Produce 2 Print Ads: One with Copy Only, One with Illustration Only

What do you think? Do they share the same idea? Are they effective?

Copy:
When it comes to the alphabet, 'm' is all you need.

Forget 'a-l' and 'n-z', 'm' is where it's at. Since 1941, the recognizeable 'm' has become and American icon for the colorful candy which has brought delightful chocolate goodness to millions. mmmmmmmm...

M&Ms

Print Ad Remake-- Single Edge

Here's the original ad I found from the BusinessQ magazine (2007 publication)



I felt the image in the original was not effective for the audience of the ad--business people. Most business people don't really care what is behind the scenes of their website; i.e., how big, sleek, or clean their servers are. They just want to know that the technical side of their business works well and either keeps costs down or increases revenue.

I decided to utilize SingleEdge's logo--the power button symbol. What came of a little thinking was the idea that eBusiness should be simple and get the job done. Thus I said, "eBusiness as simple as pushing the power button."

Bits of interestingness

This is Saroooh when we went to Disneyland a few years ago. She's very pensive. I believe she was in deep thought over the relationship between Minnie and Mickey. Saroooh means business--monkey business.

This is lieblingsmensch feeding bread to this rubber ducky. She really cares about the homeless ducks around campus.

I had the most scrumptious lasagna tonight made by lieblingsmensch. It was utterly delicious, and lieblingsmensch is sick. We will have it for lunch tomorrow.

Somehow, the atonement will make things right

The atonement of the savior Jesus Christ is the only thing that will save us from destruction. I don't mean world destruction. I mean pure destruction of self. We all suffer. If we're not careful we'll destroy ourselves. Christ cares. I feel this is true.

Snapshots. .

A sweet person. Pretty, isn't she.

A speedy baby duck looking for his little brother. Poor guy.

What a sweet dog.

Closeups in Photography

I was a very involved photographer in high school. I was just going through some of my photos and found some of my favorites. I've always been interested in texture and color. Closeups can really bring out texture. These were taken with my film SLR and the negatives were scanned at high quality.

Sand.
A little flying bug.
A little toad.
A yellow lily.

Love is.

Are you in love? I am.

What should I do to show her that I love her?

I want to show her that when she suffers, I suffer. When she is in pain, I am in pain. When she is happy, I am happy.

I want to tell her that she is beautiful. She is beautiful.

The more I speak to her, the more I learn about life. I learn about confidence, tolerance, love. Especially love.

What does it mean to love someone?

Love is to wish for one to be happy, regardless of the pain or consequences it takes to make this person happy.

Love is to choose to be happy, regardless of misfortunes.

To love someone, is to have faith in one's self.

Love is never jealous. Love is selfless.

To love someone is to step out of personal comforts--personal barriers.

Love is liberation of self.

Hate divides. Love connects.

Love is divine. One in love is close to God.

"To love another person is to see the face of God."

Love is to choose to see the beauty in another--to look past imperfections.. To choose to see her loyalty, her integrity, her trust, her faith, her compassion, her understanding.

What is beautiful about two people who love each other? The more she loves me, the more I change. I lose imperfections, because she chooses to look past those imperfections.

People aren't born with the ability to walk, to talk. They don't know how to write, or read. They don't know how to hate.

However. People know love.