Zanny Rants » Art Projects/Creations http://www.zannyrants.com Opinions, Thoughts and Commentary of a Baby Boomer Artist Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:07:41 +0000 en hourly 1 Zanny is addicted to Zazzle! http://www.zannyrants.com/2009/08/07/zanny-is-addicted-to-zazzle/ http://www.zannyrants.com/2009/08/07/zanny-is-addicted-to-zazzle/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:11:41 +0000 zanny http://www.zannyrants.com/?p=271 Well, it’s now 3 AM and I’m still wide awake, adding more and more products to my new Zazzle store. Somebody tell me to get some sleep! I decided to open several different stores. They are http://www.zazzle.com/zannyrants and the newest one is http://www.zazzle.com/zannypetz.

On the first one I’ll be producing products with all my caricature drawings of Zanny. On the second I’m producing stuff featuring my pet art, combined with clever little sayings. At least I hope they’re clever.

Please check them out and buy something so I can keep the roof over my head! (Yes, I’m serious!)  :-)

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This is just too much fun. I’ll be getting more and more items added as I figure this stuff out, but for right now I started with mousepads and so far, only one magnet. But hey, at least I got started, right? Somedays I wish I could clone the worker bee in me! HA. You can also click on the Zazzle panel over there.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

]]> http://www.zannyrants.com/2009/06/22/zanny-rants-now-on-zazzle/feed/ 1 Ranting about the Power of Advertising http://www.zannyrants.com/2009/06/04/ranting-about-the-power-of-advertising/ http://www.zannyrants.com/2009/06/04/ranting-about-the-power-of-advertising/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:12:24 +0000 zanny http://www.zannyrants.com/?p=231 dumb-ads-for-web-21I’ve decided I’m not going to watch tv any longer, but that has nothing to do with the subject of this rant; stupid, stupid advertisements! I am somewhat insulted that whoever created these ads thinks I’m gonna purchase their product because some cute, talking animal (or worse, piece of cereal) delivers the message. Oh but wait……. there’s a method to their madness.

It’s called branding!

Just think about this for a minute. When you see a gecko now, what company automatically comes to your mind? Or what restaurant chain comes to mind when you see a ball with a triangle on top of it? Or how ’bout the waddling, talking duck?

It’s the power of association, I think. Doesn’t matter how stupid the image may seem on the surface, as long as it’s driven deep into your brain with repeated messaging, bingo! Mission accomplished.

So ok, maybe I shouldn’t be insulted, but instead learn to use the same technique to develop my own line of products, let’s say the Zanny Rants notecards! The trick is to find an image that is used on every single item, posting, t-shirt……whatever…. that is IMMEDIATELY associated with snarky Zanny.  I’m thinking maybe the image below speaks volumes. Anyone care to share your thoughts? I’m starving for some feedback.

Zanny Rants

Zanny Rants

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WELL……..you’ll never guess what I found! 60 jars of ArtDeco paint of all varieties. For an artist, this was like finding diamonds in the coal heap. I’d never heard of this paint before, so when I got home I looked them up online. OMG! This is wonderful stuff, and had I purchased it thru the online store, most of it was $9.99 a jar. Let’s see……$600 worth of paint for FREE! How blessed am I?

I spent the entire week-end playing with this new paint, and posted below are just a few of the creations I came up with. The one is an Altoids box that was sitting on my desk. Hey, recycling is good!  The other, the one with the dark green leaf (made using a stencil) is painted on a 5 x 7 canvas board. Have no clue what I’ll do with all these new pieces of art now, but geesh, what a fun way to spend a long week-end.

Creations using ArtDeco Paint

Creations using ArtDeco Paint

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