The Sketchpad

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Best Buy CEO Resigns

A few notes I haven't posted...

IGN.com ripping the video game Naughty Bear in its home page review while the whole rest of the page's theme is an advertisement praising the game.
Buying a 99cent Pepsi Next at Walgreens and receiving a coupon for a Free Coke Zero
Below is somewhat reminiscent...

Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn is stepping down from the nation's largest consumer electronics retailer, a company widely criticized for not responding quickly enough to growing competition and the changing shopping habits of Americans.
-USA Toda

I suppose Brian Dunn wasn't responsible for this onslaught of ads on the same page as news of his resigning.

Or maybe he was... "I leave it today in position for a strong future," Dunn said.

Google Art Project

Journey around the world with 134 new collections in the Google Art Project

Tidy Cats Cincinnati

When is an advertising campaign not a good idea?

When it is kind of confusing, not very funny and associates a neighborhood with a cat box. (from Cincinnati News)

Taken from www.ford-life.com

An apology has been issued and the billboard changed to a Pet Adoption ad...

Jim Dine’s 12 ft. bronze “Pinocchio (Emotional)” goes on permanent display at the front entrance of Cincinnati Art Museum with a public unveiling on April 4. For more information visit www.cincinnatiartmuseumorg or call 513-721-2787. / Provided, The Pace Gallery, New York.

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Jim Dine PINOCCHIO (EMOTIONAL)

Monday, April 9, 2012

8-Bit Movie Posters

8-Bit Movie Posters
by Eric Palmer
View his gallery!

Eric Palmer

Eadweard J. Muybridge

Google honors the english photographer Eadweard J. Muybridge.

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Happy Easter!

Think of all the Easter Bunny has done for you...

Politically Incorrect

Saturday, April 7, 2012

Thomas Kincade

The "Painter of Light" (January 19, 1958 – April 6, 2012

Know my friend Ken will be saddened by this news. He owned a couple of his paintings, and enjoyed visiting his gallery in Tennessee.