Creative Interpretation

It's quite common to get all kinds of feedback in my line of work, but today had to be the most unusual for me. I received feedback on one of the first projects I worked on upon arriving here in Vancouver. According to a lady who had taken the training, she saw an image of a woman's bottom half in a swimsuit in the background interface. At first I couldn't see it, but when a co-worker pointed it out to me then I could see what this lady was seeing. It's quite amazing that she saw this image because the screen appears for a few seconds before images appear over top.

Aiy yi yi... the things people see. I had a good laugh for sure. It must have bothered this lady enough to point it out to the training manager, which led to a focus group and a chain of emails that finally reached me. What can I say? It certainly wasn't intentional. I was going for a spotlight effect on a grey streaked background. I never thought that the way the spotlights came together would form a subliminal image of a woman's thighs and crotch.

Perhaps I should try creating more subliminal images in my designs and see if people will catch them. Wouldn't that be fun?