Asking for honest feedback, if you would be so kind:
Does this (my latest linoleum-cut print) read? Can you tell what the pink says, and what it references?
Also, I’ve already talked about it here, so maybe you get the reference – – do you think you would get it if I hadn’t said?
I’m pleased with it but have no idea if it conveys any meaning, or what that would be.
Thanks, ya’ll!
32oz....a pint? (40 here)
ReplyDeleteI’m glad it’s legible/-it’s a DRINK size of soda sold in gas stations-/the “Big Gulp”
DeleteAh, the drink I wouldn't know
DeleteIt’s famous since 1976– New York even tried to ban them for health reasons!!!
DeleteGot it, both the text and the context.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Michael.
Deleteeasy peasy to read for me!!! but then again i am able to easily discern patterns, etc. and i love the colors and the text.
ReplyDeletekirsten
Thanks, Kirsten. That’s cool that you’re good at patterns!
DeleteThat is the BEST - BIGGGGG gulp!
ReplyDeleteVery clever, read-sable and made me laugh because - what are YOU thirsty for- it would not be a big gulp , might be a whiskey drink. 32 oz !!
DeleteI appreciate your feedback, Linda Sue! I cannot imagine drinking 32 ounces of anything, but maybe Irish coffee (whiskey yes) – – with whipped cream —yum—-lol
DeleteI can easily read both the black and the pink but wouldn’t get the 32oz context without your background as I am not a soft drink person or a convenience store patron-clearly live in a bubble. Since I have your background it seems very on point for our over consuming society. Ceci
ReplyDeleteThanks for letting me know, Ceci. It’s good to know what references people get—or don’t.
DeleteThe a in what is backwards . Was that on purpose? It slowed me down reading the black . I could easily read 32 oz, but I didn't get the reference to the big gulp
ReplyDeleteThe backwards “a” was a mistake but I decided to leave it as looked kinda playfully wrong to me.
DeleteI did recarve the question mark however, which I had also carved the wrong way!
It’s hard to know how far you can stretch the shape of the alphabet and still be readable.
I’m glad the “32 ounces” is readable anyway, even if the reference is far from obvious – – thanks for letting me know, Anon.
I didn't see the backward a until you mentioned it. I understand words can be missing many letters and still be read correctly.
ReplyDeleteThat’s good to know, Joanne—I’d rather counted on that phenomenon.
DeleteThe 32 oz is lost to me in the print.
ReplyDeleteI do love your idea- it inspires me to think about what I seek- what I am currently feeling— all sorts of things- 32oz being a symbol for all kinds of other unhealthful behaviors.
Steph
Thanks Steph! I am considering outlining the pink “32oz.” in a bright lime green to make it more readable…
DeleteThat’s awesome that it’s inspiring-/that’s my main thought—what do we live? Want? Need?
And what distracts or overwhelms us from that (like, maybe overconsumption).
“love” not live
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