sometimes shock value has its uses

While exploring a web site called ads of the world ( a great place to look for inspiration and see what they do in other countries) I came across these ads, and yes I think they are shocking, and I don't believe you would ever see them in a Canadian publication. so here they are with the headlines translated underneath.




"Put yourself in a mink's place.Don't buy animal skins!Animals suffer like we do."






"Put yourself in a pig's place.Stop anaesthetic-free piglet castration with us!Animals suffer like we do."

So what do you think? are you shocked? desensitised? disgusted? Could you ever see these in a Canadian publication? Are you in advertising and wish creatively you could create ads like these? Its an interesting world out there isn't it.......

$14 for 1 Hour of Pool and 1 Order of The Whole Nine Yards Sampler at Tailgators (a $34 Value)

$14 for 1 Hour of Pool and 1 Order of The Whole Nine Yards Sampler at Tailgators (a $34 Value)

So here are my three ads which were done to compete with the HIllock scholarship for the Ottawa Citizen.  Though I did not win, I do feel that the ads are strong. The idea was to re-enforce the existing target market, plus attract a new market, the young professional couple.

Why are there gadgets?

So I added a few gadgets down the side of my blog site. Why you ask? well I know that they are not things I have done but they are things that I get inspired by. Vintage ads, the beauty of Norman Rockwell, and of course images of Scotland. These are things which can be watched and draw ideas from. Enjoy them

white space

Here is one ad I did which I feel is a fantastic use of white space. Just imagine this on the page of a paper, all that text and then nice large white space.

Business card

So as everyone has a Business card......

Here is the overall look of my card minus personal details. I have to say that I am greatly influenced by critter characters, Snap, Crackle, Pop, Charlie the Tuna, Green Giant, and most of all Tony the Tiger. So I tried to make my name into a critter, I call him angry Milne.

So who created Critters? the term was coined by Leo Burnett. Leo Brunett created Tony the Tiger and Thrul Ravencroft gave him voice. Interesting side note Thrul did the voice of the Grinch in the christmas special, and like half of the voices for animatronics at Disney.

CKDJ 4

So here are four ads that I did for CKDJ, one of our campus radio stations at Algonquin college. I'm quite fond of the tag lines on this ad in the post, felt it really matches the picture.

I did a color mask on this one and brought in the red it was a all blue image to start. On the others the 1st and 2nd, are ones where in Illustrator I designed the funky frame work. considering it was my first time with this program I am quite happy with the results.