CHANNELS CHANGERS

Here's a preview of the documentary Cotton Stevenson and I are producing about the birth of the Black Admaker

CAN THIS BUTTON END RACISM?

NO, but it's a start.

If you don't buy the idea that the human race can be divided into "blacks" and "whites", buy - and wear - my button.

I created it to give people like you a voice...a voice that's seldom heard above the shouts of the small but rabid group of white supremacists who dominate the media. Contact me at lowellt@hotmail.com to find out how to get yours.

MY CREATIONS - A Sampler.

Welcome to my world. This blog is the easiest way I can think of - so far - to give folks an idea of what I do...and have done...for a life and a living since I was 20 years old.

AllMericans

Although I'm still futzing around (yeah, I said "futzing". This is a family-friendly blog) with it, this is my first draft of the portrait I'm doing of Buena Park. It's also the first in my AllMericans Project, where I choose and portray those communities that best represent my idea of the next America.

Just click on the poster to find out more.

Hey! It's embarrassing to admit, but I forgot I created this blog a few years ago. I only found it this morning because I was googling myself (it's not a sin) and I stumbled across it.

Which is great because I've been pretty busy since I started this thing, so I'll start updating it...soon. But first, I've got a few other proverbial fish to fry. See ya...soon.

Lowell Thompson Creates

After over 40 years of creating for a living, I guess it's about time for me to wrap it up.

No, no. I don't mean quit. I just mean to sorta put in perspective my progress (or lack thereof) so far.  For years, when I was in the ad game, I carried around a portfolio. It was fun to pick out the stuff I liked best and present it to prospective employers. But in those days, the maximum recommended "samples" was about 12 - 16. Of course, I never adhered to the rules, so I usually had a few more...maybe 18-24 pieces.

As I got experience in creating and producing TV spots, my "book" expanded to include a "reel" - in my early days, a 16 millimeter spool of film which contained stuff my creative partner and I had been able to convince some poor client to actually spend thousands of dollars to produce and hundreds of thousands to run.

Sometimes I'd also throw in a few storyboards of ideas that never got beyond the politics of the agency or client. But since storyboards are not as easy to understand - they're like showing blueprints of a building instead of the completed building - I kept them to a minimum.