Calling for artists!

[cupidsbow]

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*

Comments

Re: banner art

[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.