WW2 War Effort Poster.
Maggie Koerth-Baker’s excellent article – Oil spill: Here’s What You Can Do to Help reminded me of the WW2 sentiment of conservation in a time of crisis.
UPDATE:
Hey everyone, I was off at my day job when my poster made it up on BB! (Thanks MKB) Not even around to enjoy it! There was great feedback in the comments, too.
I knew the image was a little rezzy, and from the sound of it, some of you actually PRINTED it. Holy cow.
I uploaded the Apple pages file as a zip, and exported doc and .rtfd files. I could have done it in some other ‘ware but this was the hammer I had.
If anyone wants to remix it or just make it better, it’s all yours.
http://jptownley.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/killeroil.pages.zip
http://jptownley.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/killeroil.rtfd.zip
http://jptownley.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/killeroil.doc.zip
As I said on the poster, the image is not mine, but is CC 2.0 licensed. If you do make art from it, be sure to credit Igor Golubenkov!
***end update***
Oil spills happen year after year, all over the globe. As I scouted for creative commons images, I came up on this one by Igor Golubenkov. This photo’s from 2007 after a spill in the Black Sea.
I riffed on the WWII poster a little, with an aim not to conserve oil, but to eliminate its use through personal action.
It needs a little something – I feel like it’s not quite there; I reserve no rights. Do with it as you will. Feel free to download the killer oil pdf.
2 Comments
Nice job. Thanks for making this poster. With sidewalks and time, plain old walking isn’t such a bad way to get around, either.
Wonderful!
This is going on the dash of my old Ford. I already practice limited driving, but this will inspire me further. Thank you for your efforts.
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