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.