Monday, December 19, 2011

How-To: Build Your Own Stop Motion Armatures

How-To: Build Your Own Stop Motion Armatures:


Animator Charles F. Hamper of Monterey Motion Graphics published a cool tutorial on how he makes his own adjustable stop-motion puppet armature parts from hardware-store raw materials including stock brass, threaded rod, and lamp parts. The images are small, but they’re big enough to see what’s going on.




Sunday, December 18, 2011

42 Creative Food Advertisements that Will Win You Over

42 Creative Food Advertisements that Will Win You Over:

Though skilled graphic artists can easily make food look good, those working in the advertising industry know very well that food aesthetic, notwithstanding its importance, is only one aspect of food promotion. Consumers look for food that is delicious, huge, exciting, refreshing, healthy, and better than what’s being offered by competing brands. Consequently, for a food advertisement to be truly effective, it has to vividly and creatively depict one or more of these traits.


We’ve gathered 42 creative print advertisements promoting snacks, condiments, beverages, restaurants and all kinds of food products. If you’re more fond of opposing brands, you might be convinced to change loyalties after checking out these brilliant ads!


 


A La Farina Patisserie: Always fresh


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“Always fresh.”

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Pandelis Restaurant: Oriental Dishes


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Liza Salad Dressings: Cow


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“Make new friends. Eat more salad.”

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Heinz Seriously Good Pasta Sauce: Seriously Juicy


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“We’ve made seriously juicy”

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Maggi: Crane house


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“With a soup, you’re always at home.”

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Bolletje: Toasted bread


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“Bolletje Toasted Bread”

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Eini & Co cupcakes: Bee


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Steggles Chicken: Egg


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“This is the only time a Steggles chicken is kept in a confined space. We have no cages, just big barns.”

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Pampaverde: Extra big burger


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Harbour House Crabs: Shell game


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“Fresh off the boat.”

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Van Camp’s: Island


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“Sea Food”

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McDonald’s: The M


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“A sandwich for experts.”

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McDonald’s McWrap: Newcomer


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“What are you doing, McChicken?” – Big Mac

“I’m trying to look as weird as the newcomer.” – McChicken

“New! McWrap

“A new member of the family”


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McDonald’s: Veggieburger


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“New: The Veggieburger”

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Spoleto: Bad Wolf


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“Inside that’s how you’ll feel. Spoleto Delicious Pasta”

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Dairy Farmers of Canada Cheese Rolling: Blue


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“Show us what you’re made of. August 14, 12-4PM, Whistler”

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Elaine’s Bagels: Onion


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“Super onion. One of many flavorful bagels.”

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Hellmann’s Ketchup: Polar bear


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“Food tastes better with Hellmann’s Ketchup”

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Kam Lock Chinese Restaurant: MySpace


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“MySpace. Facebook. We can barely figure out how to open our cash register. Traditional Chinese Cuisine. Cash Only.”

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Taco Bell: Arroyo Hondo with video game arcade, 1


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Panda Express Chinese Food Delivery: Peking-Duck


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“Chinese food delivery ASAP.”

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Slovak Association of Dairy: Teeth


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“Discover milk”

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John West with Omega 3: Beehive


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“Because sometimes their brains need a little extra help.”

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Cholula Hot Sauce: Ark


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“Rescue food”

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Legal Sea Foods: Reservations


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“Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to make reservations and he’ll eat for a lifetime.”

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Angolissar Powdered Milk Bela Vida: Motorcycle


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“Children’s enriched powdered milk.”

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Kapiti: Designer ice cream, 3


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Golden Toast: Butter


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“Tastes like already buttered.”

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Chef Boyardee: Broccoli Boy


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“Until this happens, keep the secret.”

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Burger King: Burger


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Sydney International Food Festival: Flags, Brazil


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Hiltl Vegetarian Restaurant: Tiger


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“Sure to make everyone enjoy vegetarian food. Hiltl Vegetarian Restaurant.”

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IESU: Blue


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“In Japan the food is so delicious that they are 12 hours ahead of us just to have lunch earlier.”

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Kin Mori Japanese Food: Fishing Rod


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HogWine Potato Chips: Banjo Music


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“Like sweet banjo music to your tongue.”

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Amer Restaurants: Ramadan Kareem


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“Enjoy Ramadan’s Eftar with International Restaurants of AMER Group.”

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Pat the Baker: Beckett


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“The toast of Ireland.”

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All-bran: Hot-dog


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“Help him find the way out.”

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Tropical Pines: Decapitated


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Cheerios: Veins, 3


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McDonald’s: Spider


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“Make a deal.”

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Zeuss Home Foodz: Johnny


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