The Ready Room => Off Topic => Topic started by: confused! on November 30, 2004, 11:15:47 AM
Title: Overwatch proaganda
Post by: confused! on November 30, 2004, 11:15:47 AM
here is a little something i made this morning, also i by little i mean big.
(http://www.confusionville.net/poster1.png)
thoughts, comments, random jack***ery?
seriously i would have put it in art work but after point out thta th e people were made of candy lolfighter alomst got me earlier:)
Title: Overwatch proaganda
Post by: Malevolent on November 30, 2004, 11:44:31 AM
Looks pretty nice, but I think it needs something more. And there is too much white at the top.
Title: Overwatch proaganda
Post by: Diablus on November 30, 2004, 12:53:30 PM
mmm overwatch cherry flavored candies
Title: Overwatch proaganda
Post by: confused! on December 02, 2004, 09:07:43 AM
a bit more: just to continue the theme as it were..
(http://www.confusionville.net/poster3.png)
again any thoughts?
and mal, I dont know what else to put in them, we shall see.
Title: Overwatch proaganda
Post by: Malevolent on December 02, 2004, 10:37:40 AM
Ah, this one is better, but I don't know if you chose the right words. When propaganda is used, they try to be nice and just brainwash people, not necessarily use blatant intimidation (they do use some). I do like the image a lot. And the font is good too.
Title: Overwatch proaganda
Post by: confused! on December 02, 2004, 11:00:49 AM
the slogan is off a soviet popaganda poster:)
(we are invinceible 35 years of the warsaw pact.)
the frst one is two but instead of over wiath it is the front. but heyty poetic licesne was taken.
Title: Overwatch proaganda
Post by: Diablus on December 02, 2004, 01:50:14 PM
definetly not the right choice of words, "we are invincible" makes it seem that they are all power, evil, and you cannot stop us and when your trying to recruit people thats definetly not the right choice of words, especially with the combine soldiers running toward the poster so it seems theyre running toward the viewer (and whenever a human looks at it, they feel that there is no hope for the human race.)
Because think about it, the Soviet poster with the words you chose is for the people of the Homeland, the people are HAPPY for their country and praise their country because its "oh so powerful" The Combine on the other hand invaded Earth basically imprisoning them. It almost seems like a poster to break down the human races moral as living beings, if anything I would think it would depress a citizen even more and not encourage them to sign up. Even though your mentality would try to get the citizen to lose all hope and "if you cant beat em, join em" BUT since the humans are basically enslaved, one would think "I would rather sit here and rot then help those bastards"
i would try to create a slogan with a cross mix between the U.S. slogans to attempt to rally up citizens as well as a mix of slogans used in Germany ww2 for the "brainwash idea"
mabye something along the lines of "The Overwatch : See the world as new, join and protect the human race" (you could even enter in from themselves for a more "brainwash attempt") and have a picture of a Overlook soldier holding a baby standing next to a citizen family with them smiling, or 1 shaking hands with a citizen with the citizen smiling, or even have a Overlook soldier with his arm around a citizen lady crying with a "Don't worry, everything will be Alright" kindve look in his eyes and in the backround 4 combine soldiers arresting a male citizen in a alleyway with a evil look on his face. (to make it look like he tried to mugg /rape her but the Combine resuced her just in time and the male will be brought to justice)
But if you want to something with the whole Soviet propaganda mabye try something along the lines of this. (http://aboutww2militaria.com/books_cd/poster9.jpg)
It translates to "The way to prosperite."
Also the pictures, they portray the Combine Overlook soldiers as aggresive and evil in a way. If you want to rally up and recruit people you have to make the overlook seem as if they are here to care and protect the humans, almost like a police force instead of a driven military who have to have a certain amount of beating quotas lol
Title: Overwatch proaganda
Post by: Crispy on December 03, 2004, 07:16:54 AM
"Be Invincible"
- or something to that effect. It plays on the needs of a people weak with starvation and in a world with no hope. The vitality they currently lack is seen in the image of the Combine Forces who represent a meal ticket (literally, metaphorically) for anyone desperate to remember what it is to live.
Title: Overwatch proaganda
Post by: That Annoying Kid on December 03, 2004, 02:52:42 PM
Make one with the nilathin, and then Breen's face overshadowing the whole thing [ala Lenin and stalin] in old WWII posters
I'm a WWII buff, and the propaganda posters you have created are decent.
Title: Overwatch proaganda
Post by: confused! on December 12, 2004, 06:13:04 PM
i made a more warm and fuzzy one, i hope its still on the web here:
(http://www.confusionville.net/poster5.png)
the hearts were supposed to be less crapp but they arent
(http://www.confusionville.net/poster6.png)
in both of these the slogans are not off soviet propaganda i know we are upset.
Title: Overwatch proaganda
Post by: Malevolent on December 12, 2004, 07:29:54 PM
The one Combine guy is macking on the citizen chick. Ah, and there's the traitor Mossman. Yeah, those hearts are a little overdone (I can't help but not think the Combine would ever have hearts in their propaganda).
Title: Overwatch proaganda
Post by: confused! on December 12, 2004, 11:45:54 PM
i was contemplating making an animated gif that had the hearts flying forward at you just to add to the ludicrous factor but i killed the source file and im feeling lazy.
fianlly, the last one i have done is: (http://confusionville.net/poster2.png) its not my favorite to be honest but hey what ever.
Title: Overwatch proaganda
Post by: Dark on December 13, 2004, 12:35:02 AM
it is very good and nicely done as usual confused <3
Title: Overwatch proaganda
Post by: A Boojum Snark on December 13, 2004, 12:48:29 AM
I'm having a horrible time trying to read that font you used :\
Title: Overwatch proaganda
Post by: Malevolent on December 13, 2004, 04:21:26 AM
Ah, it's not too bad ABS. I like the last one a lot.
Title: Overwatch proaganda
Post by: That Annoying Kid on December 13, 2004, 10:02:16 AM
Quote
I'm having a horrible time trying to read that font you used :\
[snapback]35964[/snapback]
^^
I had a hard time, but I could usually decipher it
Title: Overwatch proaganda
Post by: confused! on December 13, 2004, 10:59:24 AM
you should see if before I randomly capitalized letters. the e's were backward and teh is looked like upside down t's the f looked like one f teh letters in doctor seuss. it was pretty much the best font ever, i should write all my papers in it from here on in. its called nyet and availible for free from 1001fonts.com
Title: Overwatch proaganda
Post by: Malevolent on December 14, 2004, 02:23:55 PM
No don't do that Confused. It will make your typing worse. :p