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WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF THE POKEMON ‘NET!

I love masterposts and I love Pokemon, so I thought, why not combine the two? Let me know if any links are broken or you want me to link to something you think belongs here!

Play Pokemon Games

VisualBoyAdvance (Game Boy Emulator)

DeSmuMe (Nintendo DS Emulator)

Downloads of almost every game

Some silly official flash games

Pokemon Shuffle for 3DS

Pokemon Shuffle app

Fanmade Pokemon dressup

The Ultimate Pokemon dating quiz

Pokemon TCG online

Watch the Pokemon Anime

Every dubbed episode

A lot of dubbed episodes on the official site

Subtitled episodes

…and some help with torrents

Download HD episodes

Nintendo Anime Channel for 3DS

Pokemon TV app

Pokemon Origins miniseries

Pokemon B2W2 animated trailer

Pokemon ORAS animated trailer

Game Strategy

Walkthroughs + ORAS walkthrough

Simple breeding guide

Advanced breeding guide

Join a trading network

Type weakness chart

Smogon PokeDex

Every item ever

Shiny fishing crash course

Build a perfect team

How do I EV train?

Shiny hunting tips

Calculate your Pokemon’s IVs

What is the DexNav?

Glitches and where to find them

Pokemon battle simulator

Resources

Read Pokemon Adventures

Read Pokemon ReBurst

Pokemon XY Battle Sprites

A ton more sprites

Pokemon fusion

Random Pokemon Generator

How to colour the Pokemon Adventures manga

How to colour the Pokemon Adventures manga (2)

Pokemon scans

Pokemon cardex

Buy from the official Pokemon Center site

pkmncollectors (buy and sell merch)

Ken Sugmori art

Pokemon production art

Japanese vs English episode comparison

Fun Stuff

Pokemon anime reaction images

Make your own trainer card

Figure our your favourite Pokemon

GTS trades that will never happen

Pokemon anime character sorter

Pokemon adventures/special character sorter

Pokemon region themes

What does your favourite Pokemon say about you?

50 Pokemon problems

The legendary Ash coma theory

Join the Pokemon trainer club

Twitch Plays Pokemon

The quiz from Pokemon Mystery Dungeon + explanation

Thanks, Bulbapedia (fun facts)

Pokemon @ TV tropes

Pokesho art

News & Info

Bulbapedia

Serebii

Marriland

Bulbanews

Pokenews

Complete ship list

Find a Play Pokemon event near you

A book documenting the early 2000s Pokecraze

LegendaryPokemon

For Your Blog (IMPORTANT: Credit the OP if they state that they want to be credited)

Tiled backgrounds x x x x x x

Pokemon icons x x x x x

Pixels x x x x x

Trainer Card Theme (pastebin link)

Pokeball theme

Town theme

Pokemon cursors

Music

Pokemon 2.B.A master album

Kanto Pokerap

Johto Pokerap (aka: Pokerap GS)

Hoenn Pokerap

Updated Pokerap (fanmade, unfortunately)

poke-music

Every English Pokemon opening

Catchatronic mix

…and that only scratches the surface. Your Pokemon journey awaits!

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My final, 50th post is dedicated to my favorite project from the semester, the tombstone project. All three steps were so incredibly thought-provoking and inspirational that I simply fell in love with doing this. The eulogy part allowed me to get some great perspective on myself and what I want people to be saying about me when I'm no longer here to defend myself. The mission statement helped me develop my mission in life, figure out what means most to me. "Laugh. Love. Believe." is now a crucial part of my life. If I don't achieve all three everyday, I know now I'm not doing everything I can to make myself happy. Finally creating a legacy for ourselves was the hardest part because it was tough to think of the most appropriate way to bring honor to what I've done. By creating a Gala invitation, I was able to envision a world without me that still brought my mission of laughing, loving and believing to everyone it possibly could. I loved this project so much and I am so happy with how my invitation worked out.

