Blankman Billboard

 This is the final design of the Blankman billboard. I painted this using acrylic on illustration board. In college, I painted quite a few illustrations and I loved the experience. Before college, I had never picked up a brush. For the first time in my life, I was pushing my creative boundaries. It was exciting times.

That being said, this isn't my best work. I've included the final painted version (top) and the color sketch version. Confidentially, I like the sketch better. Take that, college me.

Blankman Billboard Sketches

I really enjoyed working on this college project. The whole Blankman assignment really helped me realize my potential for design. It was a big undertaking. Creating a product, logos, advertising, packaging, etc. was a challenge. I never quite succeeded with the Blankman billboard. Looking back with experience, it's way too vague and far too busy. It might work as a teaser, but it doesn't really tell you anything about the product. Live and learn as they say.

This is the initial sketch concept of the billboard. Also, I've posted an alternate color scheme that I did not use in the final piece. Tune in tomorrow for the finished billboard.

Blankman Storyboards

Here are a couple of Blankman storyboards in rough form. I never completed these as part of the Blankman project. My professor didn't like them, so I ditched the storyboard completely. Looking back, I'm quite fond of them. I used my Wacom tablet to add some shading. Recently, I've had the opportunity to draw real storyboards for on-air commercials. It's a lot of fun.

Blankman Newspaper Ad

This is the Blankman newspaper ad. The class assignment required that the ad must be pasted onto an actual newspaper page. I drew my ad full size onto a large piece of newsprint. Then, I tore a page from the newspaper and pasted my "ad" onto the newspaper page. I drew all of the lettering by hand.

Blankman Ad Campaign

Face front, blog-o-philes! Last week, I posted my fake product called Blankman, the superhero costume that makes you a superhero. As part of this assignment (from my college days), I also had to create an advertising campaign centered around the product. It was a lot of fun. Here are a couple of ad concepts.

Blankman Power Pack Revisited

My original Blankman design was from my college days (so it looks a little rough). Just for fun, I recently redesigned the Blankman Power Pack. The new package artwork is more dynamic. I added a mock-up of the actual costume. I like this new look way better.

Blankman Power Pack Final Design

This is the final design of the Blankman Power Pack. The top image is the front and the second image is the back. The empty area of the front package is where the costume would be placed. On the back, there is a list of instructions and superpowers that you can possess when wearing the Blankman suit.

The images at the bottom of the back side are from the Joe Jusko Marvel Masterpieces trading card set. I LOVE his artwork and incorporated into the design to represent the variety of powers you could possess wearing the Blankman outfit.

Blankman Power Pack Design

This is the final design of the Blankman packaging which I named the Blankman Power Pack. I drew the superhero by hand and did the layout in Photoshop (this was pre-Indesign). Next: adding color and text.

Blankman Package Concept Sketches

Here's the initial sketches I did for the package design for the Blankman costume. Traditional toy packaging with the cardboard backing is called blister card packaging. I thought it would be cool if the Blankman packaging would be a life-size toy blister card. 

Blankman

Here's a project from my college days. The assignment was to create a fake product and produce an entire advertising campaign for the product. I chose to create a superhero costume that consumers could wear and possess any superhero power that they desire. I named the product BLANKMAN. The idea behind the name was that you could "fill in the blank." Above are some early concept sketches I did.