Magazine Advertisement

im not too sure what kind of mag it is but the blue seems too heavy to me, esp if its going to have other pages next to it with different colours, its also swallowing in the different logos on the lower part of the page. to me it would work better as an electronic page all on its own, looks too much like a microsoft ad or something of theirs to me. lastly think about creating white space around the tiny works, ie paste them inside a white box they would view better.

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Great add but there are too many image samples so none of them gets the attention they deserve. Can you pick just one or two images to highlight?

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Powerpoint is not a design application

I think most magazine publishers would want to shoot you for delivering an ad like this to them. What will they be able to print on the verso? That's an awful lot of dark ink coverage you've got there.

The gradient line thing is just horrid -- looks even worse in larger format like this than on your "flyer." It's clearly just an out-of-the-box Photoshop gradient and isn't even balanced well. What is your light source for the variations in light and shadow? THINK!!!

And what's with the concentric rings of stars in the upper right-hand corner? Looks like a US Federal agency emblem trying to invade you.

No matter who tries to shoot you. :D

i hope you dont believe in this shoot you down theory, speaking for myself to critique something is all about bringing to light things about your work that you might have missed, or taken for granted, magazine ads to me are all about simple easy to read get the massage, research shows people mostly buy magazines they already know or have an interest in, plus they tend to rush through them so cleaner easy to read is better.

i hope you don't believe in this shoot you down theory, speaking for myself to critique something is all about bringing to light things about your work that you might have missed, or taken for granted, magazine ads to me are all about simple easy to read get the massage straight up rather than pose and figure out whats going on, research shows people mostly buy magazines they already know or have an interest in, and they tend to rush through them compared to journals and books, so cleaner easy to read is better in selling an idea/product.
that said there is no direct attack on your skills, so shooting down is too strong a word here.
good luck

Hey now, let's all remember design is a subjective thing and not get too snippy with our critiques...

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Powerpoint is not a design application

Hola amigo,

A ver, me gusta, es lo primero que diré, pero creo que hay unas cuantas cosas que hacen que mi atención se desvié, por ejemplo: el gradient gris y el marco naranja abajo, creo que contrasta demasiado; te recomendaría que ya que tu temática es azul y blanco, la sigas con azul y blanco (quizá fondo blanco).

Lo otro más-o-menos molestoso son los dos logos a la izquierda inferior que se cortan, no se... no me parece que deberías cortar un logo así por dos razones:
1. No se ve muy bien, y 2. Imaginate si tu cliente (a quien le cortaste el logo) lo ve? No es muy buena idea, je je.

Saludos!