This a pretty good 'standard' rebus, on my book. Nothing particularly cheap or strained, clear answer, excellent homophony. Could be better humor and ingenuity, but this would be a great example to show to people to explain what a rebus is. (And more interesting than many canonical examples.)
If what I exactly mean by the rankings is not clear, please refer to below:
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Homophony - how close the rebus answer is to the composite combination of the rebus clues.
Thus, for example, the classic "eggs over easy":
EGGS ---- EASY
is perfect. This rebus is very close, but not quite perfect in homophony. [Verb tense issues.]
Fairness - Whether the drawer/poster can reasonably expect someone to come up with the answer. (N.B. some interesting rebuses can rank very low on fairness).
Artistry - Not whether it was pretty but whether it was competent to communicate the needed object.
Nerdiness - Needs no explaining.
Humor - Needs no explaining, except to note that after you've drawn a few dozen rebuses, your sense of a funny one will change.
Ingenuity - a real advantage rebuses have over pictionary is time - you can let somebody fret about what you mean, and you can take more time to get a precise drawing. The upshot is that sometimes you can get some brilliant intuitive leaps.
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A Sample Rating [Please follow this format in rating rebuses!]:
Homophony: 9.5
Fairness: 10
Artistry: 9
Nerdiness: 9
Humor: 6
Ingenuity: 7
This a pretty good 'standard' rebus, on my book. Nothing particularly cheap or strained, clear answer, excellent homophony. Could be better humor and ingenuity, but this would be a great example to show to people to explain what a rebus is. (And more interesting than many canonical examples.)
If what I exactly mean by the rankings is not clear, please refer to below:
--------
Homophony - how close the rebus answer is to the composite combination of the rebus clues.
Thus, for example, the classic "eggs over easy":
EGGS
----
EASY
is perfect. This rebus is very close, but not quite perfect in homophony. [Verb tense issues.]
Fairness - Whether the drawer/poster can reasonably expect someone to come up with the answer. (N.B. some interesting rebuses can rank very low on fairness).
Artistry - Not whether it was pretty but whether it was competent
to communicate the needed object.
Nerdiness - Needs no explaining.
Humor - Needs no explaining, except
to note that after you've drawn
a few dozen rebuses, your sense of
a funny one will change.
Ingenuity - a real advantage rebuses have over pictionary is time - you can let somebody fret about what you mean, and you can take more time to get a precise drawing. The upshot is that sometimes you can get some brilliant intuitive leaps.
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