Monday, February 26, 2007
the girls
Below is just some of the wonderful, amazing work of Amanda Visell. If I could draw, I’d do stuff like this. So incredibly great. You can find more of her work here. And be sure to check out the amazing stuff she just did for the anniversary of Pirates of the Caribbean which you can find on her blog. Also on her blog, coincidentally, is a series of two-headed figures, kinda like the ones I did but cooler.
Monday, February 05, 2007
Superbowl Ads 07
I should begin by confessing that I do not look at Superbowl ads the way regular people do. Because I work in the industry, I see more ads in a week than most do all year so if I'm overly critical, that's why. That said, I wasn't too thrilled with this year's crop of Superbowl ads.
The best one I saw was actually not a new ad. Weiden & Kennedy's "Give A Little Love" ad for Coke was, to me, the best ad of the bunch. Incredibly well-written and even better executed. So what if it's been running in theaters for the past few months.
That's not to say there weren't some moments of greatness. The Heart Attack ad was wonderful and not only because it didn't have a logo on the end. I also liked the idea behind Careerbuilder's Promotion Pit. The Snickers "Kiss" ad was hilarious, Garmin's "Maposaurus" had its moments and anything with Robert Goulet makes me laugh.
I am not sure what's gotten into America, but I checked USA Today's Admeter and was ridiculously disappointed to find that the Budweiser "Crab" ad was ranked so high. Really? REALLY?! I thought most, if not all, of the Bud ads were just plain boring. "Rock, Paper, Scissors" had a pretty funny punch line but I saw it coming a mile away.
Again, I see a lot of ads so I know a lot of formulas, so I apologize if I'm ruining the fun of Ad Day. But I just expect more on Superbowl Sunday. It's the one day when any company can change their destiny by running a - pardon the pun - game-changing ad much in the way Apple did with "1984," the way Monster did with "I wanna file all day," the way E*Trade did with their "Well, we just blew a million bucks" ad, etc. etc. etc. I will give E-Trade credit for this year's "Finger" ad which I felt had some nice moments in it. But to the rest, it felt like they could've done more with their $2.6 million.
See all the spots here and lemme know what you think.
The best one I saw was actually not a new ad. Weiden & Kennedy's "Give A Little Love" ad for Coke was, to me, the best ad of the bunch. Incredibly well-written and even better executed. So what if it's been running in theaters for the past few months.
That's not to say there weren't some moments of greatness. The Heart Attack ad was wonderful and not only because it didn't have a logo on the end. I also liked the idea behind Careerbuilder's Promotion Pit. The Snickers "Kiss" ad was hilarious, Garmin's "Maposaurus" had its moments and anything with Robert Goulet makes me laugh.
I am not sure what's gotten into America, but I checked USA Today's Admeter and was ridiculously disappointed to find that the Budweiser "Crab" ad was ranked so high. Really? REALLY?! I thought most, if not all, of the Bud ads were just plain boring. "Rock, Paper, Scissors" had a pretty funny punch line but I saw it coming a mile away.
Again, I see a lot of ads so I know a lot of formulas, so I apologize if I'm ruining the fun of Ad Day. But I just expect more on Superbowl Sunday. It's the one day when any company can change their destiny by running a - pardon the pun - game-changing ad much in the way Apple did with "1984," the way Monster did with "I wanna file all day," the way E*Trade did with their "Well, we just blew a million bucks" ad, etc. etc. etc. I will give E-Trade credit for this year's "Finger" ad which I felt had some nice moments in it. But to the rest, it felt like they could've done more with their $2.6 million.
See all the spots here and lemme know what you think.
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