Mike Perry?
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Do my fellow QBN'ers dig his work?
http://www.mikeperrystudio.com/
I can't figure out why all these big clients go to him. There's a ton of people who make work like this, and it all looks so dated and feminine.
- fxone0
feminine? lol
- monospaced0
dig it
- lambsy0
it's very colorful and youthful, wouldn't say feminine though. i liked what i saw on his website.
- ********0
Maybe hipster is a better word than feminine.
- ********0
Like, really? Nike called this guy?
- says the guy who wears crocs.fxone
- ok, what's your motive here??monospaced
- I feel like I'm missing something. This reply was kind of overboard though.********
- monospaced0
A lot of his work reminds me of Paul Rand's.
- qoob0
But then again maybe he's just producing what the market is demanding
- ********0
I think I just posted because I felt that I was missing something. He has impressive clients, but I don't see much concept, and it all looks the same.
Usually this style of work is found on etsy or Threadless.
He is just a nicer person, maybe.
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- he does it better than most, and I think there's more thought behind the work than you thinkmonospaced
- clients go to him for his style.fxone
- waterhouse0
I think that you're missing something.
- fxone0
- this looks like it took time and consideration rather than just some random doodles that belong in the margin of a highschool notebook.********
- this looks like it took time and consideration rather than just some random doodles that belong in the margin of a highschool notebook.
- formed0
Gotta be one hell of a salesman. A really, really, really good salesman.
I have never, ever liked the "oooh, look, I can scribble shapes and people will pay me!" look, however.
- ********0
^ that has nice texture and the colors blend well together. No hipster mustaches or cutesy cartoon faces.
- ********0
The cover here is nice, but the inside just looks like a high school kid's sketches, to me:
<iframe src="
">Wondering Around Wandering Video Preview</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1260225">Mike Perry Studio</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>- what kind of response do you want from us? are you going to continue ripping on him?monospaced
- I'm done.********
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- Miesfan0
you are living up to your nickname. No link to vimeo in QBN.
- Douglas0
It's a simple formula but takes the amount of work that most people can not handle.
- develop a friendly style that you love and is easy on the eyes. a good sense of color helps.
- make new work every day, don't go out and party, just keep making new work for a few years. your style might look like other's but it will become your own over time.
- post it all online
- move to new york city to inevitably meet lots of people working in big creative fields.
- tell everyone you meet about what you do.
- be a nice person who is easy to work with.
- set up a meetings with an illustration rep who has big name clients.
- all the while keep making new work and updating your site.you will probably get a shot at a nike type of client in a few years.
- ********0
Just be yourself Mike, it seems to be going well for you -for whatever reason.
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- fxone0
<3<3<3
