Remarkable Uses of Shadow in Advertising

Creativity seems to never run out. This time, we'll see the incredible use of shadows in advertising.

Some of these are really clever, and I enjoy trying to figure out how the heck these guys came up with such great ads. 100% creative. Awesome! From Design / Marketing / Psychology.

Lego

WWF

WWF

Ariel

Dukes of Hazzard

John Lewis

Fishermans Cove

McDonald's

Volkswagen

Children of the World Trust

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Hello, everyone! I'm Paulo, a 24 years old designer from Porto Alegre, Brazil. I work as a webdesigner since 2006, but websites and blogs have been a hobbie for me since 1999. At Abduzeedo, I try to bring only the hot stuff for you guys... and hope that all of you enjoy my posts! Cheers!

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Pretty cool stuff. The Mcdonalds biilboard is nice.

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Carla (not verified) 09/16/2008

Very good collection, I really like the ads. You also should include this one:
http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/adc/10227316A~Star-Wars-Epi...

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Not A Niche (not verified) 06/20/2008

love the dukes of hazzard one. though that's not the car they used...

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Adri (not verified) 03/14/2008

Great job !

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Web TV (not verified) 03/13/2008

shadows do play an important role
and you my friend have shown how you can make a good use of shadows
very well going

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JPB (not verified) 03/09/2008

I really liked the Legos. How about a tutorial for this technique?

Please?

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Joel (not verified) 03/08/2008

I wish I could have a car or airplane shadow... I'd even go for a sucky dinosaur. Oh God of All Shadows? Please?

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Jimmy L (not verified) 03/07/2008

VW ad was intense

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Anonymous (not verified) 03/07/2008

Yet another example of Advertising ripping off artists.

Damn these people get paid big bucks to come up with original ideas, yet they stoop to stealing ideas. Either the clients or the creatives need to be spanked.

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Tired of thiefs (not verified) 03/07/2008

Cool. I enjoyed the most. Share me like this even more, so that i can share to all to my friends. Amazing creativity, its awsome.

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Collectibles (not verified) 03/06/2008

Awesome!!
Really like the shadow billboards especially the water rising!!

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Jermayn (not verified) 03/05/2008

Congratulations, excellent parts advertising executives!

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Fábio Luiz (not verified) 03/04/2008

Yeah, I love the Lego shadows. Excellent.
The Ariel one is quite creative too.

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Armen (not verified) 03/04/2008

Hey that's a great collection. Thanks for sharing. I like them all, but the first WWF one is probably my favourite.

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mobile2fun.com (not verified) 03/01/2008

Very intersting!
Just proves that simple ideas are often very efficient...

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joanarcaic (not verified) 03/01/2008

Wow, these are some great ads!

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Julian Schrader (not verified) 03/01/2008

Wow, that's a great collection. Thanks for sharing. I like them all, but the first WWF one is probably my favourite.

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Niall Doherty (not verified) 02/29/2008

Lego is very intelligent !

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arnaud (not verified) 02/29/2008

Haha! :D I like the LEGO shadows :P

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