Mike Perry? 2323 Responses

Last post: 1 year, 2 months ago | Thread started: Mar 4, 12, 10:14 a.m.

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• newuser

  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.

  Mar 4, 12, 10:14 a.m. – Permalink

• fxone

  feminine? lol

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 12, 10:30 a.m. – Permalink

• monospaced

  dig it

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 12, 10:32 a.m. – Permalink

• lambsy

  it's very colorful and youthful, wouldn't say feminine though. i liked what i saw on his website.

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 12, 10:35 a.m. – Permalink

• newuser

  Maybe hipster is a better word than feminine.

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 12, 10:36 a.m. – Permalink

• newuser

  Like, really? Nike called this guy?

  

  • says the guy who wears crocs.– fxone1/3

    ok, what's your motive here??– monospaced2/3

    I feel like I'm missing something. This reply was kind of overboard though.– newuser3/3

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 12, 10:38 a.m. – Permalink

• monospaced

  A lot of his work reminds me of Paul Rand's.

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 12, 10:38 a.m. – Permalink

• qoob

  Overall it look like something you'd see at Urban Outfitters, very white boy indie rock

  • that's because mike perry pretty much made UO what it is today– horton

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 12, 10:39 a.m. – Permalink

• Miesfan

  • <– fxone

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 12, 10:40 a.m. – Permalink

• qoob

  But then again maybe he's just producing what the market is demanding

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 12, 10:41 a.m. – Permalink

• newuser

  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.

  / end thread.

  • he does it better than most, and I think there's more thought behind the work than you think– monospaced1/2

    clients go to him for his style.– fxone2/2

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 12, 10:45 a.m. – Permalink

• waterhouse

  I think that you're missing something.

  • Could be.– newuser1/2

    sure.– Miesfan2/2

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 12, 11:01 a.m. – Permalink

• fxone

  newuser, pls describe in your own words;

  http://sittingwithsorrow.typepad…

  

  • this looks like it took time and consideration rather than just some random doodles that belong in the margin of a highschool notebook.– newuser

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 12, 11:05 a.m. – Permalink

• formed

  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.

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 12, 11:11 a.m. – Permalink

• newuser

  ^ that has nice texture and the colors blend well together. No hipster mustaches or cutesy cartoon faces.

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 12, 11:12 a.m. – Permalink

• newuser

  The cover here is nice, but the inside just looks like a high school kid's sketches, to me:

  <iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/36902085?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="250" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/36902085">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?– monospaced1/2

    I'm done.– newuser2/2

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 12, 11:15 a.m. – Permalink

• newuser

  http://player.vimeo.com/video/36…

  • dammit– newuser1/3

    try again– monospaced2/3

    ha.– newuser3/3

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 12, 11:15 a.m. – Permalink

• Miesfan

  you are living up to your nickname. No link to vimeo in QBN.

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 12, 11:19 a.m. – Permalink

• Douglas

  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.

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 12, 11:21 a.m. – Permalink

• newuser

  Just be yourself Mike, it seems to be going well for you -for whatever reason.

  / end thread.

  • be like Mike... Mike– mirrorball

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 12, 11:22 a.m. – Permalink

• fxone

  <3<3<3

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 12, 11:25 a.m. – Permalink