I apologize for the inferior quality of this photo. It was taken from a moving vehicle. While I'm at it perhaps I should apologize for the inferior quality of this sticker.
This is an interesting piece of Stickerloo. The author is to be given credit for attempting a challenging piece, though there are some serious problems with the execution. I am conflicted here with regards to the artist's motivations: was she trying to stay within the parameters of the stickerloo font, and merely failed to hit the mark? Or was this a deliberate attempt to resemble a ransom note? If the former is the case, then this author needs to devote herself to a few years of intensive study as the piece is rife--almost unbearably so--with stylistic errors.
A complete analysis of this work may be too depressing to attempt, so I will just cover the basics:
1) Customized letters: Although I commend any stickerloo artist for taking on the challenge of creating letters that are not "stock", I lose sympathy when it appears that the artist has made no effort to stay within the established guidelines of the stickerloo font. Making an i that is too long for the font standards is one thing, and only a minor annoyance in comparison to the hapazard crafting of the u in this piece. Cutting an o in half? Is this seriously the best you can do? Amateurish doesn't even begin to describe the quackery on display here. Have you ever thoughtfully considered a stickerloo letterform before? Did you pause to consider what the aperature would be in a proper stickerloo u before you decided to cut that o in half? Did you ponder the curvature of the letter's bowl in this hypothetical u, the style of the letter's terminals? I think the answer is an obvious hell-fuck-no.
2) Alignment: If this piece was meant to be a serious representation of the stickerloo craft, there is evidence of a patent disregard for the font's baseline. No attempt appears to have been made to bring the letters in line with the conventions of this font.
3) Oh crap I just can't look at this any more. The hideously long descender on that y is like a dagger though my stickerloo heart.
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