Sunday, November 30, 2014

Pirate themes are always tacky.

Source: http://www.ofifacil.com/en-ideas-examples-restaurant-menu-design-menu-layout.php
Title: The Portelet Inn

Themes can be difficult to present if the artist doesn't put enough thought into the design. And abstract themes such as pirates tend to be hardest to convey. Often the sight of ridicule and tackiness, most are wild and so rowdy that once wants to gag at the sight of them.

Lets start with the CGI. It's shiny and the shadowing effect is too strong. The barrels just clash too much with the photoshoped background and don't get me started on the tacky cutlass sword in place of the letter P with its lens flair. The rope gutter slots actual causes the text bodies to feel clumped and take up space unnecessary. The food shown is simple and all at the same size, meaning no close ups or blown ups images to incite the desire for eating.

Now for the text. It all follows a left alignment sans serif style format. Yet some are crooked far too much to conflict with the main bodies.  This is especially true with the parchment texts boxes that float around the menu like loose bubbles. They seem to take up odd spaces and just distract. All signs of an amateur take for a professional menu.

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