Need final critique!

[matt2364]

1. This brochure is suppose to advertise the city of Troy and lure tenants to the shopping complex.

I would appreciate any comments or suggestions that you can offer. Please let me know if anything is confusing or if I need to fix any spelling errors or inconsistencies. Thank you very much.

Also, this is my first design project, so I spent more time than I should have on it and do not want to bill by the hour. What do you think I should charge for this brochure, keep in mind I had to find all of the information and take pictures of the brochure.

thank you very much, I appreciate your help in this matter.

Front

Inside

Back

[brokendalek]

Looking very nice indeed - I can see that you've taken on board all the crit we've offered over the two threads.

Are you pleased with it?

[matt2364]

eh...this is my first piece that I have been contracted to do and I am just a bit nervous. Do not know what they are expecting and I had to learn how to use illlustrator and most of the photoshop in the process of making it. As long as a majority of board members thinks its good, I think I am just going to retake the front picture and be done. Thanks for everyones help.

If anyone still has some comments don't hesitate to post.

[brokendalek]

Well, let us know whether your client likes it or not - I personally can't see why they wouldn't.

[onyxlogix]

I like it, especially:
1. The drop caps are very elegant
2. The image effects you added to the front cover photos (shadow)
3. Color scheme is nice too.

However, I think there is a bit too much text inside the brochure. Though this is more of a content issue; I may be wrong, it just looked like that on the screen as print may be different.

For your first design, this is very good.

[matt2364]

Yeah, I totally agree. But I do not know if there is anything that I can really take out without redoing most of the brochure, which did not have time to do. Thank you very much for your insights though.

[TripleMoonsDesign]

My only comment is on the typography. You have a whole lot of hyphens!

[pa007]

I like it. The cover is great--you've shown me, rather than told me, which I like. My only tip would be to make sure that it's all fully proof-read at least a million times. There is nothing worse than producing a lovely brochure or advert printing 2000 and then finding a typo. It's also very embarrassing.

Great work, especially considering its the first piece you've been contracted for. I'm sure you'll get plenty more after this.

Pete. :)

[Denis Wonder]

Yep, the broshure is nice, but...
I think 'FRONT' isn't good and you must create another. It's haven't style which you created inside. And I think foto placed not not good

p.s. good luck with your first project! =)

[Jenni]

It's quite a good job for the first time. I liked all the images and the color scheme you've chosen, but I should agree with onyxlogix that there is too much text there. On the other side, however it's very informative what is good for a brochure.