{"id":14091,"date":"2013-08-05T06:19:32","date_gmt":"2013-08-05T11:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=14091"},"modified":"2019-11-26T06:33:54","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T11:33:54","slug":"surgery-and-leaps-of-faith-visual-metaphors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2013\/08\/05\/surgery-and-leaps-of-faith-visual-metaphors\/","title":{"rendered":"Surgery and Leaps of Faith – Visual Metaphors"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Jeff-B-p1\"<\/a>Here\u2019s another Visual Metaphor that I created for a client that deals with executives and trains them in leadership and people skills. The client asks her client to come up with a 3-part list consisting of 1. Where they were, 2. Where they are now, and 3. Where they see themselves in the future<\/strong>. My job was to take the text and translate it visually.<\/p>\n

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Generally the subjects see themselves in the soup<\/em> in the beginning; then they have to change how they operate or their outlook or how they relate to others.<\/p>\n

\"Jeff-B-p2\"<\/a>Then everything falls into place in the final panel.<\/p>\n

\"Jeff-B-p3-1\"<\/a>I create these images using a combination of vector, raster, hand-drawn and photographic images using image editing software such as Photoshop, GIMP, Acorn or whatever I feel like using that day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s another Visual Metaphor that I created for a client that deals with executives and trains them in leadership and people skills. The client asks her client to come up with a 3-part list consisting of 1. 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