I saw this most amazing symbolization of a propaganda machine, and I knew I had to synthesize it for here. Originally it was too detailed and I couldn't get the file size small enough. I removed some details and this is what we ended up. The original art was interestingly enough an old (public domain) editorial about how there was a conspiracy about how America was trying to introduce birth control to the Japanese as a way to weaken the country and then eventually take it over. Fascinating. I wanted this to work for any concept though, so I removed any references to birth control.
This was propaganda for the red cross during world war one, and I thought it was beautiful but after I removed the advertisement there was a gap in the image so I added the text "war kills" which is propaganda itself I guess, but none the less you can change that too of course.
This picture has lady justice with her sword and his scales, up on a hill, blind folded. I get the idea of blind justice. But it seems a little dangerous to have a giant lady on a hill with a sword and tons of little people scrambling around on her feet like cockroaches. She is bound to accidentally kill some. Where is the justice in that?!
This was some stupid propaganda poster against Prussia or something from over a 100 years ago. Still, the imagery was vivid, and I thought it deserved a new life to be shared for any sort of use. Maybe symbolic of political oppression or however else you want to use it!
This was originally propaganda to get people to donate to the red cross. I thought it was quite poignant, so I synthesized it here. A soldier lies dead in a desolate field of barbed wire.
A woman stands on the brink of a canyon, wearing a blindfold. Don't ask me how she got up there. Or why she is wearing high-heels out here in the middle of nowhere. And why is she blindfolded? Was she playing with a pinata? If so, where is her bat? So many questions! This was originally used for some sort of propaganda about Education.
So Uncle Sam is sounding off on a bugle. Is he on the moon? I don't think so. Not quite sure what he is doing. But he seems to be trying to get attention. Or maybe just some improvised jazz?
