Sunday, 25 May 2008

Creative Advertising

Some pictures from the beautiful world of advertising!


Campaign on verbal abuse against women "Verbal abuse can be just as horrific"

Campaign against mothers who smoke: "Women who smoke feed more than milk to their children"

NIVEA : "For extra strong, extra long nails"


Durex XXL


Creative or what ya think?

89 comments:

Femi Beckley said...

Amazingly creative, did you do it yourself?? and if so what program do u use?

AlooFar said...

@ Femi: No, they are not my work. lol.

How u dey?

Femi Beckley said...

I am very awesome,..... i think you should give the credits...or don't you think?? Cool ads though

Sugabelly said...

Those are SO GOOD!!!!!

Oracle said...

Yeah, it sure is creative.
The hand from the guy's mouth is bigger than his original hand.

Nice post man, you know you're the man

Sugabelly said...

Oh and by the way, I actually do understand your poem. It is something I have thought about many times. If God were dreaming, wouldn't Life be his dream?

darkelcee said...

Very creative indeed!

Howdy?

NigerianDramaQueen said...

My heart skipped a beat for a second when I first came to your page. That Verbal Abuse ad, is quite scaryyyy. But then again, verbal abuse is no joke, and if the advertisers were tryna grab attention and show the seriousness of it, they definately got mine!

Kemmie said...

Waoo, these are high impact ads. Powerful stuff. Love it, love it.

Omosewa said...

1. I like, and i agree.
2. True and funny
3. Nice and i didnt know they made nail polish
4. LOL, is that possible...

Im doing good, shey u r well too?

(¯`·._.·[***Fresh&Fab***]·._.·´¯) said...

i agree, really creative

Duchess said...

good ads....very creative...where do u get those from....lurzer's archives?

Jayjazzy said...

The beef is officially on for me and you darln, Know why? cos we re supposed to be working together and we re not! no stress the ads are creative and crazy provoking. would love somemore

aworan said...

The verbal abuse imagery is very powerful. As for the durex, well... :-)

ablackjamesbond said...

Loved the duress ad. Clever!

Grey London developed a campaign similar to the verbal abuse one sometime last year, i think, using british movie and music stars. It was very successful.

LG said...

wowww!!! so creative
i loved all of dem,
u' good u know!!

Ms.cocoa brown said...

THE VERBAL ABUSE IMAGES..REALLY DOES HAVE AN IMPACT....ESPECIALLY THE SECOND ON WIV THE CLENCHED FIST...REACHING FOR A PUNCH...DAMN.....
AM WAITING FOR THE IDIOT THAT WILL TRY ANY BULLCRAP WIV ME...I WILL SEDUCE HIM...ACT LIKE AM ABOUT TO MAKE HIM GO MAD WITH MY MOUTH JOB...JUST AS HIS HAVING THIS OUTER BODY EXPERINCE.. I WILL KNIFE OFF HIS ERECT THREE INCHES..
disrespect...no,no,no..never that wiv ms.cocoa!!!
p.s:- forgive me.i got carried away..one onf ma close friends..used to be in such a situation...i hold the grudge...lol

Dammy said...

Wow! This is really beautiful!
I am looking up to when we can make such wonderful ads in Nigeria.
I am new here...lol

naijalines said...

The nivea one is my fave... That reminds me... got to do my nails... and just found out my fave tin opener is broken. Funny how the mind works.

Aphrodite said...

Simply awesome. Dunno if we are ready for such ads in Naija yet.

Akshay said...

IT cracks me up!! xxl.... lol

Jaycee said...

The first two are yeah...kinda creative..lol

Sting said...

I love the first two cos it perfectly illustrates how hurtful words can be! The cigarette nipple.... now that's pretty interesting.

Scheyenne Zigzag said...

the smoking mother and hard fingernails ones are quite powerful...

uNWrItten* said...

the verbal abuse ones..are damn creative!!!
dang...how are u sha?

Beyond said...

the ads will definitely get the msg across. the msg is very obvious just looking at the pics and the ads are very creative as well.

Afrobabe said...

Some creative, some creepy!!!

Love the durex one, Found the verbal abuse one creepy....

Jarrai said...

This brings new meaning to the phrase "a picture can say a 1000 words". Very creative indeed.

Xena!!! said...

lol nice pic, i like the 1 with d boob and d cigarette butt funny

EXSENO said...

Awesome they really make their point. You are very creative.
Thank you for visiting my blog, the poems were written by my Grandson he is sixteen. He wrote a beautiful love poem on the blog just before this last blog.

badderchic said...

U can say creative again. wooow!

Darius T. Williams said...

Omg...this is beyond creative. There is no creativity lacking here.

guerreiranigeriana said...

...wow!...that first one grabs one's attention and makes its point very well...pretty creative...please, if you find someone as in the durex xxl ad, please, send them my way;)...thanks...

Free-flowing Florida said...

i likey d last one abt durex. do they ever come exta long & big!!!!!! send dem my way. oh, i forgot. i've already got one ... hehehehehehehe

ejura said...

Hmmm, I wish i was the brain behind all these ads! I wish i created them...and the thing is, i really think i can...

Thanks for being a huge fan. Gota go sign more autographs!

xxx
Toni Braxton

princesa said...

Impressive ads.

Parakeet said...

