Fiend of Earthern Vengance

Hi everyone! After some pushing by some friends and a want to share some easy-peasy tools on how to make neat, tidy, comprehensive and attractive looking event posts, I’ve compiled this little guide on how you can make fliers and posters for your next roleplay event/fc recruitment/etc. Hopefully, this guide will help those who doubt their graphic making skills ( or do not possess photoshop/gimp ) to make their own fliers without fear. As with all guides, your mileage may vary on the usefulness of the tool, and this is not meant to be the be-all-end-all approach on design.

So, how do you do it?

I’m going to introduce you all to a tool called Canva. Canva is a free web-based graphic design program that lets you make visual content easily and provides a plethora of templates for you to utilise in order to make your event poster. Though there is a premium version, you can get more than enough functionality out of the free version, so don’t feel pressured to buy the premium service if you can’t afford it. If all you’re doing is taking a screenshot of your house and adding some text, it’s perfect for that.

When creating event posters, I recommend using either the Tumblr graphic template OR the Facebook post template. Whilst the facebook post is larger in dimensions, you won’t be creating things large enough to trigger tumblr’s file size limitations. Canva does not have a resize option avaliable; Tumblr’s sections are long, Facebook’s is the size of the banner above. If you know exactly how long your flyer will be, then absolutely go ahead and use the custom dimensions. This is just a cheat sheet.

The rest I’ll pop under a read more, just for the sake of people’s dashboards. I recommend experimenting with the tool, but below I’ve included some examples of free designs I made to show you what the tool is capable of.

                               Ain’t no cure for the way she touched me                                   No escape from the lie she loved me                             She’s running with my heart, take her down.

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Art by @6ooey of my beautiful goblin Rakona, and her loose relationship with buttons.

Punch Brothers - Another New World

“I’ve been places you couldn’t even imagine. One day… one day I’ll go back.”

Half Alive - Still Feel “Can’t keep me down. You wanna try?”

The Correspondents - Fear & Delight  “Of course they’re no good for me. Isn’t that the point?”

I Don’t Know How But They Found Me - Do It All The Time “I’ve been called incorrigible. Not sure I could spell it. You just try and stop me from doing what I want.”

Emigrate, Margaux Bossieux - Lead You On “I don’t care if it doesn’t work. I don’t care if it ends in pain. I just want it. Now.”

Placebo - Every You Every Me “I wish I could get what pain I want for myself without hurting others.”

Band of Skulls - Bodies “I can’t explain it. We just fit.”

Mystery Skulls - What Love Is “Try all you might. Nothing lasts.”

Nothing But Thieves - Take This Lonely Heart “You might think this eternal optimism is easy. It’s not.”

Casey Edwards, Ali Edwards - Devil Trigger “Go on. Push me. Find the line. I dare you.”

Allan Rayman - Word of Mouth “Everything you’ve heard about me? It’s all true.”

Ed Sheeran - Bloodstream “The weight of being me gets a little much, sometimes.”

Alestorm - Drink “Ah, the glory days. Where we took what we could, and gave back naught.”

Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks “In every way I am able, I am here for you.”

Pentakill - Infinity Edge “One day. One day I’ll have the power I need to protect everyone. I just need to keep going. Just another day. Just another dream. Just another death.”

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Idea was to get together 10-15 songs that inspire writing or fit a character. Some of these are good fits, some are pretty loose fits, and way too many of them are about women.

This was fun! Thanks @tea-and-conspiracy​ for the tag!