Olly Moss does it again

Great posters - see more of his work here

Kareem Black

Some great new work from Kareem Black - an awesome photographer based in New York. I worked with him on the Republic shoot for Propaganda.

Here's his latest work shooting Amanda Lepore. They look awesome - really liking the sci fi, transvestite, ice queen, fashion look. Think he's caught a a totally different side to her that nobody has done before. Everybody has seen the David la Chapelle look of her (which was great) - but i think this is a totally refreshing and new approach. Very graphic - love it.

Great Posters

Therapy

This is world class

French photographer Sacha Goldberger helped his 91-year-old grandmother—a Hungarian holocaust survivor—escape a bout of loneliness and depression by taking pictures of her as a superhero. What a guy, and what a Gran.





See more here

London Long Copy Challenge

It's the London Long Copy Challenge tonight. Here's my entry done at Propaganda with Simon Griffin for Illamasqua.


Great competition and good to be on the shortlist. Might have a chance of winning, presuming the judges think that Mr Dickett's and Mr Fink's Dixons campaign has won too many awards this year and it's time to give someone else a chance. Hopefully he'll be there with his samurai sword. Fingers crossed etc.

This Week

I saw this:



It's a tricky one really, can't decide if it's awesome or a bit of lumped on brand at the end. I guess the fact I was getting up for a brew and it made me sit back down immediately tells it all. A once heard a creative say TV ads, above all, need to be entertaining - you're interrupting someone watching Coronation St so it has to be better than that. This does it in wagon-loads. No log on now to find out more/join our facebook group/send us your videos - it's just pure entertainment.

I also saw this:


Great new design of the BRIT award from Music who say 'Every year, an acclaimed and notable Briton will be invited to take ownership of the trophy in its new pared down form, re-imagining it to convey their own artistic vision' And they're off to a cracking start with Dame Vivienne Westwood agreeing to create the first one. I might actually watch the awards this year now. Obviously to see the trophy and you never know we might get another Kay classic like this again.

And finally I saw this:

Great words from Mr Fink

First Thoughts

Great ad from TBWA LA. Call of Duty: Black Ops

It's a war game that can be played by ordinary people, so lets show ordinary people at war.

Seems like a first thought - and that's not a bad thing if you ask me. Usually a first thought is something to get the brain ticking, but then again this is what we do for a living, so why shouldn't we be able to come up with the best idea first? Just because you don't labour over it for days doesn't mean it isn't a great idea.

Oh and you need to execute it brilliantly, oh and you need to pick a great soundtrack, oh and probably a boat load of cash.

I'm back, OOOOOOFFFFFF

It's time to get the blogging pants back on and unleash the stuff I think you'll like to see. And what better way to start than this pant-shittingly beautiful set of photographs from Stefano Unterthiner entitled Animals Face to Face.

BEN WEEKS

Got an update from illustrator and friend Ben Weeks today. We did the Attik MA together. His work is amazing. Don't really need to say anymore as the work speaks for itself. Check more of it out here

DREW MILLWARD

Love this style from the Leeds based Illustrator - see more here

WAR, HUH, GOOD GOD. WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR...

...well, these posters. The Imperial War Musuem North have a great collection of prints for sale. Check them all out here.

I'VE NEVER WANTED CAKE MORE

Lovely work from Eric Ellis

POSTER

Nice work by Y&R Dubai and great shot from James Day.

LABOUR STILL ISN'T WORKING (OUT FOR ME)

Recently Labour held a competition to create there next ad - great brief for any creative. This what I came up with:


And this is what won:


Not sure about it to be honest - getting a bit bored of the piss poor photoshopping approach. Still, good to have a go at - see the ad being produced here. (oh, and check out the designer's expression at 1:32 - wonder what he's thinking?)

ANDREW DAVIDSON

Was chatting with Mr Acton from The Brand Nursery today - he mentioned my recent post on MJ Forster and how it reminded him of Andrew Davidson. Super nice stuff from, what appears to be, a bit of a legend.

STANLEY CHOW

As its Champons League on peasant TV tonight and I get to watch it, I thought I'd do a football related post. I give you these great illustrations from the forthcoming book ‘Football Heroes Gold'. See more of the Stanley's stuff here.

WATERCOLOURS

Lovely style from artist MJ Forster