tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481277762471114452.post7948783272484984337..comments2024-03-20T12:56:48.451-05:00Comments on Better Posters: Critique and makeover: SemanticsZen Faulkeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07811309183398223358noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481277762471114452.post-74093393195562893252014-03-17T10:13:14.310-05:002014-03-17T10:13:14.310-05:00CandyPG: Maybe the commenter was responding to the...CandyPG: Maybe the commenter was responding to the graphics in the middle. The coloured circles in the figures might remind me of gumdrops or jujubes.<br /><br />“Eye candy” can be either a compliment or a snipe. I want posters to be eye candy in the positive sense of the word.<br /><br />I have nothing wrong with a poster looking like candy if that is the intent. You don’t want to do it by accident. Design is about decisions, and if you make a <i>conscious decision</i> to go for something bright and sweet, and it is appropriate for the topic and setting, go for it.<br /><br />Zen Faulkeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07811309183398223358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481277762471114452.post-8417463353582244662014-03-17T06:17:39.836-05:002014-03-17T06:17:39.836-05:00So, I wonder if you would comment on the 'like...So, I wonder if you would comment on the 'like candy' criticism that this poster had, in it's first incarnation?<br /><br />Seems to me to be a bit harsh. It's not like it was baby pink and white. Why do you think someone said that, and do you think that posters should avoid being 'like candy', whatever that means?CandyPGnoreply@blogger.com