ChristAddicts: Illustration Reloaded

hmm bit confused here... have you posted an illustration before?
if so, where is it?
What on earth is the subject matter about?
why does the link say "chirstaddicts.com" - spelling mistake?

I must admit I thought for f**** sake when I saw the image - not because I'm religious (I'm a devote atheist) but because it reminded me of the poorly conceived "Just Say No" anti drugs advertising campaign in the UK during the 80's. Those images served to exclude a large section of society and didn't help the drugs problem in any way....

I think the imagery has been handled well - very slickly produced. I just very dubious about the concept i.e. addicted to drugs then you must be unclean, dirty & reliant on others to sort out your problems... A simplistic view I think.

I hope I don't come across as a miserable git (I always seem to be Mr negative ;) I enjoy a good discussion so thanks for putting the image up.

Tom

Ah found the original post by looking at your tracker - will read the comments there....
looks like i'm the only critic of the concept ;)
T

Ok After reading the other comments I still stand by my critique though I'll add:

- Is it really a good idea to cash in (get more followers) on other peoples misery (drug addiction). Makes you seem like a predatory group & not welcoming.

- The image looks like its an anti-drugs campaign & that religion holds the answers to coming off drugs (& maybe it does for some), but after having worked in drugs drop in centres for both Christian and non-Christian organisations teaching IT skills, my general opinion is that its not the priority, harm reduction is.

- People with long term drug addiction problems are one of the most scape-goated groups in society & one of the least able to speak up for themselves, don't they deserve a break?

Rant over :)
Thoughts?

Besides my comments at the other posting:
There's an unnatural drop shadow behind the needle that's bothered me since first glance. It's too wide to be from the needle. Looks like a bad super-imposition.
With the cracked paint overlay on the hand it looks...morbidly sliced and diced. At first glance I did a double take at that area thinking they were stitches or scars. Those areas of the overlay could be reduced somewhat.
That is a pretty bad misspelling. The church next to my house has a sign that says it's a "chruch" — Ironic, tomski?
What the heck is "LSD" doing in there?

Man the irony!!! ;)

& it doesn't stop there... remember Mr Marx and his "opium of the masses" schpeel...

(now i'm suddenly feeling my image isn't appropriate - perhaps I should re-brand myself & go back to my anarchist roots;)

i think overall it's much better, but there is too much detail in the background and the hand. It takes away the attention from your needle concept. I think you need to go back a little.

Also, I liked the different size of type in the previous one. You hav to make one of the lines bigger and the other one a sign off. This way you don't know what to read first.

Maybe "Do Jesus" should be the focus, you could move it closer to needle and increase the size a little to draw attention, and then "The Dope from ChristAddicts.com" could be smaller and in the corner...

Monday!!! and I see some discussion sorrounding the illustration, cool! ...
and that's what I like about this thingy now ....

anyways...my next agenda is to play around with the grunge ... changing the text to "it's gonna be awesome!"; and it seems the needle/cross needs some shine :)

This in coherence with other imagery that I presently have in my mind, together will bring some light to this medium ...

Thanks for the critiques guys!

In Christ