Christian Graphic Design Fails

[Howl]

Chris Stroop is a very interesting guy, and was visiting fj a few years ago to answer questions.  Chris has been going through some big changes and is now a still wonderful and interesting Chrissy Stroop with the Not Your Mission Field blog at  cstroop.com

I started following Chrissy Stroop on twitter, and came across this fabulous find.  

Epic Christian Fails: The Cross and the Clitoris

You're welcome and enjoy the weekend! 

 

[Hane]

“You mean vegania.” 

[PumaLover]

I want to simultaneously laugh, thank you and also give a WTF reaction. This is hilarious but I guess kind of sad at the same time. 

I am a graphic designer and always love these design fails. Years ago my friend and I giggled at a banner for "Labiak Law" but kerning was not on that person's side… the banner read, "Labia Klaw" ?

[thoughtful]

Vegania is a great name for a vegan commune.

Let us not forget the infamous 2013 "call2fall" logo, discussed here:

 

[Marmion]

Not all that surprisingly , they are Pentecostal .  https://christian-life-international-va-2.hub.biz   I am picturing the looks they might have received if the softball team from this one Nazarene church I attended would have played them .  I wonder if any would have cited  1 Thessalonians 5 : 22  .  https://www.gotquestions.org/appearance-of-evil.html  

[Hane]

My favorite all-time logo fail was on TWA promo materials that proudly displayed a solid wall of text reading “TWATWATWATWATWATWAT...”

[Elegant Mess]

We also can't forget the Maxwells' ITonRamp!

[thoughtful]

My favorite was the Jubilee, the award for Dougie's film festival. It's a 3D fail!

The idea was to make it look like the man and boy in the photo in their logo:

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A lovely shot of an elder guiding the young generation of filmmakers.

But, for either practical or economic reasons, all of the open spaces were eliminated, so it looked like  . . . 

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 . . . pedophilic frottage with the threat of strangling.

 

[Four is Enough]

I have actually seen "tunashamed" and wondered about it. Really shouldn't allow oneself to be distracted on the Baltimore Beltway...

[thoughtful]

It's even better with an ichthus:

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And now we know what that icon of advertising has been too polite to say for 58 years:

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[AmazonGrace]

 

 

[Kelsey]

1 hour ago, Four is Enough said:

I have actually seen "tunashamed" and wondered about it. Really shouldn't allow oneself to be distracted on the Baltimore Beltway...

@thoughtful Very thoughtful of you to post the image because I couldn't figure ouot what being tunashamed was!

[smittykins]

So is “tunashamed” being ashamed of a tuna, or shamed by a tuna? ?

[Howl]

On 10/5/2019 at 9:26 PM, Elegant Mess said:

We also can't forget the Maxwells' ITonRamp!

I know, right?  I thought it was actually One Ton Ramp for the longest and could never figure out what that was.  Then, suddenly, epiphany. 

W I Semen has also got it goin' on! 

Edited October 8, 2019 by Howl

[notarocketstoveman]

On 10/5/2019 at 12:19 AM, PumaLover said:

I want to simultaneously laugh, thank you and also give a WTF reaction. This is hilarious but I guess kind of sad at the same time. 

I am a graphic designer and always love these design fails. Years ago my friend and I giggled at a banner for "Labiak Law" but kerning was not on that person's side… the banner read, "Labia Klaw" ?

OMG! I have a degree in graphic design and worked as a designer, print production manager for over ten years. Love finding other designers in the wild!

On 10/5/2019 at 9:26 PM, Elegant Mess said:

We also can't forget the Maxwells' ITonRamp!

The one ton ramp was the reason I clicked on this topic.

[Marmion]

3 hours ago, thoughtful said:

It's even better with an ichthus:

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And now we know what that icon of advertising has been too polite to say for 58 years:

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If only such Christians were to become aware of the original symbolism of the Ichthys , they'd really feel  "tunashamed"  .  https://www.bustle.com/articles/111250-7-historical-symbols-for-the-vagina-that-do-it-justice.

[thoughtful]

5 hours ago, smittykins said:

shamed by a tuna?

I'm with Charlie, above -- he should have shamed those Starkist people long ago. All he wanted to do was to sacrifice himself for the greater good -- how much more Jesus-like could he be?

 

[smittykins]

I always did wonder why Charlie wanted to be caught, canned, and eaten.