kiss my black ads

Nike Promo: Steve Wilson Illustrator

2010-01-06T09:01:00.003-05:00

One of 4 nike films shot with the 5d mkii with steadicam across Europe, featuring Nigerian Footballer, John Obi Mikel.

Amnesty International: Everybody is against Everybody

2010-01-05T10:25:00.001-05:00

“Everybody is against everybody. Somebody has to be for them”

(click to see close-up carnage)

cred:
Leo Burnett, Lisbon, Portugal
Creative Directors: Chacho Puebla, Joao Roque
Art Director: Ricardo Toledo
Copywriters: Chacho Puebla, Bruno Ribeiro
Illustrator: Mico

Orange: Air ball

2010-01-05T09:45:00.000-05:00

cred:
Publicis Conseil
Creative Director: Steve O'Leary
Creative: David MacDonald; Cecil Tabona; Roman Vychnevsky
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Producer: Patrice Haddad; Jérôme Rucki
Agency Producer: Pierre Marcus; Timothe Rosenberg
Director of Photography: Emmanuel Lubezki
Production: Première Heure Groupe

nycgo.com poster campaign by Steve Wilson

2010-01-05T09:30:00.007-05:00

parkour motion reel by saggyarmpit

2010-01-05T08:20:00.002-05:00

Illustrated with technical pen,frame by frame. I admit it might not be the best, or the quality isn't perfect, just a shot at animating the old flip book whatever-you-call-it way. =D

The audio I used is Dr Dre Rap beat, not sure who's the artiste..

Post production credits goes to Noel Lee for his patience in piecing the sequence up together!

Coming Soon: The Black Adder

2010-01-05T01:09:00.001-05:00

Kiss My Black Ads has always been about the love. The love of ads, the love of ad shops and the love of ad peoples (all of them - even the haters).

But know enters a new entity. The amalgamation of people, personalities & opinions known as the BLACK ADDER. The Black Adder brings the critiques you've been missing from art school. The ones you dread when they're bad and hang on every word when they're good. The Black Adder is of unknown personage and prefers to be spoken of in the third person. The Adder is not me, I wish it was, but I aint that good. So you've been warned.

Things are about to get good.

African-American Magazines Make Play for Marketing

2010-01-04T12:37:00.000-05:00

-By Lucia Moses, Jan 3, 2010
The nation’s first black president, Barack Obama, dominated American magazine covers last year, but for titles targeting African Americans, getting marketers’ attention in this recession has been a tougher proposition.

Black-interest titles to some extent suffered from the same issues facing other targeted media. In a recession, advertisers tend to first cut those outlets that they see as “nice to haves.” Many are independents that lack the resources and scale of multi-title publishers.

Amid this climate, urban music magazine Vibe folded at the end of June after its private-equity owner couldn’t refinance its debt. Ebony and Jet’s ad pages plunged 40 percent and 38 percent (respectively) for the first nine months of the year, per Publishers Information Bureau; while parent Johnson Publishing battled reports that Ebony was for sale. And the dropoff in luxury ad spending forced Uptown, a chain of regional magazines aimed at affluent blacks, to scale back its ambitions.

Essence fared relatively well last year—its ad pages declined 11 percent to 1,136, while the fashion/beauty category itself fell 23 percent. But Michelle Ebanks, president, says the title still isn’t getting its due given that black women spend heavily on cosmetics and apparel versus the general market.

“We’re probably getting 30 percent less than what we should be getting in overall advertising when you think about fashion, beauty, food [and] pharmaceutical advertising,” Ebanks said. “There’s not parity based on where the consumer is spending.”

Given black consumers’ spending levels and their expectation for targeted marketing messages, marketers are mistaken if they cut African American–aimed media, she added. “Running in Better Homes and Gardens is not going to show African-American women that marketers value them.”

Not all marketers have cut back on the category. McDonald's hasn’t slashed spending in black-interest print media because, explained Rob Jackson, marketing director for African-American consumer market programs there, “They see us in these publications, which has greater meaning. They speak directly to the consumer in a way that mass-market media don’t.”

African-American publications enjoy a strong loyalty with consumers, which makes them an efficient buy for advertisers wanting to reach them, agreed Stefano Curti, president of Johnson & Johnson beauty care.

H/T Mediaweek

Illustrator: Milton 510 Bowen

2010-01-04T08:35:00.002-05:00

I don't know much about this artist... other than he's noice wit it.
Milton 510 Bowen

(if you have more info please share)
UPDATE:

“I think that every painter is more or less obligated to re-enact, very rapidly, the entire history of painting in his or her own development - that is to understand and pass through classicism, the 19th century, the Harlem Renaissance, impressionism, surrealism, and abstraction. Contrary to the myth of the artist as an exceptional being neither parents nor conditioning, I am persuaded that there is a precise theoretical logic in the history of painting.

