When protector is away from home

Oleg, I don't believe the tattoed among us would be put off by a lack of visible tattoos on your models. Even if that were the case, there are millions more people who would see the tattoos and think they're scary.

So unless you're hanging this in a tattoo parlor...

Then again, I guess the same could be said of non-whites.

I'm sure they're nice people, but in this picture they look like White Supremacists. I'm sorry. It's the pale skin, the way the man is groomed, the woman's black hair and tattoos. Maybe it's just me.

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I have to agree, sort of. Bottom line is who are you trying to reach? If it is my demographic, i.e. middle class old fart, you missed with this couple. I'm afraid that they embody the stereotype of what the liberal left percieves a gun owner to be. Probably the nicest folks on the planet, but that is really inconsequential. As a German friend of mine says "Business is business, and Schnapps is Schnapps". On the other hand they may be perfect for your target audience.

The cutsie pootsie attempt at poetry really loses me.

Simpler is always better. I liked the original one best, but I would lose the black text at the top. "Provide protection for when you are not at home, teach self defense skills" really says it all. This is truly a case where less is more.

Speaking for the pale and tattooed among us, I like the poster. It's a good idea to reach out and let people know that not all gun owners are crotchety old men & rednecks. Breaking stereotypes is a good thing.

I cannot fathom why anyone would look at that woman and think "white supremist."

Come on, black hair is a white power thing? That's just silly.

The woman by herself, no. It's the guy that has a certain look to some of us.

Looks like a normal joe to me. He should tuck his shirt in, though.

I have had the misfortune of knowing or running afoul of many nazi boneheads over the years.

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Oleg, you have a fabulous gift, and a humility that just floors me. You do serious art and then let your audience poke at it with their own ideas. I'm not sure I would be that brave.

Arfin, as viewers of political propaganda* we High Roaders are no less qualified than Oleg to say what does or does not work. We can certainly tell him what we see in his work, which appears to be what he wants and needs to edit his stuff.

*I'm sure there's a better word out there, but I can't think of one right now. No offense intended.

Great work.
I personally don't care for tattoo's but it won't put me off.

I'm not going to try to tell you how to do your job, but I'm putting this out there for all...

Some suggested an interracial couple - that could work, but be careful, even though the left will have you believe otherwise, men of other races can be dangerous as well.
Instead of focusing on race, focus on dress and posture. Try to get someone that is less "hard core" looking.

Once again, you are the artist, I'm the observer - keep up the good work!

I like it

that they look dangerous. They should be dangerous, to threats. Personally I've always thought it would be safer to try to pet a grizzly cub than to appear to threaten one of pax's children in her presence.
Not that I would do either.

Ok picture this young mother holding an UZI (G Gordon Liddy Style)
Caption under her. "My husband is in Afganistan his UZI is not"

What is G. Gordon Liddy style?

Bravo, Oleg! Stunning as usual in concept and execution. As for "covering all the bases," remember millions upon millions of "Baby Boomers" with discretionary funds are retiring every year.

They have more "home" time than before and want to protect the toys and castle they've worked for. Only a fraction have firearm conceptions set in stone either way. The same scenario with an "older" couple would open many eyes and set that demographic to thinking. Perceptions can change when you see yourself in the picture.

Wonderful work!

Eleven Mike, Do you remember the posters they used to sell in Soldier of Fortune magazine? They had one of G. Gordon holding an UZI-B looking over his right shoulder with a Don't tread on me look. It was a very popular poster in the 80's. I will see if I can find one on the web to show you.

Ya'll, I don't have tattoos, but I grew up with a bunch of guys who do/did. My great-grandfather had a nude woman on his arm. A friend of the family had USMC on his arm. More recent.. my brother-in-law has several tattoos I ain't flipped over. But I don't feel the sight of tattoos gives me that much reason to judge somebody I don't know. I think a bunch of folks need to lighten up.

I noticed some of the comments on the choice of firearms... I'm not flipped over that M-4gery, but a bunch of folks don't like my choices of Mini-14's and leverguns and M1 Carbine and Garand either. I also notice the idea of a "man's gun" vs. a "woman's gun" injected into this. My younger sister can shoot any gun I can if she's of a mind to.

I think Oleg's pretty well got it.

I think the posters are great. The interesting thing is that 'The Man' is always the teacher. The pregnant gal with the tat could be a former operative who is teaching HIM for the protection of the baby. He might be an injured ballet dancer who'll be the new 'stay-at-home' Dad.

