Some clients seemingly entirely lacking in visual literacy would often respond to my cartoons with perfect, love it, but could you just take out/modify ‘x’´. X being the fulcrum of the whole piece and without it the cartoon was reduced to a mundane nothing of a drawing. Pointless. It was uncanny how they could zero in. They could see the bit that made it work but apparently could only comprehend it as a discomfort without understanding its purpose. I think they were fearful of making a statement and that blandness was the preferred policy.
Yes, I know exactly what you mean. I've also had clients do the exact opposite and ask me to include entirely unnecessary embellishments to underscore a point that doesn't need underscoring.
Some clients seemingly entirely lacking in visual literacy would often respond to my cartoons with perfect, love it, but could you just take out/modify ‘x’´. X being the fulcrum of the whole piece and without it the cartoon was reduced to a mundane nothing of a drawing. Pointless. It was uncanny how they could zero in. They could see the bit that made it work but apparently could only comprehend it as a discomfort without understanding its purpose. I think they were fearful of making a statement and that blandness was the preferred policy.
Yes, I know exactly what you mean. I've also had clients do the exact opposite and ask me to include entirely unnecessary embellishments to underscore a point that doesn't need underscoring.