Illustration

Max My Dream

by Armando Alves.

Dreams do come true. At least that’s what the Barbarian Group set out to do for Pepcid Max and JWT, transmiting the sweet dream feeling after a peaceful night’s sleep with Pecid Max.


Max My Dream is based on world dream research, analyzing your input to produce a personalized dream movie with illustrations and sounds.


With 140 characters, i’ve dreamt that a a butterfly took me to Paris or the warm sand of the beach feels like cotton.

It’s not just another variant of Subservient Chicken, but a one year’s work that included features ranging from natural language processing to hundreds of illustrated items and animations. Yes, and that even includes celebrities, like dreaming that Robert De Niro was talking to me.

If you’re having trouble sleeping today, try Max My Dream. Or Pepcid.

Source: Barbarian Group blog

Helpers in action

by Armando Alves.

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

Mad Men Yourself

by Armando Alves.

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

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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.

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Source: AMC blogs

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

The Rotten Fruit Tardis

by Armando Alves.

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.

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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.

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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.

Mr Strings

by Armando Alves.

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

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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.

Moo Minicards crowdsourcing

by Armando Alves.

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.

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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:

The Infinite Oz

by Armando Alves.

Tin Man

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.

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

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Source: Motionographer