Christian messages times two

It seems that Christian Biblical messages are not as rare as previously thought. In my last post, I spotted an informal and playful 'Jesus Loves You' tshirt. Today's message is much more blunt, direct, and formal. The warm nature of the tshirt reflects the kindness and understanding type of the love it speaks about to gently meet the needs of any looking for love. The 'Shall Not Kill' message is delivered in a serious straight to the point tone to speak the language of hardened individuals considering malicious acts. This is the second time I have see this particular campaign. Today I found it as soon as I steped out of the Owings Mills Subway tunnel. I look forward to discovering more spiritual messages like these.

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Jesus in retail

Wow, this was unexpected. Forever 21, a major retail chain, is selling a shirt that reads "Jesus loves (heart) you" in the front of their store! This may read taboo to some, religiously selective to others, and uplifiting to some. Me, I find it refreshing that faith, whatever that faith may be, is being aloud to live and breathe again in every day life :)

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Update: Cover the Earth??

The emotionally sparked phone photo from inside my car was not very clear. Above is a clearer image from a fellow confused driver. His flickr post confirms the worst, SWP--the visual message has gone rambo.

Cover the Earth??

Guess I'm a hard core Graphic Designer cause this image bugs me! A huge can of red paint drenching mother earth is NOT a good look for a paint company! Was this image made before eco-friendly mindsets became popular, or are they really that brass? And for crying out loud, of all the colors they choose to throw on something, they choose red-- the same color thrown on fur coat wearers by animal-lovers. Ok SWP, so you want to protect animals, but ur no tree huggers. U just prefer to 'cover the earth' with ur bright red paint, that way u don't miss any fur coat wearers, all while protect animals. SWP, I hate to break it to ya, but I think your image's visual communication is saying more than u intended...smh

smh mindless photography

Photos carry strong messages; hense the phrase 'a picture is worth a thousand words.' Whoever took and posted this photo around baltimore must have no imagination at all. Yes, denotativly speaking it is a photo of a canon and a the Baltimore Trade Center. But conotativly speaking, there is a canon pointing threateningly at the Baltimore Trade Center creating tension. Smh...(shake my head)....regardless of pre or post 9-11, this photo sends an initial message that is concerning.

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My Facebook Infographic

Hi all. I decided go back to my initial concept for the infographic: facebook. Check out the pdf pretty pretty please, (click it to see it up close) and let me know what you think. Thanx for the feedback! :)

Facebook Takeover

Facebook is increasing in popularity and taking over pre-existing social networks around the world. This series of infographics demonstrate Facebook's expansion.

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Parody of Army commercials

This is a parody of the army commercials. I highly respect and am inspired by the real seen on television and on before movies in the theater. At first I found this parody to be in good fun by using the same flashback narrative style to mimic the real army commercials. But as The parody continued, the level of disrespect to the men and women who sacrifice their lives for this country became disturbing. The creator of this video, while a skilled videographer and editer, used the power of visual communication in a direction that breached that fine line between humor and disrespect. While I would assume that the intention was to disrespect, it is easily possible for this video to to be just that.

Amateur special effects for humor

A few coworkers of mine were laughing at something online at work. I soon discovered that this amateur video was the source of all the laughter. It uses special effects to create humor.

How small can Macs get?

An interesting video on the future of MACs ;)

This video's entertaining devise is it's humor.

Infographic or Art

Network connections are displayed in this image to delight the viewer while informing them of the vast reach of Facebook. If an information graphic does not need to give specific information, then I would qualify this as an infographic. This image translates the expanse of facebook better than a never-ending list of countries or a number count into the billions. As art, this infographic is beautiful as is. However as an infographic alone, I would like to see some figures and facts, if nothing more than for assurance that this image is reflecting real data.

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google dont be evil

This is a very intriguing video about the Google takeover.

This is a classic case of an irrisponsible use of visual communication to promote ideas and create trust that is as a thin eggshell cover-up to the deeper truth.

Awesome graphic

This info graphic displays the similarities and differences in religions. It's a clearer example of showing connections through hundreds lines. Like the example in the previous post, it still has a lot of lines that are difficult to follow. But in this information graphic, the words create a baseline and resting place for the eye. With the general understanding that all these things are connected, we can then begin looking into how. The initial image is striking to attract the viewer. Once they are attracted, the words and connections feed their growing curiosity with deeper information. (more about it)

Really?

Is this really supposed to be providing information? I like it as a form of art. But beyond that, I don't see it's purpose. Though if the intention is to show sheer complexity, it's a success.

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package design 6 of 6

These lemons are actually bottles with lemon juice. I find the execution be be a sculptural approach. The designer applied the detailed texture of lemons to the container. No other colors were applied to the package in order to maintain the integrity of the lemony yellow bunch. Relief sculpture techniques were used to apply the name of the product to the container. These lemons tell a simple story: "I am as fresh as any other lemon. I carry more juice than your regular lemon. And, it's easier to squeeze juice out of me."

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package design 5 of 6

Sculpting this bottle into the detailed linen threads that it promises to wash linens safely attracts the viewer. When using Trompe L'oeil, a method of creativity I studied in the "Smile in the Mind" book, it is important to 'go all the way' to make the image look as close to the object referenced. In this case, real fabric, or at list a cloth-like fiber material for the surface of the bottles, would have made this concept complete.

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package design 4

These cans transcend the 2D label to give a visual of the tasty goods within. The execution and visual is strong, eye-catching, and successful.

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package design 3 of 6

This book was very beneficial for package design as well, but it developed my concept based thinking the most.

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