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{{quote|''GMTV told us that [[Barack Obama]] had arrived in a flurry of bad clip-art.''|'''[[Charlie Brooker]]''', ''[[Newswipe]]''}}

 

 

 

If animated, designs may flow outwards from a central point, gaining variety and complexity as they grow.

 

 

 

See [[Everything Is an iPod In The Future]]. Contrast [[Minimalistic Cover Art]].

 

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== [[Advertising]] ==

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp-_oUwdSeY This] commercial from Microsoft describing what they think the future will be like has lots of computer screen images popping out all over the place.

* The iPod commercials.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C84FLwm3DA This] Louis Vuitton ad from Japan, starting at about 1:16. Along with [[anime]] magic.

* Recent Zellers ads.

* Fruitopia ads are this trope, [[This Is Your Premise on Drugs|on acid.]]

** Hell, those Frutopia ads are probably the very first example of this trope, dating back to 1994.

**** Late 60s-early 70s 7-up "Uncola" commercials.

***** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2U-lP-SOSQ See the light!]

* If you live in Monterrey, Mexico, you'll see these ''everywhere'', especially on the local college campus' advertising and event posters. Maybe their Graphic Design school is pumping these out?

** Same thing in Hamburg, Germany. Every single party gets a flyer.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW_rVnWyH8c Target ads] have been prone to this over the past few years.

* A number of television commercials in the UK for HD TV sets use this trend, using "arty" graphics over a white background. Usually in slow motion and with a calming acoustic guitar soundtrack. The tag line usually being some variation of "look at this amazing image and how detailed it is in HD". Which is fine...unless you are watching in standard definition in which case it is no more detailed than any other ad.

* G4's logo usually bursts into one of these during promos.

* Recent Comcast commercials show inexplicable, joyously erupting rainbow scenery that turns into letters. [[Crunchtastic|It's Comcastic!]]

* SOYJOY. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mOuTLT_tiM this commerical]

** The characters' walk cycles all seem to be based on Crumb's "Keep on truckin'" cartoons.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEm77vwz6-8 This] Jack Daniel's commercial, based around the "frillier" elements of the label.

* The "Spaceman Stu" McDonalds commercial

* Anything by Peter Max.

 

* Features prominently in the opening credits of ''[[Eden of the East]]''. Whoever designed it likes pink. And flowers. A whole lot.

* ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei]]'''s opening sequences, especially ''Goku'', slide closer to Design Student On Bad Acid.

** ''[[Bakemonogatari]]'', hands down. In fact, anything done by [[Studio Shaft]] will feature this trope in spades.

** ''[[Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko]]'' another one by [[Studio Shaft]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utccB8QYE84\]

* ''[[Summer Wars]]''. Anything inside OZ is covered in colorful... stuff.

* ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'''s opening sequence features plenty of organically growing curlicues in the background.

* Any of the openings or endings in ''[[Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu]]''. It's a shock to realize this anime ''wasn't'' made by [[Studio Shaft]].

** But made by the same director, [[Oonuma Shin]].

* The opening for [[A Channel]]. Contains a lot of perspective shifts.

* WHOA there, ''[[Speed Grapher]]'' [http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=4&sqi=2&ved=0CDcQtwIwAw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D3DC6ctcf2Gw&rct=j&q=speed%20grapher%20opening&ei=14HtTtStEMng0QHkzsSGDg&usg=AFQjCNFONSBXZGLv3x5boOt1pWI9s6DqLQ&sig2=Tap0OfVCXiplch3YHcFSfg opening sequence!] Want some stylish poses and high-contrast colors to go with your stylish poses and high-contrast colors?

* The opening to [[Tsuritama]], complete with dancing silhouettes a la iPod commercials.

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* [[Dave Johnson]], cover artist of ''[[100 Bullets|One Hundred Bullets]]'', is fond of this. That's part of the reason why he's in such high demand as a cover artist. He can even do this when drunk.

 

== [[Film]] ==

** Most [[James Bond]] credit sequences, in fact, combined with [[Fan Service]].

* The credits to ''[[Hollow Man]]''.

* ''[[Stranger Than Fiction]]'' visualizes Harold's number obsessed subconscious by having numbers, graphs, and equations pop up, fall down, or move along with him.

* The opening credits of ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly]]''.

* The Animation in ''[[A Scanner Darkly]]'' counts.

** Anything by Tarsem. ''[[The Fall (film)|The Fall]]'' is an even better example.

* ''[[Tron|Tron Legacy]]'' seems to be going for this as the movie's overall style.

