just for fun as i work some templates up, which of these do you like best? they're meant to be in...

just for fun as i work some templates up, which of these do you like best? they're meant to be in...just for fun as i work some templates up, which of these do you like best? they're meant to be in...

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Nicolette .

• Aug 13

just for fun as i work some templates up, which of these do you like best? they're meant to be introductory slides to carousels on socials for a record label looking to boost attention for their signed artists.

naturally, 'first last signature' would be replaced with each weekly artist's signature (as would the spaces inside the polaroid frames, i've just assigned placeholders for the time being for clearer spacing as i toy around with adobe express.

let me know your thoughts!

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Abdullah Eroğlu

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• Aug 13

Since the cards are already tilted the header must be in a strict position in my opinion, so i will go with O2. Both great tho!

Diego Sánchez

• Aug 13

O2 for me, the polaroid stack feels more collectible and fits a record label better than the single frame. Since these get swapped weekly per artist, how long does one actually take you to update once the template's locked?

Nicolette .

• Aug 14

i'll be finalizing these in .psd format, so editing each shouldn't take more than 30 minutes, 45 maximum! each frame's contents would either fully be a clipping mask or allow for layering that gave a 3D effect outside of the frames, then the signature placeholder would be...

Diego Sánchez

• Aug 15

30-45 minutes per swap for a weekly recurring asset is a great turnaround, that's the kind of system that actually survives contact with a real deadline. Are you setting up the layering so a non-designer on their team could eventually swap frames themselves, or is this staying a task you'll own each week?

Maty Sandoval

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• Aug 15

O1 for me, the mix of a light and dark polaroid feels more like an actual scrapbook someone would flip through. Have you run these by the label yet, or is this still your own gut check before options go out?

Anita Autorino

max

• Aug 11

Is minimalism doing this label a favor, or losing what made it charming? 🤔

Found this while flipping through a Japanese book of vintage canned food labels and decided to give one a rework. Same ham, completely different shelf presence.

Vintage approach: hand painted illustration, full color, a lot happening at once.

Modern approach: vectorial line work, no color, one pattern and narrow type system holding the whole label together.

I need to know, if these two were sitting next to each other in a store, which one would you actually reach for?

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Tomiwa Folorunso

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• Aug 11

I prefer the Vintage Approach. Sort of related: When I was reading your description for the Modern Approach and you wrote "...no color...", I suddenly remembered an article I read some time ago that talked about "how the world has gradually been losing its color" especially in...