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Maki poster, part 1

Maki poster, part 1

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Maki poster, part 1

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- You've heard me say before that one difference between beginner and an experienced designer is the experienced designer is likelier to make bold moves. Things very big versus very small, condensed, extended, way over here, way over there, on an edge rather than in the center, and a beginner is likelier to even things out and make them smooth and kind of average, and I have an example. I came across this concert poster online. I have changed it, different photo, different words, but it looked essentially like this, and it's the work of a beginner. I like the photo, it's big, that's good, but everything else is just gray, kind of nondescript. Words are centered, similar sizes, evenly distributed. Her name at the top is the biggest type but not much bigger. The smallest type is not that small, everything's medium. The type is a decorative face called Bauhaus. Very popular in the 1970s, I don't know why it's being used here. It's on everything except the text which is Helvetica. The…

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