Maven (famous) to Comic Strips@lemmy.world • 11 months agoWe have the Olympics at homelemmy.zipimagemessage-square20arrow-up1597
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minus-square@brachypelmasmithi@lemm.eelinkfedilink21•11 months agoiirc it’s so that the text will appear correctly in the side mirrors of a car ahead of the ambulance but I’m sure there’s more to it than that
minus-square@therealn000b@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink11•edit-211 months agoNope, that’s it! Edit: picture of one https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTjvM5N7qC4Cg7Hy-RfR-ZQvtIqtmaSCpnZ4gKqJoC3EKCECigRlNkvqL6S&s=10
minus-square@KazuchijouNo@lemy.lollinkfedilink1•11 months agoIs this literally the picture that the artist used as reference? Everything matches, even the blue and red on the side
minus-square@AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilink9•11 months agoIt’s because Leonardo da Vinci created the first ambulance.
minus-square@Vincent@feddit.nllinkfedilink4•11 months agoAnd presumably in the rear-view mirror as well :P
minus-square@Infernal_pizza@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•11 months agoUnless you’re James May and forget to mirror the letters themselves: https://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/topgear/images/3/37/Top-Gear-James's_Undertaker_Ambulance.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150312140601
iirc it’s so that the text will appear correctly in the side mirrors of a car ahead of the ambulance but I’m sure there’s more to it than that
Nope, that’s it!
Edit: picture of one https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTjvM5N7qC4Cg7Hy-RfR-ZQvtIqtmaSCpnZ4gKqJoC3EKCECigRlNkvqL6S&s=10
Huh, what country is this ambulance design from?
Australia (Victoria)
ah damn, fair enough
Is this literally the picture that the artist used as reference? Everything matches, even the blue and red on the side
It’s because Leonardo da Vinci created the first ambulance.
And presumably in the rear-view mirror as well :P
Unless you’re James May and forget to mirror the letters themselves: https://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/topgear/images/3/37/Top-Gear-James's_Undertaker_Ambulance.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150312140601
Oh wow. That makes sense