OFFICIAL Grassfest 2008 Thread

[Evan Joseph-Pinero]

I keep going to start making a flier for it, and then I realize that I don't have a scanner, and it would look dumb if I did it just all with fonts, rather than handwriting.

[Aaron Campion]

[Aaron Campion]

[Aaron Campion]

Hahahah sorry about those guys, but anyway, seriously i think there is a little more to flyers than simply "doing the job" of telling what, when, and where. The main point of having anything visual is to draw someone in, get someone interested, and if the flyer is intended for a hip audience, it better be a hip looking poster. if its for a metal show, the flyer better look metal!! so does the current flyer do its job? i guess it does the minimum that it needs to do, and if Gabe is content with getting away with the bare minimum than so be it. bottom line is if theres a show that im already for sure know im going to go to, the flyer really is not going to make a difference. but if im hesitant on the show and i see a bad flyer for it, theres a very good chance i am not going to go

[Webmaster Gabe]

the flyer i made doesn't just "do the job". i think it works for the event and i see nothing wrong with it at all. there's definitely no reason for me to make another one because it's not bad by any means. if i thought it was bad, i wouldn't have posted it.

[Aaron Campion]

who said it was BAD? you are absolutely right, there is nothing wrong with it, and i am saying it is perfectly average and doesnt go above and beyond what a flyer should be. i think nick wants you to make a new one because maybe he wants a more engaging image thats going to interest and compel people to come to this strange local event. having 3+ different flyers for a show is really ideal, it forces people to re see the event 3 different times. it forces the idea of the show into their brain!!!! haha anyways, i just really dont understand why you are so against making more flyers, whats the big deal? you made two different ones last year. AND DIDNT YOU LIKE MY FLYERS YOU ANUS!!!

[Webmaster Gabe]

i didn't make them last year. and there was only one as far as i can remember. the second one was one that showed directions and it looked the same.

i don't want to make another flyer because the job is done in my mind, i made one already, making another one is time consuming and i have other things to do to prepare for the show. nick seems to be the only one with such a strong opinion on the flyer so he should make a better one. if i make another one, what's to say someone won't complain about that one too? this weekend i'm posting the flyer i made if no one makes a different one.

and aaron, instead of making mock flyers to prove a point, why didn't you spend that time on making a real flyer? that just doesn't make any sense at all when you're the one saying everyone should all make a bunch of flyers right?

[chickentac]

Yea gabe has a good point. I think if anything the flyers Aaron made disproves his point, they made me not want to go to the show, at least gabe's flyers give me hope that there might be a giant dradle at the show. Not some guy jacking off into someones water bottle, or some pots being smoken. There is nothing really engaging about grassfest except for there will be a bunch of bands I have never seen. So the only thing to build me up for it would be their names cause showing me any sort of picture representing them would do nothing for me. I probably would not even make the connection. So in reality Gabe's flyer goes above and beyond anything that I would need to know about the show. It has band names which meens nothing cause I still don't know who they are, a giant dradle for which I am excited to see?, and grass which is the reason I am going to grassfest. The only thing I would add is punch and pie...

[joel]

wow, click on some of those, they are impressive:


flier soon.

btw: fighter x needs a reactable

[Webmaster Gabe]

yeah derek i think the point of aarons flyers were to show some extreme examples of disturbing flyers that would make someone not want to go to an event. to show that the way a flyer looks has a lot to do with whether people want to go or not. he just probably should've used that energy to make a real flyer i think!

and yeah joel, if you do make a flyer it'd be much appreciated

Edit: i guess aaron wasn't trying to prove a point, and was just in fact being weird. those flyers are pretty funny

[beb]

gabe the flyer is great and amazing. the second i saw it i really liked it. you've always done a good job on making unique flyers and always stepped up to the plate when it has been needed to be done. i was very happy when you finished it finally and showed it to me.

im very surprised at the negativity going on once again here. "we are done."


oh and i kind of like aarons flyer and banner as well. except they dont have any information on them is the only problem. finish those up aaron!!!

[Fighter X]

Reactable=waste of money.

[Webmaster Gabe]

i don't really understand what that reactable thing is... what are they even doing?

[Aaron Campion]

I'm very utterly confused that anyone thought i was trying to make a point with my crappy flyers. They were not supposed to be taken seriously, sorry if you were confused by this derek, they are simply parodies of two grassfest topics: 1) people throwing piss at grassfest 2) the fact that everyone confuses grassfest as some kind of cannabis supporting event. They both have no information on them, so i would hardly consider them to be flyers, but to be fair, if they do make a point i guess that would be that they did take a lot more thought than Gabe's flyer.

Gabe, you are the one who wants to promote and support this event so badly, that is why i find it so confusing that you refuse to consider the idea that making another more thought out flyer could be beneficial. Should i spend my time making a flyer? Probably not, last time i made a flyer in paint for grassfest it was very hard to read; being able to properly display the information is one of the basic elements of having a flyer that "gets the job done". And because i find this thread so humorous, i decided to quickly scribble two entertaining, somewhat inside joke flyers with the intention to make a quick laugh. i do not plan on finishing the information, brandon, because these most certainly are not a serious means to advertise the event.

My only point is that people like derek are not who we are trying to promote the show for. People like derek are most certainly going to go to the show no matter what; the flyer could have any unmeaning object in the center: a tree, a rock, a mountain. If the flyer is intended for people like derek, the flyer should only have text! All i am saying Gabe is that if you honestly want to promote this event and make tons of people who normally wouldnt really want to attend a local backyard show, you need to make a flyer that goes above and beyond what is "getting the job done". Maybe have something meaningful, or an interesting joke or a drawing that makes facinating statement, or something that will generally pull them in, really get them interested, and think "hey, maybe i'll check this thing out!" Do I personally really care that much? Not really, but I can still defend that Nick makes a good point that you, and anyone else that wants to promote grassfest, should consider making a more thought out and interesting flyer (if you think you could do a better job / have a good idea)

And as far as why am i making "mock" flyers and waisting time instead of making a real flyer what about yourself Gabe? Instead of posting on here about how you refuse to make another flyer, why dont you just make one already? hahaha

Edit: And Brandon, do not join a debate / discussion and be overly opinionated by saying that the flyer is AMAZING and are not considering many points that have been brought. Thats like me saying the flyer is HORRIBLE and not giving it credit for the many things that are good about it. And "we are done" is starting to piss me off; quite frankly we are not done! i do not think we are being "negative" we are being realistic

[Aaron Campion]

Reactable is a fascinating concept, really interesting to watch in action, would be incredibly fun to play around with, but its biggest flaw is that is sounds pretty bad and i cant imagine how expensive that thing would be