In Context...
posted: December 11, 2006
Earlier this year I created a few pieces for a Restaurant chain, but only recently received the posters as they were finally put together... illustrations and hand lettering... I thought the old paper look helped. Not so sure about the basket of wings at the bottom...
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Christoph Hitz December 11, 2006
Hi John,
There is nothing wrong with great illustration for advertising. As matter of fact witty illustrations like these make advertising bearable. Was is intentional to use the random background paper twice?
John Dykes December 11, 2006
Christoph,
Yes, but you might think they would want to vary it a bit... unless these would not be seen together...
Jeff Moores December 12, 2006
Funny stuff!! Love the way you handled the type. What's that guy drinking? I'm thirsty!
Zina Saunders December 12, 2006
These are fantastic, John. Beautiful and funny! I love to have stuff to read on art...it's a grown-up version of reading the backs of cereal boxes during breakfast, when I was a kid.
Your palette, painting, line, lettering: they all work together perfectly.
J.D. King December 12, 2006
Yikes, Dykes! PETA will get you for this!
David Flaherty December 12, 2006
These are inspired and insane! Just my thing.
rag December 12, 2006
Hand lettering and illustration go together like wings and sports bars. Nice work.
Leo Espinosa December 12, 2006
Yeah, those pesky wings! Who the hell they think they are? The client!?
The lettering is awesome, Sir John.
Robert Saunders December 12, 2006
The wings work great, John. They almost seem tongue-in-cheek, and form a nice sort of punctuation for the ad. Very funky pages!
