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I've been unable to find anyone who's developed a physical bitcoin poster so i've decided i should work up a few to send to people i know at various universities, i'm going to make prints in 8.5X11 and 11X17 and intend to distribute them at no more than shipping cost as well as making them freely available for those who wish to print their own, any advice is welcome

A bounty of 2btc is avilable for the graphic designer to improve/clean up the posters into a printable state claimed by evoorhees
A new bounty is being issued for a poster including a variety of vendors this is also 2btc

This is the final result from voorhees, What does everyone think?
I have a copy with the "bleed" effect but getting a borderless print will require a visit to a print shop
50 pages fits in a USPS flat rate envelope so shipping will be http://irage.ca/2btc.php?a=5.25&d=1
50 11x17 pages fits in a priority mail envelope shipping is unforutunatly higher than i had hoped and will be http://irage.ca/2btc.php?a=15&d=1
The basic poster will be available both in 8.5x11 and 11x17 print sizes the (in progress) posters with vendors will be available as 11x17 only
Donations for those wishing to help out with purchasing print supplies can be sent to :1Jv5Pxpm7E9uYuKVVQdfxW3gvDkADzo5b7 otherwise they're paid out of pocket
https://i.imgur.com/pzKbnl.jpg (http://imgur.com/pzKbn)



A second poster(with vendor placement) is now avilable
The listed vendors were selected for their activity in the comunity when work began on the poster, vendors wishing to have themselves placed on the poster in place of others are required to provide a SVG or high resolution PNG format image for their logo and the desired address for the relevant QR code.
https://i.imgur.com/L9yPPl.jpg (http://imgur.com/L9yPP)

You need a great headline.

Something that makes people curious.

Any advice on that beyond something like "Make your fortune with bitcoins"

updated with a newer revision

While I think the idea is great and what you are doing is really great, the poster you have posted pretty bad. lol.

If I have time, I'll whip one up for you later. I'm not a pro, but I'm not bad at photoshop. Maybe some other people can post some too. The idea is freaking awesome and the fact you are giving them away, to anyone even if they aren't for everyone, is really really cool.

Awareness = Bitcoin Success

well sending for shipping cost not giving away :P and yeah i know these aren't great thank you for your support

Eye catching. Eye pleasing.... and minimal colors. (I wasn't sure if that was a factor or not, so I only used the colors you used)

I wouldn't go with this one either, I'm sure SOMEONE can make something better or I can try when I have more time. This was just a quick job.

While the overall look is OK for me, the content's ugly now. It should be telling it all to a normal user, who doesn't know anything about cryptography, peer-to-peer, just what can be done with Bitcoins from the users' perspective.

Feel free to use and/or copy from the Bitcoins For Charity poster: http://bitcoinsforcharity.org/flyer.pdf

That's an interesting point i've been basing my efforts off people i know at RIT but the group is going to be diffrent at a non technical college. I'm starting to think more than one version will be needed geeks like words like cryptography(i'll vouch for this myself) art students don't care about it a bit.

How does one get these posters? like to spread it around school!

Once we have finalized designs I'll make them available as a .pdf and also offer to print them for anyone willing to pay for their shipping

This is a 11x17 version i was thinking some examples of sites that accept bitcoin would attract more attention, Pending their approval and a more pleasnt design of course
https://i.imgur.com/hyRYLl.jpg (http://imgur.com/hyRYL)

I'll gladly endorse these (with some cosmetic improvements, of course). Heck, I might even order some.

Impressive! Great idea Deslok.

As far as better quality goes I, or whoever makes the final version(s) will need higher resolution graphics than the ones i just grabbed in an acceptable format (SVG PNG AI ect.) I've been working in Publisher myself and offer the orignal file to anyone offering to do some touching up or seeking to make an alternative version, Just pm me an email address and i will send it in both .pub and .pubx formats(sorry AI guys i don't have/use any of those programs)

Endorsed. :)

I like the idea. I think its great. I got some vectors graphics of my logo if you want them.

Anyone with vectors of their logo or high resolution rasters should send then to dslokk@hotmail.com

See orignal post for bounty oppourtunity

I'll take this on.

Stay tuned for rough draft.

http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/7182/designa.png

Here's a rough draft. I chose not to put more than one "call to action" on here... only one QR code, to focus attention. No reason to suggest vendors to people who haven't yet heard of the currency. That's step 2 =)  The messaging is targeted to university libertarian/rebel types.

Thoughts?

1) wtf? section does NOT explain jack squat diddly to the layman.
2) You should make the QR code link to WeUseCoins

The thing on the top I don't like it looks like the printer hemorrhaged black ink before actually printing the page, vendors were for a "double page" 11x17 print only, any qr has to include the relevant URL nearby it not everyone has a smartphone.

I like the thing at the top.

Same. Gives it style. I love it, it's pro.

The only thing I would change/add would be a url to bitcoin.org for those who don't know about QR Codes.

Well i can try and print it with that, if  evoohees would be kind enough to email me a .pdf of it

A tip about the viability of actually creating a poster which can be printed for reasonable cost:

The only way to get cheap posters as an individual is on plain white paper using a b&w laser plotter.

