{"id":3785,"date":"2011-08-26T10:10:30","date_gmt":"2011-08-26T15:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=3785"},"modified":"2019-11-25T20:14:04","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T01:14:04","slug":"from-leaky-dikes-to-the-oval-office-visual-metaphors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/08\/26\/from-leaky-dikes-to-the-oval-office-visual-metaphors\/","title":{"rendered":"From Leaky Dikes to the U.S. Congress – Visual Metaphors"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Here’s 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

In the first panel above, our client felt like the little Dutch boy trying to plug as many leaks in the dike as he could.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>In the second panel above, the client is more in control and feels as if he is building something great.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>In the last panel, he sees himself sort of like the President of the United States addressing congress.<\/p>\n

I create these illustrations in Photoshop using stock photos, public domain photographs, photos I take myself and stuff I draw when I simply can’t find a photo. I think of montage sequences used for bridging scenes from classic movies when I’m approaching this work. I wonder how a great old director and cinematographer would convey this sort of information on film.<\/p>\n

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