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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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.
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?
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...
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?
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?
Where should the photo live - behind the words or beside them?
Same pilates studio, same headline.
01 - Photo as the background. Full-bleed atmosphere: the room wraps around the words. Immersive and cinematic, but the text only survives thanks to a darkening overlay laid over the image.
02 - Photo beside the text. A clean split: words on calm ground, the room in its own column. Everything readable at a glance, the trade is a little less drama.
One sells the feeling. The other sells the clarity. Which hero would make you book the class?