Man decides to make the Double Down a permanent part of his body

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I imagine the mass of grease known as the Double Down would stay with most people for a couple of hours, tops. That clearly wasn't enough for one young man, who wanted the relationship to be more permanent:

In the book Radical Marketing, Sam Hill and Glenn Rifkin talk about brands that are so loved, their evangelists literally brand themselves with tattoos of their favourite logos and products.

I guess KFC's Double Down has achieved that:



From Grub Street:

For the sake of a new ad, KFC apparently convinced a bearded individual — he escapes with his anonymity intact — to visit Tattoo Salvation in Louisville for a calf tattoo along the lines of that Norwegian guy's McDonald's receipt. Artist Adam Potts realizes that "with it being chicken, bacon, cheese, and the sauce," this particular design poses a problem: "There's a lot of browns and yellows in it." Still, he inks a bunless beauty, even adding in a very Ed Hardy-ized Colonel Sanders.

The video was featured on #HowDoYouKFC, a portion of the KFC corporate site set aside for "community."

Hey, tattoos are a very personal decision. But the "a lot of browns and yellows" comment should have been a red flag. The chicken "buns" look like a pile of poop.

I was wondering if this was an example of a more regrettable ink idea.

After all, how would I feel today if I had had a McDLT tattooed on my arm, years ago?

Or...?

Via Nerdalicious

I guess 15 minutes of fame is worth it for some people.

Selling temporary tatts with sexy balloons

These ads by Y&R Beijing use improbably-anatomical balloon shapes to promote the painlessness of applying Ed Hardy stick-on tattoos.

I'm glad they made the "balloon knot" PG...

Oddly, the while the product category exists at the Ed Hardy shop, there don't appear to be any for sale.

Pity, since a temporary tramp stamp today could save a lot of young women expensive laser treatments in later life.

Cool ads though. Both visually interesting and bang-on with the product benefit.

Via Ads of The World.

Nicely done, completely twisted viral cartoon ad

The Magic Fun Store is "a small art gallery and  tattoo studio in Tucson, AZ." Now you know who they are. And in a minute, you won't be able to forget them (or unsee these images):



It turns out animation is a side-business at the shop, so they decided to promote themselves with a little ditty about a unicorn who can't get enough dolphin love. This one was done by BAMiAM.tv (B.A. Miale) "a video artist who mashes up her playfully psychedelic visuals in real time on a keytar."

Considering their industry, and the shop's carefree brand, this ought to work out well for them.

Via Illegal Advertising

F'd Ad Fridays: The worst tattoo artist in the world

Oh, I wish this site were fake. But I don't think it is.

Let's go to the homepage:

Ouch! Not a great start.

How about the work?

Umm, what?

WHAT?

Ohhh, okay. He's a Juggalo.

And he likes Hayden Panettiere. And guns. I think.

And love.

And death. (Is that The Grim Scrotum?)

My favourite comment from the site:

"You fucking goofball, quit scarring people for life. You are a talentless hack and by far the worst I've seen. And I've seen a lot. Did you shove the gun in your ass and start dancing or something? Do the world a favor, save whatever shred of dignity and self respect you have left!"

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Toys for tots, tits, tatts

With Christmas within arm's reach, all kinds of marketers are trying to get a piece of the spirit. It sometimes leads to odd couplings.

Chicago's Admiral Theater, which despite the classy name is actually a strip club, is offering to exchange one free lap dance for a donation of a toy for charity.

Aren't all lap dances for the "needy"?

In Memphis, Tattoo artist Jay Guzman is offering free tatts for a toy donation to his favourite Christian cause.

Huffington Post says that when customers bring in a toy worth $25 or more, Monday through Wednesday, they can get a tattoo or piercing of comparable price in exchange. Guzman said in an interview, "Everybody associates tattoo artists with being criminals, bikers, degenerates — and I'm a believing Christian and I believe what better way to be Christ-like than by giving back."

It's a good point. Strip clubs, tattoo parlours... if Jesus the man were here right now, that's exactly where he would do his ministry: among the very people his more hypocritical followers despise.

F'd Ad Fridays: What's under the makeup?

Via Illegal Advertising:



This ad for Dermablend is actually pretty effective at selling its product. After all, if you can make Zombie Boy  pass for having virgin skin, this stuff will probably do a great job of hiding your '90s tramp stamp from your parents-in-law, or a hickey from your coworkers.

Rico Genest is a Canadian guy who has been covering himself in tattoos since he was 16. His look caught the eye of Lady Gaga, who featured him (and imitated his tatts) in her "Born This Way" video.

Which is interesting, because he was born more the way he looked after the makeup, even though it is twice removed from nature:

I don't know how durable this stuff is, but you could almost make a fashion out of changing your skin tone to match your mood or the crowd you're with. Or disguise yourself just for fun.

Anyway, here's a making of:



Happy Weekend.

The man with the QR code tattoo

I really have nothing against tattoos. I don't have any, though. I just can't think of any images or words that I want to have permanently embedded in my skin.

There are tattoos that celebrate momentous life events, such as the birth of a child. There are others that mark membership in a group. And still others are expression of aesthetic tastes.

But if there's one thing I would never, ever advise anyone to get a tattoo of, it's a two-dimensional electronic code that is currently trendy in smartphone marketing, but which will become obsolete in a year or two.

But this guy didn't ask me my opinion:



Oh well, at least he had his three minutes of fame. And it could be worse.

I see bangs in your future...

Tit, tatt, d'oh!

According to Ads of the World, this pension ad for a Norwegian pension fund is the biggest thing on the "viral" circuit this week:



Created by TRY, the ad certainly stands out. But how do you feel about it? Especially if you're one of my many friends who have ink?

Bad tattoos are a staple of schadenfreude on the Internet, with sites like Tattoo Disasters. But some of the tatts on the models in the spot are quite expressive and artistic. I'm not into body art for myself, but I feel like the anti-tattoo mockery is ill placed. Especially since the old man at the end is the only one with a permanent display that was guaranteed not to age well.

As for the boob jobs, well... the less said the better.

I wonder how the talent feels now about the way they were portrayed?