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My Latest Design: Eduardo the Samurai Toaster!
I recently had the opportunity to work with some good friends and colleagues of mine, Semnat Studios (http://www.semnatstudios.com), to create an online promotion of their recent WiiWare game, Eduardo the Samurai Toaster. Let me preface this article with a quick overview of the game. Eduardo the Samurai Toaster is a fast-paced, run ‘n gun type of game much like the old Nintendo game, Contra. Your toaster character runs, jumps, shoots pastries, and throws things throughout the game. Absolutely fun.
I want to quickly go over some of the challenges I faced within the design and development of this one-page, marketing-focused site.
Kids Tshirt Designs
I recently completed a set of tshirts for a kids clothing line. These shirts, in particular, are going to be printed on all organic materials, with all organic ink, which is very cool. They are also for boys, ages 2 to 12! I am very excited to see the shirts printed and in stores.
If you are in Portland (or anywhere, really) and you are interested in your own tshirt designs, contact me!
L-vertising gone terribly unclear.
Riding on the Blue Line on Friday, Oct 30th, I saw this series of ads that really caught my attention. Pictured is the first one I saw, saying: “Less than perfect: The tourist who wants to be your new best friend.” The ad uses repetition to give more information. The ad to the right of it says something else, and another one to the right of that. Here is my concern with these ads: It doesn’t ever state any sort of BRAND or COMPANY or PRODUCT or EVENT or ANYTHING!!! What is the point in making these subway ads and not having a good POINT to them!? Weird, huh?
Another interesting thing about it is that I thought these looked curiously similar to some of the ARMY advertising that has been spread around lately. I found a cool ARMY ad to compare. Note the similar yellow-orange color and the similarity in the all-caps type. Verrrrrrry interesting, I’d say.
Well, if these HAD some sort of branding or something, they would be pretty good. They are eye-catching, they relate to Chicagoans with these ‘Less than perfect’ statements, and they are clean type in a subway full of crappy ads!
My short rant is completed. Thanks.
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