I blame the tools

Saturday, 13 October 2007 02:05 pm
spqrblues: (funny story)
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A minor rant on packaging of supplies for comics artists, with boobs.

ProfessionalThis is the old packaging for the illustration board I usually use to draw the comic.

Simple, professional, and you don't have to feel goofy when you buy it, because you are totally a serious artist, and stuff.


ProAnd this is the boobified new packaging.

While I understand the marketing reasoning for going with the gigantic eyes and the water-balloon boobs, I'd never pick this up in a comic store, an art-supplies store, or from a convention table. But, of course, I'm not the demographic they're marketing to.

It's not a cheap product (though it looks cheap, now—ooh, see how I used the two connotations of the word—burn). I'd think if you need the more expensive stuff (it holds up pretty well to eraser abuse), you wouldn't need boobages to attract you to the product, you'd simply buy what you need. But maybe they'd like to get artists who don't consider themselves professional level to upgrade to the heavier stuff; one-ply Bristol Board being a gateway drug, and all. In fact, I don't know why they don't just indicate the ply of the paper by the size of the cup.

Good thing there's mail order. I guess.

From: [identity profile] meritahut.livejournal.com
The company has been great in the past--when an order of paper arrived damaged, they replaced it at once and told me to keep the creased pages, which could still be used above the creases and hickeys for various little projects. I'm not sure, looking at the name change on their catalogue, whether they've been bought out or have just revamped their image. Well, clearly they have vamped up their image....

 

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