Dollar Shave Company Review

Dollar Shave Club put it’s name on the map in 2012 following an online spot starring the company’s founder and CEO Michael Dubin. The company was built around the concept of “A great shave for a few bucks a month.” They utilize a mail-delivery system, where customers receive their razors at the front door once a month. By eliminating the frustrations of high prices and product clutter to create a convenient, cost efficient, quality product, which positioned Dollar Shave Club strategically.

My personal frustrations with finding a suitable razor had finally surmounted and several months ago I finally made the decision to switch. Being a early adopter, I was not first to try the company. I know that repeated exposure and WOM reviews from peers are what added to my ultimate decision to buy into Dollar Shave Club. Everything about the experience was great. An easy to use website, with great content and an epic design. Their packages don’t come with annoying FedEx labels or full page receipts. Each box comes with a “DSC Publication” called The Bathroom Minutes. This foldable insert features a message from the company, facts and stats, a member highlight section, some info on their team, and even some fun games to keep your time in the bathroom as “time well spent” (the publication’s tagline). All of this together is what has created, in my a opinion the ideal brand. They established themselves with a clear, simple, and concise mission to provide quality razors conveniently to customers at a price they could afford. With a clear message and superior product, the brand was able to take the drive, passion and humor of Dubin and launch this revolutionary brand.

Here’s a look at their premiere online ad, “Our Blades are F***ing Great,” featuring funny man and founder, Michael Dubin. To quote an article in AdWeek by Tim Nudd, the Dollar Shave Club spots emphasis how beneficial the mail-order service can be, but “in amusingly hyperbolic fashion by comically playing up the inconvenience of buying razors at the store.”

With the goal of reaching a larger audience, Dollar Shave Club released a series of 4 30-second TV commercials last month. Each commercial features Dubin again at the end of each spot to implement his wickedly genius humor. To read more on the new TV spots and see all four, read AdWeek’s featured article on DSC, “Dollar Shave Club Slices the Competition in Comically Violent TV Ads,” in their Ad of the Week section.

#advertising #creativity #dollar shave company #blog post #review #commercial #ad #online spot #razors #shaving

Creative Process Profile #3

Janet Kestin/Nancy Vonk | Co-chief Creative Officers, Ogilvy & Mather

Bad ideas. There is nothing worse than having a bad idea. It usually seems like a roadblock and is usually upsetting. Kestin and Vonk have worked together for many years to learn that out of a sea of bad ideas, the good idea is somewhere hiding. In the handwritten portion of their profile, the phrase bad idea is listed 25+ times to emphasis how many usually erupt. But throughout, there is a bad idea that has an additional arrow coming off it saying something along the lines of “bad idea sparks not half bad idea” or “bad idea sparks decent idea.” I find this to part of their process to be crucial because disregarding every bad idea out there could be the death of a truly genius idea. When something doesn’t work initially or lacks the expected potential, doesn’t mean there isn’t something there that can be worked with. This power duo of women is amazing in how they embrace the nature of “bad.” Just because the word bad becomes associated with something, doesn’t mean there isn’t any good actually there.

One of the main reasons I was excited to profile these two women was for their work done with the Dove “Evolution” TV spot to promote the power of self-esteem. To view the ad, click here. A screenshot from the ad is included below.

#creativty #creative profile #creative process #women #dove

I chose to participate in Cards Against Humanity’s “Ten Days Or Whatever of Kwanzaa” where they send about nine gifts over the month of December to celebrate the holidays, and obviously promote the game. My first gift came yesterday with TWO personalized cards with my name to use in the game!! I’m excited to add these to my deck and see how people “use me” in the game!

Creative Process Profile #2

Mike Heid | Writer, Peter A. Mayer Advertising

I love the idea of utilizing fear to your advantage. Heid’s process is central on fear being his driving creative force. I relate well to how the concept of fear builds a motivating drive that can be overcome.

“Eventually a good idea will come if I keep working at it. Sometimes that work takes a couple of hours. Sometimes it’s a couple of days. Sometimes it’s a couple of weeks. But in the end, the result is the same—a good idea.”

