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24 November 2011
Thanksgiving parade
Happy Thanksgiving!
The Thanksgiving parade illustration was created by my husband Gary John Reynolds.
07 November 2011
Food that looks the same going in as coming out
Garden Lites frozen vegetable souffles.
Does Jamie Leigh Curtis know about these?
Nice logo typeface, though.
05 November 2011
Celebrity Saturday: Britney Spears for Candies
On the right is a photoshopped ad of Britney Spears that will appear in a Candies ad. On the left is the un-retouched photo that Britney Spears allowed to be released "as a way of telling young girls to keep their body image realistic."
Clearly, the irony is lost on the pop princess.
Click here to see a couple of existing Candies ads featuring Britney Spears.
12 September 2011
06 September 2011
05 September 2011
Poster for the Chipotle Culture Festival
Love the illustration on this poster for the Chipotle Cultivate Festival, scheduled for October 1st, 2011, at Lincoln Park, Chicago. Find more illustrations and more information about the festival at the Chipotle Cultivate Festival website.
Click here to see posters from Milwaukee's Tomato Romp from a few years ago.
25 July 2011
Absolut vodka campaign includes various artists' interpretations
It all starts with the blank canvas:
Advertising Agency: TBWA\CHIAT\DAY, USA
Chief Creative Officer: Mark Figliulo
Creative Director / Copywriter: Sue Anderson
Associate Creative Director / Art Director: Hoj Jomehri
Dir. Art Production: Teresa Rad
Exec Producer: Robert Valdes
Sr. Producer: Darryl Hagans
Asst. Producer: Ellen Fitzgerald
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03 May 2011
Beautifully illustrated ads from Poland
"Keep the color"
Advertising Agency: Leo Burnett, Warsaw, Poland
Creative Director: Heinze.Iwinski
Art Director: Sylwia Rekawek
Copywriter: Justyna Nakielska
Illustrator: Anna Halarewicz
Published: March 2011
09 March 2011
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06 December 2010
Fingerhut grillz
Years ago, when I was much younger and still living with my parents, Fingerhut catalogs would regularly come in the mail. They were full of welcome mats, salt & pepper shakers and poly/cotton sweatshirts. Unicorns, kittens and bowling were popular themes.
Today, Fingerhut's business model apparently includes extending credit to people with poor credit scores -- and using questionable imagery -- as the banner ad above indicates.
In case you were wondering, THIS is the screen where I saw this banner ad.