Hey aloofar...those were great graphics. Very creative. There're so many people into advertising in Nigeria now, it will be nice to come over and see what I can contribute.

Eb the Celeb said...

yeah... those are some good ones

Tairebabs said...

very creative pics. Like all except the last; don't know why but it seemed cliche. The others were brilliant!

Charizard said...

impressive if u ask me...I wonder when we will come to this in 9ja...

rayo said...

brilliant pictures esp the verbal abuse ones...

For the love of me said...

Interesting. I thot I had a very clean mind but when I just saw stuff coming out of his mouth, I thought it was the man's ting, then I realised it was a hand. Silly me.
I graduated in 2001.You?

Buttercup said...

oh wow...really blown away..wud love to see ur work tho..

David Wen said...

I finally got a user-friendly URL for The Ranch. Would you mind updating The Ranch url to http://theranchblog.com?

Much thanks.

azuka said...

The durex ad was very subtle. Took me a while to decode ;-)

rayo said...

wir u at aloof?

Andy said...

Creative stuff! Thanks for checking on my blog.

Doja said...

the Nvea ad is really funny, I am not sure the advertising commision will let them get away with such a claim!

Manda said...

49 comments + mine on them ads... u r sure popular and how come i've not been here b4 now.

the first 2 are kinda scary! i like da nivea ad best n about durex.... no comment!

shalewa said...

kai,e don tey wey i see ur blog.nwayz,creative ads.i believe we have such creative minds in 9ja.its just we r not ready for such ads yet.With religious fanatics and all.

anonymous gal said...

wow. llovely pictures.

Jaybabe said...

Creativity at its best!

How you doing sugar?

naijaleta said...

Let's join hands to stop domestic violence in Naija. I really dig the adverts

Sha said...

nice!! luv it

Sree said...

Been checkin out everywhere in your blog.Its a nice space you have build.

Aphrodite said...

Not seen you around mine aloofar.
How far?

SOLOMONSYDELLE said...

That last picture is too raw!

lawl!

bumight said...

i loved all the pics, but i must say it took me a min to get the last one!

UNRULY INC said...

blog royalty

Muze said...

omg i love this.

the cigarette nipple kinda scared me. they really should put that up in every clinic. seriously.

and the first two... powerful.

thanks for stopping by my casa.

loving it around these parts. definitely.

Sree said...

Hi,Ive blogrolled you,hope thts fine.

Sree said...

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If gtalk or orkut works,here it is
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Takecare.

Queen of My Castle said...

Very interesting to say the least. The nursing mother really caught my attention. I HATE smoke. I wish it was banned here.

Jarrai said...

update..update...update..lol

eFJay said...

Guess hu's back? lol! hw've u been dear?

ef babe

Vera Ezimora said...

Very, very creative! Me likes! I almost majored in Advertising. They're totally awesome.

TinTin said...

wow..a bit scary...i like the durex one!!!

aggressive advertising is what we need in Nigeria!

nahjaj said...

i really like the first two. the messages are clear, the others are just funny

nahjaj said...

i really like the first two. the messages are clear, the others are just funny

Beauty and the BEast said...

I absolutely loved the verbal abuse against women campaign!! very communicative!!

I think the Durex xxl concept is a tad overused :(

But was fun browsing thru

NigerianDramaQueen said...

Sweety, please update!

Standtall said...

Kai, the violence against women that is extra horid!!! How do you intend to use this creative adverts of urs?

Smaragd said...

on behalf of those of us who came up with this ads, i say thank you.. lol *wink*

Advertising is moving forward really fast in Nigeria guys, dont be surprised if u see something like this in Naija or even better.

Aloofar, i've thanked everyone on ur behalf, oya come and update!

NikkiSab said...

D pix fpr verbal abuse shook me to my bones....wow!! I had a verbally abusive r/ship for one year and I thank God everyday dat I got out of it.

Free-flowing Florida said...

update, update, update

naijaleta said...

I encore free-flowing Florida. Meanwhile thanks for the correction you made on my blog. I will amend your name. Man mi, update now. Abeg make you buzz me when you update.

Steve Ballmer said...

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AJIKE said...

is it me
or why do i think these pictures are very disturbing??>...lol
violence must stop!!!!
how now?

Pink-satin said...

very creative

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Tairebabs said...

Hey aloofar. You have been tagged again. Details on my blog.

K.J-A said...

Crazy blog man...totally captivating stuff....

Today's ranting said...

This is off da hook! Thx for stopping by.

Lolu said...

Powerful adverts. Especially the women abuse ones. We need to have those up.

hmmmm...Dint know Nivea made Nail Polish.

And Yes O, women who smoke should be told.

Takea.

Afrobabe said...

you no go update again????

Sasuke said...

way to go dude these ads are off the huk..really deep man.

SPEECHgirl Bucknor said...

im back

and im great

and lol for you know what!

Minky said...

Great ads.
I love the nivea one!

THE HOUSE OF STYLE said...

these are very creative,very out of the box. The verbal abuse shots really hit home and so does the one for smoking pregnant/nursing women.
Thanks for sharing these.
x
Marian
THE HOUSE OF STYLE
www.thehouseofstyle.co.uk

plastiQ said...

Def' creative. The third leg.#
@Sugabelly: So good? did you mean the advert, the condom or the legs?