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Artist of iconic Obama portrait arrested

twilight — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:25:22 +0000

The creator of the famous iconic red, white and blue portrait of President Barack Obama was arrested in Boston on graffiti charges. The portrait of the new President has appeared on thousands of posters and T-shirts throughout the country.

Shepard Fairey, a Los Angeles artist who exploded in the art world with his design was arrested on Friday night while traveling to the Institute of Contemporary Art to kickoff his first solo exhibition. Fairey’s “Hope” image of Obama hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington.

Shepard Fairey was issued warrants for his arrest on January 24 for damaging property with graffiti. His arraignment is scheduled on Monday where he could face up to three years in jail.

Fairey recently made headlines when the artist demanded to be compensated for its use of his portrait to be used. He said that his image was based on an April 2006 Associated Press photograph of Obama.

“We believe Shepard Fairey has made an important contribution in the history of art and to popular thinking about art and its role in society,” according to a museum statement.

Amazing Moon Photography

twilight — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:46:19 +0000

Leonid Tishkov and Boris Bendikov created their own “Moon” in 2005. They ended up making some of the most amazing photographs I have ever seen. Cheers!

This Weeks Inspiration with some Photo Illustrations

twilight — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:39:08 +0000

This really creative illustrations come from Aaron Goodman out of New York He is a magnificent photo illustrator and photographer. Aaron has worked on publications that include Time, Smart Money, Business Week, and Forbes. Enjoy!

This Weeks Creative Photo Manipulations

twilight — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:44:14 +0000

A great Italian photography and image manipulation studio named LSD s.r.l. came out with these stunning and creative images. LSD s.r.l. is a very popular and well-known studio that has been out some really mind-blowing art over the years.

Amazing design contest images

twilight — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:20:20 +0000

This is a design contest that Crestock had for best photoshopped image. The winner took home a new Macbook Pro. The winner was Xiolita with sideshowsito(the picture above). Below are some other entries in the contest. Enjoy…..

Art Inspiration from some Evil Paper

twilight — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:25:54 +0000

Here is a creative campaign from DDB Canada for Snaptax.ca. All it took was some paper, a little imagination, and some evil. DDB’s meesage is no other than…Paper is evil. Do your taxes online in minutes.

7 Really Creative Advertisements From Some Big Names

twilight — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:03:04 +0000

Here are some of the top creative advertisements that companies have put out over the years. I have never personally seen anything this creative where I live (not gonna tell you where that is) but this would be some really mindblowing stuff to see in person. The ads include Nike, Perrier, Mini, Lego, Discovery Channel, and more.

Nike Soccer Advertisement

Really creative Perrier Ad

Heinz Ketchup…

Gun Free South Africa Ad

Discovery Channel Huge Ad

Lego……you remember Lego

Bare Wetsuits Ad. Shoot me if I ever come out of the water looking like that.

Some designer inspiration from a wild photographer

twilight — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:31:43 +0000

This is some pretty wild stuff from French Photographer, Romain Laurent. He is known for some really creative advertisements around the world. You have probably run into something of his in one way or another. A little inspiration for ya. Check out the rest.

Amazing Bus Stop Advertisements

twilight — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:49:31 +0000

No one likes sitting and waiting for a bus. Here are some fun and creative bus stops that companies made into fun advertisement campaigns. Nuff said with my run-on sentences….enjoy.

Gotta love the Simpsons.

Kinda makes me wanna ride the bus. Brought to you by Quiksilver.

Perfect for all the crazy Star Wars fans out there. The Spike Newtork installed this light saber Star Wars creative bus stop.

McDonalds….of course

Another fun Quiksilver Bus stop to keep you entertained.

Amazing self-portrait photos of Chinese artist

twilight — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:37:44 +0000

Its only fair that my first post is of some pretty amazing photographs from Chinese artist, Li Wei. Li’s art is a combination of photography and performance art that creates illusions of a very mind-blowing reality. Check it!

This is one of my favorite out of Li Wei’s series.

Insane…