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Shepard Fairey: Process 3232 Responses

Last post: 7 months, 1 week ago | Thread started: Aug 6, 09, 2:10 p.m.

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  • Jeremy

    A look at what goes into a Shepard Fairey piece of work as he paints/builds at Studio No. 2 in Los Angeles.

    Aug 6, 09, 2:10 p.m. – Permalink
  • digdre

    http://www.tomhuveners.net/grabup/ffb651096c5d50d097c73faac9815db7.png

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    Dog-earAug 6, 09, 2:54 p.m. – Permalink
  • robotron3k

    where does stealing artwork come in?

    • just look in the "cool propaganda posters" thread.– designbot1/3
      00:46.
      It's right there on the table.      – Greedo2/3
      and 01:12– Greedo3/3
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    Dog-earAug 6, 09, 2:57 p.m. – Permalink
  • PonyBoy

    'paints'... lol

    i gotta be a dick for a sec - but collages/stencils are NOT PAINTINGS...

    ... they're FUCKING COLLAGES with SPRAY-PAINTED STENCILS.

    Why not just build the fucking thing in photoshop and output a big-ass poster?

    And they've become tiresome shitty art that 'everyone' is doing these days...

    ...whatever happened to the traditional action of 'painting' such as fucking up a canvas like Bob Ross?

    • Bob Ross, ROFLOL– ceiling_cat1/4
      layers and texture. dont get that with a printout– 23kon2/4
      I think you meant Adobe® Photoshop®– OSFA3/4
      Bob Ross has the hair to do what he does. No one else can touch him.– boobs4/4
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    Dog-earAug 6, 09, 3:01 p.m. – Permalink
  • lukus_W

    1. Find a piece of original commercial art from a bygone era.
    2. Scan and trace in Adobe(R) Illustrator(R) software.
    3. Make adjustments to outlines and colour.
    4. Promote and market new piece.

    • Step 4 is where his talent lies.– lukus_W1/4
      agreed– identity2/4
      ®?– Point53/4
      lukus nailed it. fairey is a marketing genius. not an artist.– aramique4/4
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    Dog-earAug 6, 09, 3:02 p.m. – Permalink
  • utopian

    Please for the love of God, not another Shepard Fairey thread!!!

    http://www.qbn.com/filter/all/al…

    • +1 I am getting annoyed.. this thread never dies...– Iggyboo
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    Dog-earAug 6, 09, 3:07 p.m. – Permalink
  • ukit

    Please God, another Shepard Fairey thread

    • one man's bacon is another man's baloney– lukus_W1/3
      bologna?– Point52/3
      polony, strass???– Amicus3/3
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    Dog-earAug 6, 09, 3:12 p.m. – Permalink
  • fooler2

    his pinky looks fucked up, plus wasn't he going blind or something?

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    Dog-earAug 6, 09, 3:13 p.m. – Permalink
  • blackspade

    im far more sick of all the bullshit moaning critics of Shepards than posts about him..

    enjoyed the vid, & looks like he really enjoys what hes doing, looks a fun process.

    "Pay no attention to what the critics say; there has never been a statue set up in honor of a critic." - Jean Sibelius.

    • < i agree with this man right here.– lvl_131/11
      < i disagree, because I think that praise and exposure should be relative to talent.– lukus_W2/11
      totally disagree... the whole process looks like a waste of time and he seems to be forcing his smiles– PonyBoy3/11
      he looks in pain or like he has to take a dump– PonyBoy4/11
      i disagree. anyone that had to take color theory or 2D design classes knows how much work it takes to cut that shit out...– lvl_135/11
      /get the right colors/ right layout/ correct alignment + overlay all while your hands are cramping ...– lvl_136/11
      up, back is breaking, and shit is sticking to everything it shouldn't be sticking too. it's not as easy as just opening up photoshop is all i'm sayin'.– lvl_137/11
      all i'm saying. i really could care less if people love him or hate it. it takes time to produce that work, whether parts are stolen or not.– lvl_138/11
      not.– lvl_139/11
      it takes time to lay a brick wall too...– monNom10/11
      he is still a vandal i dont care to see his process on his vandalism career.– e-pill11/11
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    Dog-earAug 6, 09, 3:15 p.m. – Permalink
  • janne76

    all y'all hataz be hatin' y'all...

