I like it, but something is just not right

[Sonny]

A parent contacted me about making a custom mini poster for her son and two of his football teammates. C&C definitely welcomed.

[CaptainTom]

I bet this is going up on the kids bedroom wall ???
Background needs to explode color wise..... Primary colors....

[Roy]

Looks pretty good to me. Only thing I see is a little off balance. I'd move the two vertical photos under #66, Kevin to the left and have #40 Dalton in the middle unless there's some reason they have to be in the order they are now. I don't see anything else and the balance thing is being picky.

[Sonny]

Originally Posted by CaptainTom

I bet this is going up on the kids bedroom wall ???
Background needs to explode color wise..... Primary colors....

How did you guess?

Actually, all three friends are getting these posters.

[evil4blue]

I like it. It looks really pro. Roy has a good suggestion, it will help balance the poster, but otherwise I'd show to the parents and see how they like it. No sense in driving yourself nutty over something the parents are going to love either way.

[Sonny]

Originally Posted by Roy

Looks pretty good to me. Only thing I see is a little off balance. I'd move the two vertical photos under #66, Kevin to the left and have #40 Dalton in the middle unless there's some reason they have to be in the order they are now. I don't see anything else and the balance thing is being picky.

CaptainTom - I've already tried differnet colors, but they either clash with the Dolphins color scheme or some background colors wash out the color of the picture frames.

Roy - Thanks for the suggestion. I'll work on it during lunch.

evil4blue - appreciate the comments.

[xseption]

Possibly do the names in Dolphin orange so that the names stand out a little more

edd

[Sonny]

Originally Posted by xseption

Possibly do the names in Dolphin orange so that the names stand out a little more

edd

I thought about that idea, but I don't want the orange to distract your attention away from the photos.

[Silvernic]

Personally I really dislike the round matte around the top three pictures, but other than that I think it looks great.

[xseption]

Originally Posted by korrupt

I thought about that idea, but I don't want the orange to distract your attention away from the photos.

That's thinking like a photographer ... back in the day, I was in the papers for winning chess tournaments at 11 yrs of age and the pictures were fine, but seeing my name in print and on a poster really, really JAZZED me ... consider the poster from an artist's point of view, then from the kids point of view, then the parents point of view, then a photographer's point of view ... it may change the way it is presented

By an artist's point of view, I mean the use of colors, contrast, space, dominance, and all that jazz ...

Looking it over once again, I tried to view it as if I was standing back a ways. The white parts around the photos are what really stand out since the photos and background are a medium tone. The next thing that stands out would be the numbers on top and the Triple Threat text at the bottom and most likely because of the white and orange parts.

This is fun! I envy you your project!

edd

[mattchow]

anyway to get #40's shot without his helmet on to match the other 2?

[Sonny]

Silvernic - For the most part I tried to stick with the same theme/format, but I wanted to try something differnt with the Matte in those photos.


mattchow - Unfortunately that was the only semi close-up photo I took of that player.

Originally Posted by Silvernic

Personally I really dislike the round matte around the top three pictures, but other than that I think it looks great.

that's what strikes me as well,. the blue frames round the round pictures,. no idea how to fix it tho :)

Sil