ultra grip.

i thought these were pretty good ads. very clear. very simple. i like it.

blockbusters.

i saw these ads on the ads of the world website and thought they were a funny idea. i think the imagery is great...but the message is kinda dumb. i understand that they don't want people pirating their movies...but when you make the tag line about blockbusters, it doesn't make me feel real sympathetic towards the movies that make millions of dollars in an opening weekend. but anyways...i still think the overall idea is pretty cool.

animal rights.

so today marks six years since i decided to become a vegetarian - i can't believe it has actually been that long! so i thought i would share some work that i did a few years ago for one of my graphic design classes that was about animal rights.

when i look back at some of my design work from my early years at college there are quite a few things that i absolutely hate, but this is a project that i still really like and am using in my portfolio. this piece is actually on my school's design website (i had posted this link when i first started my blog...but its been awhile so i thought i would post it again) and if you search around you can find a few of my other pieces on the website as well!

unfortunately jpeg versions of these don't do the colors justice, but you at least can get the idea!

valentines.

happy valentine's day!!

grace kelly.

for my film studies class, we had to watch alfed hitchcock's rear window with grace kelly and james stewart (i really like him) from 1954. so far i really like it, i am not quite done yet though, but in it grace kelly wears the most beautiful dress:

i just think that it is absolutely beautiful! i have always liked a lot of the dresses from that time period and this definitely isn't an exception!

these pictures are alright, but they don't really do it justice...so i actually found some opening clips from the movie, so you can actually see the dress!

marc johns.

i saw some of these watercolors the other day and thought they were funny! these are by marc johns - he does a lot of watercolor illustrations that are really fun. i really like his style of drawing and also the humor he uses in his illustrations.

i especially like the mock designer illustrations...they are done on post-its...and there are a few more on his website that i listed below.

this is a link to his site...he has a ton of drawings on there...some i thought were great, others were just weird.

slanted notebook.

i totally do this when i write in notebooks:

these are slant ruled notebooks that with 45 degree ruled lines so that you can write on an angle without turning your notebook! though i think i might do this out of habit and not so much that i actually need the lines slanted...but still a neat idea!

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dirty laundry.

i think that these ads are great! i love how they used the dirty/grungy laundry to create old monuments - i think the underwear is the best...hahaha! these ads were created by the leo burnett advertising agency from frankfurt, germany.

can you tell what the three monuments are? the only one i had a hard time with was the third image of the series and after knowing what it is i can see it, but it definitely wasn't as clear as the other ones! i found these images here (this website, ads of the world, has a lot of great stuff and i have gotten a lot of post ideas from there!)

and for those of you who are curious about the different monuments, here you go -------> the first one is stonehenge, the second is pont avignon, and the third is the akropolis (see what i mean - i definitely don't see that as much as the others, but i still really enjoy the campaign).

gin.

i love this bottle. love love love. and that is really all i can say.

doggie dentures.

i saw this ad on tv the other day and thought it was so funny! and when i was online i actually saw a print advertisement for it - but i felt the commercial was better, so i included that below. i'm not going to lie, during the opening of the ad i actually thought that they had this and all of the dogs with human teeth were creeping me out! hahaha but i should have known. i love how the one dog is like "you're kidding-right?"

i don't think the design of the print ad is anything special...i just find the idea so funny and somewhat ridiculous! if you want to see the ad in better quality go here!

and sorry i didn't get a chance to post much this week...its been busy!