Shepard Fairey: Process
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- ximeraLabs0
I was about to say... I wonder if he uses masks because that amount of spraying paint & glue can't be healthy.
- Point50
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.
- 23kon0
no masks?
he will die young.makes the whole thing even more 'rock n roll', eh? lol
- Amicus0
craftsman and master repurposer... not artist.
- 23kon0
Its true that theres not much skill to the artwork he does and anyone can borrow from the classics.
I'm sure that most of us creatives on here could knock up the same sort of stuff if we had the time to do so. I've done a few stencil canvases in the past few years, one is a 'fake futura' that I did for myself cos I like his work and wanted a big canvas for my livingroom.If I had the time then i'd love to do more stuff like that, and definitely jealous of these guys who can do this kind of work fulltime and make a living from it - doing work that YOU want to do and being your own client rather than having to deal with the crap that us commercial designers have to deal with lol.
- pressplay0
this has nothing to do with art... it‘s craftsmanship, it‘s decorative shit fueled with a lame political message that is meant to be provocative but actuelly everybody can agree upon (weapons are bad (use a stencil of some dangerous looking weapons) pollution is bad / big companys are evil (use a stencil of a whale with a coca cola can in it‘s blowhole) do not forget some surveillance cameras here or there
- jimzyk0
he needs a disguise.
like banksy,
if he was anonymous, he would be better.he should change his name to fepard shairey and paint pictures of cops
- robotron3k0
where does stealing artwork come in?
- mifune0
art class 101. meh.
- PonyBoy0
'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, ROFLOLceiling_cat
- layers and texture. dont get that with a printout23kon
- I think you meant Adobe® Photoshop®OSFA
- Bob Ross has the hair to do what he does. No one else can touch him.boobs
- Anders0
Anyways, who's the shit?
- lukus_W0
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.
- fooler20
his pinky looks fucked up, plus wasn't he going blind or something?
- SigDesign0
eh... I don't know... anytime I get to see somebody's process I love it... no matter how bad the outcome, you can always learn something about your own work, whether it be what to do or what NOT to do...
- blackspade0
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_13
- < i disagree, because I think that praise and exposure should be relative to talent.lukus_W
- totally disagree... the whole process looks like a waste of time and he seems to be forcing his smilesPonyBoy
- he looks in pain or like he has to take a dumpPonyBoy
- 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_13
- /get the right colors/ right layout/ correct alignment + overlay all while your hands are cramping ...lvl_13
- 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_13
- 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_13
- not.lvl_13
- it takes time to lay a brick wall too...monNom
- he is still a vandal i dont care to see his process on his vandalism career.e-pill
- janne760
all y'all hataz be hatin' y'all...
- i deliberately didn't use the word "hater"blackspade
- LOLjanne76
- thats the first sensible thing ive read here janne, well done!jimzyk