It's time for ~*~POSTER SLAM~*~
Every year (all two of them) we gather a group of hacks, former hacks, journalists, designers, and all around bitchy lovely people to talk smack about posters. It took us a couple shots of tequila to get us in the mood, but here goes Round 1.
So before you get all high and mighty and play the "shame on you," "you're just all bitter about XYZ," or general "fuck you's," we're just gonna say that we don't give a shit. CAUSE WE JUDGY BITCHEZ.
Cause this is our calling.
PRESIDENT
Aaron Bailey
Oh Aaron, where do we begin. Well with your hair, that's where. What is happening man? It looks like a damn cockatoo tried to work your up-do... It's also unclear why you chose those photo over any of your other ones. Like you're such a photogenic dude; as is evident by ALL THESE BETTER PHOTOS; sneak peek:
Now lets talk about sex fonts babyyyy. WHO IS "ORONT AILEY"?! Your typeface is just too much, even if it's kind of cool. Random ass circles be gone.
On the upside: (Bow)tie game is STRONG. The rest of the design is generally cool and clean, so we're glad you followed the cardinal rule of design: KISS (keep it simple, stupid).
Cheneil Antony-Hale
So let's get the good out of the way first. We love the design principles that you used here. You have nice colours, calming typefaces, and a well photoshopped picture. Speaking of which, WHY is it sepia? It just makes this whole poster look like one of those stock images for a PSA. It makes you look as though you're not the most important part of the poster...which you really should be.
Why does it look like you only have one platform point?! And what does "keep it real" even mean? (Because it's not about your platform points - we'll get to this later).
V
Things that are cool: you have a genuinely nice photograph. We also appreciate that you took your presidential photo in the President's Office (wutwut). So +3 points for being ballsy. What's not cool about this? The weird font in the bottom left corner. Like wtf were you going for there? Spook with serifs? We wish that you'd played up the whole V thing more. Otherwise you had a generally clean design, so good for you.
VP ACADEMIC
JENNA OMASSI
If only you weren't the only candidate. We wanted more competition in this category, but regardless, we declare you as winner Jenna! The only thing negative we have to say about this is that some of the text is a little difficult to read because of your background, but whatevs, that's life. THANK YOUR BRILLIANT GRAPHIC DESIGNER for this campaign because they KEPT IT SUPER SIMPLE. P.S. Dat dress niiiceeeee.
Alright, that's enough for now. We've got lots more posters to bitch about in the next round of Talking Shit About Your Posters (aka Poster Slam).
