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Over-shadow that and you kill it. Don't, to gain general and
useless attention, sacrifice the attention that you want.
Don't be like a salesman who wears conspicuous clothes. The
small percentage he appeals to are not usually good buyers. The great majority of the sane and thrifty heartily despise him. Be normal in everything you do when you are seeking confidence and conviction.
Generalities cannot be applied to art. There are seeming exceptions to most statements. Each line must be studied by itself.
But the picture must help sell the goods. It should help more than
anything else could do in like space, else use that something else.
Many pictures tell a story better than type can do. In advertising
of Puffed Grains the picture of the grains were found to be most
effective. They awake curiosity. No figure drawing in that case
compare in results with these grains.
Other pictures form a total loss. We have cited cases of that kind.
The only way to know, as is with most other questions, is by
compared results. There are disputed questions in art work which we will cite without expressing opinions. They seem to be answered both ways, according to the line which is advertised.
Does it pay better to use fine art work or ordinary? Some
advertisers pay up to $2,000 per drawing. They figure that the space is expensive.
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