War is possible the most complicated human interaction. Probably all technological, social, cultural advancements have steamed from its gritty reality. This is because war is so nasty it pushes people to excel. If they win, everything could be won but it they lose everything could be lost. Men like Julius Caesar understood that, he also knew what it took to win battles and wars: money, a disciplined army, and overwhelming force. Hence the pictures mirror these attributes of war. In order for the pictures to shine through clearly, required a little doctoring. I used a font called Hoefler text. To get the pictures to come through a little clearer I went in with the pen tool, and expanded the letters by combining the pen overlay with the text below it. But before that I manipulated each line separately, deciding to overlap them as much as possible. I wanted the entire piece to be a little confusing, but not unreadable, to mimic the "fog of war." To do this I stacked the saying the opposite way people's eyes are used to going, and basically overlapped every word.
As long as I can remember I have been opposed to the concept of "conventional wisdom." Wisdom is anything but basic, or everyday, or common for that matter. I consider conventional wisdom to be somewhat of a crutch. Created by people's needs to fill in the gaps between their patches of knowledge. I my design to reflect that. Also I wanted to write with the pen tool. After working out each letter to my liking I would reasterize them. And once I had finished a whole word, I combined them onto a single layer so I could easily move the words to where I wanted them. I really like the dirty look they have, it reminds me of mold, or fungus growing out of the ground feeding on the general knowledge of a community.
The sleeping giant of our time is the growing AIDS epidemic in Africa. For the time being it is pretty much limited to the third world countries, but that could change. Regardless, there is a duty their to help fellow man.
Upon reading the phrase I thought almost instantly of America's foreign aid to such nations. It is not enough, and if we continue done our current heading before we know it there is not going to be anything we can do.
It is not the governments fault, it is the fault of the American people (people like myself frankly). To communicate that thought I decided to create a flag with the phrase. Originally I wanted to warp the text into the familiar flag wave, but it did not look right. So instead I decided to use a gradient overlay to create a contrast between different parts of the flag. This gives the flag a eerie feeling of movement.
Thoughts? Suggestions? Jokes?
The sleeping giant of our time is the growing AIDS epidemic in Africa. For the time being it is pretty much limited to the third world countries, but that could change. Regardless, there is a duty their to help fellow man.Upon reading the phrase I thought almost instantly of America's foreign aid to such nations. It is not enough, and if we continue done our current heading before we know it there is not going to be anything we can do.
It is not the governments fault, it is the fault of the American people (people like myself frankly). To communicate that thought I decided to create a flag with the phrase. Originally I wanted to warp the text into the familiar flag wave, but it did not look right. So instead I decided to use a gradient overlay to create a contrast between different parts of the flag. This gives the flag a eerie feeling of movement.
Thoughts? Suggestions? Jokes?
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