Coaster Design

Overall pretty good. Basic to the point. Only thing I didn't like personally was the red text on the red band, but hey the customer liked it. So thats all that really matters.

Very Nice.

 

i like it, good job, and looks better once its printed, well done! ......hmmmm....makes me want a taco!!!

 

Did you print them or did someone else? The Art looks like it got squished somehow on the coaster doesn't look quite as round more oblong.

Maybe next time with that art you should do a circular coaster would have played better to your design.

 

I'm not a designer (or a very good critic) so take this with a grain of salt:

I don't care for it much.
All the elements look too flat & simple - gives me the impression of pieced together clipart.
The arc of the main lettering across the top is distorted.
The two lone black strokes around the outer plants look out of place.

To make this work I would:
Fix the text
Add detail to all the objects in the layout to make them more interesting.
Change up the strokes to colors that match up with the rest of the layout - try adding some to the larger elements to help tie the whole thing together.

Good luck with this,
someone who knows what they are doing is bound to post here soon with some better direction.

wayne k
guam usa

 

Will laminate keep that water proof?

 

All in all it's okay, they're just chipboard coasters. The artwork for the cactus and the "plants?" really could have used some work but I don't know if they had the budget to do it better.

 

Critiquing something is kinda lame because the standby response is "the customer liked it"... who gives a shweeze. You are trying to improve.... the client wanting jerked up copy or design is odd... they would never be shown/or made that unless they handed me the artwork. I would have designed to the exact specified measurements.

There are some newbie oditties in the layout...

--- one is the text distortion
--- stretchy type, especially the bottom.
--- things were not mirrored/lined up well.
--- The outlines make the design too busy.
--- I would have made the cactus pop more and maybe break out if the area a little bit.
--- give Senor Napolitos a little more character.
--- check alignments. (seems to be riding a little high on the green outer radius)

The layout below is to show how the logotype probably should have been done... Senor Napalitos was made from a an old layout.. i p[inched the sombrero and eyes and drew up a quick cactus. (I do admit to stretching the bottom type a tiny bit.. I have sinned)

What you did should probably never end up in a portfolio... after visiting your website, you do need some better pieces to show off. It's not an evil thing to show something better on your site, even if your original job is less than praiseworthy and/or the client has no taste.

It's the best of both worlds, you get paid for the work, you can show a better design and lure better clients.

 

Good job Rick, you must have done this once or twice before.....

wayne k
guam usa

 

I like the little cactus guy you used. I just think he should be bigger.

 

It's dye sub, it's already water proof.