The most important dimension of painting lives in the zones of silence, emotions, and mystery created by the forms, the lines, the colors, the materials, the brushstroke, and the frailties forged by chance. No one would dare say that a painting by Rembrandt or Monet is not an accumulation of abstract passages even if there is a figure. You need simply observe the picture surface to understand the extent to which, if you isolate any given square centimeter, you are immersed in an abstract canvas.”

-ARTIST STATEMENT

Born and raised in Oakland, California, Bowens is the fifth boy of ten children. He began his formal art training at the Renaissance Art School in Oakland, CA during his junior and senior high school years. On completion of High School, he was awarded a scholarship to attend the California College of Arts and Crafts, but enlisted in the United States Armed Forces and became an Illustrator. He received his Associates Degree in Commercial Art under the Army’s College Education Assistance Program. Bowens continued his education in the Arts, attending both Austin Peay State University, TN and Fayettevile State University, NC while serving his tour of duty in the military. During this time, Bowens’ work was collected by two of the military’s most prestigious museums: the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Museum, Fort Bragg, NC, and the Don F. Pratt Memorial Museum, Fort Campbell, KY.

After serving his tour of duty, Bowens returned to the Bay Area and continued his art training under the mentorship of fine artist David Bradford, Head of the Art Department and lecturer at Laney College, Oakland, CA. Inspired by such greats as Jean Michel Basquiat, Robert Rauschenberg, Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence and Andy Warhol, Bowens changed his focus from illustration to fine art. He has evolved into a significant figure in the Bay Area art scene, not only as an artist, but also as a powerful speaker and art activist. He has consistently worked to “keep art a vital part of public education and a tool to help rebuild self-esteem in youth”, he says, and “to try to bring about a level of civility to a community in need of inspiration.”

Bowens approaches his art with great seriousness. His well-thought out messages, keen observations and biting commentaries are thoroughly explored and meticulously presented, generally in large-formatted and voluminous series. Combining text and images in varying proportions, his mixed media works reveal a sharp intellect and a real-life understanding of life on the streets.

Bowens has been the subject of over twenty solo exhibitions since 1992, and has participated in numerous group exhibitions. His work can be found in numerous public and private collections.

The Soul of Motown: Eine Labelgeschichte (wha??)

2010-01-04T08:11:00.002-05:00

This book is only available @ amazone.de written in Geman, no english version available yet.

Event Poster: Marvelous Color NYC

2010-01-02T10:36:00.009-05:00

(H/T Blacksuperheroes.blogspot.com)I just found out about this art event called Marvelous Color. It's taking place in NYC, actually Manhattan I think, from January 4th to February 26th but there's a special Holiday preview from Dec 21st through the 24th. For those of you that can make it, expect to see amazing artwork depicting Black Superheroes. This appears to be a Marvel event as well as the show will be focusing on artwork from major Black characters of the Marvel universe. There will be original artwork, some previously unpublished, from many well known comic artists.There will also be panels discussing the creation of certain characters as well as "meet the artist" events.

The show is presented and produced by Somos Arte, LLC" The presenting gallery, CCCADI (Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute), is a not for profit cultural organization based in New York City dedicated to promoting and promulgating the cultures of people of African Descent."

I'm lovin' the nostalgia of this piece. I'm hatin' my absenteeism from this event.

Just look at 'em, they all look like they're rushing off to save The Black Panthers.

Oh well, maybe there will be another one... in 70 years!

Campari Commission: Mickalene Thomas

2009-12-31T23:59:00.001-05:00

By Tambay, on December 30th, 2009

An interview with House of Campari curator Simon Watson and Campari Commission Artist Mickalene Thomas. Mickalene Thomas’ Campari Commission has been accepted to the permanent photography collection of the SFMOMA.

Color Dial Spray: Graffiti on demand

2009-12-31T18:52:00.004-05:00

(red dot award: design concept 2009)
The refillable Color Dial Spray is a novel design for a spray can that contains four colour cartridges (CMYK) in the one can. Two dials (for hue and brightness) help the painter achieve the exact colour required.

In South Korea, around 180,000 tonnes of cans are produced every year. The recycling rate for these is only around seventy-one per cent. Those that are discarded lead not only to the wastage of metal and an increase of garbage, but also to a greater consumption of raw materials and energy in order to produce more cans.

According to South Korea’s metal can resources society, the country’s use of metal cans is gradually reducing, but the consumption of aluminium cans in particular is increasing due to a greater consumption of beer. Plenty of spray cans are wasted as well, being discarded after a single use. Color Dial Spray aims to reduce their consumption.

Generally, spray cans contain only one colour. If only a small amount of paint is required, there will be considerable wastage. Color Dial Spray is a new type of spray can that contains CMYK colour cartridges in the one can. The user can immediately change the colour by turning the colour dials near the top of the can.

