A bit of propaganda
- Thread starter Tagaziel
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Nah, an exclamation point has the dot at the bottom, not the top (unless you're writing in Spanish). It's probably a colon, drawing attention to the picture on the right which illustrates the quote, however little you can see of it.
I think it's a nice idea for a poster, if imperfectly executed.
I think it's a nice idea for a poster, if imperfectly executed.
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Stag
Guest
What the fuck are you talking about?
That's an exclamation mark.
That's an exclamation mark.
Phil the Nuka-Cola Dude
Sonny, I Watched the Vault Bein' Built!
That would have sucked significantly less if they just shopped uncle sam's head on a suit of power armor in the buddy christ pose.
Anani Masu
Still Mildly Glowing
It's a colon because the full poster has Enlist Today beneath it. Here's the poster on the bus.
Moving Target
Mildly Dipped
Anani Masu said:
Maybe I wasn't being clear. I wouldn't care if the subtext (or even supratext) of this fictional ad was "Oh no, America's in trouble... we'd better stop the Yellow Menace!" In fact, it would fit excellently.
The issue I take is that it looks like Uncle Sam's down and out. Try and look for ads from WWII or the Korean War where symbols of the U.S. look as downtrodden as this Uncle Sam, besides those where (in the ads) the other side's already won. Go ahead....
Yea, not many. That was my point. Rosie the Riveter, this Uncle Sam ain't.
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Stag
Guest
Crowfoot said:
The top part is clearly bigger than the bottom.
Anani Masu said:
Ah-hah!
That pic should clear up a few doubts.
Still looks awkward for a propaganda poster, tho'.
Stag said:
Because the image is clipped, Stag, ya 'tard.
Captain Iraq
First time out of the vault
Looks like the soldier is breaking Sam's arm.
Anybody else notice the PA guy's hands are drawn pretty awkwardly?
The whole thing looks more like an unfinished scribble than proper game art.
Look at Uncle Sam's pose. Would you hold your head like that when you're being helped up? And is he actually lying on the ground or something? It nearly looks as if the PA guy is STANDING on him and tearing his arm off (note also that the PA guy's helping hand looks to be open, rather than closed around Uncle Sam's).
These guys are PROFESSIONALS. They're being paid for this. They do this for a living.
The quality would be acceptable for fan art -- and even fan artists tend to show drawing skills superior to that tripe.
Where's Wooz' critical eye for crappy art when you need it?
The whole thing looks more like an unfinished scribble than proper game art.
Look at Uncle Sam's pose. Would you hold your head like that when you're being helped up? And is he actually lying on the ground or something? It nearly looks as if the PA guy is STANDING on him and tearing his arm off (note also that the PA guy's helping hand looks to be open, rather than closed around Uncle Sam's).
These guys are PROFESSIONALS. They're being paid for this. They do this for a living.
The quality would be acceptable for fan art -- and even fan artists tend to show drawing skills superior to that tripe.
Where's Wooz' critical eye for crappy art when you need it?
Here's a quick composite:
It's the symbol of the US Civil Defence, look it up on Wikipedia.
i'll make a wild guess and suggest that the poses are so awkward because they were composed not built in a traditional way
rant follows:
note how the face is in the same front staring angle as the generic unkle sam from the "i want you..." poster. i suspect that whoever drew it just gathered pictures from the web composed the shot cutting and pasting and painted over....
which is sad considering that there are a lot of free online books for Figure Drawing which teach you how to build up a pose and offcourse there are rules in figure drawing for wierd front angles that must be followed.
rant follows:
note how the face is in the same front staring angle as the generic unkle sam from the "i want you..." poster. i suspect that whoever drew it just gathered pictures from the web composed the shot cutting and pasting and painted over....
which is sad considering that there are a lot of free online books for Figure Drawing which teach you how to build up a pose and offcourse there are rules in figure drawing for wierd front angles that must be followed.
Jay-F
It Wandered In From the Wastes
Dont like the power armour... the head/helmet is far to big! it looks like a caricature