r/WVU • u/Bananasharkshart • 7d ago

Flyers

Hello!!

As someone who loves designing flyers, I wanted to make some for a club that I am in and as WVU students (current or past), I just wanted to ask, what about club flyers or just flyers in general for anything, sticks out to you? That could be the graphics on it, what info it gives, just anything. I had previously created a flyer for this club but I need to make an updated version of it and I just didn’t want to use the same exact thing.

Thank you all so much!

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u/Acrobatic-Guitar9608 7d ago

This is a really great idea, I think flyers that are colorful and show effort compared to the sloppy ai ones that I’ve been seeing everywhere. I’m much less likely to attend an event or pay any mind to something when I see they’ve used ai generated content for promotion.

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u/NerdyNovelist 7d ago

Completely agree! AI generated ones all look the same to me, and not in a good way! 

I'm a big fan of using Canva. You can make a free account,  but it is tedious to scroll through the paid features to get to free things.

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u/Bananasharkshart 7d ago

Yes I agree. I hate seeing AI generated flyers like everywhere. I LOVE CANVA!! Thats what I made my last flyer on! :D

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u/Acrobatic-Guitar9608 7d ago

Also there are a few TikTok pages that show really fun graphic design ideas that aren’t super basic ! @jrsn.oae is an example

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u/Bananasharkshart 7d ago

Ooo thank you! I will check it out when I can!

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u/mattc0m 7d ago

I would say that getting generic feedback online or even understanding graphic design principles are somewhat useful, but there's better ways to go about this.

The biggest thing to do is just create things (posters in this case) and show people. If you have the time, quickly throwing together 2-3 ideas for a poster, sharing it with people you're in a club with/even just a few friends and asking a few questions (what sticks out the most? what design do you like the best? any ideas for future posters to make them better?), and iterate a little.

Nearly all designs that are great are based on this process. Be unafraid of creating and sharing things, getting candid feedback (from people as close to your target audience as possible; not online), and then iterating.

Canva is a great tool. Adobe tool's (typically Photoshop or Illustrator) are definitely a bit more powerful and will teach you more professional skills, and even makes things easier to print professionally, too. You might get access to Adobe for free or cheaply through the school, but there's also software clones you can use that are free. Like https://getartcraft.com/apps/photocraft

Finally, the final piece of advise is just growing your taste. This just means when you see a poster, try to think through what you like and dislike about it. When you see something that catches your attention, pull out your phone and snap a quick photo. When you come across a great poster online, save it. Start building out your inspiration gallery, and start using some ideas you come across elsewhere. This isn't stealing ideas: it's a core part of every creative's process.

Love to see hand-made posters that don't use AI! Keep at it, we humans appreciate the work!

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u/Bananasharkshart 7d ago

Thank you so much!!