critique and advice please

[SelectionTool]

Did an illustration on an old soviet tip.But having trouble in deciding weather I should lose the red flag.Also I am not sure what kind of detailing I should add

http://freewebs.com/golfstix/russi.jpg

hope to hear from ya'll soon :}

[haam]

i see what you are going for..

i think there are too many things going on. good propaganda design is pretty minimal. in design AND in color.

[Slim Hazard]

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[SelectionTool]

thanks bro. lekker site indeed

[wes_design]

Check out Shepherd Fairey
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Nice ad... but it seems more like the 1950s-early 1960s American ads that were on subway trains... rather than propaganda...I think they have examples in the MTA museum in.. Brooklyn,ny, USA


2. it is missing type(to be honest anything without type is hard for me to accept[personal note])--I don't get if I am suppossed to follow the women or the flag


Were you going for that50sUSA or Soviet propaganda?
Remember European design utilizes strong minimalist imagery(like haam hinted at) and coupled with typography that is usually lined on a grid, unless we go into dada

And again I am viewing this on dial-up if it does have text on it and I didn't see it because it didn't load... I apologize

besides that I like it...oh yeah keep the red flag it keeps the eye flowing to the women.. and applies good nodes...

[SelectionTool]

still a rough did not want to put text or anything else before I got expert advice.Ain't been to design school or anything , just a guy having fun on his PC.Anyway should I make the text follow the outline of the flag or should I place it somewhere where its nice and straight

[SelectionTool]

by the way was going for soviet propaganda

[hybrid101]

the flag doesn't look like a flag at first view:)
keep it, but try adding depth to it to easily distinguish it. it looks more like a red background.

[SelectionTool]

how do I add depth.Tried using the blending method in illustrator but no matter how many times I increased the steps it just looked distroted and there were funny holes in some places

[wes_design]

where's my propaganda?!?!?!

I thought I was going to see an update..:(

to be honest I have time and I actually want to see where this project was going..

[evynco]

Nice pic there.

Excluding the red flag, the rest looks almost sepia-tone, (you know, the old 'brownish' photo prints).
Me, I'd try using a more 'faded' red for the flag.
:red: