Join us all month long as we focus on some of the world’s most famous product mascots - anywhere from the Michelin man to the Pillsbury doughboy. You'll never know WHO your CHALLENGE Team will pick for you . . . just know, they're all gonna be GR'R'REAT!
A new Blue Plate Special challenge is posted each Monday (sketch), Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Participants have until the 3rd of the following month to complete and post their creations in the Cookin' up Creations Gallery.
Prize will be a $20 Gift Certificate to their favorite online store (random drawing).....
If you watched TV growing up, you will be familiar with the huge, muscle -bound figure of Tony the Tiger.
Tony the Tiger burst onto cereal boxes in 1951 after a short competition with 3 other cereal mascots: Elmo the Elephant, Katy the Kangaroo, and Newt the Gnu.
As with all cartoons and adverts, Tony was the product of a collaboration.
His original design was a simple sketch by Eugene Kolkey and Edward Kern of the Leo Burnett ad agency.
Tony’s finalized artwork was supplied by Martin Provensen.
All 4 of the mascots were put to the public vote, and by 1952 Katy, Elmo, and Newt were gone and Tony had been given a makeover by Quartet Films to make him cereal box ready.
His catchphrase is legendary, and he is pretty much the king of the advertisement mascots.
For our last challenge of the month and since it is Monday, we will grab inspiration from the sketch. For the second part of our challenge we are using Tony’s catch phrase, They’re gr-r-reat! Add something to your layout that starts with each letter of the word “great”.
The sketch is from page maps , but it is also this week’s sketch at ACOT in case you would like to collect 100 extra cherries.
Here is my example:
This is what I used:
G- glasses, gingham paper
R- red , ruler
E- earth
A- apple
T- teachers
Have fun !
