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Hi all,

As you can see, I've been a busy beaver and have created the following events:

Our Venom 2 Bingo! challenge (with prizes!)
The Venom Big Bang

Both of these start on March 1, which is in just a couple of days.

I would dearly love some art which will help me (and hopefully other people) to advertise these events. In particular, I need a banner that has the key info on it:

The sign up date and minimum requirements for the Venom Big Bang, plus the AO3 url (https://archiveofourown.org/collections/venom_big_bang_2020)
The kick-off date and prizes for Venom 2 Bingo, plus the Dreamwidth masterpost url (https://symbrock.dreamwidth.org/25689.html)

Ideally, it would be great if that banner could be split into two separate ones that could be used individually for each fest as well.

Any takers? *makes puppydog eyes*

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From:

oldtoadwoman

I can try and come up with something for a banner. It'll be kind of quick-and-dirty since there isn't a lot of time.

From:

cupidsbow

Thank you so much!

Take a few more days if you need to. While things open up on March 1, I will roll out announcements over time, as the sign-up periods are fairly long. So it doesn't have to be an overnight job or anything. If you can get it done within the next week, that would be great.

And if you only have time for a quick job, that's fine too!

From:

oldtoadwoman

Ignore that it's ugly and too big; that's easy to tweak later. (Also thinking of doing blue or purple instead of red for the color scheme.)

Is this all the text that you want? Or do you want me to include the basic rules on the banner as well (min word count, etc)?

From:

cupidsbow

Wow, that was fast. I love the concept!!! It gets the key info across really well. (Also: Venom, such a ferocious dork!)

I think you might be right about changing the colour. Red is very Venom, but it is rather in-your-face. I won't give any other feedback on it at this point. Let me know if you want some once it's a bit more refined.

As for the text, is it possible to add a thing in each side?

On the bingo side, can you add that there are prizes -- not sure if it'll fit, but there's the DVD of Venom and a ticket to Venom 2 (& maybe add "see rules for details").

On the big bang side I think it would be worth adding min size if it'll fit, because I think that will make some people think "Oh, that's pretty easy" and sign up.

Minimum:
5000 words of written work (fic, meta, etc)
2 minute vid
2 pieces of high quality art
5000 words of read podfic
(& maybe add "see rules for details" here too)

Let me know if you need anything else.

PS -- You're the bestest!

From:

oldtoadwoman

Welcome to my "process"...

So I first started out trying to do something kind of serious, but I was getting indecisive about fonts and the more text I squeezed in the tackier it got and readability started to be an option. (For readability, if we want something sleek but legible, I probably need to switch to a plain white background without so much slanted text.)

So then I kind of embraced the tacky and went full-tacky on purpose (but I've still been too lazy to change out the font since I haven't decided which direction to go with this):

(click thumbnails for larger view)

main question:
[ ] blue, but less tacky and less slanted text (possibly with white background)
[ ] same, but try it in purple
[ ] go full tacky and switch the text to a more comic-book-style font

Is there anything important missing/wrong? I won't have time to mess with this again until late this evening or possibly tomorrow so I don't need an instant reply, but I won't do any more until I've got an idea of which direction I'm aiming. (I think my natural "style" leans toward Graphic Designer's Worst Nightmare, but I can reign it in if you were hoping for something serious/moody/classic.)

note to self:
1st = Racing Numbers font
March = Batman Beat the Hell Outta Me font
Venom = Monsters Attack font
small text = Nosferatu font
start/sign-ups = Comic Type font
Wow = I've already forgotten which font this was, but I think it was "Comic" something

From:

cupidsbow

This is looking really good!

Okay, I'm leaning towards full-tacky, because I actually can't read the text on the Blue version. So the background would definitely need to change on the Blue for it to work.

Full-tacky is readable, and I actually like the tacky aesthetic. So I think go with your strengths and embrace the tack. :)

I mean, let's face it, we're not in Venom fandom for refined suaveness. Eddie Brock is no James Bond, amirite???

That said, there are a few things it would be great if you could tweak:

- I think the banner across the top with the urls is a bit much with green, red, and yellow. Maybe get rid of the green and keep it as yellow bg with red border?

- On the big bang side, replace the current text under Venom's arm with "Posting starts October 1". Sign-ups are a bit more complicated than for a standard exchange, and if people sign up on 28 June, it will actually be too late. I think telling people when they can expect to find stuff to read/view is more useful. Note that there's a typo on the date of the reveal info as you have it at the moment.

- I adore the WOW!. Just saying. ;)

- I find the current font for the info text readable. If you think a comic sans style font would increase readability, then I'm for it, but otherwise, a standard serif font like the one you have is fine. My main criteria on this is "can people read it?"

In summation: you're awesome, and your tacky aesthetic rules.