Bali Tattoooo

Whales by Reneé Lawter

Plush whale and whale paintings by Reneé Lawter.

*Learn how to make plush creatures with these books at Amazon.

Plush Marie Antoinette and slice of cake

Plush Marie Antoinette and slice of cake by Robyn Fabsits for an upcoming show at Rivet. Robyn has good on sale at Etsy.

*The Beheading of Antoinette is on sale at Threadless.

Playground swingset turned into clever advertisement for Samsung TVs

Leo Burnett turned a playground swingset into a clever advertisement for Samsung 3D TVs.

*Buy 3D televisions at Amazon.

12 Craziest Misspelled Billboards

Nice apostrophe!

No exceptions, not even for me!

Alcoholic dyslexia.

What a difference a letter makes, huh?

It looks like some ad pillars went on a diet after several people pointed out that this advertisement had a rather embarrassing misspelling in gazillion-point type.

Panera Bread learned the hard way a cardinal rule for advertisers: check the spelling. The company put up a billboard on southbound Interstate 95 that promoted the two Panera locations in Boynton Beach. But the next day, the company took the billboard down after sharp-eyed commuters noticed that the word "Boynton" was spelled incorrectly. Twice.

This is a huge end cap ad for Seagate. Seriously.

Someone misspelled tattoos on an unintentionally gay billboard.
Double woops or double win?

The sign person misspelled Charlie!

About ten years ago, this was Atlanta's best-known misspelled sign. It was visible from I-85 near Jimmy Carter Boulevard. Trophies and plagues. Do they also do pestilences? Or maybe just plaques?

So if it weren't enough to just HAVE Braille on a billboard... Let alone small enough so that nobody who even has PARTIAL sight can see it, they misspelled Stevie Wonder's name!

NOTE: our reader Jewels explains: "The only thing wrong with the Braille alphabet in the Stevie Wonder billboard, is that the capital sign is not used. The letters are correct. "

Bye-bye car!

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Virtual fashion show for Ralph Lauren

"4D" virtual fashion show for Ralph Lauren:

RalphLauren.com will launch a unique four dimensional light installation on Wednesday, November 10, 2010 on the façade of its flagship locations in New York and London. Through the use of advanced video mapping technology, this global event will mark a first for the fashion world and will further reinforce the brand’s dedication to innovation by seamlessly combining art, fashion, music and fragrance into a modern 4D moment that has never been seen before. The vibrant world of Ralph Lauren will illuminate the evening sky as moving footage of iconic products are brought to life on the façade in a culmination of art, fantasy and light.

You can watch the entire show here.

The show was directed by Moving-Picture, which has done effects work on Harry Potter and created some great commercials, including this one, which shows that the Skoda Fabia is "made of meaner stuff" (and made by some very odd engineers):

*Buy minotaur costumes at Amazon.

Amazing People Transformed Into Paintings

Alexa Meade creates incredible paintings using real people as her canvas.

The artist coats her models with paint, obscuring the body while intimately exposing it, creating raw account of the person. Painted skin perceptually dissolves the body into a two dimensional caricature.

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Animated Thanksgiving spot for NBC (and some extreme gore)

Charming animated Thanksgiving spot by Nathan Love for NBC.

For a substantial contrast, here's the ludicrously gory Blood Trail:

And if you need something cheerful after those monsters, enjoy this ad for a Chinese MMO called Fantasy Westward Journey:

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