Whats wrong with this design? I need opinions, fast.

[Vader]

Make the text border bigger?

[Punko]

The main thing wrong with it, is nothing really stands out.

What are you trying to promote ? Get some focus on that.

ps. If your a graphical designer, you lack any sense of marketing.

[SalaciousTunare]

Originally Posted by Vim

my colleague says its the red letters.

Your colleague is a smart man.

[Zeste]

A few quick revisions.

[Foler]

The problem is it says Dominican Republic on it.

[IronKeeb]

Last one fixed everything wrong (needs an eagle tho)

[k^M]

boat needs a hooker or two too, maybe the playboy logo on it

[Horse]

I was going to do what zeste did - he missed a part of red on the bottom of the "C"

Another issue is that the REPUBLICA DOMINICANA outline is thick, and then you have objects in front of it that have thin outline.

\There isn't enough overlapping the front of the words, push the objects up more.

The font is also very generic. You might want to use something more appropriate, like a slab serif egyptian font, or something with bevelled shading.

attached shows both

I didn't think too much thought went into tacky magnets, so it at least looks appropriate for that.

[mylek]

I like the white text. The stuff in front of the letters it makes it too busy and doesn't seem to have anything to do with DR.

Maybe something like this and then pull the text down a bit to balance it out.

[Vim]

Originally Posted by Zeste

Originally Posted by mylek

I think this looks good, gonna show it to my boss. I personally dislike the whole layout, but to these (mostly) European tourist it looks like candy and to our Chinese suppliers it easy enough to make without losing our idea through the language barrier.

Thanks guys and thanks Zeste.

[schwein]

change the text color to black or white,

i would drop the blue water or replace it with a just a blue line along the shore. can have it fade out or just line

move the palm tree's out of the middle.

get rid of the green hill in the background. possible the sun too. dont want to get too cliche.

like others have posted to clean it up. too much going on in it as a whole. i like the little boats and the flower. not liking the big ship unless you are promoting a cruse, drop it. the fish add nothing but clutter.

could drop the outline, replace it with a oval, have the oval cut off the picture but have the words larger then the oval.

also that green is just wrong. on my monitor it appears as like a pastel pea green.

[Galgor]

Font is bla-tastic.

[bofa]

sorry it's in paint and I'm at work, but you get the idea...when I think "exotic" I imagine beaches, waves, clear water etc..not a pool of blue

add some waves!

[Astrocreep]

so what color is the sky going to be?

[Tyen]

It's going to be a magnet, the color scheme is perfect for such.

With all the crap on the front of someone's fridge, this will definitely stick out. Definitely needs some waves yo~