Category Archives: advertising

Master Brewer – Maurice Sendak

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Ace

ShareDeath is about the living, since the dead no longer care. The living’s relationship to the departed, the newfound lack in the universe of the remaining. Celebrity deaths touch many because of their surface intrusions into our lives, they’re “known” … Continue reading →

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You Get What You Pay For

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Ace

ShareI don’t like to spread negativity with this blog, but these subway ads embarrass me.  Every time I see them, I sort of cringe and hide my face lest something recognize me as someone remotely associated with drawing and hold … Continue reading →

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Cartoons of Glory

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Ace

ShareThis is an article from the November 3, 1986 New York Magazine that was in The Ink Tank pressbook.  I won’t repost all the copy, click the images to read everything. The photo on page one is from an MTV … Continue reading →

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Commercial Break

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Ace

ShareHere’s an ad we just finished for Web.com. Turns out we’re already a client (they purchased Register.com a little while back and they’re our web registry). Fly Communications was the agency.  They were great to work with.  Very open to … Continue reading →

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Lucky Elephant

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Ace

ShareHere’s a nice piece of packaging I brought back from the Great White North for Christina. I should point out that it is actually a full color print job (“Sandy Lion” logo) but they had the restraint of design o … Continue reading →

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The Job Binder

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Ace

ShareThis is something I rarely do, but should probably do all the time. The job binder.  A three ring binder that contains all the information for a production. print art in an agency paste up which inspired the spot in … Continue reading →

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Protocol

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Ace

ShareWe’ve worked up several bids in the last week or so.  Clearly this is a positive for any studio.  It means the opportunity for work is there and it’s (somewhat) in your power to land it. Brian once told me … Continue reading →

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ASIFA Magazine – Fred Mogubgub, part two.

Posted on September 19, 2010 by Ace

ShareOther big commissions followed including animated sequences for Jerome Robbins’ Broadway staging of Arthur Kopit’s Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama’s Hung You in the Closet and I’m Feeling So Sad. Following the graphic breakthroughs of UPA, FMS reached beyond the … Continue reading →

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Here Comes Another

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Ace

ShareWe’ve done a couple book promos, but nothing as good as this. Martha Colburn made this for Simon and Schuster’s “Here Comes Another Lesson” by Stephen O’Connor (no relation). I like the music a lot. Nick de Witt is responsible … Continue reading →

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Agency Boards

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Ace

ShareSometimes advertising work boils down to executing the agency’s ideas.  Those are usually the crummy jobs.  Creatively crummy, that is. The best advertising work happens when everyone involved understands and respects everyone else’s expertise. Here’s an example of how some … Continue reading →

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