It all comes back to love.
This is the sort of ninja-ass coding-savant razzmatazz I’ve been expecting from Dawes. You think you’re watching static-image-file Layer Tennis and then boom he slaps an interactive animated volley at Kalmikoff. This is by no means against the rules because there are no rules.
Now we know more about our mystery man. He’s dad, in the pool, but his mind is clearly elsewhere. There’s a terrific interplay with the direction of his gaze and our lovely model on the left, and some fun tension from the fact that his eyes are covered. Poor guy can’t get a look.
Heck of a play overall, but I’m not impressed at all by the typography. Used well, there’s no finer typeface the world has ever seen than Helvetica. But used clumsily, Helvetica comes across looking generic and banal, and that’s what I’m feeling with the “I Love You” here. It’s not even quite properly aligned. The type for “Pull” seems like an afterthought as well — but these typographic nits are just a wee bit of grit on a truly spectacular play.
Play by play commentary for this match is provided, as it happens, by John Gruber.
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Naz and Sam Peeling Back the Layers on last Friday's amazing photographic and musical live Layer Tennis Match. No Tennis this week by the way, we'll be back live on the 19th
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@HeyKacey I thought I missed #lyt today too until I saw your post. #whew :] By fray (Matt Widmann)
I was just freaking out, thinking I forgot layer tennis today. ...but there wasn't a match today #lyt#goodnewsbadnews By HeyKacey (Karen Clark)
No #lyt this week. What am I supposed to do with my afternoon? Work? By jeremyorion (Jeremy Orion)
one hour till layer tennis, wonder what tricks they have up there sleaves this week #lyt By steinkampjohn (John Steinkamp)
I really enjoyed last week's #lyt. #sam is the clear winner. Just gorgeous shot after gorgeous shot, excepting his last! By owenbarrett (Owen Barrett)
love it! behind the scenes of last week's LayerTennis match between @weightshift and @samtimes: http://bit.ly/9sQ5Wy#lyt By cloverwind (cloverwind)
[post] Behind the scenes of last week's Layer Tennis match between @weightshift and @samtimes: http://bit.ly/dypd6C#lyt By susaneverett (Susan Everett)
A behind-the-scenes look at last week's Layer Tennis match: http://tinyurl.com/LTPeeling (via @LayerTennis' blog) #LYT By ENMagnifico (Allan Lorde)
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