um you fail at sarcasm ashley. I’m writing your name even though i am clearly replying to a message you wrote. Also, i threw that ‘um’ in there so i could be cool like you =D
Are you serious – camera! You fail! You fail! it’s a logo, he didn’t take a picture, if you notice, it is digital, with no artifacts of a camera, simply an edit using some piece of software, POSSIBLY photoshop, or maybe some other software package, which is generally called a ‘photoshop’ anyway, so yes – it IS photoshopped
Do you even know the definition of artifact? An artifact is an object from the distant past which is preserved and gives evidence. The word you should have used is “evidence”.
Oh this is just not right… The author of this site is using censorship.
And it’s selective too. So many other people are doing the EXACT SAME THING as ricky was and they’re not getting banned for it. Nonsense! Lower the ban on Ricky!
Wow… you do have to have a dirty mind to get this. I’ve been sitting here just looking at the logo for probably 10 or 15 minutes saying to myself- what the HELL is so “fail” about it?
Fail on me for not being perverted, jeez. What’s wrong with my head?
This logo is for a British company was was MEANT to be viewed horizontally. However someone at this unfortuante company rotated it 90 degrees and still thought it looked great to them, apparently. They had it printed, etched, and designed into all their new company apparel and signs. Expensive fail.
And speaking as a graphic designer, this is also a FAIL for the designer. Why? Because the customer will always pick the stupidest looking logo.
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I don’t really think this is a fail.
I think it’s probably subliminal you know?
Or else it was a prank design that the firm thought for sure they wouldn’t pick
This is probably intentional! Look up “subliminal messages” in google. There are numerous references to sex in everyday advertising. It’s hidden. I know because I work in advertising. If it makes you think about sex, you’re more likely to buy it.
I know of a consultant called CGC in Sweden with an (almost) identical logo. The same effect is apparent. Though pointed out to me casually at one time before, I didn’t see it until I read this thread.
This was my friend rick’s project when working on a brief at his saatchi internship. Needless to say he’s been asked if he’s checked everything he designs at 90 degrees before showing the client now.
I’m new in the internet business field. I’m skilled in the graphics side, but I need info to learn about this business. I was going through your post and got a few pointers.
I wonder how the heck the person who did this ever thought of the logo being so… He must work to that company and fell asleep with his/her head on the desk and when woke up noticed this… Either this, or a frequent “handyman” )
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To all the people above who are arguing if it has been “photoshopped”, you have no idea what you are talking about. Where there is no technical correct answer as it’s a slang term based around a product, something being described as being photoshopped generally refers to something that has been edited to modify the origional image in order to trick people, like putting the face of a celebrity on the body of someone else, or adding something to a photograph such as that photo of the guy at the top of the world trade towers supposedly with a jumbo jet coming at him. Using an image editing software (anything from ms paint through to photoshop) to turn and image on it’s side is NOT refered to as “photoshopping”!
very different wwwwwwwwwwww
i fell on the floor laughing and i peed my pants darn it i failed at potty training LOL
you have mental problems
It’s a subliminal WIN!!
Whoever must drew the logo must have known.. Just didnt bother to tell
Whoa.. I was pretty stoned when i wrote that.. Just cut off the first “must”
thats just as bad a LAO….ahahahahaha
err think that might be photoshoped
No
huh? does that seem like handwriting to you?
No but he IS doing something with his hand, u’ll understand when u’re older and alone…
you’re all dumb. of course it’s photoshopped, he had to turn in sideways somehow
im very disappointed in you people
so what’s the different? it’s still the same logo -_-
idiot ?! its till the same but O looks like face the G like 2 arms and a penis and the c like legs ?! dumb?!
no fail, its a vag. sex ed fail.
um sorry stupid weaselnutzninja no its not ur a fail
um you fail at sarcasm ashley. I’m writing your name even though i am clearly replying to a message you wrote. Also, i threw that ‘um’ in there so i could be cool like you =D
how would it be photoshopped?
Fail
I have NO IDEA, maybe with Photoshop!?
sarcasm win
No you could draw OGC and it would appear like that. My bro did it
ok then look up OGC and tell me if you find anything.
