Can some image master make an ad for Dr. Mahrt's book?
  • Jeffrey TuckerJeffrey Tucker
    Posts: 3,624
    I've had several requests. Can someone make a cool ad, with an innovative and snappy headline?

    Format can be .jpg or .png and I suspect that we need 150 to 300 dpi.

    Interested? please please? Truly, i'm terrible at this stuff.
  • CGM
    Posts: 697
    How about this?
    MahrtBook.jpg
    1217 x 868 - 1M
    Thanked by 2Kathy CHGiffen
  • BenBen
    Posts: 3,114
    CGM, I'm finding the text just a little hard to read. Maybe a layer with a semi-transparent white fill (or something similar) could be added below the text over the background?It just looks kind of busy.

    But it looks really great otherwise.
  • CGM
    Posts: 697
    Ben - thanks for the feedback. I had already done that, actually, and for that precise reason. On my computer there aren't any legibility issues. Maybe it's a scaling/size thing? (It's a pretty large image, and should be viewed at full-size, if possible. I was shooting for something print-worthy, aka relatively hi-def, per Jeffrey's initial request.)
  • BenBen
    Posts: 3,114
    I clicked it and blew it up, but the text just doesn't seem to pop out to me. It's legible, it just doesn't stick out and say "Read me!" (if that makes any sense).
  • CHGiffenCHGiffen
    Posts: 5,193
    CGM ... Except for the background being too bright, this is really quite good. A darker, more muted background would bring out the text much better.
  • MarkThompson
    Posts: 768
    I agree, the overall concept is great, but the background is both too bright, and because of the color, the cover of the book isn't visually distinguishable against it. I also think it's a bit busy; the church + the manuscript on top of each other are too much. Plus, those big vertical stripes in the middle (it looks like they're from the manuscript?) seem like they ought to be dividing something, but they're not.
  • CGM
    Posts: 697
    OK, folks - I don't really believe in design-by-committee, but I am very grateful for your feedback nonetheless. Here's option 2 - and I'm waiting for the ol' JT to weigh in himself!
    MahrtBookR.jpg
    1332 x 949 - 2M
  • CGM
    Posts: 697
    And here's another revision...
    MahrtBookB.jpg
    1323 x 943 - 494K
  • BenBen
    Posts: 3,114
    I like the contrast on the red one.
  • CHGiffenCHGiffen
    Posts: 5,193
    Me, too.
  • Jeffrey TuckerJeffrey Tucker
    Posts: 3,624
    These are really fun! but there really is too much text, too much to take in in a small advertising. How about just the headline and otherwise total graphical clarity. Possible?
  • Aristotle EsguerraAristotle Esguerra
    Posts: 1,186
    Please consider a 1–3pt wide dark outline around the text—it will help the words pop out more. (I'm looking specifically at the text "You'll never sing the Mass the same way again.")
  • chonakchonak
    Posts: 9,215
    Jeffrey, how will the image be used: as a blog ad 250 pixels wide? As a pop-up ad 600 pixels wide? As a printed piece?

    Also, is there a similar photo that shows Dr Mahrt's cheery countenance?
  • Jeffrey TuckerJeffrey Tucker
    Posts: 3,624
    Well, actually it is for a print publication. I should have specified that. Maybe a quarter page or so.
  • CGM
    Posts: 697
    and now for something completely different
    (lo-res version)
    Mahrt2.jpg
    1200 x 1553 - 360K
  • BenBen
    Posts: 3,114
    I like it!
  • CHGiffenCHGiffen
    Posts: 5,193
    Me, too!
  • chonakchonak
    Posts: 9,215
    A tip: from what I read on the 'net, images designed for printing on paper should have a resolution of at least 300 dpi, and 400 if they contain text.
  • CGM
    Posts: 697
    The forum won't let me upload the full resolution file - 7.4 Mb.

    Jeffrey, if you like the little one, I'll get the big one to you. Let me know!

    Or download it from this site - this is a free file-sharing website, but it deletes each item seven days after posting. This link is good until April 2, 2012:
    https://www.yousendit.com/download/ M3BuYURBaFJLVlhOUjhUQw
    Mahrt2.png
    2318 x 3000 - 7M
    Mahrt2.png
    2318 x 3000 - 7M
  • SanAntonioCath
    Posts: 77
    I like it.
  • matthewjmatthewj
    Posts: 2,700
    Yeah we could use any of those above if we were being fancy...

    Or..
    mahrtjoke.jpg
    605 x 278 - 43K
  • BenBen
    Posts: 3,114
    Nice, Matthew...
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