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So Im looking to get my van wrapped up for my plastering business located in the Netherlands. I have been working on this design lately. The business name translates to: Plaster Corner. The business name AND products already imply for a design with squar (plastered)wall like shapes. So for the sides i made a square like shape in white space, so my logo can be placed in full color. Which im pretty happy about. For the backside im trying to get the following hierarchy, Attracting interest -> contact details ->logo. Im having a hard time on the backside of the van which feels a little cheap for now.

I could use a opinion outside of my (supportive) friends and family. Am i going in the right direction or do i miss out with this design as a whole.
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>>459527
I like the bottom version a lot. Maybe try lowering the logo a bit. Don't need to be centered, but play with the position a bit as I think the logo is too high up.

Still, I would recommend for you to have other peoples feedback as I am not a expert at those kinds of work.

Oh, I almost forgot, before sending for final print, print yourself the logo on the side, the logo on the back and contact info the size in paper and stick into the van in the places they will be. They must be the real size that the final product will be. That way you can check IRL if the sizes and placements are good, if somebody inside a car will be able to read the contact info, and may have other insights in that regard. As it will be in paper, you can easily play with the placement if you think something is not that right.
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>>459514
justify to the left.
maybe dont have name over the door crack
toss the rocknroll font
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>>459514
>The business name AND products already imply for a design with squar (plastered)wall like shapes. So for the sides i made a square like shape in white space

Even with this explanation I see nothing that suggests a "square like shape" outside of the logo itself.

FWIW a lot of people miss the point of fleet lettering/graphics...it's advertising but not the type of advertising most people assume it is...it's not a business card or display ad, it's more like a billboard and functions much the same way to create brand ID rather than to appeal directly to people actively seeking that service.

Consider that only X number of people will be exposed to this vehicle daily...of that number only a much smaller subset might be potential clients at any time and of that group only a tiny portion will be actively in search of a plasterer at the moment they cross paths with your vehicle.

When you look at that group, an even smaller number will be ready or able to grab a pencil or their phone to make a note of your contact info.

What *can* happen though is that with a memorable presentation even people who will never use a plasterer can be conditioned to remember your company name when the subject comes up. It's all about establishing name recognition and association with that business/work space...

In this case the clean/slick minimalist appearance works against you; I see vans like this all over and without your explanation I would assume it was for some white collar business service like a courier or document shredding and not a hands-on building trade....that is, if I didn't just tune it out immediately as one of a million fleet vehicles.


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>>459514
die "stukken beter" tekst ziet er walgelijk uit man. past absoluut niet bij het ongeschreefde font.
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>>459514
remember to move small letters (stukadoor) on back the way no letter is on the opening crack

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I made it better, can still use some work though.
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i like it! it's fairly basic bitch metro style but at the same time has gradients and some visual fur and distinction between parts of the body.
is gud
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??? same?

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desperately looking for patch mockup psds
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>>458877
they are literally the easiest shit to reproduce from scratch in under 5 minutes

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I was browing through the internet when I found a VHS presentation of a cartoon. It had a really cool font and I want to find it!
It was also used in a flash site and the menu of the DVD promoting it.
It's not Press Start 2P or 04b11, I checked. Not matter where I try to look, I can't find it anywhere.
Does anybody know what exact font this is? Thanks!
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>>459524
The fonts used for "The Internet is/You are in great danger", "And there is only one way to save the world", "To fight for the Internet", "LOWPOLYS", "Português" "English" and "Español", respectively. If you look closely, it's possibly the same font used for all of these. Right now, it's literally impossible for me to find it.
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Somebody please help me find this font; I just know that they used the same damn font for these but I can't fucking find it anywhere for the life of me.

Literally fucking impossible.
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Is this a website or a poster.
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>>459522
It's not Gaposis Solid BRK either.

For god's sake I just wanna make a shitpost with this font.
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>>459555
Right click, inspect element, filter font-family.

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Should I learn Photoshop or Illustrator first?
I know both are practically essential, but which is better to learn first?
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>>459488
What do you want to learn it for?
I would say photoshop if you want just to fuck around. Illustrator if you want to be a graphic designer, but you would need to learn both.
Either way, the most important thing is learn how to think with them. You need what you want to do, then use the tool to do it. Imagine like if you were given those huge toolboxes and somebody told you "now you can fix anything in your home". Without knowing what to do with them or what to use for, it is as good as a paper weight. Same goes to ps/ai
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>>459488
may as well start with pixels
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Anyone looking for free website and logo design, im tryna find clients for my agency
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You kind of need both, depending on what you do. Unless you're a like photographer or digital painter, the vector graphics due to scaling and being applicable everywhere, - those assets and the multi-page projects (put together in Illustrator, XD, Figma, Sketch, InDesign etc.) will be fundamentally more important in UI and print design than what specifically you use for freehand sketches and cropping, retouching and smudging up some stock photos (in Photoshop, Affinity Photo, Krita etc.) you insert in those vector projects. Websites are almost entirely vector graphics, - scalable, responsive typographic layouts with SVG vector icons. Vectors for most part are more boring, methodical and tedious to learn and do well though, but that's ure job.
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>>459488
Illustrator is my go to but you will need to know how to use photoshop as well.

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First time doing graphic design, how did i do :D
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If you made the figure then it's not bad. The same texture is used throughout try and vary the colours and effects.
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>>459520
>First time
Wow, really good. Congratulations.
Now, to make it better, think about what you wanted to achieve and fix into this messaging. The black, for example, is too flat. Did you wanted to go for a CRT effect, or did you wanted a grainy overall feeling? Make it feel like it belongs in that universe.
And the coordinates, what about change the font or sizing so it is not that on the nose.
The planet also is barely seen with the image downscaled. Think how you should improve it.

