tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828158097601815711.post216559038914683488..comments2023-10-28T06:54:44.019-04:00Comments on ad broad: breakfasts of champion art directorsAd Broad, oldest working writer in advertisinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04505122645106322698noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828158097601815711.post-13219514933151688512009-07-31T23:52:54.501-04:002009-07-31T23:52:54.501-04:00@ Sympathetic Threads Pica rulers! Type gauges! Th...@ Sympathetic Threads Pica rulers! Type gauges! Thanks for the memories...<br /><br />@California Girl Nice to see you again :)<br /><br />@Teenie Lucky you, working with the last two art directors in the world who can draw ;)Ad Broad, oldest working writer in advertisinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04505122645106322698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828158097601815711.post-27006810154514088292009-07-31T10:11:47.773-04:002009-07-31T10:11:47.773-04:00Lovely stuff, Ms. Broad!
My very first CD--some 1...Lovely stuff, Ms. Broad!<br /><br />My very first CD--some 10 years ago--would still sketch out concepts and write the headline in bold, black marker. He insisted that the idea needed to be sold first and foremost.<br /><br />Nowadays, clients are demanding a polished piece (I mean from the perfect picture to full body copy) on the very first presentation. I guess we've trained them to be that way, mind. Although both ADs at work are fabulous at drawing and, once in a while, they get to show off their stuff. It's truly lovely.Teeniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943312952246047448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828158097601815711.post-26445296728889947002009-07-31T07:34:40.353-04:002009-07-31T07:34:40.353-04:00I am learning something new every day reading your...I am learning something new every day reading your blog. It's a pleasure.California Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12582691517303132274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828158097601815711.post-41024454673836233282009-07-30T14:05:27.937-04:002009-07-30T14:05:27.937-04:00Bah - inhalation of marker fumes doesn't scare...Bah - inhalation of marker fumes doesn't scare me! I'll probably die far sooner from handling all of those corrosive stat camera chemicals. :D<br /><br />Now you have me regretting that I tossed the old Letraset packs. I could have started my own little museum what with all the markers, rapidographs, pica rulers, type gauges, parchment paper pads...Sympathetic Threadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07918940122682063163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828158097601815711.post-80952156002301861562009-07-30T13:40:53.251-04:002009-07-30T13:40:53.251-04:00@Geo Ally & Gargano! Now that was a place fill...@Geo Ally & Gargano! Now that was a place filled with art directors who could draw. And writers who could bang out wicked 65 words of copy. 140 characters seems a cinch, doesn't it? :)<br /><br />@Italo Ciao and thanks for the read ;)<br /><br />@Sympathetic Threads Ha! And remember the marker re-invigorators they used to sell? Sort of like Viagra for markers. Smelled like lighter fluid. Probably was.Ad Broad, oldest working writer in advertisinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04505122645106322698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828158097601815711.post-54907487264399490692009-07-30T13:15:10.380-04:002009-07-30T13:15:10.380-04:00Nothing brings back memories quicker than finding ...Nothing brings back memories quicker than finding the remnants of an old dried-up boxset of Letraset markers in my supplies closet.<br /><br />Those were the days...Sympathetic Threadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07918940122682063163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828158097601815711.post-43426677695504095322009-07-30T11:15:25.933-04:002009-07-30T11:15:25.933-04:00Thank you AD for this post (and the other). Each t...Thank you AD for this post (and the other). Each time I discover new things about the american past (and present). Ciao, Italo.Italohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02892822086140983503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828158097601815711.post-28151177457478274682009-07-30T09:49:28.272-04:002009-07-30T09:49:28.272-04:00these are wonderful, thank you ad broad.
They rem...these are wonderful, thank you ad broad.<br /><br />They remind me of my days at Ally & Gargano. While there I worked with an old-time art director who could put together an eight frame storyboard quicker than I could Selectric the copy.george tannenbaumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10974259094860905139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828158097601815711.post-27480220062934587412009-07-30T09:47:54.252-04:002009-07-30T09:47:54.252-04:00These are great and bring back such memories.
Wh...These are great and bring back such memories. <br /><br />When I was at Ally & Gargano I worked with an old-time art-director. He could throw a storyboard together in a five minutes that was funny and emotive and wonderful. It was a joy to behold. <br /><br />(Sometimes we'd unwittingly race. Could I type the 65 words of copy by the time he was done with eight frames.)george tannenbaumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10974259094860905139noreply@blogger.com