A Confession
I made this:
You may have heard about a story not too long ago about a fanatical pro-life zealot railing against an article in the Onion, mistaking obvious satire for reality. Hundreds of thousands gleefully watched our self-righteous hero, "Pete" dig himself in an ever growing hole. He wisely left his comment button on his blog open, so people could take a more active role in his humiliation, whipping up even more of a furor over his political stance and his heroic struggles with concepts like "logic", "critical thinking" and "sense of humor". The whole episode was Pure Comedy Gold!
Anyways, I was reading through some of the hundreds of comments on his blog and I was struck by an idea: why not turn this instant sensation into a full blown 3-ring circus spectacle? Thanks to the beauty of the internet, I've got the power. In addition to that, with the hundreds of thousands of visitors to the site (and the comment board), there was a unique marketing opportunity. So I got to work on Photoshop and quickly came up with a simple design, and started to parade it in the blog comments. Several thousand people saw the design...it was a trip.
Hmmmmm, maybe I should focus more on topical current events for designs...
Salon Article About the Episode
You may have heard about a story not too long ago about a fanatical pro-life zealot railing against an article in the Onion, mistaking obvious satire for reality. Hundreds of thousands gleefully watched our self-righteous hero, "Pete" dig himself in an ever growing hole. He wisely left his comment button on his blog open, so people could take a more active role in his humiliation, whipping up even more of a furor over his political stance and his heroic struggles with concepts like "logic", "critical thinking" and "sense of humor". The whole episode was Pure Comedy Gold!
Anyways, I was reading through some of the hundreds of comments on his blog and I was struck by an idea: why not turn this instant sensation into a full blown 3-ring circus spectacle? Thanks to the beauty of the internet, I've got the power. In addition to that, with the hundreds of thousands of visitors to the site (and the comment board), there was a unique marketing opportunity. So I got to work on Photoshop and quickly came up with a simple design, and started to parade it in the blog comments. Several thousand people saw the design...it was a trip.
Hmmmmm, maybe I should focus more on topical current events for designs...
Salon Article About the Episode
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