Bob Peak transformed the approach to movie advertising with his flamboyant and graphically complex style. His work on cinematic classics like “My Fair Lady,” “Enter The Dragon,” “Superman,” “Star Trek – The Motion Picture” and “Apocalypse Now.” helped garner him the title “father of the modern Hollywood movie poster.”
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Black Swan, the psychological thriller set in the sut throat world of professional ballet, features one of the best print campaigns this year. Nominated for Best Picture, Best Actress (Natalie Portman) Best Director (Darren Aronofsky), Best Cinematography (Matthew Libatique) and Best Editing (Andrew Weisblum) in this year’s Academy Award race, the film’s impressive poster and ad images can only help in the race for Oscar gold.
The archetypal ‘Bad Girl’ has been used to sell movie tickets since the dawn of cinema. Lusty poses, ample cleavage and cat fights, we’ve gathered 40 images celebrating the classic camp style of movie advertising.
Created by artist Jon Defreest these NFL parody designs won the Silver Award for Logo Design at the 2010 Hatch Awards in Boston. Available on t-shirts at Tauntr.com, a company that prides itself on “adding insult to everything”, these disturbing logos are an offbeat, original way to say “Your team sucks.”
The Official 2016 Rio Olympics logo has been revealed and with it comes a new wave of controversy. No, it doesn’t depict a beloved cartoon character committing an act of sodomy, that’s so 2012.
At the unveiling of the 2016 logo during a swanky New Year’s Eve Brazilian beach party, it was noted that the design resembles the logo for The Telluride Foundation, a Colorado charity helmed by Norman Schwarzkopf. Fred Gelli, director of Tatil, the agency that created the logo, denied any accusations of plagiarism although did acknowledged a “similarity” with the foundation’s logo. And then went on to explain that “the general concept of people embracing each other is not novel.”
One of the most ancient art forms, there is no denying the pop cultural significance of graffiti art. Today’s street artists like those before them, embellish the urban landscape with topical imagery. With Christmas just two weeks away, we’ve compiled some terrific examples of holiday inspired graffiti art found all over the world.
Roy Doty has been cranking out illustrations since the 1940′s and is probably best known for his Wordless Workshop home improvement comic series that ran as a syndicated feature for 50 years. Every year Doty hand draws a new Chrismas card to send out to his friends and associates, with selections from the 1950′s through the aughts, Doty’s Holiday cards feature puzzles, contraptions, and other creative mechanisms. We’ve pulled a few of are favorites, you can see the rest of Roy Doty’s legendary annual Christmas Cards at Hogan’s Alley.
With the 35th annual Great American Smoke Out just a few weeks away, we thought now would be a good time to check out some vintage cigarette ads.
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