Design Critic

For this week I decided to us this image below to critic and the designer put together this cover. I love the choice of colors on the picture I think the colors match very well and stay with in the pink and purple side of the color wheel.

(This image is from the cover of me&myBIGideas 365 planner. 

https://shop.meandmybigideas.com/collections/the-classic-happy-planner-collection?page=1

This designer decided to use very close proximity and in my opinion it was a good idea for this cover It centers the attention to the middle of the cover and there is no other words on the cover therefore, when a person looks at the picture there eyes automatically goes to the center. The text focus on the words best and ever which design wise looks pretty, but I do think year could have been a little bigger.

The alignment in this picture does a very good job keeping the visual connection because the letters are in the middle and then it has flowers on only two corners. Visually there is a right slanted line with design which makes it very pleasing to look at. It also keep the words unified because the words are in the middle only.

I think this cover offers a great example of repetition because it has the same flower on two corners. It has repetition, but it is not very over whelming. It gives it visual interest because the flowers are a lighter color than the rest of the picture making  the flowers stand out more.

In this design the designer used a little bit of contrast as the flowers are almost the same design but they are flipped so it doesn't match exactly. This gives it a little more interest and helps bring attention to the cover therefore more people are likely to pick up the cover.

In conclusion I feel like the designer did a great job with this cover. It definitely watched my eye as I was looking at planner covers to buy and after reading and learning more about design I understand why the design looks a certain way.