A Semester of Advertisements

This semester I took a Writing for Advertising class (and absolutely loved it, might I add). 

For my final, I had to put together a portfolio of different types of advertisements that I made.  The creation of this portfolio took up my entire Saturday...I actually took my computer to a school lacrosse game since the pep band that I am a part of was playing.

Even though this project consumed most of my weekend, I am 100% satisfied with how it turned out. Here are three of my personal favorites:

This ad was a print ad intended to go in magazines and hung as a poster for Guitar Center.

This ad was for one of my interactive concepts.  It would be for Eddie and Sam's pizza in Tampa, FL.  The concept is an online game where you make a pizza, and when you are done, you input your email address and they send you a coupon.

This was another print ad for a shoe company called Allbirds.  This ad would also be a poster, and is meant to show that Allbirds shoes are made in New Zealand, using sheep wool, while not harming the sheep.

Mandala

Rainy day doodles.

Football Field

Another sketch.  Not as cute as the last one.

Coffee Shop

Something I'm making an effort to do more of: Sketches.

Sorry It's Been A While Here Are Some Sad Puppies

I'm back!

I know it's been a while since I've uploaded anything on here, but I've just been super crazy busy.

This semester I will be uploading some advertisements that I make for my Writing for Advertising class, as well as any other projects I find the time to do.

So as a "I'm back" post, I apologize because these ads are really kind of sad.  

For this project I had to create an advertising campaign for a social issue that I am passionate about, so I chose to focus on a company that encourages people to adopt shelter animals.  The company, Pawz Shop, sells clothing and accessories, and donates 10% of all net profits to this cause.  Their goal is to help stop the euthanizing of shelter animals.

My ads are super sad, and I apologize for that, but I think they are also effective.

If you want to check out the website for Pawz Shop, click here or follow the link below:

https://pawzshop.com

I Am A Queen...

For my final project in my ART211 class, we were supposed to make a deconstruction video.  From what I understood, a deconstruction video is a video that is supposed to make you think or question an idea.  I made mine feminist.

In my video, I layered a recording of my own voice with a background beat from GarageBand, and played it over a photo montage of myself from when I was little until just as recently as this past Saturday.

When watching this video, please excuse my voice, as I have had a frog stuck in my throat for weeks since Thanksgiving and so my voice is a bit shaky.  

I consider this a deconstruction video because of the juxtaposition between the angry and upset tone the audio gives off, with the pictures of me smiling and beaming from my accomplishments.  The point of this is to make you think.  I believe this video does that.

In the audio, I am talking about how society thinks.  While the opinions I express obviously do not apply to everyone, the fact of the matter is that women are objectified every single day.  Men believe that women dress for them, go out to gain their attention, and wear makeup for them.  In reality, women dress however they want to dress because they want to, not for men to stare at them and lust after them.  Women go out to have fun, not to have men hit on them.  Women wear makeup to make themselves feel beautiful and more confident, not for the viewing pleasure of men.  

As a society, we need to stop objectifying women, and realize that women are people too.  Instead of treating them like living barbie dolls, why don't we treat them like actual human beings.

Enjoy my video.

Bang That Drum

For a super special project that I did for someone personally, I edited some drum pictures, and I think a couple of them turned out pretty awesome!

I made 12 edits in total, and after having Photoshop crash more than one time, you could say I was more than a bit frustrated, but I think these ones made the frustration worth it.