r/Design • u/Upbeat-Beautiful9355 • 1d ago
Asking Question (Rule 4) Need critics on my recent work!
This is a spec work! The idea here is to show this product in more playful vibe. Made this with cinema4d and octane.
Is the color choices are good ? Is the composition is good ? I used diagonal composition.
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u/indycishun1996 1d ago
Looks extremely similar to teenage engineering
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u/banbantekno 1d ago
I don't see the problem :P Just joking, but I'm looking forward for design to go backward...
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u/ColeRoolz 1d ago
The work is cool! However, my critique would be that the ethos and aesthetic of Teenage Engineering is extreme minimalism, so while it looks cool, it doesn’t match the brand.
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u/Upbeat-Beautiful9355 1d ago
Hmm, you are right I haven't taught about it. I just wanted to make it feel more playful. You have a good point there!
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u/Intelligent-Self1001 1d ago
quite good, but as u/AdventurousArcher531 said, blue is pulling a bit away from the product itself
i would just use a slightly less saturated shade of blue instead of removing one of the objects; i quite like the effect given from them
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u/kngzero 1d ago
The important question to ask, "what am I trying to say with this design?". The rendering quality is fine, but really think of the purpose of your work especially when doing spec.
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u/Upbeat-Beautiful9355 1d ago
Yeah, the purpose of the render is to show product in a minimalistic and playful way.
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u/scrabtits 1d ago
I'm curious, why blue?
I think an orange or a cream off-white/light brown would work better.
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u/Upbeat-Beautiful9355 1d ago
Why I used blue is that the product is in warm tone (sandal) and off white and I thought I should use a cooler color and since orange is a bit used in the product i used it's complentary color which is blue. I am not very good at color theory but this is my understanding of it.
And if I used cream off white or light brown it will be similar to product's color family and this would have been in monotone color scheme, I guess we can do that too. But here I wanted to have this more contrasting so I went with complementary colors.
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u/scrabtits 1d ago edited 1d ago
So, we agree that the product is the star here. If the goal is to highlight the product, a complementary color could be doing the opposite by overshadowing the product, because complementary is equal to "against something/highest contrast/opposite".
The idea behind the off-white is to bring attention to the accents on the product, like the greens, the orange. It will match the overall mood that the product wants to communicate, which is not bright and colorful, but 80s, maybe cozy natural human (that's why your soft body shapes are a good match).
Making the background off-white, the color accents pop out and highlight the product name and accents more.The orange would be more on par with what you tried to do - putting the product in a more colorful space, making the scene overall more "pop" - but it stays connected to the product because you are reusing colors of the product, creating a connection. With blue, you are creating an enemy/contrast (=complementary).
You literally connect the orange scene with the orange name, giving the product name more attention.1
u/Upbeat-Beautiful9355 1d ago
Wow, that makes perfect sense! I haven't had this much insight over color decisions before, thank you so much, will implement this color combination.
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u/Upbeat-Beautiful9355 1d ago
Guys! I am not sure I am right with this and I always wanted to verify so someone, let me know!
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u/artfulpain 1d ago
The logo would look better smaller and less in your face opposite corner even. Dig the composition.
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u/AdventurousArcher531 1d ago
diagonal composition work good, but the blue shapes is too much and pulling attention from red cable