November 22, 2008
A Difficult Decision
I'm having a tough time deciding. I painted this acrylic painting of a pair of feeting splashing into the water in a dive. I wrote a message about "jumping in," you know, head first. I've got two designs. One has the illustration at the top and the text at the bottom. That's kind of standard. I like how the splatter of the paint is textured underneath the text, instead of that part of the page just being super clean white.
Then, at the last minute, I tried an alternate layout, where the illustration is at the bottom. This has a double effect, because your brain reads the words in the text first and then your eyes see the visual of someone jumping in after you read the words "jump in." it makes for kind of a logical sequence between the words and the visual.
And now I can't decide between the two. Will you look at it for me and vote? Leave comments explaining your vote, if you would. I thank you in advance for your help.
The first design:
Do you like this one best?
...and the second one with the text on top:
...or is this one better?
I like the second one better. It just seems to flow for me. Jump In into the image.
Posted by: Michael Kaply at November 22, 2008 07:33 PMDef the first one. The flow is so much better than the second. The second seems to have a hiccup in the flow, but the first carries your eyes with the legs. It seems more natural.
Posted by: Robert at November 22, 2008 07:39 PMI like the second one better.
Posted by: Jade =) at November 22, 2008 09:15 PMThe first one.
Posted by: Will at November 22, 2008 11:16 PMThis second one is the best. I guess I am the tie breaker on your blog. Viva La Dos!
Posted by: Jason Irvin at November 24, 2008 07:20 AMThe second one, for the same reason you wrote - the visual reinforces what the text has just said. A reason which, in fact, I had in my head before I read what you wrote.
Posted by: Jordan Like the River at November 24, 2008 12:40 PM