Crippled Stripper
Crippled Stripper is a band located here in Southern Utah. They currently are not signed and have a half-way working website. The best information on them was accessed via myspace. When I first saw this graphic in the local clip-n-save, not really knowing what I was looking at I laughed. Then the reality set-in on what they were implying. I did further research to see if perhaps one of the members of the band was really handicapped. To my surprise nobody even associated with the band is crippled, they just felt it was a catchy name for a band.
From a design standpoint the overall artwork is so busy and confusing that you cannot really enjoy the humor in it. You have feathers, birds, a scroll, flames (poorly done), and my favorite the naked lady on a wheelchair in the middle of the picture.
Figure/Ground Relationship: The figure being the blue sign with the naked crippled stripper. The ground being the rest of artwork that the figure is resting on.
Gestalt Principles: Law of similarity & proximity are best seen in the birds and the feathers. The law of closure is viewed in knowing that the woman is sitting on a wheelchair, even though all you are seeing is part of the shape of a wheel. The law of pragnanz is seen in the scroll where it is really a series of complicated shapes, but we allow our selves to see it as the tail of a scroll. The feather point upward and outward, the flames point upward and outward, and the birds are flying upward and outward are examples of the law of continuity.
The black and white feathers, vs. the parchment and black scrollwork don’t fit together at all. Then the bright orange flames and the blue handicapped sign offer an interesting contrast. Maybe if the entire picture were in color or kept 100% black and white it would look better. There is no real texture implied here. The lines are all pointing upward and outward. The entire picture is done in the positive space, very little negative space exists.
Overall, in my opinion, this is a terrible design. It could easily be fixed to be quite effective.
Crippled Stripper is a band located here in Southern Utah. They currently are not signed and have a half-way working website. The best information on them was accessed via myspace. When I first saw this graphic in the local clip-n-save, not really knowing what I was looking at I laughed. Then the reality set-in on what they were implying. I did further research to see if perhaps one of the members of the band was really handicapped. To my surprise nobody even associated with the band is crippled, they just felt it was a catchy name for a band.
From a design standpoint the overall artwork is so busy and confusing that you cannot really enjoy the humor in it. You have feathers, birds, a scroll, flames (poorly done), and my favorite the naked lady on a wheelchair in the middle of the picture.
Figure/Ground Relationship: The figure being the blue sign with the naked crippled stripper. The ground being the rest of artwork that the figure is resting on.
Gestalt Principles: Law of similarity & proximity are best seen in the birds and the feathers. The law of closure is viewed in knowing that the woman is sitting on a wheelchair, even though all you are seeing is part of the shape of a wheel. The law of pragnanz is seen in the scroll where it is really a series of complicated shapes, but we allow our selves to see it as the tail of a scroll. The feather point upward and outward, the flames point upward and outward, and the birds are flying upward and outward are examples of the law of continuity.
The black and white feathers, vs. the parchment and black scrollwork don’t fit together at all. Then the bright orange flames and the blue handicapped sign offer an interesting contrast. Maybe if the entire picture were in color or kept 100% black and white it would look better. There is no real texture implied here. The lines are all pointing upward and outward. The entire picture is done in the positive space, very little negative space exists.
Overall, in my opinion, this is a terrible design. It could easily be fixed to be quite effective.
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