This is the idea for the flyer. I have to make a small adjustment or two (the left- and rightmost contact pieces get cropped on printing) but this is what I'm working with. Is your opinion of which font to use still the same? What about the wording of the flyer itself? (the version that gets posted to webboards will have the contact info differently formatted, these are for tear-off purposes).
Any other suggestions?
(new addition based on "put a picture in there" advice:)
I would announce the name of your campaign in smaller font, what really grabs peoples attention is a picture
ReplyDeleteSuggest a picture from 81-or-earlier D&D that might be good. I'd prefer it to not be an action shot though. Are there any good "exploration" shots?
ReplyDeleteMaybe the pool testing from In Search of the Unknown?
I want to make this seem mysterious and alien, not dashing and exciting.
A picture is always nice... and I like the 2nd one's fonts better.
ReplyDeleteMerry Yule!
I'm partial to this one as it's the first D&D product I owned. It'll look good as a full bleed background. With a superimposed white box partially over lower third for your text.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.acaeum.com/ddindexes/setpages/setscans/basic2rule.html
These mono's should look good in BW.
http://www.acaeum.com/ddindexes/modpages/modscans/b1mono.html
http://www.acaeum.com/ddindexes/modpages/modscans/t1mono.html
Some other options at that site.
That Holmes cover would kill my printer ink DEAD.
ReplyDeleteAnyone have hi-res scans of that monochrome In Search of the Unknown cover, or the OD&D Greyhawk Supplement cover?
Added another version with a pic.
ReplyDeleteI like this picture. It evokes a sense of exploration and mystery.
ReplyDeletehttp://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r160/shinrin_01/dnd/97180.jpg
While I really like that pic and it fits... it would kill my printer to do up a ton of those, and kill my wallet to have a color flyer printed up... and I did a little fiddlin' and it really loses its effect in black and white...
ReplyDeleteThis Erol Otus art would do it for me:
ReplyDeletehttp://jrients.tripod.com/otus/otusbasic_files/image012.gif
It's B&W, it's a guy with a bag of loot, and it's Erol Otus. That says Ye Olde Skoole to me in mega-decibels.
The first font is crap. I don't think the second is all that great, but way better than the first. Having the picture, though, is more important, but the pic and that font don't cut it for me - I'd go with the second font.
ReplyDeleteIf I had access to a logo artist I'd want something similar to this, this, or especially this.
ReplyDeleteBut the best I can do to even go in that direction is that black metal font I'm using there... some weak-ass Darkthrone rip. :P
Morbid Angel, hell yeah. What a great logo. I'm writing up an adventure based on Chapel of Ghouls. Lately, when I get writer's block, I pick a favorite death metal song and make an adventure out of it. It doesn't stop at adventures... I created my campaign's gods from a Bathory song.
ReplyDeleteThe fonts feel really different. I think they both work, but I would go with the one that best fits the mood you're shooting for with the Olden Domain. And the Greyhawk illustrations are perfect -- they create the 'pop' you need to attract the attention of passerbys.
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with Badelaire here. I like the Greyhawk illo, but I don't care for the font it's paired with at all.
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