This IS photoshopped. Or rather, MADE in photoshop -.-
@cregan: No, its not.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/22/ogc_logo/
HAHA dude he turned it 90 degrees, yes that is Photoshopped. How else did he do it? With turntables?
exactly
to Oli, I looked at that link, pretty funny word usage lol. ocg “cracks one off”, “five-knuckle shuffle”
or he just turned his camra sideways…… your a fail
Are you serious – camera! You fail! You fail! it’s a logo, he didn’t take a picture, if you notice, it is digital, with no artifacts of a camera, simply an edit using some piece of software, POSSIBLY photoshop, or maybe some other software package, which is generally called a ‘photoshop’ anyway, so yes – it IS photoshopped
I can turn stuff in word though! FAIL. A win: my teacher has photoshop as required education.
Do you even know the definition of artifact? An artifact is an object from the distant past which is preserved and gives evidence. The word you should have used is “evidence”.
Are you kidding? That’s like saying “Doktors are ppl hU save u” when someone talks about a photo being doctored.
He could have used Ms paint if he’s a cheap fail
perverted snowman?
What you don’t know is this is the logo for the Association of chronic Masturbators.
hahahahahahaha
Oh this is just not right… The author of this site is using censorship.
And it’s selective too. So many other people are doing the EXACT SAME THING as ricky was and they’re not getting banned for it. Nonsense! Lower the ban on Ricky!
Ka-what? How’s that a fail?
its a guy jacking it
@Cow you douche
Durrr. You dumb stupid motherf*cker. GEEZ, LITTLE KIDS, GTFO.
anyway, ROFLMAO @the fail.
http://www.hein.org.uk/ogclogo.gif
Wow… you do have to have a dirty mind to get this. I’ve been sitting here just looking at the logo for probably 10 or 15 minutes saying to myself- what the HELL is so “fail” about it?
Fail on me for not being perverted, jeez. What’s wrong with my head?
I believe you may be a case of dirty-mind-FAIL.
But if you’re dying to know the fail part, the rotated logo kinda looks like a stickfigure having some ’special time’ with his manparts.
rofl
elég szar sztem, de mind
feil!
First of all, what does the logo stand for? Plus how would it be used on stationery, package design and so forth?
The logo for the US Office of Government Commerce.
Oh no, I failed! I didn’t see the .uk, no it is the UK Office of Government Commerce, oops!
I did not understand… somebody tell me what fail it is?
if u look at it from the turned angle, it looks like a snowman/human thing masturbating, haha
GTFO LITTLE KID
Here’s an article describing it… pretty funny… http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/24/nogc124.xml
This logo is for a British company was was MEANT to be viewed horizontally. However someone at this unfortuante company rotated it 90 degrees and still thought it looked great to them, apparently. They had it printed, etched, and designed into all their new company apparel and signs. Expensive fail.
And speaking as a graphic designer, this is also a FAIL for the designer. Why? Because the customer will always pick the stupidest looking logo.
looks like a man chocking his chicken to me….
very abstract.
http://www.vagina101.wordpress.com
LOL
I suppose it depends on what they’re selling?
oh man!
good/LOL
That’s a goooood logo!
hahaha
What a difference!!! lol
funny!!
wow.
So cool!
“perverted snowman?”
Hahahahaha! Good one!
My gosh – thats… :O
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Took a second to kick in, then I ROFLed.
Take a look at the latest LegoRobot comic (#69 at the time I’m writing this) and tell me PIC NOT RELATED.
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i like the normal view one the other one looks like a guy with a hard on lol
http://www.fastforwardteck.wordpress.com
yeah stick with the normal veiw
Fail or just not succeed?
http://www.stuffwhitedbagslike.wordpress.com
@Chunque. Take another peek at it. It clearly looks like a stick figure guy who is bowlegged slammin the salami
ROFL i’ve never heart it called slammin the salami
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I didn’t figure out was wrong with it till I read the comment about salami and then went back looking for something pervy in it, then I noticed it.
When you see it, you’ll shit bricks.
http://demotivational.wordpress.com/
Oh man… looks like he’s evacuating.
“it presents a very clean, uncluttered and modern identity.” lol sure it does…
this is just as bad as the 2012 london olympic logo!
get you heads out of the gutter! all of you (-:
took me a little while to get it, but its good.
oh that one took me a while
F- I’d say
took a minute but what a fail
took a minute but that ones good
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Haha, so funny!
