Prada's hand-drawn holiday campaign is an utter joy – and a sharp lesson for Coca-Cola
“This pencil-and-paper magic from animation veterans is a welcome break from AI slop.”
What happened
Prada's 2026 holiday campaign puts its celebrity ambassadors into cartoon worlds drawn entirely by hand, directed by former Disney animator John Pomeroy. Creative Bloq holds it up against Coca-Cola, which has used AI-generated effects in its Christmas ads for the last two years.