    • i deliberately didn't use the word "hater"– blackspade1/3
      LOL– janne762/3
      thats the first sensible thing ive read here janne, well done!– jimzyk3/3
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    Dog-earAug 6, 09, 3:20 p.m. – Permalink
  • ukit

    I hear they are working on a 50 ton statue of Robert Ebert for when he dies

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    Dog-earAug 6, 09, 3:20 p.m. – Permalink
  • PonyBoy

    stencil & spray paint ≠ painting

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    Dog-earAug 6, 09, 3:29 p.m. – Permalink
  • designbot

    The video is actually pretty cool. He has a certain talent and craft that he is really good at. Love it or hate it. If you want to equate "real talent" with fine art painting, doesn't that sort of undermine the work that most of us here do? Art is Art. Someone who is not necessarily artistic can go to a fine art school and become an excellent painter by the time they graduate. It can be learned like any other skill....doesn't mean people will like your work though. So I don't really see how you can use that as a measurement of artistic talent.

    The same thing is happening with music. All the mashups and remixes that make up modern music are just rehashes of stuff that was created years ago. You could argue that it's being "ripped" and takes less skill, but it still takes talent and is an art form in itself imo.....just in a different way.

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    Dog-earAug 6, 09, 3:39 p.m. – Permalink
  • lukus_W

    ^ I'd agree that there's something innovative (or once was something innovative) about the 'post-modern' mash-up. It's irreverent in the best way, ensuring that only the best of each borrowed-medium is used as an ingredient. But it's also too often used as process because it's so easy to participate. There's still something about the process that makes me feel that we're being short-changed. I don't want societies' output to constantly dumb-down and pander to my short attention span.

    I remember reading a review of 2manyDJ's when it first came out which likened the album to a McDonald's milkshake -> lovely at first but makes you feel a bit sick if you try to finish it. I feel the same way about Mr Fairey's work.

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    Dog-earAug 6, 09, 3:58 p.m. – Permalink
  • francoisfido

    not that i really give a fuck, but blankly stating that the use of any specific technique (stencil) in applying paint to a surface (canvas) is not 'painting' is narrow-minded, retarded, and simply incorrect.

    • I'm all of the above... and I'm also a painter I guess. :)– PonyBoy
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    Dog-earAug 6, 09, 4:04 p.m. – Permalink
  • francoisfido

    http://www.ag.auburn.edu/~schmisp/safety/sheep.jpg

    • the guy on the right is tugging his cock... typical sheep farmer– PonyBoy1/4
      < 1) cut out background 2) impose on art-deco background 3) add word 'OBEY' ... job's a good un– lukus_W2/4
      4) put huge cock in hand of farmer on right for 'omg' political statement– PonyBoy3/4
      add lolcube– jimzyk4/4
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    Dog-earAug 6, 09, 4:07 p.m. – Permalink
  • ceiling_cat

    I'm concerned about his lungs

    • +1– 23kon1/2
      its the brain you really gotta worry about– Sugary2/2
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    Dog-earAug 6, 09, 4:33 p.m. – Permalink
  • ximeraLabs

    I was about to say... I wonder if he uses masks because that amount of spraying paint & glue can't be healthy.

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    Dog-earAug 6, 09, 5:04 p.m. – Permalink
  • Point5

    part of me wants to hate on it just to agree with the masses here, but I can't. Not only am I incapable of that proces (I'd have no clue where to start or finish... or what to do in-between), but I do like the final product. I might not like everything Fairey does, and I might yawn a bit when he gets on his soapbox, but I thought that was a pretty cool short video.

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    Dog-earAug 6, 09, 5:43 p.m. – Permalink
  • 23kon

    no masks?
    he will die young.

    makes the whole thing even more 'rock n roll', eh? lol

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    Dog-earAug 7, 09, 12:44 a.m. – Permalink
  • Amicus

    craftsman and master repurposer... not artist.

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    Dog-earAug 7, 09, 1:46 a.m. – Permalink

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