Band Posters & Flyers

[musicthom]

Recently we started to design and distribute posters also we have taken to making up small flyers to place in the venues. the flyers have our web site adresses and a smal bio of the band and how we sound

so it got me thinking . what makes a good poster, is it a personal thing or should we really be looking at whats popular ?

here are some examples

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[FinnArild]

I liked no 2 and 4 the best (the right ones). The others seemed a bit cluttered and hard to figure out. Remember that people often only have a second to be interested and get the message in the poster when driving by in a car. I liked 2 a lot, actually - neat backdrop.

[musicthom]

I liked no 2 and 4 the best (the right ones). The others seemed a bit cluttered and hard to figure out. Remember that people often only have a second to be interested and get the message in the poster when driving by in a car. I liked 2 a lot, actually - neat backdrop.

That makes sense Finn i had the idea that it would need to catch the eye but i suppose simple will catch the eye

[Nick]

Here are examples of what we use at various sizes - the A3 one can look good

Any comments welcome

[musicthom]

yeh they look good gives me some idea of what i should be doing

[Roflcopter]

Problem is also that bands can have their own logos/typefaces, making the poster look very cluttered.

A good design actually uses only 2 or 3 typefaces, not dozens. That's why poster #2 works best here.

Another solution is used by Freddy - keeping the band logos small and all kept inside a separate space/subpic.

Ideally you would only use 1 or 2 fonts for big print, and if you cannot avoid logos or pictures, keep them small.

BG can be kept purposely vague, it can only distract - again a reason why #2 wins hands-down here.