Play-By-Play Commentary

Envelope

A surprising play from Cornell: photo-realism from an illustrator.

My two favorite Layer Tennis shots are the Twist (taking the previous shot and inverting the concept, moving in a new angle) and the Encapsulation (taking the previous shot, leaving the concept as-is, but wrapping it in something larger). This shot is Encapsulation at its best.

The primary question with each shot: Do you build on the previous volley's image, or build on its concept?

I love the idea that you get a snail-mail confirmation for signing up for a social-software web site.

My eye keeps getting drawn to that stain on the envelope.

Overall, a great shot: clever and amusing on its own; but deep in the corner, perhaps boxing Inman in conceptually. Where do you take this from here?

Play by play commentary for this match is provided, as it happens, by John Gruber.

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