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Obey Obama? by tonx.
Saw these nice looking posters downtown and wonder if Shepard Fairy isn't responsible. Obama is definitely winning on the graphic design front. 

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tonx  Pro User  says:

and a quick google search confirms it... obeygiant.com/post/obama
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Viv | Seattle Bon Vivant  Pro User  says:

Very Soviet era looking.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

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Michael Surtees  Pro User  says:

nice capture - i would be interested to know if you see these around a lot of places in the next couple of days. they were supposedly a limited addition... as an aside it's nice to see gotham being used.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

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baca! says:

Obama...has a posse.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

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stuartblkhrt says:

Michael. They are a limited edition on Art paper. These are on thin paper, made for the streets and not available to buy. Hopefully you'll be seeing a lot of them this year.....
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

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DaseinDesign  Pro User  says:

I tried to pick up one of the prints from the obeygiant website on the morning they were released, but they were already long sold out. Glad to see that there is a street version out there.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

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litherland  Pro User  says:

I haven't gotten my packet yet (although it has been shipped via UPS). Super Tuesday is almost here...

I also plan to do a mini-blitz of my own stickers.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

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WouterKvG says:

What a beautiful picture! The subject and the use of all the other elements are very well done... The "how" factor is also done very well!


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Sweet_chicago1 says:

Hey this made explore ...thats a good sign!!! Secon Obama foto...Explore loves Obama !! :))
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

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vasta  Pro User  says:

I ordered one, but it's great to see them on the streets already!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

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Julie is boycotting shampoo. Demand REAL Poo! says:

hahaha... yea, it's a wee scary. Great find, though.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

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Roadgoer  Pro User  says:

Interesting design. I wonder if vaguely communist overtones is a prudent image to project, but cool posters none the less. Nice capture.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

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Drumtech says:

Hope indeed! great poster.

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espressoDOM  Pro User  says:

good luck Super Tuesday Obama

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torrez  Pro User  says:

Hope Hop
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

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the yard  Pro User  says:

These posters are fantastic. Shepard did a very good job again!
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

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gab trapani says:

good luck..
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

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rskoon  Pro User  says:

Great capture. My daughter, the printmaker, will love this.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

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kerrianne.org  Pro User  says:

Very "1984."
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

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isthisyou  Pro User  says:

Are they good for him, or bad?
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

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55a  Pro User  says:

wonder if those upside down all-seeing eye posters are intentional
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

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Quantum Physics  Pro User  says:

We're doomed!
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

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edEx  Pro User  says:

these aren't the typical obey signs... but they are cool!
our only hope:
Obama
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

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etcanalstreet says:

Hello!

I adore this photo.

I would like to ask a favor.

I'm working on my newspaper for school and was wondering if I could use this. If not then it's okay. But full credit will go to you and you can get your work published. We can send you the issue or whatever. Let me know!

My email is etcanalstreet@yahoo.com

and our school website is www.mlecharbinger.com


=D
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

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tonx  Pro User  says:

etcanalstreet - as long as you use attribution I am okay with this in ur paper. :)
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

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PEEL  Pro User  says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Obama Street Art, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

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richardrodriguez1977  Pro User  says:

IMG_0238
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

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Dylan Jet  Pro User  says:

Obama
Biden

2008!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

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fabfunkydiva  Pro User  says:

I love it! Obama rocks!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

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thespark17 says:

I really wish someone could explain to me how vandalism and the defacement of public (or private) property is supposed to help someone get elected. Whenever I see these things I lose a little more respect for Obama supporters. This may ring well with vandals and ignorant artsy types, but to the average person this shows a complete lack of respect by Obama supporters. It seperates you from the mainstream, it screams "We're radicals!" to the very people you're trying to persuade. The public has to pay to take these things down and restore public property, it's taking continual small steps to make our communities the ghettos that Obama says he wants to bring people out of. I'm a 21 y/o male living in leftist Seattle, if I feel this way, how must other people feel?
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litherland  Pro User  says:

I'm a forty-something graphic designer living in New York, and I think that cities would be unbelievably boring and sterile without stuff like this. If I felt the way you (above) feel, I think I would join the Republican party and move into a gated community.

I much prefer the unpredictable accretions and polyphony of an environment where street art abounds.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

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thespark17 says:


As a graphic designer, I think you fall well into the category of "artsy types" (though I wouldn't call you ignorant, I was speaking generally at the time) I discussed in my previous comment. Becuase of that, I can understand your enjoyment of street "art". As a musician, I would love to be able to walk around and have bands performing on the street everywhere I went. The problem, though, is that neither of these things is legal, and the public shouldn't have to deal with the constant barage of sound that this would produce. Street "art" as you've called it, though, is particularly frustrating for anyone who doesn't enjoy this type of thing because, on top of being illegal, it also has to be removed, which costs the public money. I would venture (fairly safely I believe) to say that any illegal activity is inappropriate in supporting a candidate for public office; their job is to uphold the very law that you are breaking in an attempt to support them.
If you want to support Obama, great, do it on yourself and your property, be a walking billboard, no one can complain. You wouldn't support someone putting their political preference on your property without permission, so don't do it to others or to the public at large. It's really quite simple.
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just.Luc (just.Censored)  Pro User  says:

Iconic !! Fingers crossed !
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

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ninphea says:

Nice one!
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

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Jon Apostol  Pro User  says:

Looks like a good read ; )

www.amazon.com/Obama-Postmodern-Making-Manchu rian-Candida...
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

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Tropical F i r n says:

nice perspective and colors!
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

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Giusypatch  Pro User  says:

took your shot for blogging about Obama, credit to you. :)
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

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Jon Apostol  Pro User  says:

SPOT ON Mr. Crummy! Here's to the Kool-Aid drinking, everything's hunky dory now that the Lord Obama aka "The One" aka "the savior" is Presidente Elect lemmings!

Here's an interesting piece on who backed the various candidates:
www.electrictext.com/Art/178346/182/Bank-Bail out-Or-Bank-...
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

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edEx  Pro User  says:

Here's an article from Tom Friedman of the New York Times, it's worth a read: www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/opinion/09friedman .html?_r=2&a...
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

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Dahlhouse says:

Love the poster!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

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fivedollarones  Pro User  says:

Hope is just an excuse for doing nothing.

Obama is a joke and so was his fluff filled "hope" and "change" bullshit filled campaign.

I feel sorry for anyone who gave it to his campaign slogans.
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

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fabfunkydiva  Pro User  says:

why be negative? can the guy get sworn in already? geez!!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

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fivedollarones  Pro User  says:

Right.... and i'm sure all of you Obama supporters have never said anything bad about Bush....
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

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fabfunkydiva  Pro User  says:

well...i know i have....but i gave bush a chance to screw up...and he delivered royally.
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

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