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Just an idea prompted by my entry for the ghetto lighting assignment.

Post a shot post-processed to look like a real advert...

To start, this is an hommage to probably the least successful advertising campaign ever. Strand cigarettes had an advertising campaign in 1959 which featured a cool but lonely guy, on his own under streetlights, with his only friend his Strand cigarette.

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Needless to say the public associated Strand with friendless loners and the company went out of business soon after.

So....

HLstrand

Which ads, good or bad, can you recreate or improve?
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Old 01-17-2008, 03:24 AM
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Nathan deGargoyle,

Existing products or services, not made-up?
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Old 01-17-2008, 06:02 AM
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Nathan deGargoyle,

Existing products or services, not made-up?
Yea, I'm thinking that maybe we could come up with wildly funny stuff if we could do make-believe products or services.
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Old 01-17-2008, 07:36 PM
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OK, just mark it real or made-up? Or let other people guess?
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Old 01-25-2008, 12:20 AM
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I think making stuff up... see what comes out of it... here is my contribution

I need to get my fonts put back on my computer if I am going to do this .
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Old 01-25-2008, 12:54 AM
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You mean that's not real? Nice One!
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Old 01-25-2008, 02:21 AM
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Thanks. for some reason when I look at it, it almost looks like a lawers ad.... can't figure out why. Could just be me

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Old 01-26-2008, 07:36 AM
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Ok, I'm a rookie at this, but I had to do it; this could be a fun challenge.
I took this pic of my son, and it screamed Chapstick to me.
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awww... the poor little guy...
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you know what I am thinking... what if people donated a picture for people to make an ad outof.. and see what people come up with?
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