

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Originally Posted by crs*

Ok some slight changes have been made.
The date and time text has been changed, sadly i didnt save the PSD for the previous one, i'd done everything except the date and time so i have had to change them.
To be honest though i now prefer the positioning and i feel to use the same font it has benefited the design overall. Let me know what you think to this one :)

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/7...usion25ee6.jpg

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I like V2 best, the colors are indeed nice and the effect on the bottom looks very nice. I think the text in V2 is better and the time and date is well placed.

I like this a little bit better, but the left side seems a little empty lol
Maybe try moving the "nitrogen room" information just slightly off the center and then move the "carbon lounge" information just to the left of that. See how that looks and then compare them.
Maybe you should give the professor all of the different posters you've come up with thus far and say to choose which one he/she likes best lol

I like the color scheme, but maybe use something besides white? V2 looks better, but i think the middle/top is really empty compared to the bottom. Maybe add some stuff in the background?
edit: Welcome to the void!

hm; i'm not a big fan of the font, but it's alright.

maybe spell out the 6 in 'exclusive 6 hour set'? or was it just me who thought it said 'ghour' at first ;p

other than that, it's great! i love it ♥♥

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Originally Posted by aBiTTERSWEETdemise

maybe spell out the 6 in 'exclusive 6 hour set'? or was it just me who thought it said 'ghour' at first ;p

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Now that you mention it I thought it said ghour too lol. Space out the 6 hour, or try a font that is close to the Godskitchen font.

I would try adding a little more to the backround. Or binging the little orange ray thing up a bit and croppying the postersize.

Also do what they said above^^. Lol it looks a lot like ghour.

ANd welcome to the void :)

Thanks to everyone for the warm welcome and the great feedback from you all :)
Its greatly apprieciated and definately well received.

I shall make a few small alterations one last time and then post it on here :)
Cheers guys

Im not keen on the back round could you try a flat black one?

teh yellow thing it the bottom is nice and all, but her eis the thing.
You cant really see who is going to play, yes the logo means a party or so. Take in mind that the most important here to communicate is who, when and what. Posters are not to show the designer signature. Think of the movies, a poster that will make you want to see it is one that captures you.
An example is the Clockers Poster.
http://imagesource.allposters.com:80...153/933647.jpg
http://www.moviesonline.ca/movie-gal...t_Onesheet.jpg

elmiquel i totally understand where you are coming from but for this poster ive tried to capture a certain theme to the overall design more than just getting a point across.

Personally i think when you look at the design every element on it comes together to create this feel of energy which is exactly what clubbing is about :)
Its just my view though lol :P

Although i do totally agree that for some people the font might not be clear at all which can be a problem if your trying to advertise something ^^ lol

Including some white highligts in the pattern on the bottom would make it a lot better.