Great Advertisement

I saw this ad on a social network site and it really caught my attention because of the kid jumping into the nice calm blue pool and it is an ad for tsunami watch. It may be a little offensive if you see it that way but to me it is just a way to get people's attention. Humor really catches my eye because it makes me smile and like the product, whatever it may be. 

Art Nouveau Style

This poster is one that was in my Aunt's house right above her staircase. It is definitely an Art Nouveau style poster. You can tell it is such by the detail of the hair, the font style and also that is is French. I don't actually know what the poster is actually saying but by looking at it, I believe it has something to do with being a pet owner and loving animals. (Which my Aunt is... She has 9 cats.). The function of this poster is to be decorative, and stand out amongst others. The pink shirt really gives the image a pop due to the other surrounding colors.

Nature's Power Plant

I came across this advertisement in a magazine that I was using for a collage. It immediately caught my eye because of the avocados serving as the blades on a windmill. This is great use of photoshop and the purpose of this image is to make you realize that the avocado is healthy and that it is "nature's power plant. The plain white background really makes the images stand out more because there is nothing else to look at in the image besides the avocados. Then at the bottom of the image it describes why the avocado is healthy and why it is an important fruit.

Psychedelic Ad

I found this ad made by Victor Moscosso in the "A Century of Graphic Design" book. I liked it because of the use of complementary colors that it used which is a theme of psychedelic art. The function is to make you stare at it for a long time and try and determine what the words/picture depicts.

Surrealist Advertisement

I found this advertisement for a pen in the magazine Paul gave me for my previous blog. It caught my eye big time because of the cool image of the woman's face wrapped around the pen as well as the beautiful background. It seemed like a very surrealist style ad. The function is to show the beauty that the pen can create and the precision/freedom you have whilst using it.

Busey bank is clever

 I saw this Busey Bank sign yesterday and came to a realization that their logo is really clever. They use a pillar in the B of Busey. I didn't really see this as anything before this graphic design class but now my eyes have been opened. The funtion of the pillar in the B is to show off the pillar checking and pillar club that they have at Busey. It also seems to have a contemporary feel to it because of the simplicity and the conceptual imagery. 

Red Handed

This week I chose to use the cover of a magazine I have at my house. (yes, murder intrigues me) But I chose this cover because I like the layout of it. You are immediately drawn to the big red hand image behind the title, which if there was no title, you could probably assume this magazines theme has something to do with murder. The solid black background really makes the hand and the title pop. The function of this cover is to simply tell you the theme of the magazine and by using the pictures at the bottom, you get a sense of what/who you will see in the articles. The function of the red hand is to show a sense of crime and blood, which the magazine is full of.