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Monday, September 17, 2012

Peculiar Picture #14

  


This illustration was marketed on my Royalty-Free CD Business Fundamentals, sold on the Internet by Getty Images. Unlike some of the illustrations I’ve posted, this “peculiar picture” has sold very well outside of the United States, the last time to a company in South Korea. Since I don’t read or speak languages other than English, I have no idea what foreign companies are marketing with the help of my illustrations. Do you have any idea?

34 comments:

  1. Maybe they're using your illustrations to sell dishwasher powder in Japan like in that old episode of "The Simpsons" when Homer finds out he's being used as a corporate logo by a Japanese company.

    That is a really neat drawing though.

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  2. If I had world enough and time...

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  3. Nope but since you know, okay i assume you know, who brought the rights .. you could google to see how they've used it/them

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  4. Not a clue what they might be using it for but perhaps we could find it on a South Korean blog where they are puzzling (it's a puzzle within a puzzle) over what it means. Very cool illustration.

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  5. Hmmm- very interesting. Really a great, thought provoking picture. I would think something about the puzzle pieces, too.

    And FINALLY! I'm able to read your blog again by using Chrome-

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  6. Yea so I'm loving this one, very cool :)

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  7. I have no idea, but I LOVE the picture!!

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  8. "I told you this was much harder to do than the rubik cube! Are you timing me?"

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  9. No idea but what a great image.

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  10. I don't know, but I'd bet there are some humdingers of ads out there! You have an amazing imagination, Stephen!

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  11. The men are standing on time looking at a blueprint. They are taking from the earth what they want to build what they have on the blueprint. Corporate wherever.

    Have a terrific day. :)

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  12. Wow. I can see why this would be a big corporate seller. You're a very talented chatterbox!

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  13. I like this, and it lends itself to all sorts of interpretations, doesn't it?

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  14. It's all part of the "BIG BANG THEORY", and you know how that goes.

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  15. Time and planning, piecing the world together.

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  16. I say they are marketing real estate and architectural firms.

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  17. When you ask the question then I start looking at the picture and I see all the details. Wow!
    Ideas as to what to do with our world??

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  18. Sesang-eun peojeul-ida, that's what they are trying to say.

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  19. I have not an idea what they are using it for, but it is an interesting picture, and it very much makes me think of business. What the Koreans might use it for... ?

    Cat

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  20. Congratulations on selling well. That's something at least. And I like the picture.

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  21. I found it on the cover of a book about Global warming called called SHATTERED CONSENSUS.

    Another book called SUCCESSFUL STRATEGIC PLANNING.

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    1. Brett:

      Thanks so much for pointing these out. I had no idea these books using my illustrations were out there.

      CC

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    2. No problem. If you would like to see where else the image is being used on the web, you can do a search by image on Google. Click here and enter the URL of the image.

      I used the one from this page.
      http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LFvgGvUrn-0/UFciHUVPWzI/AAAAAAAAC0U/rR0YmSe9J2Y/s1600/BUM055MH+copy.JPG

      I got hundreds of results on your image.

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  22. Did you do this? Really? Fantastic!

    Pearl

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  23. I just KNEW that magma stuff was all bull crap.
    You think there are mole people inside the earth, though?

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  24. oh my gosh! is this your work? you have more than a writing talent! what did you want it to convey?

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  25. I have no idea what they are using it to sell (maybe a complicated lego set for kids??), but you've got some seriously impressive skills there! Wow!

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