Don't use excessive colors, colors are fine but you have to adjust the mean tones so that they make sense in b&w.
Don't put anything at or near the edges, like above. The plotter can't print on the edges and those edges would need to be cut manually which makes them more expensive and you are wasting space. Furthermore those plotters have a large tolerance of where they print so include at least a 1" margin.

The cheapest format is a square.
This has to do with the way copy-shops calculate their prices. They charge you per length and if you have a smaller format they print it landscape and charge you the price if they printed it portrait.

They usually have 36" plotters and prices for 24" and 36". By using a square format you basically get 1.6 times cheaper price per area.

These are going to be printed on my own workforce 1100 it's a high volume inkjet designed for business use capable of sizes larger than 11x17 ( the largest paper I regularly purchase I can look into others) as far as borderless printing it's something I'll be trying with that rough draft when I get the pdf.

This is cool. Good luck.

I like the Matrix reference on the most recent draft (the "rabbit hole").

I'll probably buy one when they become available. :)

In that case, good luck :)

There might be people out there who would be willing to print out a few at a shop and hang them up in their area...

The final results will be available in .pdf format for anyone wishing to do that

Funny i was just thinking about this the other day... about making a poster to post up all over town on every store bulletin. I realised I couldn't explain well but the one we have made by "The Joint" (I believe) was excellent. Can't wait till the pdf comes out to print out and post up all over town! :D

Okay thanks everyone for the comments.

Deslok - as this is for you, if you're printing it on any inkjet/business/home printer I do not think it will print to the edge of the paper (called "bleed"). I had assumed these would be printed professionally, with bleed available.

If they're just being printed on a home/office printer, then I'll need to remove anything touching the edges, and probably make the background pure white.

Deslok: do you prefer we do the QR code/URL for bitcoin.org or for weusecoins.com (I kinda prefer weusecoins actually)

Ideally we could include all three however from the standpoint of a single focal point we use coins is more casual user friendly in my opinion.

Edit: it's not exactly a standard printer and if people want that effect I can try printing it. Even if I can't since the file(s) will be freely available  if you created a copy with it i'm sure some would go to a professional print shop, I couldn't make them for shipping choosy only but would get a large order of them like that if there's enough demand.

BUMP!
(hopefully)Finalized poster, Shipping cost and poll added

Sort of, it was trendy two years ago. :) But yes, the main thing is not isolating the usefulness of this poster to people with smart phones, IMO. And a better "explanation" paragraph.

Edit: Also, Bitcoin accepted here needs to go. Accepted where? At this poster?

Should probably go at the top of a second half as opposed to my cheesy proud to accept bitcoins line however something should probably go there unless i'm having him put a "provided by SDM" badge there :P

You're right, it was trendy two years ago. Bounty has to be higher for more sophisticated work, son!

And yes, the poster accepts Bitcoins. That's how cool they are :)

The bounty is being issued to evoorhees i'm sending out the first order for his poster today(with a small change as per request) to xenland

The first set is in the mail en route to xenland and progress has begun on the larger vendor inclusive posters

Thanks mate! Can't wait to for them to arrive so I can post them all over town!

Is this poster the one?
No.

Why?
Any poster that includes the "word" wtf is not the one.

If the wtf? is your only complaint i think i can edit that out easily enough
Edit: yep simple change
https://i.imgur.com/iGnAx.png

Make it sexy or nobody cares.

If you think I'm joking...

Joint i keep all of the sexy over in the marketplace, it's avilable for rent though

I liked the "wtf?" part it appeals to teenagers and the younger crowd. Which is the only people who will understand bitcoins at this point.

Is Adobe Illustrator OK?

I do not personally own a copy of adobe illustruator at this point however my knowledge it can export .SVG files if not the .ai files are rather difficult but not impossible to work with

Any orders of 8.5X11 size posters not requireing signifigant changes to the current design made between now and 7am EST will be shipped out tomorrow

Well, first off the acronym 'wtf' in a title. It doesn't convey an image of professionalism.
The Matrix reference is somewhat juvenile.
The 'i' in 'why should I care' should be capitalized.

Also ordinary people don't know anything about decoding QRcodes, or what cryptography is.

I don't have a better alternative right now so yours is definitely better than nothing but I wouldn't use those in public posters.
Clean colors & fonts, and easily understandable content your grandmother could grasp without issue.

Jack the WTF isn't on current prints that link needs to be updated, The i>I will be fixed when i get home, if you have an idea of what your grandmother could understand i'd love to see it, The first prints of these have been sent to colleges matrix refrences cryptography QR are all "cool"

If you are localising posters for target audiences (like colleges) then this actually makes a lot of sense.
What might be ridiculous for Wall Street traders might be brilliant for tech grads or students generally interested in computers.

My bad.

It wasn't part of the original plan but seems by far the most sensible course after the bulk of the feedback I've received sofar.

Target gamblers.  Sexy gamblers.

The Second poster variant is now avilable

https://i.imgur.com/L9yPPl.jpg (http://imgur.com/L9yPP)