April 4, 2007
Forget performance, hydration, athletics, mental acuity, and all those other things that energy drinks usually claim to do. This ad for Coca-Cola’s Burn by Leo Burnett (Milan) promises something entirely different. Hope that guy has a Tucks in his pocket.
We like this blog, Ads of the World. It’s worth a look. Ads of the World: Advertising Archive & Community
SHARE | 1 Comment »May 29, 2007
Five years ago in L.A. we saw a cool poster tacked to a pole. A bubble-headed looking thing screen-print, titled Buff Monster. I had my photo taken with it, of course. When we saw another one, one of the guys pilfered it for me, for my personal collection. Found art rocks.
Buff Monster reared its head again yesterday on Flavorpill. It seems that Buff Monster’s past was filled with street art. These days, he’s hooked up on projects with Nike, Vans, Hurley, Vivid, and Hustler and completed an installation at Hollywood’s Standard Hotel. This July, he launches a signature line of toys at Comic-Con in San Diego.
It was good back then as a one-color screen print on a pole. And it’s still good, in pink, living the big life.
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Wondering what to do with all those photos of yourself? Animate them! Gizmoz allows you to upload your pix, turn yourself into an avatar, and then animate the whole thing. Remember “Elf Yourself”? This is like that, only without the pointy-toed shoes. Taco Bell is currently using Gizmoz for a commercial slated to appear during the MTV Movie Awards. You, however, can use Gizmoz for…..well, you’ll figure something out.
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We’ve done it! Tattoo has finished shooting, editing and finalizing all three of the newest Hoover TV Spots that are set to launch next week. We are all really pleased with how the commercials turned out, so click on the images below to check them out!
April 16, 2008
“If I Had a Ray Gun” (www.ifihadaraygun.com) is the first book in a series of children’s picture books from Tattoo Projects. The collection features the art of pop culture, from tattoo artists, graffiti artists, and music video animators, to name a few.
The collection offers an honest take on the stuff of life through kids’ eyes, and was created specifically for rock n’ roll families who like to shoot straight with their kids and crank the Rolling Stones on the way to preschool.
“If I Had a Ray Gun” is about a kid who hasn’t yet learned the arts of tolerance and self-control. When things don’t go his way, he finds that it’s a lot easier to blast them with his maxo-vapo-rize ray gun. The school bus, the spinach, the bath, the babysitter — anything that he can’t deal with gets the ZAP. With every page-turn, something else disappears. Is blasting everything away the smartest thing he could do? The book reveals the answer.
April 26, 2010
Check out some of the work we put together in an RFP for the 2010 North Carolina State Fair; we didn’t get the job, but we were pretty stoked on what came out. I guess its back to county fairs and carnivals for us…maybe next year we can get in on the big show.
April 2, 2008
An interactive campaign created by Tattoo and Fergus Peters Group for client John Deere launched today. The campaign focuses on the John Deere 313 skid steer — the smallest in the category. The website, www.skidsteersmackdown.com, premieres the first in a series of web videos for the John Deere 313 Skid Steer.
The Smackdown is a dirt-track event where the smallest of all John Deere skid steers takes on any and all competitors in a series of challenges to prove their muscle.
Equal parts tractor-pull, WWF, and stock-car racing, the Smackdown video series creates an exciting and raw way to compare heavy equipment. The series boasts a tug-o-war, hill climb, flat-track race, pit stop skirmish, and power lifting event, to name a few. The events push the machines to their limits, and some even end up on their backsides. Complete with a “ring girl” in a hard-hat, a victory milk chug, a cheering crowd, and friendly rivalry between the expert skid steer operators, the Smackdown is an entertaining way to learn a lot about skid steer equipment. Viewers will be directed to the website, www.skidsteersmackdown.com, via a poster campaign at John Deere dealerships, e-blasts, and direct mail.
November 19, 2008
It’s official: Tattoo is the new ad agency for UNC Charlotte! We began the RFP process with the University in June, competing against Education Marketing Group, Whitman Insight Strategies, Cross and Associates, The Marketing Box, Cambridge, Castleberry and Associates, Lyerly Agency, HMH, Eric Mower & Associates, Gotham LLC, Bouvier Kelly, A3 and Crown Communications, and Fleishman Hilliard. UNC Charlotte selected Tattoo over the other agencies, based on our superior creative product.
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Couldn’t resist passing along this funny post from one of our favorite ad blogs, Adrants.?Ǭ† Steve Hall never misses an opportunity to serve up commentary on the sauciest and raciest marketing out there. This one, for Bling H2O, is just downright funny. Read the post on Adrants here.
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Hoover Vacuums has hired Tattoo for production and creative development on up-and-coming projects. More specifically, Tattoo will be working on creative and production for the T-series and Linx cordless vacuum series. Everyone at Tattoo is excited to have Hoover as a client and look forward to working with them in the near future.
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