Spent all night working on this design: Bin Laden dead, GM alive

[usregimechange]

http://www.cafepress.com/OsamadeadGMalive

Feedback is welcome. What do you think?

[Denninmi]

1. That would play well here in Michigan.

Good job.

[patrice]

2. The only thing I would consider is, maybe, a lower case b on bin Laden, otherwise, Perfect!

[MADem]

10. It starts the sentence, though, so the upper case works.

I think it would look goofy to start off with a lower case b--it would look like a mistake.

OTOH, if he said GM is alive, bin Laden is dead, the lower case b would be fine.

[patrice]

23. Correct. & BTW, I also thought about starting the sentence with the positive energy: alive.

[patrice]

24. Though having Alive as the last word on the bottom line DOES feature that word.

[Ter]

26. If a person's name or product starts with a lower letter, it still is low at the start of a sentence

A good example of this is iPod. Start of sentence or not, it always is a lower case i.

[MADem]

37. Well, in Arabic it isn't "lower case."

That's a Brit-script invention. In Arabic, there's the "b" that starts a word, and the "b" that occurs in the middle of a word.

The NYT goes with the big B to start off the headline:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/02/world/asia/osama-bin-laden-is-killed.html?pagewanted=all

CNN, too: http://articles.cnn.com/2011-05-02/world/bin.laden.dead_1_al-qaeda-leader-tora-bora-bin-laden?_s=PM:WORLD

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. That is one ingenious design! Really good job. n/t

[Tx4obama]

4. In my opinion it is PERFECT :) n/t

[usregimechange]

5. Thank you!

[grahamhgreen]

6. Very nice.

For brevity you might get away with
Osama DEAD
GM ALIVE

ANd then maybe a "Obama for america" wrapped around the circle..... Although i like it just fine the way it is!

[Tx4obama]

8. Obama for America is probably trademarked, therefore could not be used. n/t

[WCGreen]

7. Suggestion....

GM LIVES!!!

Always make it as simple as possible...

And I would put that on my car!

[Live and Learn]

9. Person vs Corp

Bin Laden was a person, GM is a Corporation. Seems wrong to celebrate any human death to me.

[xfundy]

14. bin laden wasn't human.

Neither are corporations.

[awoke_in_2003]

27. "bin laden wasn't human"...

yes, unfortunately, he was human. Humans do things like slaughter for the fun of it- animals don't.

[Chan790]

45. Logical fallacy.

Humans are animals. To say that animals don't slaughter for fun would preclude humans from doing so.

Also, it's factually incorrect. Virtually all species of feline from the great-cats to the domestic housecat kill for sport, observably. As well, chimpanzees and orang-utans within social and domesticated groups have been observed to commit (for very human motivations even) murder against rivals and the mates & relations of rivals. Just goes to show, our closest primate relations are really not all that different from us after-all.

[awoke_in_2003]

51. yeah, I know...

a bit of exaggeration on my part, I just wanted to get across the point that, like it or not, that asshat was indeed human

[ProgressoDem]

32. Celebrate?

There's celebrating death and then there's being satisfied justice was served / a threat was eliminated.

[Motown_Johnny]

11. I like it

but I would use the exact quote and credit V.P. Biden for the quote


The design itself is very nice

[Redstate Bluegirl]

12. Good

I'd suggest the colors be a little bolder, that's all.

[Snotcicles]

13. I like it. How about a poster maybe

WANTED!
Bin Laden Dead
GM Alive

[xfundy]

15. I haven't seen that font in years.

Is it Italia?

[Bonobo]

16. I think it is great to reach a certain audience!

[usregimechange]

22. that's a ford....

~

[awoke_in_2003]

28. true, but the person in the pic...

probably celebrates death.

[Lionel Mandrake]

56. Maybe not.

Is that funny looking gun used for killing or sport?

What kind of gun is it, anyway?

[LiberalLoner]

17. Love it!

[doc03]

18. I like it n/t

[DCBob]

19. Nice, maybe add Osama and an exclamation point

Osama bin Laden is dead, GM is alive!

[lpbk2713]

20. That's a keeper.

[Honeycombe8]

21. Excellente. nt

[lindac007]

25. Wonderful

Wouldn't change a thing. The message is loud and clear.

[riderinthestorm]

29. I like it! nt

[craigmatic]

30. That's the kind of bumper sticker that you could ride around with in the south and not fear people

taking it off yor car.

[jenmito]

31. I like it! I want it! I just ordered it! n/t

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[stockholmer]

33. purely from a technical perspective, the 'GM" needs to be in the same font thickness as Bin Laden

(my partner is a world class art director/graphic designer, I blame her for my critical eye)

great job otherwise

[usregimechange]

38. It is, but now I am considering decreasing its size because the caps makes it look bigger

[rollin74]

34. I love it!

[JNelson6563]

35. Wow! Bookmarked!

Excellent work! So glad you posted that here, I'll be picking up a few items this election season!



Julie

[MH1]

36. Perfect. Well done!

[liberaltrucker]

39. Bookmarked for purchase later

Nice design. Thanks!

[julian09]

40. Very well done

I wouldn't mind seeing blue stars of different sizes in circle along with stripes.

[usregimechange]

42. You know, that's a good idea. Working it up...

[Marie Marie]

41. Sums it up perfectly.

Nice job.

[applegrove]

43. Great idea. Says a lot.

[applegrove]

44. I don't think you even need the Obama logo on the right side. It is obvious it is about

Obama. I think breaking up 'bin laded' and 'dead' is a bad idea. It flows more if they are on the same line.

[usregimechange]

48. I think you're right, may have another design that way

[NNN0LHI]

46. Very nice, but do you want to know the bumper sticker the GOP would really hate?

God Bless The Troops and President Obama

Now that would drive them completely nuts.

Don

[usregimechange]

47. Good idea!

[julian09]

50. Keep original sentiment

It is a powerful reminder of two important accomplishments that people seem to forget, rather than generic election sticker.

Instead of circle have outline of US with stripes as shown with blue stars of different size some what like Subaru logo.

[Proud Public Servant]

49. Crazy about the idea, not so crazy about the typeface

I think it's the rounded serifs; just looks to playful for the sentiment. I guess I'd use either a sans-serif font or something like the font on this sticker:



But I do like it!

[MisterP]

52. "the Constitution's dead. Wall Street fraud is alive"

[Throd]

53. Not the best choice of typeface. Very poor kerning.

A good start. Further development necessary.

[Newton Whale]

54. Outstanding! and a suggestion...

"GM alive and Bin Laden dead"

1) I think reversing the order is more dramatic
2) it's punchier without the two uses of "is"
3) it echoes Teddy Roosevelt's demand "Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead!"

http://tinyurl.com/864z5lu

[Newton Whale]

55. Outstanding! and a suggestion...

"GM alive and Bin Laden dead"

1) I think reversing the order is more dramatic
2) it's punchier without the two uses of "is"
3) it echoes Teddy Roosevelt's demand "Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead!"

http://tinyurl.com/864z5lu

[Brettongarcia]

57. Sure Bin Laden is dead? CIA thing would be to keep him & torture him, without hope of appeal

Claim he was dead. Then torture him to get intelligence out of him. And nobody knowing to object, like Guantanomo Bay. Nobody even knowing he is still alive.

By the way: WHERE'S the body again?

[usregimechange]

58. Now I have one on my car, I'm rolling.