This quote from Heid’s piece was a spot on for me. I know that over time no matter what, the right idea will come. It just may not be as soon as expected (or hoped). I think what Heid gets at about dealing with the fear is about taking the adrenaline that follows suit and firing up a brainstorm that often yields mass amounts of results with the best one mixed up in there. The way Heid’s partner, Jill Norman puts it is that it’s “one part procrastination, one part due diligence and one part just looking for that interesting nuggest to get the conversation going.” I love the one part procrastination reference because as a professtional procrastinator myself, I understand how it is often the best tool I have that give me the best results.

#creativity #creative profile #creative process #fear

Creative Process Profile #1

Glenn Cole | Co-founder/Creative Director, 72ANDSUNNY

Question Everything. Immediately the first thing that drew me in to Cole’s profile was his handwritten creative process. The entire page is blank but in the middle it simply says “Question Everything. The achievements he has mad so far in the advertising industry are incredible for someone his age. It’s amazing to see that in his time abroad, Cole made Nike the number one global soccer brand.

His actual creative process is such a brilliantly unique way of approaching ideas. The basis of his process is to “question all of it.” By challenging assumptions and asking the right questions, Cole believes that the creative solution needed ends up presenting itself. What really helped to understand this process of questions was Cole’s partner, John Boiler, explaining things further. Elaborating on a metaphor from a previous co-worker, Boiler goes on to compare the process of questioning everything to that of a chainsaw. The level of scrutiny displayed by the questions matches the level and power of that of a chainsaw. Both good questions and chainsaws are “fierce, gnawing, and relentless,” getting the hard work done. I personally find this process to be inspiring. To take everything apart and then put it back together in an unlikely manner, can often yield the best results.

Over the semester I've been working for Serengetee as a campus representative promoting the brand on campus. For our final assignment, we are tasked with developing a new and creative idea to help bring more awareness to brand and spread the message. For my final rep project I created a campaign that would focus on 5 tailgating promotional events in partnership with Boulevard In Style to be held at major schools around the country utilizing the dedicated and motivated representatives on campus! The image above is a sample event flyer I put together, with the brief I wrote included below:

To help spread the mission and patterns of Serengetee across the country a College Tailgating Tour at select campuses could be the key. One of the biggest events across many universities is college gameday! There is nothing that quite like a football game to bring out people’s passion and love. By operating a tailgating tent or event could bring mass awareness to the brand. The campus representative network could be utilized to help plan and run the event. Limiting the events to one school per region (perhaps by voting on Facebook amongst users), allows for each event to be given enough care and attention to. Carefully timed throughout the football season, each school can help keep the brand relevant during every game, leading to a grand finale event at the last school/tailgate. At each event, campus representatives can be beacons of life, informing tailgaters of the various causes supported by Serengetee. If possible, a small stock could be placed at each event to generate immediate sales; possibly offering a on-site gameday purchase discount. Cards could be handed out with every purchase explaining the organization the pattern they purchased will benefit, providing links to the brand’s site and the cause’s site to encourage further interaction with both. An alternative to having stock on-site would be to offer consumers the ability to make a purchase order that can be entered electronically on-site via iPad/computer or even an order form that is entered in later. Stickers customized for each school could be created to say “Serengetee LOVES ______” and then passed out at the tailgate to help generate more awareness.

#serengetee #blvdinstyle #campus rep project #flyer

For my research class, we've been working on a client project all semester. We've been researching the millennial purchase journey and how social networks play a role. One of the key findings we learned was that shoppers want ease and simplicity. They want to be in and out. To help alleviate this issue we developed an app called Shop Quest (shown here) that allows you to insert your shopping list in the app and when you arrive at the store, your list is mapped out on your phone so can you easily locate all the things you need, without wandering around.

#advertising research #creativity #shop quest #app idea #mine #app #iPhone #shopping #millennial

2009 Toyota Tundra | Killer Heat

Another truck commercial showing all it's super-strong features. A tower on fire pulling a trailer? I know your truck is strong, but isn't there anything more to it.