Showing posts with label General Mills. Show all posts
Showing posts with label General Mills. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Roughing Up The Lucky Charms Demon

I love these commercials because the kids act just the way real kids did back when I was eating Lucky Charms.It's funny that the demon character is the witless innocent.The Christian youths leap upon the pagan apparition.Look how much attention the animator paid to manhandling the sugar imp.The kid on the left is a funny design. The one on the right looks like the Cheerios Kid! Maybe his secret

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

General Mills Cereal Ads in Comics

Hey, these are drawn pretty good for comic ads. I wonder if they were done by an animator. It's someone named Williams.Here's the Lucky Charms Demon. I have a funny commercial where some roughneck kids manhandle him and debase him bodily.This Rocky and Bullwinkle one is really nice.

Saturday, September 4, 2010

The Cheerios Kid Beats Up A Train

Here's some fun design from a 50s Cheerios Kid commercial.I love the clever use of values. It's amazing how good black and white can look when it's done with control and know-how.Besides the design, the other thing I like about old animated commercials is that they tell a story.I like how the real kid accepts the magic of a little super elf that inhabits his cereal.An adult probably wouldn't buy