A few years ago, April 2006-2009 to be exact, I used to host an ad inspiration challenge over on Two Peas in Bucket. I posted an inspiration piece, usually an ad from a magazine, sometimes a magazine layout, a movie poster, a book cover or even a website design, and challenged people to use that inspiration piece as the basis for a layout. It was a lot of fun and really helped everyone who played along, learn about design.
Here’s a few examples:
And possibly one of my all-time favorite layouts, even if it is about me!
And why am I telling you all this, you might ask? Well, I’m bringing it back! Next Monday, May 2nd will be the start of a new ad inspiration challenge right here. Until then, I’ll leave you with a sneak peek of the first challenge.
I hope you’ll play along!
Oh Paula!! I will HAVE to play!! What fun!
Looking forward to trying this. How fun!
I loved the Ad Challenge at 2 Peas. Glad you are bringing it back!!
Oooh, cool! Thanks for letting us know. 🙂
When I saw the title, I was like NO WAY! This is so awesome of you to bring this back! Even though I rarely played on twopeas I still have a folder on my desktop with inspiring ads from those days! Looking forward to seeing what you have in store (and be inspired!) 😀
Fabulous. I loved these challenges, some of my favorites of all time. And that's saying something!
Oh Paula, how I've missed this 🙂