"Medusa Man & Gizmo" A Few Parker Brand Family Sketches

I tell ya, it's really been one of those weeks where I can barely see the light of day. I've got advertising projects popping in from every direction, so it's all I can do to keep a handle on them, and since in the proper amount of creative juice. By the time I get home, I'm kind of spent and really haven't felt much like putting any ink down. Lucky for me, my children have been working on some creative projects of their own, and I'd like to share a couple them with you.

My 6 year old son came up with this little treat the other night. When I asked him who it was, he says, "It's Medusa Man!" I love it

"Medusa Man" by Jonah Parker, Age: 6

My 12 year old daughter wanted to treat me to a couple of ATC sketches, so I asked her to draw Stripe and Gizmo from the Gremlins. She finished up the Gizmo card a few nights back.

"Gizmo" by Lily Parker, Age: 12

It's nice to have kids that can pick up the creative slack when I'm feeling burned out. I hope you guys dig on these. I'd really appreciate your comments. I'm sure the Parker Brand kids would love to hear what you think.

Saucy Fun With Photoshop (or "Delicious Saucy Balls" Ha!)

I met with a client the other day to discuss an ad that needed to run in a publication handed out to baseball fans. After going round a few times on a concept, I convinced everyone that the ad needed stopping power first and foremost (folks are there to watch a game, not read our ads). The product our ad was supposed to promote was a delicious sauce that my client produces (seriously,... it's freakin' delicious). We had to get that point across pretty quick because I knew we would be fighting for attention with the activities taking place at the game.

We opted to go for a really strong graphic that might catch the eye of a baseball fan, but get the message across that their sauce is yum-yum and versatile. I won't go to far into it, but the concept required some Photoshop know how on my part (here's another, similar project for the same client), plus I had one of those thread-the-needle deadlines, so I didn't have much time to go back and forth on the layout. I needed a plan of action, and quick.

What I've posted here is the finished ad and the photo elements I shot to create the main graphic. I'm not 100% pleased with the final composition of the elements (you know how it is; ad this, move that, what about this color, it has to say such and such, etc., etc.) . However, I think the graphic turned out pretty nice for a quicky, fake-o, chomped on baseball covered in grillin' sauce.

Hope you enjoyed this quick little post. Now, get out there, buy some sauce, then go eat some... balls?

Wait,... that's not right.

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