Nice design with the band and the stars. The type is mainly centered, but the bottom text has both left and right justified. The portion with the venue would fit better centered and below it the section with ticket hotlines running on one line. The gradient is so close to black that it is just too subtle to have a good presence. Also, your using quite a variety of fonts which can over complicate a design. Fonts traditionally are limited to two or three for 2 main reasons: 1. to keep the design simple. 2. fonts have owners many can be used freely and others have a fee involved.

Loner already tackled layout issues...the color scheme imo is just fine.

My big concern is the use of 5 different fonts throught. What you might want to do in the future is plan out/consider which needs to be pushed the most....what's your heirchy?

the top line could be smaller, and the sans serfi font you used at the bottom...the same goes for the band titles, I really see no reason why you used the font you did other than perhaps a 'I thought it was cool' approach

In the end, the top emphasis should be placed on the event title, and the times, with the bands being a definite 3rd. So at a glance it's easy to see what it is and when it is.

For the band names...if you could find out the # of bands playing you could type it up as.

Featuring ## bands including: .......

This way you could eliminate the whole line about 'and much more'

Overall for a time crunch you did a good job, here's a .

Agree about the fonts. I especially dislike the type just under the rockstar. The other two prett much covered everything else. The top half of this poster is really well done and I like the smooth gradient in the background!

Totally agree with loner and wysiwyg! nice job.

Nice design
but i agree with the font comments +8

Eheheh thanks a lot for the comments buds. (and for the beer too )

This is why I posted this here, coz it's my first poster ever and I knew I could get some very good tips.

loneorbit: thanks for the layout tips. the graident on the black is subtle on purpose coz I didn't want it to stand out much but I didn't want pitch black throughout either.

wysiwyg: what i see is good constructive comments as they should always be Regarding the five fonts... well - the top thing is the 'logo' for the promotions people so I went for their own font. The other (the band font)... well... it was used coz 'i thought it was cool'.

Thanks a lot to everyone for the comments once again... =)

The comments about everything have already been made. Nice ad though, and good choice of colors.

my only complaints come along the pre-mentioned typography issues -- cool work otherwise

Ah... I see there's nothing I can add again. Everything's been covered. Let me just say that I love the color contrast. The "Gig One @ Minus One" is nicely done.

Good job

great poster design +8

I figured that was the promo company's font...eh..can't win them all

i think the character should be more clear.. more detailed.. otherwise it's cool..

Thanks a lot for the comments. I really appreciate all