What do you think about this as my first attempt at a digital 'cover' for the upcoming epic journey in which I will tell the life story of my father here on Steemit?
A man forgotten by history. And wrongly so, for he was responsible for the industrialisation of the Philippines after the 2nd World War, bringing wealth to a country desperately in need of it.
But as the most powerful & influential man in the country he became a threat to his home country America and after years of undercover U.S. surveillance he was illegally deported, robbed of his 17 corporations and never permitted to return. He battled against his own government for 40 years in the supreme courts to prove his innocence, yet he died penniless and unvindicated.
I look forward to telling you this story and welcome any information from anyone, but particularly those in the Philippine community may be able to give me a different perspective on his life.
I also welcome any thoughts on this image!
Many thanks.
Samuel Stonehill
I'm looking forward to hearing his story.
I think the only thing I'd tweak is have the last line 'told for the first time on' match the color of the first line - just to balance it out a bit.
Well done!
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Thanks for the encouragement and your valid observation. I did try the blue colour with that line but the words felt a bit lost against the grey. Perhaps I could give them a white drop shadow to bring them back up again. Will have a play... thanks again :)
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Ah, yes, I can see that might be an issue. The white shadow might be just enough contrast to make the works pop out. Fingers crossed....
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I am not the most gifted graphic person but I think it looks great.
I wonder if you gently tinted the grass backdrop a very very subtle shade of blue it might help blend the scene and knit it together in a neat way???
Can I ask you to support this post?? It is to help Nolan our 15 year old witness everyone knows as - @theprophet0 - who needs a bit of help. I hope you do not mind this here, it is hard to message people privately esp. if time is of the essence.
TYIA and keep up the good work!!
https://steemit.com/steemit/@barrydutton/help-we-need-to-support-our-steemit-member-here-theprophet0-and-here-is-how-you-can-do-that-this-week-quickly
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Thank you for your feedback. Not a bad idea at all. As it happens I had already upvoted Nolan's cause the moment I saw it this morning :) Best of luck to you.
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Thanks a lot for the comments and reply. I do appreciate that.
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That's a nice photo of your dad, sir @samstonehill. He really looks incapable of doing something wrong. Embracing that farm field (?) with a good smile.
I'm looking forward to reading about what really happened. I read some blogs and articles and found this. Someone found the "whistleblower" Spielman while he was bedridden. This might be interesting.
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Wow! Great find. Thanks so much for doing some research for me. All of this will be really helpful in putting the final piece together. And yes indeed, he was a kind, loving man, incapable of doing the things he was accused of.
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Hello Sir. Would love to read about his role in the country's industrialization post-WW II. :)
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Thanks for your comment. Yes, I think it will be a very interesting story for everyone to read. A part of history that not too many people (outside of the Philippines) know about. I am looking forward to posting the first chapter soon :)
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You need to tell this story. I'm really shocked this happened to your father Sam.
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It's sad that he ended up this way. But was it really American tragedy, or simply a personal one. Is the American label so important here? Or maybe for the sake of the movie marketing it simply must be there?
Good luck, Sam!
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Sam...
As you know, I am a Pillow Peace guy. PP is about real-time reading via Skype for people in different corners of the world.
Would you be kind enough to upvote my Steemit post to costlessly contribute to my construction of a soundproof recording room, please take a 1-minute look at my yesterday post. Thank you more than a lot!
https://steemit.com/life/@pillow-peace/with-my-voice-i-am-able-to-affect-how-you-feel-positively
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