Author Topic: Pet Peeve - disembodied heads in logos (Read 1996 times)

Matthew · « **on:** January 08, 2014, 05:33:41 PM »

I have no dogma to back me up; it's just a personal annoyance or pet peeve.

Disembodies heads -- stylized renditions of "people" in various logos.

Like the image below.

It looks like the bigger person -- the babysitter -- is coming up behind the child (who is sitting down facing AWAY from the babysitter) and grabbing the child's left hand with her left hand, and drawing back her right hand to give the child a good paddling.

Go ahead, look at the graphic. Once you see it, you can't un-see it.

That's why there should be a ban on disembodied head renditions of human beings. I think it's the dumbest thing ever.

I look nothing like that! A stick figure does a better job of conveying "human" than those dumb renditions.

They are borderline creepy for some reason. And yes, some of them look accidentally BAD like some of the ones below.

Lesson learned: DON'T USE DISEMBODIED HEAD PEOPLE in your logos!

LaramieHirsch · « **Reply #1 on:** January 08, 2014, 05:36:35 PM »

Wow. Creepy.

Did the designers know?

Frances · « **Reply #2 on:** January 08, 2014, 06:32:27 PM »

:dancing-banana:Subliminal suggestions, now called "branding"!

Neil Obstat · « **Reply #3 on:** January 08, 2014, 07:57:15 PM »

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I must admit, until you brought it up, Matthew, I wouldn't have been thinking about it, but now, I can't "unsee it" as you say. That is, in regards to the second one on down.

I'd have never thought to ask, in the dental care sign, "Where is the right knee of the patient?"

But as for the first one, I don't see any "getting ready to spank" posture, but rather I see a kind of square dance or running-down-the-beach, hand-in-hand posture.

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Frances · « **Reply #4 on:** January 08, 2014, 08:15:21 PM »

Quote from: Neil Obstat

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I'd have never thought to ask, in the dental care sign, "Where is the right knee of the patient?"
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My sister is a dental hygienist. The patient is Mr. M. who lost his right leg in Vietnam. He comes in every other month for cleaning and a gum treatment.

Charlemagne · « **Reply #5 on:** January 08, 2014, 09:21:12 PM »

StCeciliasGirl · « **Reply #6 on:** January 08, 2014, 09:37:33 PM »

I've been seeing all the "signs you're in a police state" things lately (I think from a Dr. Who, which I know nothing about by the way), but I'd definitely add propaganda to those "signs", and completely inoffensive de-humanized human representations should definitely count as a "warning sign". We're living amongst the Commies.

If I were a revolutionary (am not), I'd insist the signs don't apply to me as I am not represented at all in said signs. Really, nobody is.

Neil Obstat · « **Reply #7 on:** January 08, 2014, 10:04:00 PM »

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This thread needs a logo ............

But first, how about some fun?

Be nice to fat people sign:

Walking person figures ahead!

Notice:
There's another sign down the road facing the opposite direction for oncoming traffic!

Caution: elderly people walking uphill!

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Neil Obstat · « **Reply #8 on:** January 08, 2014, 11:40:27 PM »

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Caution: Blob People Crossing

Handicap / Wheelchair / Disabled Access

Caution: Illegal Alien Crossing!

I tried to find some interesting stick figures, but had zero luck.
It seems to be the case, therefore, that stick figures do not lend
themselves easily to expressive or meaningful images,
because if they did, there would be some on the Internet.
This is the closest thing to a stick figure that I could find,
that had anything to offer me, close to being interesting:

Even so, I'll be the first to admit that it is entirely meaningless.

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Neil Obstat · « **Reply #9 on:** January 09, 2014, 12:02:40 AM »

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Wait. I found one.............

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