One more comment about the name and typography in general. When a person looks at a photo, their eye scans from lower left, clockwise, up and around that photo, ending in the lower right corner. Putting the typography in the upper left stops the eye, and the scan, especially in a scene like this where you have the bright red/bold typography, against a B&W background. If you were doing an ad for a company, that would be great to grab the consumer's eye right here. But in this case, where the car(s) are more important, I'd park the typography in the lower right, as a stopping point for the eye.
More brain storming: I wonder what your film strip idea would look like, running vertical down the right side, just a couple inches wide? I'm not sure if it would like a mustache on the Monalisa, or if it would be kind of a cool add.
It's nice, but I think it looks better to see a side and a front, or a side and a rear 3/4 for this style of layout. And I'd take the typography off of the car, and just leave it low down in the grey area there on the left.
Which one looks better? I'm leaning the first one. Will be printed as a 20x30. I'm rotating out an image I already have on display in the track lobby, will replace it with this one. The driver happens to be a track member, which is why I'm going to be displaying this collage. Thanks!
I prefer the first one as well, Bill. To me, the color of the background shot in the second one clashes with the primary focus on the front image. In the first one, it serves as a nice backdrop to the primary image of the car, in the second one, the larger size in color overwhelms the primary image.
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One more comment about the name and typography in general. When a person looks at a photo, their eye scans from lower left, clockwise, up and around that photo, ending in the lower right corner. Putting the typography in the upper left stops the eye, and the scan, especially in a scene like this where you have the bright red/bold typography, against a B&W background. If you were doing an ad for a company, that would be great to grab the consumer's eye right here. But in this case, where the car(s) are more important, I'd park the typography in the lower right, as a stopping point for the eye.
More brain storming: I wonder what your film strip idea would look like, running vertical down the right side, just a couple inches wide? I'm not sure if it would like a mustache on the Monalisa, or if it would be kind of a cool add.
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I agree about getting the text off the car,
I don't think the main shot of the s2000 is a headliner, I think the b&w in back would be a better candidate for the front.
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