This sign, for example. The rusty crack looks like a frown on a big, moon shaped face. The diagonal shadow, like the slash through a 'no smoking' circle reinforces the sign's forbidding message. The redundant cross bar is like arms drawn by a child, with one side raised just enough to add a touch of menace, like a cocked fist.
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Sometimes, the temptation to anthropomorphize something is simply too great.
This sign, for example. The rusty crack looks like a frown on a big, moon shaped face. The diagonal shadow, like the slash through a 'no smoking' circle reinforces the sign's forbidding message. The redundant cross bar is like arms drawn by a child, with one side raised just enough to add a touch of menace, like a cocked fist.
This sign, for example. The rusty crack looks like a frown on a big, moon shaped face. The diagonal shadow, like the slash through a 'no smoking' circle reinforces the sign's forbidding message. The redundant cross bar is like arms drawn by a child, with one side raised just enough to add a touch of menace, like a cocked fist.
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It even has a frowning face. Beautiful description.
ReplyDeletegreat capture and this would have been good for the next theme day
ReplyDeleteOh, I'm looking forward to June's theme day. Up to my eyeballs in funny signs.
ReplyDeletesulking sign :-)
ReplyDelete...*chuckle*...
ReplyDeleteI, on the other hand, an struggling with June.