* The opening credits to [[Monsters, Inc.]].

* ''[[The Adventures of Tintin]]'''s opening credits, which are also animated in a different style than the actual film.

 

* The current (as of 2009) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHpgvKwmuFU BBC News] titles seem to have elements of this, at the very least they are rather "over designed".

** They have nothing on the [http://www.lambie-nairn.com/work/case_study/nos titles] for the Dutch news organization NOS, whose graphics are done by the same people behind those for BBC News.

* ''[[Human Target]]'' has a variation on this. It's loosely based on a comic book, so the black & white vector graphics are mixed in with primary colors "dripping" onto the screen like ink dripping onto a page.

* The [http://www.canadiandesignresource.ca/officialgallery/graphics/vancouver-2010-graphic-identity/ Vancouver Olympics] graphics. There's spray paint, clip art, and origami-style patterns in them. The colors are springtime-y, but Vancouver's actually like that in February so that's understandable.

* The credits sequence of ''[[Mad Men]]'' is an example. It's very decently done, fits the cool [[Instrumental Theme Tune]] and is supposed to be apropos to [[The Sixtiesthe|time the show is set in]], same as in the case of ''[[Catch Me If You Can]]''. Also, season four's sets match the the credits' visual style.

* The opening credits to ''[[United States of Tara]].''

* The ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' opening credits are very intricate and stylish, showing the map of the show's setting as something between a pop-up book and a mechanical model.

 

== [[Music]] ==

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_qOzAmSv4I This] version of the [[Vocaloid|Wanderlast]].

* [[Led Zeppelin]] III seems to have [[wikipedia:File:Ledzeppeliniii.jpg|a bit of this.]]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzC4hFK5P3g PONPONPON] counts as this.

* Capsule's music video for their song, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nUbhbEp65s "JUMPER"], consists largely of this.

* [[The Beatles (band)|The Beatles]]' ''[[wikipedia:File:Revolver.jpg|Revolver]]'', which is a composite of various pictures mingled together with hand drawn portraits.

 

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

* [[Sonic Generations]] does this in the level title cards and in some of the print ads. The logo has a less blatant version of this effect.

* [[DJ Hero]] and it's sequel incorporate this, more specifically the intro/title and loading screens.

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* Some scenes from [[Freak Angels]] seem to border this trope.

 

* An [[Egregious]] offender is a particular trend in men's designer t-shirts, to cram as much random stuff on a square yard of fabric as possible. On one particularly offending sample: a skull with a rose between its teeth, five ravens, a statue of Justice, the innards of a cassette tape, a Shinto shrine, some more roses, a wreath of thorns, and what looks like a map of the coast of Norway. This is all on the same shirt.

** There is a ''[[Guitar Hero]]'' shirt with a similar baroque-inspired take on this style, involving many vaguely organic shapes centered around a Gibson SG controller, with cherubs facing opposite directions holding Kramer Striker controllers.

* Relatedly, stores that cater to hipsterish fashions or to teenagers often use this style in both ads and clothing. Examples include Urban Outfitters, Delia* s, Jimmyz, American Apparel, and Lucky Jeans.

* Everything made by Apple and Microsoft these days. [[Ascetic Aesthetic|Except when]] [[Everything Is an iPod In The Future|it's not]].

** The [http://reformedmusings.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/win7rc-login.jpg Windows 7 login screen] is a fairly classic example, with white and green flowery swirly-ness on Windows blue. However, as not everyone's login screen may be configured the same way.

** Justified. It's an umbrella corporation for loads of smaller companies/products, the filler in the U represent their products.

* Japanese artist [http://marumiyan.com/ Marumiyan]

** The offending logo has been used by some British universities in their graphic design courses as an example of what ''not'' to do.

* [http://lovelypackage.com/one-village-coffee/ This] package of coffee.

* Many of the designs on [http://www.csszengarden.com/ CSS Zen Garden].

* [http://www.citycenter.com CityCenter Las Vegas].

* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/benheine/4770218308/in/set-72157623723956821/ Pencil Vs Camera].

* Designer Eric Klarenbeek's [http://www.ericklarenbeek.com/home.html home page]. Some sort of puzzle?

* Children's programming isn't immune, Nick Jr.'s between-show bumps and advertisements being a prime example of this.

 

{{reflist}}

[[Category:Advertising Tropes]]

[[Category:Art Tropes]]

[[Category:Film Posters]]

[[Category:Photography and Illustration]]