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Companies spend a lot of time and money trying to personalize their brand. The idea is to make it seem trusted and familiar like an old friend that can always be relied upon in times of need. Even though it's clearly an illusion, corporations want your money and your loyalty and little else. Some people do feel a strong personal connection to a certain brand that ensures that they will remain customers for life.
Canadian artist Sillvi featured on Bored Panda recently when he transformed some of the most popular brands of soda into anime characters that you can really get a feel for. Now he's back with more, expanding on his concept to encompass even more famous brands, from Ford to Mcdonalds. Scroll down below to check his drawing ideas out for yourself, and let us know what you think in the comments!
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“Artistically, I’ve been experimenting with various different themes that encourage engagement on social media,” Sillvi told Bored Panda. “I came to the conclusion that people react better to things that they are already familiar with, for example, pre-existing characters, logos, and so on. So, I’ve decided to put my own twist on famous brand character drawings to make them even more unique.”
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Ani Archeron 5 years ago
He ... kind of reminds me of Ford Prefect? From Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy? Is it the eyes?
“Each of the anime drawings took me about two hours to complete and since I have 32 of them, I’ve spent about 64 hours on this project.”
And the artist put a lot of careful consideration into each of the illustrations, delving into the research when doing his soda characters. “While developing my characters, I mostly focused on two elements: the aesthetics of the logo itself and the taste of the soda. I also drank a few of them before drawing their characters.”
When it comes to the cool drawings, Sillvi has a few favorites, but for him, there’s one that he’s most happy with. “I like Barq’s Root Beer the most. I would definitely want to be friends with that guy.”
For those of you who don’t know, Barq’s is an American soft drink. It was created by Edward Barq and bottled since the turn of the 20th century. Owned by the Barq family but bottled by the Coca-Cola Company, it was known as Barq’s Famous Olde Tyme Root Beer until 2012.
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better version of alex 5 years ago
He looks like what i think raphael santiago from the shadowhunters series would look like
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better version of alex 5 years ago (edited)
if someone handed me a barqs, just out of the blue, it'd probably be this guy
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Trevor Dennis 5 years ago
I am not sure how worthy Jeep are of this rugged depiction of the brand. In the UK, they mostly used for the school run. I don't know so much about America, but I am currently reading a novel where a Grand Cherokee SLI is the car of choice of the boss of a Drug cartel.
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Daniel (ShadowDrakken) 5 years ago
Seems less like "what if this brand was a character" and more like "character designs incorporating brand logo color schemes". Most of these are WAY off from the company and advertising cultures of their respective brands; only a couple are on-brand.
Thomas brennan 5 years ago
I dont get how this has anything to do with brands? Also, really over using the whole smoking to look badass concept...
Von 5 years ago
Although these are very imaginative, they are also basic and largely uninspired...somewhat disappointing in fact because the idea to give visual representation to well known brands in the form of caricature is rather brilliant, but the execution certainly left much to be desired.
AzKahleesi 5 years ago
why is every fast food person looking like serial killers and why are they all bleeding?
Dani 5 years ago
I'd love to see one where prominent cities are drawn as people... maybe not even anime, just people.
Louise Brigance 5 years ago
I wish I could like any of these. Putting faces to corporations is not particularly appealing. None of these corp have exhibited anything close to kindness, empathy, and environmental awareness. Sorry...profit at all cost is not appealing or humanizing.
sam jrakoh 5 years ago
the mcdonalds, burger king & jack in the box ones need their own comic series where they battle for reign in a bleak post-apocalyptic world w/ no more "beef" or "chicken" products.
Lizzie the Crayon 5 years ago
These were pretty good...nice art...just..mL.some were creepy as heck...but nice job
Daniel (ShadowDrakken) 5 years ago
Seems less like "what if this brand was a character" and more like "character designs incorporating brand logo color schemes". Most of these are WAY off from the company and advertising cultures of their respective brands; only a couple are on-brand.
Thomas brennan 5 years ago
I dont get how this has anything to do with brands? Also, really over using the whole smoking to look badass concept...
Von 5 years ago
Although these are very imaginative, they are also basic and largely uninspired...somewhat disappointing in fact because the idea to give visual representation to well known brands in the form of caricature is rather brilliant, but the execution certainly left much to be desired.
AzKahleesi 5 years ago
why is every fast food person looking like serial killers and why are they all bleeding?
Dani 5 years ago
I'd love to see one where prominent cities are drawn as people... maybe not even anime, just people.
Louise Brigance 5 years ago
I wish I could like any of these. Putting faces to corporations is not particularly appealing. None of these corp have exhibited anything close to kindness, empathy, and environmental awareness. Sorry...profit at all cost is not appealing or humanizing.
sam jrakoh 5 years ago
the mcdonalds, burger king & jack in the box ones need their own comic series where they battle for reign in a bleak post-apocalyptic world w/ no more "beef" or "chicken" products.
Lizzie the Crayon 5 years ago
These were pretty good...nice art...just..mL.some were creepy as heck...but nice job
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