Overall you did a good job, but I think the text below the banner should have a bit more margin to the banner. And maybe you should make the small text in a gray tone instead of black. It would feel lighter.
I think in order for this to work you have to be a little less lazy and draw your own vectors instead of using live-trace. It smells like bad quality, sorry :/
I don't know what his degree of ambition is regarding his career and I can of course only speak for myself when I say I wouldn't use premade types. I think that if he practise a little bit, he could make a decent looking handwritten type and this would be so much more satisfying.
So I would...
I quite like it! Nice color scheme.
However, I think there's a bit too much text, and I'd like the images to be larger. It seems a little bit crowded some places.
Looks like the quality on the image isn't the best?
The edges look kind of blurry.
In general I think it's hard to make it look good when you mix all the different styles from their album covers. Looks a little weird.
However, I like Muse, so I cannot be too harsh about this :-)
(I've seen...
I'm not sure I get what you mean.
My opinion is that if you want something to look handwritten, why not write it with your own hands? It gives a much more personal, interesting and unique outcome.
There's a reason why really succesful graphic designers never use premade handwritten typefaces...
Of course there are no "rules" but I offer my opinion on this subject and my opinion is that choosing a handwritten pre-made font in a logotype looks unprofessional.
@TomStutt:
It's possible they look "better" when you see them at first, but I think it's too much the easy solution. And one of the most annoying thing about these typefaces is that they resemble handwriting and yet e.g. all the A's are completely the same. I just think it looks cheap.
A good...
Here is a couple of my favourite designers/agencies.
Check them out, and, if you have more links in the same category make sure to post them here! :-)
Xavier Encinas - Graphic Design Studio - Vancouver
Spin
NODE Berlin Oslo — Graphic Design Studio
re-public - grafisk design, identitet...
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