2010 Young Lions Winners

So as you can probably tell, I didn't win or place in the Young Lions Competition this year. I'm not completely heart broken because I am really proud of the creative I produced. From the beginning of the whole process I said I didn't care if I lost as long as I respected the ones that did and unfortunately I don't think the winners are all that they are cracked up to be.

Now I don't want to sit here and sound like another negative ad criticizer, there are enough of those online (see adsoftheworld.com), and congrats to those that did win. Regardless of anyone's opinion your ads were recognized as the best of the bunch.

Here is my feedback on the winners. First of all I'm so confused by their gold choice. It seems to be more of an ad for dyslexia then parkinson's disease. The second place winner made me laugh a little because two years ago when I entered this contest the winner was a fake perfume ad and I think the third placed ad is the best of the three!

I had a great time competing in this contest. Whether it was the brainstorming process, the execution or the waiting for the results it was an exciting ride and I love what I produced. Luckily I'm only 25 so I can compete for three more years. BRING IT ON 2011!

Feel free to leave your thoughts.

Here is a little info about what was expected from the creative:

The Challenge

The market is saturated with charitable messaging. Currently, the marketplace recognizes the name but has extremely low awareness of what Parkinson’s is. Parkinson’s is a complex andmisunderstood disease with much of the public believing it is a disease that mainly afflicts the elderly.A secondary challenge for Parkinson Society Canada is that the Michael J. Fox Foundation is now raising funds in Canada. There is confusion in the marketplace and a misperception that the two organizations are working together. Funds raised here by the Michael J. Fox Foundation do not stay in Canada.

The Objective

Increase awareness of Parkinson’s disease by making it known to empathetic Canadians. This will be accomplished by creating an understanding of the disease and exposing Parkinson’s as a disease with greater impact than people think.

Gold Winner:

Silver Winner

Bronze Winner

My Ad

Stay Gold Vulcanboy

Heart-Breaking news, Mr. Nimoy has decided to call it quits in the acting biz.

"Countless times, I thought it was done. I've been doing this professionally for 60 years. I love the idea of going out on a positive note. I've had a great, great time. I want to get off the stage. Also, I don't think it would be fair to Zachary Quinto. He's a terrific actor, he looks the part, and it's time to give him some space."

Now lets all pay our respects with a short moment of silence...

LLP

We all Shine on....

So I recently learned that if you tell a Stephen King fan that you liked one of his books they will undoubtedly thrust more upon you. Not that that is a bad thing, he is an incredible writer but reading two King novels practically back to back is a little wearing on one's soul.

A friend of mine from work lent me The Shining and I have to say I was a little apprehensive at first because I love the movie and I figured this would be a boring read since I knew what was going to happen. This was definitely not the case. The Shining the book is really nothing like Kubrick's The Shining; It's better. Not only does it have more background on the characters, more terrifying parts and a completely different angle on Jack's madness, it has a different ending! Plus just to push the differences further: Jack's trademark line "HERE'S JOHNNY" was an improvisation of Jack Nicholson and is not even in the book.

I've always been a little pigheaded when it comes to reading horror novels. I mean, its my mind and I can picture it as scary as I want it to be. This book shut me up. I had nightmares from this book and my eyes were always wide with terror when reading it on the subway.

After reading it I did a little research on how King came up with the concept and its a really interesting story. Apparently he had set his previous two novels in his hometown of Maine so he wanted a change of scenery. King flipped through an atlas and his finger landed on Boulder Colorado so he moved his entire family there. While he was there, him and his wife decided they needed to get away so they went to the Stanley Hotel (This is the hotel that King later filmed his T.V. adaptation of the Shining). When they got there, they were the only two guests due to the fact the hotel was prepping for its off-season. They stayed in room 217 and while King's wife slept he explored the hotel and had a drink at the bar with the bartender, Grady. He stayed up and finished the bones of the book that night. Seriously, it practically wrote itself.

Anyways I recommend this book to anyone who wants to send a shiver down their spine. It can get a little over-descriptive at times but King will take you for quite a ride. My suggestion though, if you haven't watched the movie watch it first and then read the book. I give it 4 Tony fingers up out of 5!

Beautiful Kayden

So its almost 1 am and I just finished my birthday present to my friend's son Kayden. I haven't drawn anything in probably about 2 years so I was a little nervous. I think it turned out a lot better than I thought it would. I hope they like it.

Here's the Original

My Drawing

Glamour Shots by Deb 75% off

So a frequent duty of mine at work is to search through stock photography for that oh-so-perfect image. Today I was roaming through gettyimages.com for photos of normal looking teens and I came across this:

No I didn't search Jon Heder or Napoleon Dynamite. These shots come up from a search of 16-17 teen, male. Also, these shots are ROYALTY FREE! (for those of you not in the know... that means they are cheap cheap and can be used with less restrictions). Poor guy should keep track of where his face is going or he will be the next spokesman for impotency!

For anyone interested... here are the getty numbers 200309028-001, 200309030-001, 200309029-001

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Update... I found more, haha look at those skills

TROLLTASTIC

I love anything that reminds me of my childhood. And due to those huge satellite dish's of the early 90's I have a lot of great memories of bad movies. One of them being Troll 2. Troll 2 is a movie about an average family who take a trip to a small town named Nilbog. The young son's dead grandfather visits him at night to tell him stories of goblins and warn him of their existence. Goblin's apparently get you to eat food tainted with their green magic concoctions which will eventually turn your body into a half plant half human goo, a goblin's favourite snack. This is by far the worst movie of all time. Apparently this feeling is unanimous because there is a new documentary out about this terrible flick.

After watching the trailer, this seems to be right up my alley. I love the awfulness of this movie and although I never stopped to think of where the actors (if you can call them that) are now, how the director felt about his piece of work or the other adoring fans out there, knowing that the information exists packaged in a nice documentary, makes me really curious.

If you haven't seen this movie, WATCH IT. Its hilarious. First of all the movie is about Goblins not trolls, the goblin costumes are so horrible only one has a moving mouth and the script is ridiculous! Some of my favourite lines:

(joshua's dead grandfather reminds him who he's talking to)

Seth: These evil creatures can transform themselves into fleas-and-blood people whenever and however they want.
Joshua: You're making a mistake Grandpa. Who said they can? You should of said they could or what kind of fairy tale is it?
Seth: They can! They CAN! Goblins still exist! Your Grandpa Seth is telling you!

(joshua alone, discovers trolls eating his mom and says the obvious)

Joshua: They're eating my mom!
Troll: Do you want some, Joshua?

Thats really not the worst of it, here is a clip to seal the deal.

I'm thrilled to find out that others share my joy in the comedic awfulness of this movie. I can't wait to see this documentary. Here is the trailer!

Enjoy :)

Knocker Knock-Down

Men of the world, imagine with me here for a second. Picture it, you've met the woman of your dreams and finally after your appropriate time of courting you've wound up in a bedroom and begin to undress yourselves. Off goes her shirt, and what is underneath?

THIS MONSTROSITY !!!

This is the newest bra "body form" technology by Ahh Bra. Claiming to do away with bra lines and bulges. But it seems to be doing away with sexiness in the process. I mean, where is the lifting? separating? and CLEAVAGE?

In my opinion it feels about as fashionable as a straight jacket, and it shows just as much skin too.

April Fools!

Hopefully no one was injured too badly (emotionally or physically) due to any pranks...

Gawd this guy cracks me up!