Etsy Commercial Contest

The DIY marketplace is looking for an ad campaign, and what else would you expect than a contest from within it's own talent pool. Etsy has opened up the floor to their handmade audience to more or less - hand-make a commercial about an Etsy Handmade Moment. Checkout etsy for all the submissions and see below for some of my favorites. Shocker, they tend to be of the stop motion animated variety!

Evolution of the Intro Walt Disney Pictures

When we went to see Up last week we couldn't help but pause to think how far the Disney Pictures slate has come since we were young.


























The simple 2D graphic is now a full fledged fly over of the majestic Cinderella's Castle, atmosphere and fireworks accounted for.

Poster Art from Small Stakes and Jason Munn

The Poster District is featuring new prints from The Small Stakes today. If you aren't familiar with the work of Jason Munn you're in for a treat.


Check out the eye candy here.

North Korea Launches Rockets and Beer Commerical

Drink up! You're gonna need it...



Maybe this is wrong, but it reminds me a bit of the Mr. Sparkle Commercial from The Simpsons, anyone else?

Mario Sughi Salutes the King of Pop

With art.
Check out more of Mario's work here. Or visit his website.

Wicked Pissah! Are You Unique?

POLICE is looking for a new Younique face to represent the brand and have enlisted the help of The Viral Factory to spread the word. The online talent search is focused on the truly unique, good looks alone will get you nowhere - check out what this guy can do!



Think you should be in the running? Sign up here!

Everyone loves a good pee joke, The Viral Factory is definitely one of them, check out this viral from their archives.

Partly Cloudy: The Pixar Short Intro to UP

I had a date night to see Up this weekend, and boy i loved it. What a sweet, heart-felt and romantic movie that made me cherish the fact I am lucky enough to have a loved one by my side.

As a ramp up to the feature presentation, the smiles began with another, sure to be award winning Pixar short, Partly Cloudy. Partly Cloudy tells the story of where baby's come from - and where thunder comes from - in lively, laugh filled timeless and ageless cartoon humor.

World Leaders Entertainment Animates Food Rescues

A slew of animated spots for New York's City Harvest Food Rescue are traveling the internet spreading the word about feeding the hungry by actually rescuing food via cartoon.

The spots are classic animated rescue scenarios, an evil doctor with a giant laser, a last minute pardon on death row, with food in the captive role. Full of food puns, the ads are light-hearted stories , taking only the issue of feeding the hungry seriously.

Butterfinger and Fried Green Tomatoes come to us via animation company World Leaders Entertainment. For more info about City Harvest and how you can help visit http://www.rescuefood.org/.

Steven Meisel shoots Madonna for Loui Vuitton: Part 2

This follow up to the Spring/Summer Campaign for Louis Vuitton shot again by Steven Meisel, immortalizes Madonna in a lucid auras of light, absolutely beautiful.

Joey Ryan @ Cafe 939 Boston

Joey Ryan, an artist represented by one of my clients Mophonics, was in town last weekend tying up a tour with Jay Nash and the Gabe Dixon Band. His voice resonates so perfectly on the heart strings, it was a fantastic performance and such a treat to see a client perform in person after admiring their commercial work for so long.

Here is a snippet from a new song, "Permanent" taken Friday with my Blackberry- hence the poor quality...



And a more legitimate taste of Joey's talent...
As It Must Be