Helpers-EU.com is not your traditional campaign, but rather a web series promoted by the European Union to raise awareness about the dangers of tobacco.

In partnership with Daily Motion, but also with a Youtube channel the animated films are a fun way to inform young europeans, but also engaging them with the web series by allowing them to vote on the theme/tip for the next episode.

The series depicts 3 super-heroes who try to save smokers and non-smokers from the negative effects of tobacco, by giving them absurd tips and advice. Chuck, Skinny and Loona, accompanied by Tapas, a masochistic freak of nature that won’t leave them alone, unify their strengths for better or for worst.

You can also find the Helpers on Facebook and Beebo.

Advertiser:Help-EU
Agency:Ligaris

Cross-posted at Osocio.org

Rejoice ad people. You can now get your own Mad Men (the Tv series) avatar at MadMenYourself.com.

A classy way for AMC to promote the third season, which starts Aug. 16., letting you customize your character from body to accessories (a bow ties for the gents, a fur stole for the ladies) with lovely illustrations by Dyna Moe.

Source: AMC blogs

Speaking of TV series, check out the Lost folks unveiling the end of Season 6 at ComiCon.

James Paterson has been busy lately. Besides filming an Actionscript 3 training DVD with Colin Moock and Hoss Gifford, he cooked up the software component of Harvest, his exhibition currently displaying at bitforms gallery in NYC.

The Rotten Fruit Tardis is an animated vehicle that transports viewers between a myriad of dimensions and nested worlds and displayed as a wall-projection. More than 5000 of Jason’s drawings are drifting in a space with each viewer explores the omni-directional interface.

With music by K-rAd and the help of other brilliant minds like Jeh Ham, Amit Pitaru, Jeremy Felker, Colin Moock, Branden Hall and James Braithwaite, it’s the digital synthesis of his impressive collection of works. Press on.

Fallon London and B-reel have worked together to relaunch the Cheesestrings brand, with a entertaining campaign site at mrstrings.co.uk.

The joyful playground invites kids to create their elastic and cheesy characters and place them in the Meadow, a world where one must find clues and avoid several traps. Beautiful illustrations along with well thought character physics will surely be delightful to the core audience, and the sounds reminded me of the also wonderful World Of Goo. Which is my way of saying that i love a well crafted kids website.

Hat tip to Martina for introducing the first selected SOTW (Site Of The Week).

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EDIT (11/06/08): Celso is pushing the idea further, and created the Moo Crowdsourcing Flickr Pool. Join in and submit up to 7 selected works.
I also got in touch with the Moo staff, to see if they extend this idea. Thanks everyone. I will be delighted to feature your works on my Moo cards, with a great story to tell.

Are you an gifted illustrator? A sharp eye photographer ? A kick-ass graphic designer ?
Then leave a comment with your URL , send me an email or post to the Flickr Pool.
I’m ordering some Moo Minicards and would love to promote your great work.

This post will be updated with the selected sets and URLs. It’s also a great chance to find out the extraordinary talent of some of my readers and/or their friends. Thanks.

Example: submit to the Flickr group or comment with the address to your Behance portfolio page, as long as your Creative Commons license allows it.

Submissions:

• Pedro Pinheiro
  http://flickr.com/photos/pedromourapinheiro/sets/72157605513326102
• Andre:
  http://andrenussbaumer.110mb.com

At racheldiamondphotography.com you will not only find great photography, but also some fresh new work by old time interactive and design master Eric Jordan of 2advanced.

What a great set of wallpapers these illustrations would give.

Scifi.com takes us down the yellow brick road on a hotsite to promote their series “Tin Man” that premieres December 2.

Produced by B-Reel/Fallon, the interactive experience has beautifully crafted sound design and art direction, with each painting supported by detailed animations. Feels like we’re falling down on a dreamy rabbit hole but enjoying every second of it.

And unlike the Sony Play-Dooh controversy, they rightfully credited their inspiration on the collaborative art project Zoomquilt (below).

Source: Motionographer

Fashion & clothing companies are using the web to escape from the limitations of beauty magazines and their fatigued classic glamour ads. Great sites such as Diesel or Issey Myake are amongst the finest examples of web design in this category, but usually we are bound to US or global brands, so it was interesting to find Apartment.com.com, developed by CuartoPiso from Colombia.

Each new collection has a brand new hotsite, with illustrations that spawn somewhere from Peter Gabriel to the world of TV series “Carnivale“. Even the corporate website has a wicked brit punk feeling !

This work awarded Cuarto Piso with Lapis de Acero, giving more visibility to the company that brought to life the website of renowned illustrator Catalina Estrada.