I didn’t really do a good job on writing another entry in a timely manner. But I’ve been busy. I even have something to show for it. Behold, our newest High Times ad! I guess it’s a spoiler, since this ad won’t be out for a couple months. SURPRISE! We won the Stash Award for Best Container. This ad was a departure from our past ads. Lots of white space and gold. I’m pretty happy with how the gold came out. This was one of the first ads to use photos from my new camera too. We’ve also started using props in our photos. I think it really ads to the richness of the photos. It allows the ad to be all white, but still contain color. I’d give myself a A-. Anyway…

It’s pretty cool to win a award for something that you do everyday. The thing that puts food on the table, or something in the Volcano, if you know what I mean. Besides this ad I’ve also been working on the cover for HQ magazine. This is a trade magazine that goes out to shops. We’ve been advertising in this mag for almost 4 years. We decided to sponsor the cover for the issue that will be circulating at our next trade show. I’ve put a lot of time into different concepts and we’ve finally narrowed it down to the one we’re going with. There’s still a lot of work into refining the image, but you’ll get the idea.

Other than these projects we’ve been busy coming up with new designs, working on the website and preparing for a possible move to Austin. Expect a lot from 420 Science in the months to come!