tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post6027596785709352382..comments2024-03-29T03:40:49.981-04:00Comments on Today's Inspiration: Bob Peak: Breaking into the Top Tierleifpenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07232334860061949895noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-65376452761152759552008-04-15T22:58:00.000-04:002008-04-15T22:58:00.000-04:00I don't recall the Coke ad by Peak, but when I was...I don't recall the Coke ad by Peak, but when I was an illustration student, I specifically recall the Old Hickory ad depicting the guy with the red and white ski sweater. I loved the composition and confident drawing of the figures... and still do. It is my guess after looking in my clip files, that Jack Potter was the first to come up with those gorgeous color combinations that we see in that Coke ad by him... in fact all his Coke ads. After seeing Potter’s Coke ad series, I began noticing Peak using fuchsia, oranges and purples together, similar to Potter's color schemes. After 1960, Peak's talent exploded like a runaway locomotive heading downhill. He could make a simple situation dramatic, exciting and with the flair of a world renown rock star! He seemed to be determined to outdo himself on each new assignment, once he began his roll. <BR/><BR/>I was less enthusiastic about his later psychedelic period, and then his airbrush work... never the less, he had a very impressive career, and was a great inspiration to myself, and other illustrators.<BR/><BR/>Tom WatsonTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237565169344311948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-14733395555575951812008-04-15T22:46:00.000-04:002008-04-15T22:46:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237565169344311948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-1402275958511499922008-04-15T20:03:00.000-04:002008-04-15T20:03:00.000-04:00Thanks for filling in those blanks, David... I ju...Thanks for filling in those blanks, David... I just saw some of those 7-Up ads for the first time since beginning the research for this week's series and 'turbo-charged' is an apt description!leifpenghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07232334860061949895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-23317754218396557242008-04-15T19:53:00.000-04:002008-04-15T19:53:00.000-04:00Regarding the Coke series, Coca-Cola decided to sw...Regarding the Coke series, Coca-Cola decided to switch artists mid-stream, canceling the balance of Peak's illustrations and turning the campaign over to a young artist in Detroit named Bernie Fuchs. That switch took place shortly before Fuchs moved to NY in 1959. <BR/><BR/>Looking at the rapid turnover in artists (from Potter to Peak to Fuchs in just a few years) you can really see Madison Avenue beginning to ramp up for the crazy '60s, flailing around for the very newest style. It seems like Madison Avenue hyperventilated throughout most of the '60s. <BR/><BR/>Peak was extremely upset about being displaced by Fuchs, and came roaring back a few years later with a series of fantastic, turbo-charged ads for 7up.David Apatoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11293486149879229016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-25597431174961510182008-04-15T14:35:00.000-04:002008-04-15T14:35:00.000-04:00Thanks for this! And, thanks for not pulling in y...Thanks for this! And, thanks for not pulling in your horns. I know Peak was also the envy of young hands, too. Me.<BR/><BR/>I still have several of his print (TV Guide, Tme, McCall's) pieces in my morgue. His West Side Story, My Fair Lady and Camelot posters we're a kick in my conventional little head... wow, wow, wow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-17213726050100122262008-04-15T12:55:00.000-04:002008-04-15T12:55:00.000-04:00Maybe Plan 59 can give you an exact date on the sc...Maybe Plan 59 can give you an exact date on the scans they have...<BR/><BR/>Charlie Allen contributed the piece I used, which he clipped back in the day for his own files - and of course he would not have been concerned with making sure a date was attached. Sorry I can't be of more help. L:-(leifpenghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07232334860061949895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-86637502695497861472008-04-15T12:24:00.000-04:002008-04-15T12:24:00.000-04:00I wonder if he did them right after Jack did.I wonder if he did them right after Jack did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-62170574781756148602008-04-15T12:06:00.000-04:002008-04-15T12:06:00.000-04:00Hi Dan;I tried to locate some info about the Coke ...Hi Dan;<BR/><BR/>I tried to locate some info about the Coke ad online. I was only able to find a reference to Bob Peak Coke ads at Plan 59 (see my sidebar for the link), showing two other examples of Peak Coke ads, both dated 1957.leifpenghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07232334860061949895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-72995956518598818072008-04-15T12:02:00.000-04:002008-04-15T12:02:00.000-04:00Leif-Sorry about that. Didn't mean to make my post...Leif-<BR/><BR/>Sorry about that. Didn't mean to make my post above anonymous. I hit the send button too soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-66471276257335878492008-04-15T12:00:00.000-04:002008-04-15T12:00:00.000-04:00Leif-I didn't see this post before I made my comme...Leif-<BR/><BR/>I didn't see this post before I made my comment on your earlier Peak one. <BR/><BR/>What year is the Peak coke ad from? I'm curious because I know in 1957 Potter did a series of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com