Best of Craigslist Book
The weird corners of the internet can be wonderful. This project celebrated that by illustrating real Best of Craigslist ads. Intended to be a book, this project made its way to the Craig of Craigslist. Craig loved the idea, but unfortunately, the project was not approved by the company’s legal team. Had the book been approved, it would have featured full-color watercolor illustrations of ads intermingled with hand-drawn, spot illustrations in ink.
Original Craigslist post: "I decided to cut out the middle man and sell my facebook data directly. By purchasing my facebook archive you can check out what I like, what I love and what makes me cry and market your products and political organizations to me more accurately. Furthermore, you can know who my friends are, which ones I follow and which ones I mute. You can see how far I got in mafia wars and my high score in bubble bobble. How well did I do on that math puzzle that's driving the internet crazy? Find out by purchasing my facebook data! Here is just a sample of the data you will receive when you purchase my facebook archive: My family lives in Arizona and they have guns! I was born in Los Angeles but I don't live there anymore! I posted a picture of the ribs I made one weekend in Hightstown, NJ! I've been to Great Adventure! And much much more! Don't miss out on your opportunity to market to me and possibly manipulate my political decision. Act now, this is a limited time offer (because I assume craigslist will take down this ad)."
Original Craigslist post: "I'm looking for that special someone who will share my passion for toast, all kinds of toast -- white toast, whole-wheat toast, rye toast, toasted bagels (and when I'm feeling wild and crazy, a Pop Tart.) To me, toast is the ultimate turn-on. There is nothing like a man who smells like toast! I picture us sitting on a couch in front of my sixty toasters, getting nice and toasty, sipping brandy from glasses with croutons floating in them, talking endlessly about the splendors of toast. Perhaps one day you will ask me to spread butter and jam on your body. Or cream cheese -- I'm not particular. Are you that special man?"