After all that babble, it's rude of me not to show some design work. But first, an explanation.

See, I used to direct distribution at a music magazine. One of the perks was free ad space every month. I had fun. I experimented. Hence, the ads were weird... but definitely thought-provoking, attention-grabbing and colorful.

The idea was to involve readers before they could decide not to. They (try to) do this in advertising, drawing us in with ads that appeal to us via emotion, shock, or humor. I have found another way: appealing to curiosity. Which you don't see it much in mainstream advertising, for whatever reasons.

Which these ads (try to, lol) do -- make you curious with, say, an unnatural juxtaposition. And before you know it, without giving your assent, you've digested the advertisement.

It was fun to experiment. Every month, a new magazine issue would come out, and my website's traffic would surge.

So I'm about to upload a few of those ads here.

I'll try not to fall off DA again. This is a sweet place.