By Eileen Brown
This is funny. My friend, Lamar Morgan called today and asked me to change the resolution of an image for him as he was sending it to a printer to make a magnetic sign to go on the trunk of an auto. His image was low resolution.
Now this is simple for me to do as I am a graphics designer and, of course, I help Lamar all I can as he helps me by introducing me to people in his area. Tit for tat.
Now this is simple for me to do as I am a graphics designer and, of course, I help Lamar all I can as he helps me by introducing me to people in his area. Tit for tat.
I did what he needed but then realized the text was too small. I told him that if he had the time, I could make the image more readable and perhaps stand out better for him, (I seriously thought it would be hard to read for the purpose of which he was intending to use the graphic)(re: text size).
So we started ---
So we started ---
We laughed about all the revisions but we worked the first final draft while we were on the phone. We don't know as yet how the magnet will look (I have my fingers crossed for you Lamar!) but as soon as he receives it, I'm sure he'll let us all know how it turned out.
The thing is, I make ads all the time so have some idea how to go about making them easy to read; presentable; draw attention to certain aspects; pleasing. Now, given a day to work on it, I bet it would look even better. At any rate, Lamar has a better product (we agreed on that) and I hope other Business Connection Coffee Meetups will want one too.
Nothing is ever set in stone. Each ad can be made slightly different for the location - design, colors, fonts etc. - I will be happy to work these for anyone needing this particular size - 11.48" X 8.73" 300 dpi. There is another size available too - 17.3" X 11.2".
It was nice way to spend the late afternoon. Helping someone and being creative always makes me feel good. ;)
The thing is, I make ads all the time so have some idea how to go about making them easy to read; presentable; draw attention to certain aspects; pleasing. Now, given a day to work on it, I bet it would look even better. At any rate, Lamar has a better product (we agreed on that) and I hope other Business Connection Coffee Meetups will want one too.
Nothing is ever set in stone. Each ad can be made slightly different for the location - design, colors, fonts etc. - I will be happy to work these for anyone needing this particular size - 11.48" X 8.73" 300 dpi. There is another size available too - 17.3" X 11.2".
It was nice way to spend the late afternoon. Helping someone and being creative always makes me feel good. ;)