The health care debate has been going on for what seems like an eternity. I don’t know all the details of whatever bill is in the congress or the senate, but I at least know that a change is needed. It definitely would be a nice bonus to stick it to some of the corrupt health insurance companies (or are they all corrupt?).

With the silver medical symbol, I wanted a political design that was centered around the health care debate, but I didn’t want some corny slogan or saying. The caduceus medical symbol was a great place to start. It’s not the traditional medical symbol (see the rod of Asclepius for that), but it has become widely excepted and I like it for this situation. It’s interesting to think that those 2 serpents (or snakes for modern sake) wrapping around the staff with wings atop came to represent medicine

This design is a more 3 dimension version of the classic design. Silver looked much better to me than gold or white, so I went with that. I gave it a little more of a bevel to make it pop out a little extra. My logo wraps nicely around with the serpent. I went through all the internet magic to get it all set up in my store and I also added it to the Silver Medical Symbol section of my secondary store.

During my Physics years in college, I became very familiar with the variations of the radiation symbol. The fission and fusion of atoms was always a big part of the various science courses that I had to take. The radioactivity warnings always stuck out, because I learned that you could be literally cooked from inside by decaying particles from radioactive elements.

A radiation symbol catches the eye and I’m sure that most people would agree that nuclear war is high on the list of fears. Many popular movies center around the danger of terrorists getting a hold of a nuke. The atom bomb is the most dangerous technology ever created by man. This warning sign design passes on that intimidation. I never got too deep into the atomic sciences, but I had to give a nod to this symbol of danger.

I took the basic form of the radiation sign and gave it a beveled appearance. Yellow was chosen with caution in mind. Black was used to outline the entire symbol to make it pop in any color. Finally, I integrated the brand into the very bottom in a subtle way.

I got into the whole political designs thing a little bit late. My Political T-Shirts and Gifts store was started just months before President Obama was elected. I sort of missed the boat on that one, but it’s a good thing that elections come back around often.

Back to the subject of this design, I previously created an anti-Republican design, so I needed to counter with an anti-Democrat design. It’s only natural that the donkey symbol should become the jackass design of the Democrats. I’m not the biggest fan of politics, because it’s hard to support candidates that have enough money to not completely understand the rent vs partying argument. That would put me somewhere between neutral and liberal.

The design itself was not overly complicated. It’s a Democratic symbol of a donkey with red, white, and blue. The stars are white and jackass is stamped over the entire symbol. The Gabriel Angel Design brand is placed near the rear of the ass, so I guess that is the butt of the joke. It’s simple, but it says a lot.