affinity publisher New cover page design for a newsletter

[pcdlibrary]

This is a sample.

News cover design.afpub

[pcdlibrary]

Improved? cover page.

Cover page design.tiff

[pcdlibrary]

Here is a slightly newer version.

Cover page design2.tiff

[GarryP]

When you ask us for comments on whether something has been “improved” it would be much better if you gave us:
1. Both the ‘before’ and ‘after’ images so we can look at them together and see what the differences are.
2. An idea of the expected readership – who you think will be reading it, or who you want to be reading it.
3. An idea of what you expect the design to achieve – how should the design make the reader feel, what should the reader think about the design?
4. An idea of what sort of design you are trying to make – do you want to lull the reader into into looking at this, or shock them, or something else?

Also, attach images which can be viewed directly in the forum rather than having to be downloaded first.

In addition to that, posting multiple threads about the same thing is counterproductive as you will get detached comments without a ‘narrative’ between the advice over time. It will be much harder for people to see the evolution of the design if the ‘story’ of that design is written in multiple places.

In short:
1. Keep to a single thread for a single piece of work.
2. Tell us what you want to achieve and how you are trying to achieve it.
3. Let us see the designs without having to do other work.

Otherwise people are more likely to simply not bother looking or trying to help.

[Patrick Connor]

@pcdlibrary

PLEASE do not start new threads when you should be replying to your own thread. I have merged the 3 posts you have made into one thread

@GarryP

Thanks for the useful advice

 

[walt.farrell]

3 hours ago, GarryP said:

Also, attach images which can be viewed directly in the forum rather than having to be downloaded first.

In other words: Please post JPG or PNG images, not TIFF, so they will be displayed directly in the post and we don't have to download them and view them separately.

[pcdlibrary]

7 hours ago, GarryP said:

When you ask us for comments on whether something has been “improved” it would be much better if you gave us:
1. Both the ‘before’ and ‘after’ images so we can look at them together and see what the differences are.
2. An idea of the expected readership – who you think will be reading it, or who you want to be reading it.
3. An idea of what you expect the design to achieve – how should the design make the reader feel, what should the reader think about the design?
4. An idea of what sort of design you are trying to make – do you want to lull the reader into into looking at this, or shock them, or something else?

Also, attach images which can be viewed directly in the forum rather than having to be downloaded first.

In addition to that, posting multiple threads about the same thing is counterproductive as you will get detached comments without a ‘narrative’ between the advice over time. It will be much harder for people to see the evolution of the design if the ‘story’ of that design is written in multiple places.

In short:
1. Keep to a single thread for a single piece of work.
2. Tell us what you want to achieve and how you are trying to achieve it.
3. Let us see the designs without having to do other work.

Otherwise people are more likely to simply not bother looking or trying to help.

Thanks to all for well-written & useful advice. Since I don't often post samples, & tend to forget, I will save your constructive criticisms for future reference. Have a great day.