Good job overall.
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>>459520
>The black, for example, is too flat. Did you wanted to go for a CRT effect,

it's obviously an imitation of a xerox copy on a green paper. those are always monochrome, flat with levels crushed and very poor dithering. it probably could look shittier, with more blown out, less uniformly visible grain in places, an yeah, maybe some inverse grain black areas.

im probly old. do zoomers only use tablets in schools now?

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I've been designing this album artwork. don't think I can top this, all things considered.
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you? No, no you cant.

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can someone change taros hoodie to red? i'm pretty sure it's supposed to be red
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>>459538
this too i just want to see if it fits with the background
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>>459538
i tried doing it myself but it wasn't good
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>>459538
>>>/wsr/

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Trying to do a poster for a movie i like. I know it doesn't look good, but don't know why. What is missing? How can I improve it?
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>>459511
The red texture on the title looks low quality and gives a bad contrast to the background. I think it would be better with a flat red font.
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>>459511
–The proportions of the poster seem... too tall. Was it imposed?
– It does not tell a story and does not evoke a reaction.
– The title is kinda hidden, at the same time it does not looks to me that it wanted to be hidden. It feels that you placed there because it was the spot that you had left. It also makes it look like is "floating", it is not resting in no imaginary rule(s).
– The tree branches is the back are a mess. I don't really know what I want there, but I don't like how it is now.


Recommendations:
– Take a look on some Pedro Panetto videos about poster composition. They are in pt-br.
–I like the collage feeling, but you need to have some rules of composition. Take a look in the book Grid by Thimoty Samara. Panetto will help you better if you have a deadline.
–Don't get me wrong, it is good as it is now as art, but the title is really lost and the art overall should tell more about the short film. This could be done in the title, the color, a detail on a tomato, e detail in the background, etc, you do not need to change everything.
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>>459511
you have no sense of composition
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>>459518
Yeah I had to upscale te texture and it lost quality. I did it because I wasnt liking the flat red, but it might be better, thanks

>>459519
I didn't want to hid the title at all
> It feels that you placed there because it was the spot that you had left
thats exactly why I did it hahhaha, but yes i struggle a lot with composition just like >>459531 said, and didn't know where to put it
Oh, and this is not a job, I am doing it just for fun and to try to get better at design in general, so no deadline or requests
Thanks a lot for all of your hints man, really, I didn't expect to get such a detailed help. I will look into all of your recommendantions, study and will comeback with the next result.
Btw, cê é brasileiro?
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>>459533
>Btw, cê é brasileiro?
Yes. That's why I recommended (and know) Pedro Panetto, kek. I will still talk in english so others anon can understand what we are saying without the need to translate it.

>I am doing it just for fun and to try to get better at design
As you are studying it is a good start. I can see that you know your way around with the tools, but still need to develop the project skills, composition, how to tell a story with a single image, etc. Keep in mind that everything in a (good) poster should have a purpose to be there (i am talking about the title that was a afterthought of your part).
All things considered, good job! Keep it up!

what's the name of this design? how does one achieve the composition and the colors in illustrator? is it even in illustrator since it's made in early 1900s.
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>>459465
>/pol/ incel logic
Sir, this is /gd/. You need to touch grass.
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>>459465
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>>459475
WHAT??? OBAMA, HILLARY, AND HARRIS DID THE NATZII SALUTE?????

I can't believe my eyes, there must be video of this...
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>>459357
>>459369
I'm having trouble doing this in vector just with gradient blocks because of the edges.

Issue is that some edges have to be feathered/gradient while others must remain hard.
So your chin for example, it needs a hard edge where it intersects the white space of the canvas. And your shading on the upper nose should be soft.

I've tried setting the objects to lighten/darken so the gradient doesn't burn the canvas, the effervescence option is good when you want no hard lines.

As a raster editor it's extraordinarily frustrating not to be able to just brush in contours, I often resort to post-edit with rastor
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>>459495
You could have a foreground shape on top to retain the hardness.

who the hell designed the 4chan banners, they are so simple yet so fun

share some of your favorites
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I made these for /mu/ back in 2013 but they never made the cut.
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>>458357
>>458356
these are kool
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Where's the full image for this?

https://s.4cdn.org/image/contest_banners/74f99a50c7b3c41c466a0b061f0dea3814bcb22c.gif
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>>459442
bump

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>>436245

No gay reddit NAVA shit
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Not cool, man
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>>457550
Necromancy time. So I designed this for my EU4 larp. The idea was a vassal state of the Angevine Dual Monarchy of England and France, Duchy of Transrhenania, ruled by a cadet branch of Anjou dynasty, situated in Rhineland and Baden-Wuerttemberg.
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>>457550
Redesign flag for Pennsylvania

>The Brandywine flag in 2:3 ratio with the keystone symbol on the center-right side
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>>459421
>flag inside a flag
>the flag inside the flag is in the top left corner
Are you british?
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>>459429
redditor

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Looks like they used vector trace on an angel image in Illustrator. Use the lineart of technical drawing preset.
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>>459487
To me, It looks like it was made in photoshop.

>have a drawing that had a lot of gray and "noise" in it
>adjust the contrast to be just black, killing many grayscales in the process
>blending options> stroke

something like that i would bet was the process
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>>459491
>>459492
prolly both of these


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