There are two dials: one for hue and one for brightness. These allow for precise mixing of the particular colour desired. The colour cartridges can be refilled many times over. This helps with the reduction of waste. The compact form of Color Dial Spray is convenient and portable.

Beyonce Heat Fragrance Commercial

2009-12-31T01:47:00.005-05:00

Mumble uh trynta wanna say somethin' ummmm, mumble, finta say somthin'...mumble, uma gonna, mumble sommo umm ah *pant-pant* Hot! umm... mumble. Drool. Seriously.

I'm honestly not a big Beyonce stan, shocker right? The one thing I can say is no one is going to out work her! You can never take that away from her. But this commercial/thang here really captures sensuality while short skirting it's way around the sleaze factor. It kinda spells H.O.T. without spending too much time around the H.O. parts. That says a lot in this show-it-all, blow-it all - sex cum sleaze world we live in today. The lighting, atmosphere, soft focus, slinky corridor vamp walk & over-the-head neck rubbing shot all borrows heavily from the George Michael "Freedom" video from back in the day, but who cares. I'm a firm believer in stealing repurposing imagery and ideas for new uses in different contexts. We do it all the time in advertising but some people get all bent out of their own brilliance when they spot it happening. For me it works and Bey is a queen when it comes to studying here image and music history. Like when she killed with the Josephine Baker moves and everyone got pissed saying she was biting Tina Turner. The lady know her shakes. She once again masterfully applies her craft. Sex may sell, but sensuality moves minds and just maybe a whole load of parfum. (That's right I said Par-fum.)

P.S. Is that the same voice over guy from the new Jeep commercials?

Advertising Campaign Inspiration: Josephine Baker

2009-12-31T01:36:00.003-05:00

I'd like to see Josephine Baker as the muse for an African American advertising campaign. The history, the depth, the personality is all there. Hmmm, what are we waiting for?

The Boondocks Set To Return in 2010

2009-12-29T15:15:00.003-05:00

Published by Michael Arceneaux on Monday, December 28, 2009 at 12:00 am.
Finally, Aaron McGruder has shed light on just when the third season of his critically-acclaimed series, The Boondocks, just might return to airwaves.

The show, which has tackled a number of topics in the most controversial of ways, hasn’t aired a new episode since spring 2008 – leaving fans wondering just if/when the show may return.

But the show ‘s creator McGruder took to Twitter to shed some light on the series and though no definite air date has been set, fans can at least expect some new signs of Huey, Riley, and Granddad in the New Year.

Found here.

Illustrator: Stefan Glerum

2009-12-28T12:28:00.004-05:00

stefanglerum.com

Lil Wayne Rebirth Commercial

2009-12-23T22:35:00.000-05:00

Director: Jake Davis
Creative Director: Oliver El-Khatib
Animation & EFX: Ebis
Label: Cash Money | Universal | Young Money

KFC in Austrlia: How to shut black people up

2009-12-23T14:52:00.003-05:00

Ever find yourself in an awkward situation with those noisy negroes that just won't shut up. You've tried watermelon waving, introducing new dance moves and even hypoglycemic coma inducing, sugar thickened, "red" flavored Cool-aid. Nothing seems to work! Well KFC has the deep fried solution for all your rambunctious crowd dampening needs. See the B.S. above.

Have a Merry Xmas, By Any Means Necessary

2009-12-23T13:46:00.004-05:00

Alyssa Milano's Evolution: Jersey Shore??

2009-12-23T10:58:00.000-05:00

Alyssa Milano's Evolution: Jersey Shore from Alyssa Milano

it's supposed to be a spoof of this:

I don't get it.

Illustrator (Artist, Designer, Art Director, Thinker, Poet): Eric Larkin

2009-12-22T23:46:00.001-05:00

iamericlarkin.com

Illustrator: Charis Tsevis

2009-12-22T11:16:00.001-05:00

South Africa 2010
A personal experimental project. Studying the richness of the African patterns heritage and the modern football (soccer) subculture.

Very well executed.

cred:

Tevis Visual Design

Film Poster: The Limits of Control

2009-12-22T08:43:00.003-05:00

This a very striking poster for a most curious movie. I relished every artsy fartsy moment of it. It was all about the visuals for me. If you like subtlety, restraint and well, control in your cinema watching this joints for you.

Poster design by The Refinery

www.rehescreative.com

2009-12-21T23:55:00.001-05:00

One of my fave photogs out there on the constant grind.
Prints for sale @ http://www.rehescreative.com

Nike Christmas with the MVPs

2009-12-21T09:01:00.003-05:00

Continuing the campaign Most Valuable Puppets (MVPs), Nike Basketball is back, the brand now decided to bring versions featuring rappers KRS1 and Lupe Fiasco (giving one of Santa Claus, complete with reindeer and everything). To give it a Christmas rap, along with the already known characters of Kobe Bryant and LeBron James.

The campaign is created by Wieden + Kennedy in Portland.