Faber Castell Permanent Marker: Graveyard
Advertising Agency: FP7,Oman
Creative Director / Art director / Copywriter: Noufal Ali
Graphic Designers: Renjith Pillai, Sanoop
Photographer: Suresh Anthikad
Client Servicing: Ajay Menon
Published: October 2008


42 Comments
wow...Faber Castell's around for so loooooong?
simple and effective.
shahid
thats simple and effective: http://adsoftheworld.com/media/print/bic_lady
and not this faked and stupid graveyard ad - 1850 pffft - a ball pen was invented not before 1938 - and permanent markers somewhere in the 60th
one should not take life so seriously - as one will not come out of it alive.
Bad Photoshop
Seek and Destroy
Good Idea
but i agree with Alphadog
Live with Passion
good idea
A little negative for a marker ad...
finally a fresh thought for marker.
http://adsoftheworld.com/media/print/reynolds_permanent_marker_twins , hey all who have posted here , just compare the ad in the link and this one , and just comment based upon that , post some genuine comment
never saw that twins ad before, that is so much more creative than this. much more positive than this, makes more sense, etc. etc.
http://adsoftheworld.com/media/print/bic_lady
one should not take life so seriously - as one will not come out of it alive.
Damn good...
0/10
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i like it!
ha ha hah ah good one
I like it! But why do they use Western/Christian names on the tombstones if this is for the Middle East? Shouldn't they be Muslim names?
Really bad idea and execution.
Talkingisfree! Is that why some people make cheap comments? This is a fresh idea for a brand of permanent marker. My only concern is that there's no solid claim on the ad that differentiates it from the other one zillion permanent marker brands in the market.
Sorry Dear from where u find it free ?
didn't you see it
http://adsoftheworld.com/media/print/bic_permanent_marker_snake
yet OK effort
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i do agree with Ochuko it is absolutely fresh approach for a brand of permanent marker. IVAN i know this guy from Old good days in McCANN, passionate chap , would you give Mr. Ali ' s email.id
well executed, but the idea is too lame, can't even give 2/10, execution 6/10
Good idea but... already done! And by the way, what the f* with your Photoshop!
Did someone just do the "tilt-shift" photoshop tutorial?
A nice idea, this time slightly let down by the visuals.
Doin' it for the points
Very old idea.
May be new in your place.
How old is this brand?
If this brand is in market since 1850,
this lay out might be more fit.
student work
pleeeeeaaaaassssseeeeeee
No entiendo por qué tan buenas críticas a esta campaña. No es algo nuevo. Las piezas son aburridas y no mantienen la mínima conexión con el uso real del producto.
nice visualisation..
photoshop ????
la primera idea
Yoshiro
this time its poor idea
i think idea is good... but the execution could have been much better...
Not bad.
F* Photoshop. Great concept. It's funny.
Don't like it. Neither the idea, nor the artwork.
...yeah, your photoshop skills need improvement.
I know you wanted to emphasize the marker bit, but still feels very wrong.
The background isn't really clear for outsiders. Probably it has to do something with 'Trucial states' - well I'm not really good in the matter of Oman history though.
I don't think this means that FC were there before. It probably supposed to mean some replaced mass burials? And the cheapest and durable way to mark each one.
Anyway Photoshop looks pretty rough.
Ivan, either you are best mates with FP7 Oman or the quality of ads on here have gone down to a student level.
You have posted 2 terrible ads from FP7 Oman and frankly they dont deserve to be on here.
I'm not friends with them but even if I were it would not influence me. But Oman deserves some publicity. I got your point though and will apply in the future.
Oman definitely deserves some publicity but they have to earn it.
Text on tombstones doesn't look handwritten at all. And I absolutely agree with Slowrider that there were no permanent markers until some 40 yrs ago. Not good.
Seems like someone fresh out of art college has done this... Student idea...