Just kidding. I always like a double shotgun (coach gun) or revolver when doing a gun puppet show for the 'un-reached'. Cowboy shooting and long-standing familiarity makes them MUCH more user friendly to non-gun people.

How about the young lady pictured with a hand gun and the caption attributed to Sam Colt. (I believe although I could be wrong)
"Fear no man of any size, Depend on me, I'll equalize."

Vern

That goes back to the question of what does a home invader call a ticked off woman- whether expecting or has five kids, regardless of whether she has a visible tattoo- with a double barreled shotgun. The answer's obvious. The other question, who's answers are also obvious, is what does an honest man call the same woman.

I like it as it is save maybe for shortening the caption as previously suggested. There's nothing wrong at all with the way those people look. They look like members of my family for crying out loud.

Well, I like 'em all!

I for one just don't get the "white-supremacist" vibe that some are talking about in the 1st and 2nd ones... I :heart: some "goth" girls, so certianly no problems with the tattoo! And I agree that we need to "de-scary" the Evil Black Rifle, and I think that showing it as a home defense tool is a good way to do it.

Hmmm...the man looks like an old school buddy, and I know a tattooed girl that's now a mother. Besides my former classmate, the man also reminds me of a former supervisor at work - a Gulf War I veteran. Maybe that's why I see nothing "threatening" about the image.

I'm guessing the "condom" image wasn't a gun-related work, but someone already mentioned that it could be worked into one "a different but equally vital form of PROTECTION!"

And I LOVE the most recent one ("Protect a man..")! I'd love to send THAT one to the pro-gun-control "femenists" out there!

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Looks like a normal joe to me. He should tuck his shirt in, though.

I have had the misfortune of knowing or running afoul of many nazi boneheads over the years.

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Er...what, is an untucked shirt sort of a "code" to mean "Nazi?"

I've never tucked my shirts in except at work, and don't intend to start now that I "carry" IWB!

As for the hair (or lack thereof), maybe he's a fellow sufferer of male pattern baldness?

*sigh* For guys like us, when "the time comes" there are really only three options:
1) Combover
2) Wig
3) REALLY short/shaved

Number three is about the only one I feel I can do and keep my dignity! I've said for the past few years that when the baldness sets in, it'll be "VIC MACKEY" time for me!

-and hey, I think it did wonders for the actor! I can barely remember "The Commish," but when I first saw "The Shield" my first thoughts were "Holy cow! I thought that guy was about 30 years older than that!"

I know tons of people in the 20-30 age range with tattoos and stuff (got a bunch myself). Most of them are (ex) punk rockers, emo kids, and hipster/scenester types in general. There's also a rainbow of skin colors amongst them (even sans tattoos), so it would be a stretch to say they're all white-power types. But perhaps most importantly, a lot of them are also on the proverbial fence between being libertarians and total lefties.

As such, if they were a "focus group," methinks they would identify well with this set. And theoretically, in some cases, the open-minded parents who accept their wild and crazy offspring might be fence-sitters too, so this could help reach two groups of people for the price of one...

I just gotta say it....

As for the tattoos, what about them? Plenty of people have them and they need to be reached by my posters, same as the un-inked yuppies and everyone else.

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there is a bumper sticker/shirt slogan i found once and i wish i could find who was selling them.

"The difference between those with Tattoos and those without. Is that the Tattooed don't care if YOU have any or not.". or somethng to that effect.

to look at me and my wife, especially my wife, you'd probably never suspect that we're both tattooed. and we will get more as our lives progress. for many who get them, tattoos are a way to commemorate and immortalize things that mean a great deal to them.

Inked or not we're all humans with the exact same right to self defense etc.

Since I was one of those to mention the tattoos:

Some of you are complaining that you have tattoo or your friends/wives/relatives have tattoos, and you're offended. If so, you're missing the point. It's not what you or I think about tat's that matters, it's about how most people perceive them and how most people would react to a tattooed person with a gun. Sure, it's wrong to think that a tattoo conveys some murderous intent. But these posters work on a much less concious level than all of that. Someone pointed out that tattoos make a difference to non-tattoo people, and that's a good point. People with tats wil be reached by a poster just as effectively if there were no tattoos. It doesn't work the other way around, though.

Now I'm assuming Oleg meant this for the general population. If he intends it for a more tattoo-prone crowd, it might work very well.