: How could I make more appealing titles on this particular design? As a Desktop Publisher I feel like I lack the skills of designing something to make it look appealing overall. I have an A4

@Phylliss782

I don't think the issue is really with the titles; I think the main issue is that your layout has a mix of elements that are not matching well together.

I think it's too busy with the image in the background and it's unclear what it is. If something doesn't add anything to the layout, don't add it. A good layout is "perfect" when nothing else can be removed! The goal is not to fill all corners but make sure what's being sold is clear, put in a way to show its value and that the elements around them won't take the emphasis away from the main subject.

A suggestion: Why not use one of the product and put it on the side in very big size, over a white background... and put your boxes more on the other side to balance all this. It's a great way to show some nice details that are hard to notice on the smaller pictures. Play with the layer mask to add a gradient and make that image "melt" with the background and give an effect of dept.

If this trick can help, imagine your images as having a weight according to their size and contrast, and balance them visually this way. I'm not sure if this makes sense but it usually gives great results and still create a nice symmetry without using a grid concept.

Another thing that could be changed is that you mix rectangles with round corners and use very symmetrical straight black backgrounds for your texts; it often looks better if you stick to curvy or rectangular, and not mix too much unless there's a purpose.

It could be nice too if you could make the background of all the products in pure white as the hangers are. It would look more clean.

One last suggestion: be very careful when using very thin fonts over a black background, especially if you need to use a rich black. You can also play a bit with the size of the text for the hanger subtitles and their color; the color text could be smaller a bit (eg. "black nickel" could be a bit smaller than "Hanger 6".)

Finally, make sure your boxes from the first and second row are well aligned vertically. Right now they're not.

ORIGINAL:



Example sketch 1:

(You can find a better image for the background. I used one of the hanger as example.)



Example sketch 2 with images bigger (client might request this):

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@Reiling762

Why are you afraid of whitespace? It's a good thing. Your background distracts from the product and I'm sure that's not your intention. If this is already a flattened page you may want to consider extracting the products and rebuild.

You have 3 products that have variants. IMO you don't need to picture every variant when they only differ in color or medium but appear and function the same. You can picture the optional colors and textures in small squares or shapes that resemble the product.

Add some typography to your page and

Finally, as Alin stated, loOsen uP a bit and have some fun. :D

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