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Sharpie: Fingerprint

Sharpie: Fingerprint
Your rating: None Average: 7.2 (37 votes)

Advertising School: Miami Ad School Europe
Art Director: Dennis Wagner, Ratko Cindric
Copywriter: Thomas Kuhn
Via: newcreatives

33 Comments

jazarah's picture 1270 pencils
yupo2's picture 2 pencils

nice:)
just a few thoughts:
1. i think you don't need to mention "permanent"
2. also, will look nicer if you crop it tighter (lose the pen cap and stapler)

bknowlden's picture 3676 pencils

I don't think a crop is necessary (it's personal preference). But i totally agree that strategically you can boil your message down even more by ditching the "permanent".

Tincho's picture 1099 pencils

Agree.

I like this one by the way.

breakula's picture 6 pencils

lov it. brilliant idea and execution!

troika02's picture 212 pencils

funny and nice.

outstanding!

krautland's picture 3204 pencils

wrong client. this ad is about a cop being stupid, not a marker.
the art direction is weak, too. crop it tighter, see how much information you can take away without the message being lost.

unaquestionediali's picture 477 pencils

are u american?

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in advertising SCRIPTA VOLANT
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klaussnow's picture 1689 pencils

agreed, who the hell has time to waste deciding to la-dee-da draw out a fingerprint? besides i'm not getting 'permanent' as much as 'fine tipped' (for details)

... its already been done...

Bye's picture 1484 pencils

"who the hell has time to waste deciding to la-dee-da draw out a fingerprint?"

Are you seriously asking that question?

Disco Munky's picture 3934 pencils

I know right?

Doin' it for the points

everartz's picture 7590 pencils

but still hell of an idea .. like it :)
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Everartz

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Kateter's picture 2040 pencils

lovely stuff!!!!!

copycop's picture 108 pencils

On one hand, it's a bit funny (stupid cop, for sure!). On the other hand, I'm not sure it's such a brilliant demo.

oyunger's picture 26 pencils

Smart. but your message is not permanant your message speaks more to the fact thats its and exacting fine tip

judy.y's picture 81 pencils

I like it :)

jungle boy's picture 196 pencils

brilliant!

BFB's picture 929 pencils

I love it! Will be in my head for a while

LeeHarvey's picture 3087 pencils

Well done Dennis, Ratko and Thomas!

Jumo's picture 598 pencils

Excellent !!

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Jumo,
Art Director FP7 Morocco

Dick Huges's picture 939 pencils

awesome

dragonize's picture 8 pencils

That's pretty clever.

chikirom's picture 133 pencils

REALLY NICE!

Chikirom

JFDreamer's picture 174 pencils

I don't get it. Please someone.

keep smilling

johnson's picture 45 pencils

nice

pankajadsoftheworld's picture 424 pencils

Award winning ad, Extra fine should be first

rockdboat's picture 16 pencils

Done good. Maybe 'permanent' coz they stash fingerprints for future ref... but wait, they're all scanned in nowadays?
And yeah, Kris, right on: if he and the 'cop being stupid' guy are seriously asking anything, we've got trouble!

Maliheh's picture 70 pencils

artistic cops

wt da?

shripad's picture 25 pencils

good idea

laksh08's picture 111 pencils

good job

Melagraphical's picture 16 pencils

They should partner up with another company by showing the same scene in a different angle and, there you go! You can also advertise lenses or glasses! :)

capywriter's picture 5526 pencils

To me this doesn't communicate the idea of a 'stupid cop'. It shows me how much you would like to write with such a precise pen... actually enjoying to spend more time than with a simple stamp... and off course the result will be even better ;)

Fingerprint Nerd's picture

It's funny at first glance but he's drawing the wrong finger on that space on the card. The thumb goes on the very left. Also, those are the rolled prints in the blocks so the prints should be wider than a normal print, the prints he's drawing are plain impressions which go on the bottom of the card.

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