
Line drawings were done, then traced with a pounce wheel that created perforated lines. The image was projected on the series of paper panels that made up the billboard.

( September 2012) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Īlmost all these billboards were painted in large studios.

Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. The scents were emitted between 7–10 am and 4–7 pm from through 18 June 2010. The sign depicted a giant cube of beef being pierced by a large fork that extended to the ground. The first "scented billboard", an outdoor sign emitting the odors of black pepper and charcoal to suggest a grilled steak, was erected on NC 150 near Mooresville, North Carolina by the Bloom grocery chain. An example in the United States around the turn of the 21st century was the Chick-fil-A billboards (a chicken sandwich fast food chain), which had three-dimensional cow figures in the act of painting the billboards with misspelled anti-beef slogans such as "friends don't let friends eat beef." Some billboard designs spill outside the actual space given to them by the billboard, with parts of figures hanging off the billboard edges or jutting out of the billboard in three dimensions. Thus there are usually only a few words, in large print, and a humorous or arresting image in brilliant color. They have to be readable in a very short time because they are usually read while being passed at high speeds. Posters are in a smaller format and are viewed principally by residents and commuter traffic, with some pedestrian exposure.īillboard advertisements are designed to catch a person's attention and create a memorable impression very quickly, leaving the reader thinking about the advertisement after they have driven past it. Posters are the other common form of billboard advertising, located mostly along primary and secondary arterial roads.

These afford the greatest visibility due not only to their size, but because they allow creative "customizing" through extensions and embellishments. The largest ordinary-sized billboards are located primarily on major highways, expressways, or principal arterials, and command high-density consumer exposure (mostly to vehicular traffic). Typically brands use billboards to build their brands or to push for their new products. Billboards present large advertisements to passing pedestrians and drivers. A billboard mural saying "Before the law, all people are equal" fixed into place by a cooperative of artists along the approach road to Mogadishu International AirportĪ billboard (also called a hoarding in the UK and many other parts of the world) is a large outdoor advertising structure (a billing board), typically found in high-traffic areas such as alongside busy roads.
