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Published: 2005-11-24 16:41:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 4742; Favourites: 52; Downloads: 297
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This sadly isnt a real poster advertising the next upcoming toronto jazz fest, its just an assignment thats meant to approach illustration from an advertising standpoint. Does looking at this make you want to go to the jazz fest?hmm....i have no idea but im pretty happy with the way it turned out. the type on the top i should probably change to white later on for more visibility and any clarinet players out there should note that the reed is upside down on the players' instrument....yup....
Next Week: Sorry guys, i kinda screwed up. next week will be the anime style/wood painting...
Oh yeah, does anyone know how to scan in a large 17x8 image onto a 8.5x11 flatbed scanner and tile it together in PS? Jimmy told me how to once but i was a moron and didnt write down the instructions.
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Very nice and very funny. I see a lot of nuanced and well, out there style. Its very cartoonish and the singers expression is just so full of energy and like a better commenter said seemed more like a rock concert expression. Very nice though, very nice.
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After seeing that flyer, me being a jazz pianist. I'd definitely show up to dat event
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I really liked, it has a nice style and it really makes me want to go to a jazz fest xD
If you could make the text por visible woul be perfect
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the style is just amazing i love the way you 've done this its awesome!!!!
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This is cool. Before I read your comments i really thought this was an actual poster. 
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the clarinet player's hands aren't in the right places either, but it's still good.
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Absolutaly wonderful! i'll totally go to a jazz fes after seeing this poster! it makes jazz look fun! I just love the animated look of this poster ^^ so alive and full of energy! SO different from the every-day jazz posters! ur stuff always amazes me~~~
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bwahaha~ It's been long since I've commented on your artwork Ray 
(damn while I'm typing this, my computer's acting weird.....it's clicking o_O)
Er..... aren't clarinets played with the bottom of the instrument facing the ground?
Hope you're well
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Yeah, i almost commented on the clarinet player >.<
haha....
Makes me want to go to a Jazz festival!!
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lovely characters~! (the finger pointing upwards, adds 50% gayness to da top guy~
i think it's a really good idea to change the colour of the type on top... might read alot better...since u've already making the guy physcially point to da type~ haha
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o.o
that's awesome!
if it were a real advertising poster, i would SO go to canada just to see the jazz fest and steal this off of a bilboard, or something <.<;;;
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Hmmm, since I'm in quite a few design classes, and you have advanced critique on, I'm gonna let you have it 
First the illustration: Your drawing does an excellent job of capturing a lot of energy, that of which one would hope to find in a Jazz Festival. The one person (Ryu91) saying it looks like a rock festival poster from the man's expression may suggest that the poster is sending a strange message, but that would probably be cleared up at a meeting with the client. Also, the upsidedown reed may be a problem as people who go to jazz festivals may be saavy on that sort of thing, but again a minor problem. On a side note, the singer looks a lot like the guy from the rage series, abiet in a much better mood.
As for the design side of the poster (text etc.): I really like how the signer's right hand almost makes a frame for the headline, maybe that'd be something to play with. You're right about the text being a little hard to read in the darker brown, but changing the text to white in the dark brown may not be the best way to fix the problem as it would mess with reading flow. Since the background colors you've chosen are essentially yellow and orange (brown is low value, low intensity orange, trust me) it may be a better option to use a blue or green for the text. Even using the color of the figure's clothing may work, they stand out well from the background. The rag (right edge) of the text with all the band's names is quite rough, but was probably unavoidable because you were listing bands and can't really hypenate too much. The singer's chord covers some of the band's names, prehaps playing with the paragraph shape or using bands with sorter names through that section would allieviate this issue. Very good font choice though. The sponser's logo's may be a little bigger than they need to be, the corner they're in looks a little weird.
Despite all the rabble above though, very good job. (I apologize if all the stuff mentioned above were already mentioned.)
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Well, even tho it isn't real....it's still really cool.
AWESOME JOB!
--Jess
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Interestingly enough you can play clarinet with the reed backwards like that. It just sounds a little funny... I like their shirt patterns.
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well hello!
im from the loverly school of OCAD, taking illustration. are you from sheridan?
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yeah i am from sheridan
taking lovely animation =S
lol wad yaer are u IN?
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As an art director I think you did a great job on this assignment and your right, the only change would probably be making the text white. I also like how the singer is pointing to the headline with both hands. The headline might also look good if it was a lot larger and overlapped his hand.
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this is amazing--bringing the viewer in and keeping them. ^^ it sparks interest
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it would be an exciting jazz festival- i would love to go to one someday......
hehe. but you know you're not supposed to puff your cheeks like that when you play- ruins your breath support : P
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Ray, that's one fucking kick ass drawing. what was the medium? excellent piece man
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hahaha thanks Dave! oh yeah btw as im typing this im in fridays class and hey guess what? you just walked in the room! you shoulda skipped, actually im regretting that im here but ehhhh.
....just one more class...just one more class.....
oh yeah this was done with acrylics and guache and watercolours on toned paper and then edited in PS.
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Is that the actual list of people playing this year? Herbaliser was in it last year and I missed it, been kicking myself ever since, and I'm kind of hoping he'll play it again.
I like the singer, but it doesnt really look like hes singing jazz, I get more of a swing or ska vibe off him. Maybe its just the shows I go to, but it seems like jazz singers tend to pull in when they're getting into it (as opposed to back and out like your guy). His arms frame the title nicely though.
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OMG yo man thats awesome
lol the dude in green looks like he is a rapper^^
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Lol if you think thats bad, go look at my ad poster for my upcoming school play Bye Bye Birdie, its like 10 x worse than this XD this is amazing btw Ray, looks that guy uptop is gonna freestyle something big XD
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your poster isnt bad! i dont knwo waht your talking about and given the time you did it in and everything. i never saw "bye bye birdie" but if its anything like "grease" or "the outsiders" then i can SAY that i saw it!
eheh yeah thanks....i should do a hip hop concert poster if i didnt hate that music so much.
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I wanna go to the jazz fest... The guy with the mic looks like he's scatting his butt off!
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yes! I love the varying skin tones, and I like how detailed the clothing is...
I would have thought this was a real poster... great job
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Yeah, I'd be tempted to go - it is a lovely jazzy-looking poster, all filled with energy.
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What stands out to me most is the patterns on the two players' clothing. The background, though simple, is pretty effective in my opinion. The expressions on their faces is very lifelike. I also like how you included the "Proud Sponsers" section. I love this a lot ;D
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O_o is this a rock festival? the singer's expression sure does look like a rocker XDD
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