Your Thoughts on Flyer Design

[djhipnotikk]

i'm diggin the new design. only thing i would change would be to add some soft kind of patterns in the background on the gray part.

[Segfault]

I'm prersonally not to sure about bright pink circles for darkpsy, but that could just be my unfamiliarity with the genre showing through.

That being said, I'd go to the show if I saw that flyer.

[aout6]

im a professional graphic designer and i used to work as a fulltime flyer/club designer for 3 years (worked and still do some stuff for club exit www.myspace.com/exit and worked for club pacha vilnius for about 6 months). IMO you should avoid cheesy ambient-ish backgrounds or do them more simple.
don't use those extra-fancy-matrix-like fonts and those techno-wannabe fonts. go with the classics first (helvetica was my favourite for a long time, avantgarde bold is great as well) until you feel strong and can judge if the font is good or bad. i know it sounds stupid, but that's the way it goes
my portfolio (tho i havent updated it for more than a year now) www.vytisgruzdys.com
and my blog about flyer design www.flyingflyer.net . in the blog you can find some nice inspirations!
hope it helps!

and we should keep this thread alive as flyers are one really important part in club scene. it reflects the club. if i get shitty flyer i usually dont even look deeper into it.

[djhipnotikk]

im a professional graphic designer and i used to work as a fulltime flyer/club designer for 3 years (worked and still do some stuff for club exit www.myspace.com/exit and worked for club pacha vilnius for about 6 months). IMO you should avoid cheesy ambient-ish backgrounds or do them more simple.
don't use those extra-fancy-matrix-like fonts and those techno-wannabe fonts. go with the classics first (helvetica was my favourite for a long time, avantgarde bold is great as well) until you feel strong and can judge if the font is good or bad. i know it sounds stupid, but that's the way it goes
my portfolio (tho i havent updated it for more than a year now) www.vytisgruzdys.com
and my blog about flyer design www.flyingflyer.net . in the blog you can find some nice inspirations!
hope it helps!

and we should keep this thread alive as flyers are one really important part in club scene. it reflects the club. if i get shitty flyer i usually dont even look deeper into it.

not meaning to thread jack..but would you mind critiquing my designs? i've used some of these publicly, some of them are waiting to be used..but here are some:

http://indydesigns.net/img/flyer1.jpg
http://indydesigns.net/img/flyer2.jpg
http://indydesigns.net/img/flyer3.jpg
http://indydesigns.net/img/flyer4.jpg
http://indydesigns.net/img/studiofest.jpg
http://indydesigns.net/img/omenpt2.jpg

any constructive criticism would be greatly appreciated

[aout6]

i dont think that anyone would mind you showing your designs!

ok. i try to make it short and simple:
1. you use way too many fonts in one flyer. it really distracts.
2. text has too many colours. i mean each dj written in different font, different colour or even colour patterns. it also distracts.
3. all information is written in the same size, every object looks as important as the next object. it shouldn't be like that. the first thing that should catch your eye is party name/headliner dj. then support djs, then venue+date and all other info. write headliners in 2,3,4,5 times bigger font. if headliner is not a superstar, that way people will think he is anyway
4. your designs look loose. like you took different objects from different flyers and put them all in one space. i mean there's no link between let's say an arrow, paint drip and font. it all should stick together. and i would avoid the 'traditional' flyer attributes like arrows and stuff. drips still do the job sometimes.
5. the colour schemes are loose as well. try to google for colours that match good. you will get that really fast, it's easy!

the best flyer from the ones you've shown is http://indydesigns.net/img/studiofest.jpg
text sizes are ok except the price and address, they are too big.
colour scheme is nice. font colour stays the same - good!
im not a fan of that kind of font, but it looks quite good.
i don't like that in the upper part you use orange dynamic object and in the lower part you use red static lines. i would use the same orange theme in the lower part as well.

hope my comments make sense and will help!

[wrong chris]

im a professional graphic designer and i used to work as a fulltime flyer/club designer for 3 years (worked and still do some stuff for club exit www.myspace.com/exit and worked for club pacha vilnius for about 6 months). IMO you should avoid cheesy ambient-ish backgrounds or do them more simple.
don't use those extra-fancy-matrix-like fonts and those techno-wannabe fonts. go with the classics first (helvetica was my favourite for a long time, avantgarde bold is great as well) until you feel strong and can judge if the font is good or bad. i know it sounds stupid, but that's the way it goes
my portfolio (tho i havent updated it for more than a year now) www.vytisgruzdys.com
and my blog about flyer design www.flyingflyer.net . in the blog you can find some nice inspirations!
hope it helps!

and we should keep this thread alive as flyers are one really important part in club scene. it reflects the club. if i get shitty flyer i usually dont even look deeper into it.

Hey man i took a look at your portfolio, your stuff is really dope. Do you have any advice for people who want to get education/training in graphic design? I'm actually in the process of looking into schools for design and I'm trying to decide between taking a 4 year university program or a condensed 1-2 year intensive at an art college. Any tips for choosing the right program/school?

[Dare2deeK]

hey guys thanks again for input, gonna try putting new font into the dj's part the letter 'I' aint showing very well ive noticed, been trying a more trippy design out this evening with the input of my fellow promoters and seems ok so far. nice stuff in the portfolio dude wish i had good design skills hehe
getting date for the event on tuesday too so gonna have to try sort something out for certain flyer wise so i can get promoting, we have got an ok amount of people interested in our night too, we have been throwing outdoor partys for past few months and its kicking off more than i thought had 150+ people at first real party as some we just had a big group of friends, we are having another outdoor gig on friday and from whats being said its gonna be anything up to 300 people this time.

Heres todays attemt anyhoo

[Dare2deeK]

oops just to add was gonna leave shoot thru logo (bit with bullet holes) as all the peeps who come to our partys know us as shoot thru

[Jester]

thats looking a lot more psychedelic mate

[djhipnotikk]

i dont think that anyone would mind you showing your designs!

ok. i try to make it short and simple:
1. you use way too many fonts in one flyer. it really distracts.
2. text has too many colours. i mean each dj written in different font, different colour or even colour patterns. it also distracts.
3. all information is written in the same size, every object looks as important as the next object. it shouldn't be like that. the first thing that should catch your eye is party name/headliner dj. then support djs, then venue+date and all other info. write headliners in 2,3,4,5 times bigger font. if headliner is not a superstar, that way people will think he is anyway
4. your designs look loose. like you took different objects from different flyers and put them all in one space. i mean there's no link between let's say an arrow, paint drip and font. it all should stick together. and i would avoid the 'traditional' flyer attributes like arrows and stuff. drips still do the job sometimes.
5. the colour schemes are loose as well. try to google for colours that match good. you will get that really fast, it's easy!

the best flyer from the ones you've shown is http://indydesigns.net/img/studiofest.jpg
text sizes are ok except the price and address, they are too big.
colour scheme is nice. font colour stays the same - good!
im not a fan of that kind of font, but it looks quite good.
i don't like that in the upper part you use orange dynamic object and in the lower part you use red static lines. i would use the same orange theme in the lower part as well.

hope my comments make sense and will help!

maybe i shouldn't have asked... :P

no but seriously thanks for the time, i really do appreciate the feedback. i don't really consider myself a pro at flyer design, but graphic design has always been a passion of mine, though i may not be professionally schooled in it :P


but anyway, new design is lookin spot on brother, i'm diggin it.