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How hillarius !!! :p
This is really and reminds me of how some clients are XD
he he he he he!!
Snowflakes have worked for me in the past. Client constraints can be challenging, which is good, though at other times, they are just plain none-sensical and simply limiting.
‘Tis the season!
maybe they wanted a classy, elegant black and white greeting card, eh? :p
Some clients really do that, and snowflakes not always work in south america its summer time, love this strip
The design studio I used to work for took a beautiful red-on-white holiday card design I’d done and printed it on lemon yellow paper. They thought it would be more holiday-neutral. Instead it just looked like a warning sign. I think it kinda was, really…
Some of this comics hit home because they’re so easy to identify with. I like this one because I don’t identify with it.
…yet.
haha awesome
Some clients are exactly like that, and those kind of works aint going into my portfolio at all. Filtering the portfolio pieces is also a process of identifying the worth-well clients
I love this comics.
it is business. I think this everytime it happens to me.
Hernán
showcase.vionnet.com.ar
very funny…………..
This is so true hahah… I made a postcard the other day with those same specs. LOL
I realize that a lot of people don’t want to offend anyone in the holiday season, but the political correctness that has to be applied is almost too silly. Sadly, you can’t please everyone.
That’s no good for people south of the equator
Dear Old Comic Book Ads Revealed,
Firstly, I apologize that life gave you the parents it did. Who would’ve thought that someone would name their child Old Comic Book Ads Revealed?
N.C. has an awesome seasonal piece for us south-equatorians here: http://ncwinters.com/2009/12/08/i-am-jacks-new-art-print/
I thought it was great and I hope you enjoy it too
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Good way to illustrate political correctness.
I am SO glad I no longer offer design services and have to deal with that anymore
Snowflakes, and a simple “Happy Holidays” or “Happy Winter Solstice” works well.
The winter solstice is a nearly universal concept; it’s no coincidence there are so many holidays in December! It represents the point where days start getting longer again, and the darkness/cold starts to slowly fade away.
That’s too funny! And… solstice isn’t universal – it comes from paganism and that’s anti-Christian! lol.
Someone isn’t getting what I said.
Guess why Christmas is located so close to the solstice.
Because a certain Roman emperor, when adopting Christianity in attempt to unite the squabbling empire, wanted to ease the conversion by keeping the holidays and traditions similar. (And don’t forget the word “Yule!”)
The date of Christ’s birth is (and was) unknown, and the facts don’t quite line-up with the traditional stories. Honestly, why would shepherds be out herding at night in the middle of the cold, wet season?
I can’t tell if you were being sarcastic or not…
Oh, and “paganism” (from an archaic term for “farmer”) isn’t “anti-Christian.” Christianity isn’t about churches, old texts, and converting followers of other religions; it’s about following the ideals of Christ, which mainly boil down to the Golden Rule and then some.
Hillarious!!
Another one that is spot on with my life!!
” It’s definitely not going in my portfolio!! ”
one of the best lines ever!
I do an annual Flash animated card for a law firm. Last year they shot down an image of a snowman because ti was “too Christian.” Apparently Christians have the monopoly on mounds of snow with top-hats. They reject just about everything except generic snow, wind-blown snow, and snowflakes. Other rejected concepts included:
Fireplaces (santa uses the chimney, so a fireplace is Christian)
Birds (no idea why)
Trees of any kind
Ice skaters
Abominable Snowman (apparently he’s Christian these days)
This year they accepted one of my first concepts, but they made the comment that “these are all starting to look too similar to previous designs from past years. Let’s try to change it up next year.”
Time for a new client, I reckon
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HO HO HO!
Too funny!
“But ofcourse, the black text on a white background could offend some ethnic minorities. ”
“Nevermind… We will just use vocal power to wish everyone nice holidays”
Well, merry christmas everybody
Classic
In my previous job I had to do a card with a Santa standing on an open public ampitheatre the company had recently built. On the day the santa suit was booked and the photographer came, it was a sweltering 35 degrees C (95 fahrenheit) (Australia). The poor santa (a colleague) was sweaty and as red as his suit and the ampitheatre was completely empty, the grass was parched and dry and the sky hazy; absolute nightmare for me and the photographer. It took days and days of photoshopping, going back and forth to the client: turning the grass green, going back and photographing colleagues sitting on the ampitheatre and photoshopping them in, and then photoshopping a bag of presents in and then some children added, blah blah blah, bit by bit as the client requested. Meanwhile christmas was coming around and the card had still not been printed. To me it looked unreal (as in surreal) but they were finally happy with it, even though it wasn’t until after christmas that people finally received their cards. I think that was my most frustrating job ever!
haha love it!