Monday, February 11, 2013

Wish You Were Not Here

Wish You Were Not Here - Got this email yesterday (no kidding):

"Hi, (name deleted) I am an art director at Ogilvy. Johannesburg. I stumbled upon your beautiful illustrations and would love to use your artwork for a campaign that we are working. I'm working on a campaign for a new show called Terra Nova.
"Terra Nova means new land. There is a place for humanity to start again, a new beginning, so to speak. It is a beautiful place filled with dinosaurs, waterfalls, lush forests- a perfect paradise, but things are not what they seem.

"In the countryside, we use the postcard device all" Wish You Were Here ", the postcards you received holiday exotic places, except ours are along lines' Wish you were not here.

"Our postcards cards portray Utopia, where dinosaurs and children play on the beaches, rainbows fill the perfect blue sky, beautiful sunsets. However, if you look closely all is not what it appers be, children aren 't play with the creatures, they are actually fleeing.
"There are some things we still need to work on that's why I like to work with us. I enclose a sketch, I combined two of your illustrations in this comp. If you questions give me a shout "

Hi, (name deleted)
you asked me to give you a shout, so:".? Whaddaya OUTAYAMIND SURE, I'd be happy to RIP OFF mY OWN iDEA fOR HELP yOUR ADVERTISE TV SHOW DUMB!

Wait .... But first I have an idea for you! How about a new issue TV? it is called "ET-Zilla." it was a fun, happy world where young advertising executives working outdoors in high-rise buildings in Johannesburg, never realizing just outside ago a Godzilla-like alien.


This creature begins as an alien cute huggable. But he drinks a bit of radioactive water and becomes a giant angry monster that shoots fire his fingers. All men of ads (and women) are fleeing for their lives. Then, after eT-Zilla attack South Africa, it goes through a time portal to the age of dinosaurs and clears Terra Nova. That would be pretty fun to watch.

I have attached a sketch of my concept art. Give me a shout if you have questions. And please send my idea along some television executives. Do you think Steven would want to direct?