Tuesday, August 03, 2010

"My Neighbour's Girl Is Good At Art!"

Long before clip art deluded computer users into thinking they were creative, there was "talented relative" art.

You know; "don't spend all that money on a commercial artist; our Eileen can do that for a fraction of the price!"

The cheaper press, and budget company brochures tended to sport the poorly executed, and suspiciously remedial depictions that could only feature on Tony Hart's wall if they were doing a mental health special.

Yet here we are in the brave new improved and informed future, yet it still raises its mediocre head. This monstrosity appeared online, for an insurance company that certainly isn't wasting your premium on advertising. (I think the message is; pay up and we'll keep this thing away!)

I'm not a fascist, but there should be a law against this sort of thing. It's the Britain's Got Talent approach to design, and it's wrong.

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