Three former ad-school friends, split up around the country, surviving their first years in advertising. Two copywriters and one art director here to teach you what they didn’t cover in portfolio school.Tumblr (3.0; @adverwhating)https://adverwhating.tumblr.com/<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/38798735?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&app_id=122963" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" title="IMAGINE: How Creativity Works"></iframe><br/><br/><p>An animated video on the value of Creativity.</p>https://adverwhating.tumblr.com/post/28068820246https://adverwhating.tumblr.com/post/28068820246Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:58:52 -0400CreativityBrainstormingDoodlingAdvertisingProblem<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m485l99s0p1r6f0mzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>https://adverwhating.tumblr.com/post/23292685374https://adverwhating.tumblr.com/post/23292685374Fri, 18 May 2012 11:27:09 -0400<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m485cchhRm1r6f0mzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>https://adverwhating.tumblr.com/post/23292501074https://adverwhating.tumblr.com/post/23292501074Fri, 18 May 2012 11:21:48 -0400<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lygop6lYAm1qzwcn9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>https://adverwhating.tumblr.com/post/16594386066https://adverwhating.tumblr.com/post/16594386066Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:11:27 -0500There’s a saying that familiarity breeds contempt. It also breeds boredom, repetition and myopia,...https://adverwhating.tumblr.com/post/14577027575https://adverwhating.tumblr.com/post/14577027575Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:41:37 -0500advertisingadsagency lifecopywriterart directorcreatives<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwiidl1nis1r6f0mzo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>If there’s anything you take away from this blog, it should be this.</p> <p><em>Never give up.</em></p> <p>If you’re not doing the work you want to be doing, don’t settle. Do projects on the side, go above and beyond. Make things happen. They’re not going to just fall in your lap. You need to work for what you want.</p>https://adverwhating.tumblr.com/post/14514949987https://adverwhating.tumblr.com/post/14514949987Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:10:00 -0500advertisingagency lifeart directorchartcopywritergraphsuccessvenn diagramLayoffs happen. It&rsquo;s an awful truth. One you don&rsquo;t want to think about, especially when...https://adverwhating.tumblr.com/post/13793902560https://adverwhating.tumblr.com/post/13793902560Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:58:00 -0500advertisingadcreativecopywriterart directoragency life Nothing happens before the morning coffee. Nothing. Meetings always start on time. So don&rsquo;t...https://adverwhating.tumblr.com/post/13622701186https://adverwhating.tumblr.com/post/13622701186Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:38:00 -0500adadsadvertisingagency lifecopywritercopywritingart directorcreativetips<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/24715531?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&app_id=122963" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" title="Ira Glass on Storytelling"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Whether you’re still in school, just starting out or have been at it for a few years, this is something we all need to hear.</p>https://adverwhating.tumblr.com/post/13510801064https://adverwhating.tumblr.com/post/13510801064Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:45:23 -0500advertisingadscreativeart directorcopywriteragency lifeDisclaimer: The resident art director does not endorse this post and thinks being an art director is...https://adverwhating.tumblr.com/post/13217187120https://adverwhating.tumblr.com/post/13217187120Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:33:00 -0500advertisingadadscopywriterart diretoragency lifecreativeI think this is going to be one of the main themes of this blog, because that&rsquo;s what...https://adverwhating.tumblr.com/post/13169631517https://adverwhating.tumblr.com/post/13169631517Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:52:00 -0500advertisingadsadart directorcopywriterdesignagency lifecreative