We tried running something like this on an alternative music forum I used to be part of, and got ZERO people joining in because, it seemed, nobody had Photoshop skills or wanted to draw/post pictures etc. I think that skill set is well represented here, so I'll see how it goes on this forum. Could be fun!
Our own contributions were a collaboration between my husband (graphic designer) and me - we brainstormed ideas, he'd do the visuals, I'd do the text.
This is an invitation to flex your creative muscles to design truly terrible merchandise, i.e. not stuff you would seriously sell. The idea comes from his Dr Who forum, where there is a long-standing thread with the same idea, which has given rise to much laughter amongst Dr Who fans.
To start us off, here was a highlight:
The Cure Eco-Toothbrushes
Toothbrushes to rock your bathroom!
Environmentally friendly bamboo that you can whittle, Burn or compost after your toothbrush wears out. Charcoal-infused bristles, now in distinctive styling - because it never was just about hair, it was about an aesthetic.
Dental Health Awareness Poster
PS: I probably would have just done cute black mops on toothbrushes, but as you can see, my husband has rather different ideas!
...by the way, I came in halfway through the poster design and he'd used "nudie" toothbrushes in his image, which come in his and hers, with cartoon wedding tackle and cartoon breasts respectively (google it!). At that point the breasts were still on the toothbrush, and the toothbrush head was still normal, and I couldn't stop laughing. DH said to me, "Well, the breasts are going, because that's just wrong!" It was extra funny because at that point the guitar body was still visible underneath the toothbrush, and it was like a toothbrush - guitar chimera, with cartoon breasts.
Our own contributions were a collaboration between my husband (graphic designer) and me - we brainstormed ideas, he'd do the visuals, I'd do the text.
This is an invitation to flex your creative muscles to design truly terrible merchandise, i.e. not stuff you would seriously sell. The idea comes from his Dr Who forum, where there is a long-standing thread with the same idea, which has given rise to much laughter amongst Dr Who fans.
To start us off, here was a highlight:
The Cure Eco-Toothbrushes
Toothbrushes to rock your bathroom!
Environmentally friendly bamboo that you can whittle, Burn or compost after your toothbrush wears out. Charcoal-infused bristles, now in distinctive styling - because it never was just about hair, it was about an aesthetic.
Dental Health Awareness Poster
PS: I probably would have just done cute black mops on toothbrushes, but as you can see, my husband has rather different ideas!
