How Not To Graphic Design

Kinja'd!!! by "Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch" (bman76)
Published 08/19/2017 at 21:00

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This car show poster was clearly made by a 12 year old... on meth.

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Like holy shit, there’s at least 25 fonts on this poster. (and so many low res jpeg logos)


Replies (18)

Kinja'd!!! "SHARPSPEED" (SHARPSPEED)
08/19/2017 at 21:06, STARS: 1

Budding graphic designer here. The designer of this might hate it as much as you do for the reasons you state. The brass behind the event may make you slap on all those sponsors, dates and other text walls, and won’t even provide you with good logos. It’s very aggravating. Guess how I know.

Kinja'd!!! "TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
08/19/2017 at 21:06, STARS: 4

Gotta use all the fonts.

Kinja'd!!! "sony1492" (sony1492)
08/19/2017 at 21:12, STARS: 1

The locations one of the smallest parts on there.

Kinja'd!!! "Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch" (bman76)
08/19/2017 at 21:14, STARS: 2

Architectural Intern here, there are ways to not make it look like crap. Things like: using a grid, hierarchy, limited fonts, using legible fonts, not using serif fonts, not just throwing clip art on the page, and using monochrome versions of logos.

Kinja'd!!! "Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
08/19/2017 at 21:16, STARS: 7

“Lobe Your Community”

Kinja'd!!! "Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch" (bman76)
08/19/2017 at 21:17, STARS: 2

2/10 no webdings

Kinja'd!!! "2Fast2Furious: Rotary Powered" (2fast2furiousfc3s)
08/19/2017 at 21:19, STARS: 0

local “professional” designed it probably

Kinja'd!!! "SHARPSPEED" (SHARPSPEED)
08/19/2017 at 21:19, STARS: 0

Again, some of these might not have been the designer’s call. I mean you’re not wrong, but it’s still hard to do what you know it right when even though your role is quite integral you’re still pretty low on the totem pole. I’m sure the fuckwits I worked with would think this looks perfect.

Kinja'd!!! "Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch" (bman76)
08/19/2017 at 21:20, STARS: 1

Organizer’s meth head 12 year old nephew is my guess.

Kinja'd!!! "wafflesnfalafel" (wafflesnfalafel1)
08/19/2017 at 21:23, STARS: 1

Sunday! Sunday! Sunday! Monster Trucks!

Kinja'd!!! "Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch" (bman76)
08/19/2017 at 21:23, STARS: 0

There’s always a way, no excuses for bad design.

Kinja'd!!! "Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief" (flynorcal)
08/19/2017 at 21:28, STARS: 3

You have to play Where’s Waldo to figure out the date, location, and then solve for X for the time(s).

I’ve seen lost cat posters with no phone number before so it’s possible to do worse.

Kinja'd!!! "If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
08/19/2017 at 21:31, STARS: 2

Here- cleanse your pallate:

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Kinja'd!!! "Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch" (bman76)
08/19/2017 at 21:40, STARS: 2

Too easy to find the important info on those, 4/10

/s

Kinja'd!!! "Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch" (bman76)
08/19/2017 at 21:43, STARS: 3

That just means you have to recreate the scene from the Lion King to let the owner know.

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Kinja'd!!! "Orange Exige" (OrangeExige)
08/19/2017 at 21:59, STARS: 1

Man I could have a time just talking about the font selections alone... The whole thing now... Too much for one to handle

Kinja'd!!! "unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)" (unclevanos)
08/19/2017 at 22:09, STARS: 1

If Tim and Eric had to create a poster.

Kinja'd!!! "davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
08/22/2017 at 14:24, STARS: 0

I puked.