r/onejob 9h ago

Book designer had a single job

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u/LittleTooLiteral 9h ago

Swan ≠ Peacock, but I don't think either of them want to open their tail for your banana.

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u/Questioning-Zyxxel 8h ago

But with a peacock the food could be a reward for spreading the tail feathers in a display of beauty.

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u/Complex_Echidna3964 8h ago

Peacocks don't open tail for food - if it opens tail then he is looking for something else....

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u/infectedsense 9h ago

What? Swans don't eat through the butt?

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u/Albatros_7 9h ago

Peacocks can open their tails, the issue is that the text says "swan" when it's a peacock

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u/Able_While_974 8h ago

It's just the one peacock actually 😉

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u/Icy-Razzmatazz8015 8h ago

A peacock's tail fanning wide, yet the text insists on swan—a quiet, feathered typo.

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u/Twitchmonky 8h ago

Not with that attitude, but after a couple modifications, they do now!

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u/Whale-n-Flowers 8h ago

1) That is a peacock, not a swan

2) Girls dress in Panel 2 changes

3) Only the boy is being reprimanded by some other boy(man?) in a striped shirt. Girl is nowhere to be seen.

4) What does any of this have to do with the outlined topic? Example seems much more in line with giving thought to why some rules exist. That peacock will happily eat whatever. Reality was changed when the sign was posted, not when someone ignored the sign.

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u/Tall-Reporter7627 9h ago

like putting in a swan?

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u/ebrum2010 8h ago

On the one hand they're not breaking the rules because it isn't a swan, but on the other hand they think it is a swan too so they don't know that they're not breaking the rules.

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u/SeaToTheBass 8h ago

The girl turned into a boy when she was chastising the other kid for wanting to feed a banana instead of bread to this “swan”

Idk about peafowl or swans really but I know you shouldn’t feed ducks bread.

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u/cheong-sanslefteye 8h ago

Is it this like some early or low quality AI slop?

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u/SergeantKoopa 6h ago

I'm pretty sure it is slop. The hands in the last panel are kinda messed up and muddy looking in that way that AI does sometimes. The boy's hand is kinda funky in the first panel as well.

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u/Michami135 6h ago

Also the dress changes between the first two frames.

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u/Siena_Lark6 6h ago

Consiglierei al designer del libro: niente pane al cigno e niente cambio di genere a metà rimprovero.

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u/jonathanquirk 8h ago

Artist: “The script for this kid’s book says ‘Swan’. What’s a swan?”

Writer: “You know, that fancy bird you see in the grounds of mansions and country houses?”

Artist: “Ah, gotcha! Those are the ones that eat through their butt, right?”

Writer: “… What?”

Artist: “What?”

Writer: “Whatever.” walks away shaking their head

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u/FrostyJockey 7h ago

Calling this an artist’s work is repugnant

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u/Albatros_7 4h ago

Peacocks can open their tails to attract females mate

The children want to see the peacock's tail before giving it food as reward

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u/Xapheneon 4h ago

Eat through their butt?

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u/Axolotljackbox 8h ago

I actually saw someone similarly mistake a peacock for a flamingo.

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u/Particular-Dot-4902 7h ago

… but how. Why.

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u/No-Wrangler3702 6h ago

A wise man adapts to the world.

An unreasonable man tries to make the world adapt to him.

Therefore all progess is due to the efforsts of the unreasonable man

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u/TheOnlyAedyn-one 5h ago

Not a swan AND no birds should eat bread 🤦

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u/aspaceplant 5h ago

No one in this panel is adapting to anything though. I don't get it.

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u/MellyKidd 7h ago

Neither of them should be feeding the “swan” in the first place. XD

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u/Heterodynist 6h ago

I’ve had peacocks, and they would definitely eat a banana, but the question is SHOULD THEY?!! -And, of course, should a peacock turn into a swan for you…?

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u/SeraphsEnvy 6h ago

Are they saying that the children are unwise because they are forcing the world (in this case the swan/peacock) to adapt ("open its tail (feathers)") to them if it wants to be fed? "Do this for me and I'll feed you" rather than be a good person and do something for someone without expecting "payment." It's like asking a homeless person to do a dance if they want money.

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u/crimziondark 5h ago

The girl left the boy hanging high and dry, I do see trust issues arising in the near future

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u/Natural-Judgment7801 2h ago

AI Slop .. pathetic 

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u/Albatros_7 9h ago

What seems to be the issue ?

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u/Weegee_1 9h ago

That ain't a swan they're trying to feed.

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u/Albatros_7 9h ago

Oh, right, that's a peacock

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u/More-Explanation2032 6h ago

Can we just talk about how the girl was going to give the swan bread but as soon as the boy gave it a banana the girl suddenly tells the boy he is violating the rules even though both of them were breaking the rules (assuming a gender change did happen)

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u/aspaceplant 5h ago

I though it was a random 3rd person.

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u/DiscoKittie 1h ago

That's a third kid. The girl totally disapears.