Sadly but not surprisingly, the annual holiday greetings of the Department's posts and offices have mostly moved away from the glorious photoshopped scenes of yore. 2020 being what it is, salutations around the world have gone heavy on Stay Safe themes and imagery -- but at the same time managed to give out good vibes and seasonal cheer! So for group poses you had the "Social Distancing Indoors"...
...the "Social Distancing even though Outdoors"...
...and the "Social Distancing even though you can't tell if Indoors or Outdoors because yay Photoshop"
Also...lots of masks! As in, you can tell the levels of local mandates! From must-wear-masks if "Inside Together"...
...or "Inside Apart"...
...all to way to "Outside Apart"...
...and even up to "Outside Might be Photoshopped so Cover Up Just to be Sure"...
...as well as the "Inside/Outside Stay Masked but I guess you can also Take It Down for a Second if you're not confident about your Smize" gray area.
And all the new digital design tools and toys have given rise to all sorts of novel greeting formats, such as my new favorite "Separate-Yet-Connected" mosaics...
...the inescapable Zoom meeting photo...
...plus GIFs, of course...
...and all the way to a merry mosaic/zoom/gif mash-up!
And while ever-improving production values and skills will inevitably push the medium towards more slick and savvy filmmaking...
...my heart will forever belong to the true "Indie" artist
"Indie" as in...what exactly's going on here?