Haha, you’d have to be blind to not see that this was a bad logo. And the 2012 logo is terrrible as well.
Hell, before now the acronym OGC meant nothing to me… now I can’t look at it without seeing this!
Sorry for the triple post, but:
“and it is not inappropriate to an organisation that’s looking to have a firm grip on Government spend”
Unless someone here had already explained it, I would have asked why this would be so funny!
This is a VERY INSIDER FAIL to me!
He’s holding the remote. You guys are gross.
Haha….ive done THAT before >:]
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*Sigh* HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU FAIL!
How can you steal something like this from a popular TV show…
YOU FAIL! Of the MOST EPIC KIND.
Office of Government Commerce…
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i like hub caps
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To funny!
That is rich.
Own Grip Copulation…
Maybe?…
I don’t really think this is a fail.
I think it’s probably subliminal you know?
Or else it was a prank design that the firm thought for sure they wouldn’t pick
looks like a snowman with a dick
wow– and to think the original source of OGC was a dinosaur–
http://www.qwantz.com/archive/001057.html
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This is probably intentional! Look up “subliminal messages” in google. There are numerous references to sex in everyday advertising. It’s hidden. I know because I work in advertising. If it makes you think about sex, you’re more likely to buy it.
Took me a couple of glances…ha-ha!
I know of a consultant called CGC in Sweden with an (almost) identical logo. The same effect is apparent. Though pointed out to me casually at one time before, I didn’t see it until I read this thread.
hehe, my dad works for OGC.
I fail. This took me ten minutes to understand.
haha, took me like 10 minutes 2, mmm really good indeed…
I picked it up right on the second I saw it haha. Guess it shows the level of dirtyness one’s mind has, heh.
ejaculating
Took me a long time to figure this fail
dude that’s so frickin hilarious
I don’t get it
THAT LOGO JUST GAVE US THE FINGAH!
nope, thats not its finger, think a bit lower lol.
I saw this on Countdown w/Kieth Olbermann. My dad didn’t get it.
Well even letters have urges, HUH.
I realized that this had 666 votes, so i voted.
LOL @ the dude who said this was photoshopped.
With just a little turn clockwise, a logo becomes one very lonely snowman.
L
A
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LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO
not me
looks like a guy with his dick on someones tummy seen from above
xD
kinda like
L
A
O
dont see it? look closer :\
who actually took time to notice this?
haha xD nice observation
posted on my B-day too
This was my friend rick’s project when working on a brief at his saatchi internship. Needless to say he’s been asked if he’s checked everything he designs at 90 degrees before showing the client now.
I first saw this on HIGNFY, it’s the greatest thing ever
Marking that one down as a “WIN” actually…
Especially the phonetic reading….”Oh, Geee! Seee?”
The risky world of commercial art
I can’t breathe…LOFL!!!
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…I dont get it…
Couldn’t stop laughing when i saw this pic
Goatse?
I’m new in the internet business field. I’m skilled in the graphics side, but I need info to learn about this business. I was going through your post and got a few pointers.
Must have been designed by a real wanker.
i made this
XD THATS A PENIS FAIL LMAO
I wonder how the heck the person who did this ever thought of the logo being so… He must work to that company and fell asleep with his/her head on the desk and when woke up noticed this… Either this, or a frequent “handyman”
)
double meaning WIN!!!
Is he wankin’? xD
lol omfg that is a complete fail!!!1
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who was the dirty mind that thought of this one?
it’s not fail, it’s called subliminal message
best fail ever!
turn the little switch in your mind!that will do
To all the people above who are arguing if it has been “photoshopped”, you have no idea what you are talking about. Where there is no technical correct answer as it’s a slang term based around a product, something being described as being photoshopped generally refers to something that has been edited to modify the origional image in order to trick people, like putting the face of a celebrity on the body of someone else, or adding something to a photograph such as that photo of the guy at the top of the world trade towers supposedly with a jumbo jet coming at him. Using an image editing software (anything from ms paint through to photoshop) to turn and image on it’s side is NOT refered to as “photoshopping”!