My first time showing. promise you show it to me to!

[Kamil]

Hey guys and gals.
i'm designing this thingie for my girlfriend. shes the editor of her colleges student union magazine. they needed a design for a promotion counter that they will use on the first day of school this year to attract new students to write for it.
long story short, this is what i made:
I started with this shady reporter guy. i needed him simplified, this is what i got:
(I ripped the original off of google, i know i shouldn't, sorry guy who made this photo.)


then i created a background and some text (the text in Hebrew says we need you!):


got the sides done as well:


and heres a simulation of how it will look:




i dont like the background. any ideas on how to improve this? i made the original files HUGE, the psd weighs 1.55gb
what do i do to make it printable?
crits are very welcome!

[Zeealex]

you could dull out the background slightly by changing the layer opacity or duplicating it and setting the blending mode to overlay. or change the orange to a subtle blue, perhaps?

if you compress it to a JPEG it should be small enought to print.

[Kamil]

the jpeg turned out 190mb in rgb and 77mb in cmyk.. i tried a bluish bg but i hated it.. i dont like it at all actually i think il redo it.

[Paul]

Why not blend the press guy in with the background and make smae colours etc (fuse) together.

[Kamil]

donno, didnt try that, i thought that if i did, he would have disappeared in the mess.

[fenix]

I think it looks pretty good the way it is. Just keep it!

[SeniorS]

Maybe try reverss. Meaning man is "orange" background greyscale?

[Paul]

Cover all available avenues mate, explore all differing choices in shop.

[Kamil]

i tried a colored reporter on a simple (not greyscale) bg. he looked out of place, like he was cut out of a paper and glued onto a blank page. hmmm.. i thought about maybe doing really fat strokes on the bg that compliment the stroke on him. and i tried adding him to an old greyscale image from the 50's of people watching tv.. maybe id look at it again..

[Paul]

Just a bit of fun.