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Old Spice Guy Returns to Announce his Return

January 31st, 2011 / Comments (0)
The Old Spice Guy returns in his usual verbose, well-oiled way to announce that he'll be returning. But does anyone care? According to Adfreak, public opinion is decidedly torn. What is your opinion?
Beer Belly in the Wild

January 30th, 2011 / Comments (0)
A rare, intimate look at the Beer Belly in it's purest form and most natural habitat.

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How to Stop the Candy Shop Tonight on PBA 30

January 30th, 2011 / Comments (0)
The local campaign to stop child trafficking in Atlanta, Stop The Candy Shop, with involvement by Atlanta's Whitestone Motion Pictures and Matchstic, is getting airtime tonight (Sunday) on PBA 30. The 30 minute film and a 30 minute special on the issue will air at 8pm and again at 10pm.

Set your dvr.

The Candy Shop Trailer from Brandon McCormick on Vimeo.
AICP: Is Your Advertising Art?

January 28th, 2011 / Comments (0)
AICP has partnered up with VCU once again on their annual call for entries campaign. What these students have come up with is pretty amazing. Check it out:
In Lieu of Nude Models (NSFW)

January 28th, 2011 / Comments (0)
Pencil sketches of nude models.

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Re-Covered Books

January 28th, 2011 / Comments (1)
For many design professionals, the last book cover they designed was back in school. Design blog The Fox Is Black is bringing you back with the Re-Covered Books contest, rewarding the best book cover re-designs with $100 Amazon cash money. They started out with an amazing choice: The Great Gatsby.

Which one is your fave?

By Patricia Kirsch
Only Nobel Prize Winners and Ad Execs

January 28th, 2011 / Comments (0)
If you're goal as an ad exec is to get your face on a stamp (and that's really everyone's dream, isn't it?), looks like you'll have to move to china. They put the face of Christine Ng, executive director of Bartle Bogle Hegarty, on their new stamp. Finally proof that ad execs are next to Nobel Prize Winners in the natural order of stamp-worthiness.
Shoot The Bride

January 27th, 2011 / Comments (0)
Wedding photography used to be a good way for bad photographers to make money, but thanks to some good photographers (like Atlanta's Our Labor of Love) the art form has been elevated and it's actually respectable to be a wedding photog, if you're good. Here's the trailer for a new series by School of Humans, Shoot the Bride, highlighting the lives and quirks of 8 New York wedding photographers. No idea when or where it's airing, but enjoy the tease.

Shoot the Bride Trailer from School of Humans on Vimeo.