Fast Food

In my final research paper for this class I am discussing ads just as I have been posting interesting ones all semester. When researching for this project I came across the advertisements for fast food. The pictures they put before us make their food look amazing and delicious but in reality we get a half-asked sloppy mess that never looks anything like the picture. All restaurants do this, tricking us with their pretty pictures to get us to buy the food.  Here are a few examples of what I mean...

Taco Bell's Nachos Bell Grande

This is what you really get...

McDonald's Big Mac

This is how they give it to you...

Burger King's Whopper

and here's your food...

Clever Advertisements

Here are a few ads that make you think and do some double takes...

A stack of Cds create a can of Heineken. Rather then using a real can, the Cds create the illusion of the can. 

This women has been trying to figure out the Rubiks Cube since she was little and hasn't been able to do it yet. She sits in here room, having grown out of her childhood clothing. 

Sears Optical, wants you to buy their glasses so you can see how the magicians really levitate their assistants.  

Ads Using Famous Paintings

These are just a few ads that recycle famous works of art and re-appropriate them for their ads. 

Vincent Van Gogh used by Alliance Francaise 

A remake of Rodin's The Thinker for Centrum

Dali used for Volkswagon

Magrittie's Self-Portrait,  Da Vinci's Mona Lisa and Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring used for Megamix Blenders

A combination of Magritte's work used for Volkswagon

Painting on People

I was shown this artist, Alexa Meade, by a fellow classmate. I'm using her creative style of painting on people as inspiration for my current project. I have recently done a shoot using paint myself but am Still having a hard time with the best way to convey my meanings and purposes. Upon see her images/ work I thought blogging about it would be a good way to share. 

She uses the human body as her canvas, creating a moving painting. It's quite incredible to see something so innovative. I've never really seen any thing like it before. I am curious though if her reasoning for painting on people is to change their identity or to enhance it. For me and my work I'm trying to change it, so it's interesting if she's doing the opposite or not. To combine to mediums into one is really a fun idea.

Cindy Sherman

On our class syllabus we were to talk about the work Of Cindy Sherman today in class. I have seen her work before and took it upon myself to look up her work again. For those of you who do not know Sherman uses herself and creates new characters to make a statement. I found this photograph she mad that is a direct reference to Jean Fouquet's Madonna and Child and every other Madonna and child that shows the Virgin's breast.  Obviously the images are not the same, Sherman's image is only the essence of Fouquet's painting. Sherman wears the crown and veil while her breast is exposed and she holds the child. Her child is hidden where as Fouquet's is portrayed and the face is visible. The coloring and fabrics are not the same nor are they the same color. This just goes to show that past art effects the art of today. 

Here are some more of Cindy Sherman's photos....

Here it is as though she pokes fun at the rich and old who find the need to be lifted and tucked as well as injected with botox and silicon to make themselves appear younger when in reality they look ridiculous. 

Here she seems to be poking fun at the rich, high class women. The sophisticated, woman attending a gala. This resembles the higher class persons. 

National Geographic

Class discussion and readings dealt heavily with National Geographic and I thought it would be appropriate to blog some incredible photos from the magazine's website. 

Butterfly and Trees, Madidi National Park, Bolivia

Photo by Joel Sartore

I love butterflies and dragonflies so to see a butterfly of this size is incredible. The contrast of it's white blue color against the green of the trees is breathe taking.

Clownfish and Bubble-Tipped Anemone

Photo by David Doubliet

When I saw this photo my mind automatically went to Finding Nemo. Very cliche but I none the less thought it. 

Cuban Tree Frog, Florida

Photo by James Snyder

How amazing is this? What are the chances of finding a frog that has mistaken a Christmas light for food? 

Lightning, Arizona

Photo by Richard T. Cole

I love lightning, it's amazing to see how it spiders out. I once saw lightning below me while flying in a plane over London. It was such an amazing experience, one that I would probably never see again. This picture is unique in that lighting only strikes like that once and the photographer was able to capture it. 

Moonset, California

Photo by Peter Essick

An amazing shot, the moon is the same color as the rocks. A shot like this is one in a million, made at the absolute perfect moment. 

Creative Ads

So apparently Colgate wants us to use their new brush that gives you the fresh clean feeling of a mouth full of brushes. It's sort of absurd to look at but makes you think. If there is one brush that can clean as well as all these together then I guess it must be pretty good. 

You eat what you touch. This hand cleaner is trying to sell based on the fact that they want you to know if you touch your dog and then your loaf of bread you pretty much eating your dog because of the germs. I'm most certain that there are dirtier things that you touch on a daily basis worse then a dog. It's kind of a rather weird ad, but it makes you think and gets it's meaning across.

This ad says "Do you really know how much you spend on cigarettes?" It's a very ingenious ad, equating the amount some one spends on cigarettes in about a year to the amount it would cost to buy a new car. So every time some one buys a cartoon of cigarettes they are basically throwing away money that could be use on more essential things.