Absolutly Wasted

This is called an 'Adbusters' ad parody. It's one of several I did for a client and is aimed at drink-awareness. It's a parody of an Absolut advert that was flying around New York City not too long ago. I did it because I liked the typographical elements of the original, so I did something similar-but not the same (which is what an adbust parody is about).

http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/20...amesRandom.jpg

It looks pretty nice, I suppose.

The thing below 'Wasted' And above 'The absolute' looks a bit choppy :/
overall its nice.

Yeah I think I did somethingthat b0rked the quality when I shrunk it from an A1 poster D:

um, i dont like the stroked words. i can see the whited edges on the other words.

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Originally Posted by KidBuu

um, i dont like the stroked words. i can see the whited edges on the other words.

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Whited edges?

Swedish boose is dangerous >u<

Clean piece!

He mans that the shapes above "the absolut" has white stroke around it when it's overlaping the text.

The "O" in World and "The Absolut" look a bit odd, but it's a very nice and clean piece. :)

It also seems like Wasted is a bit thicker then the other letters. It seems to draw too much attention.

[QUOTE=Nutter;468839]The "O" in World and "The Absolut" look a bit odd, but it's a very nice and clean piece. :)/QUOTE]

Yeah, it does. Don't blame me for that, though :P Blame the typographer who created the typeface. The reason I used this typeface is because it's the typeface used on bottles of Absolut, it's their corporate font.

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Originally Posted by RadillacVIII

Swedish boose is dangerous >u<

Clean piece!

He mans that the shapes above "the absolut" has white stroke around it when it's overlaping the text.

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Ah! That's intentional as it was one of the features of the original piece. The origina's was even more extreme, however.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2618/...09c7e3b8_o.jpg

I wanted to tone mine back a bit (the idea is to make it look similar, not idential) and give it a bit more clarity. Stuff like this is more about the message than the design.

I'm only going to comment on the colours because i'm in a rush!

I'd have made the words Absolut, and Exceptional blue. I just think it highlights the product better ;)

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Originally Posted by Dale

I'm only going to comment on the colours because i'm in a rush!

I'd have made the words Absolut, and Exceptional blue. I just think it highlights the product better ;)

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the point isn't to highlight the product :P

nice work!! absolut vodka is rocking my world right now, my friends workin for a company which advertises them, so im gettin some free supplies lately, not a good think on a exam period, but im not complainin :D

but srsly, very well done.