Bumper Stickers

So I started a series of bumper stickers. You can print these out yourself using inket sticker paper this size.

If you want a hi-res PDF of a design...leave a comment or send a message.

Obama Speech Audio Samples

I chopped up an Obama speech and made a video with it. I had some samples I thought I'd post for anyone interested:

57_states.wav, 200_years_ago.wav, a_woman_who_raised_me.wav, above_pay_grade.wav, absolutely.wav, american_domestic_policy.wav, applause.wav, applause2.wav, black_man_from_kenya.wav, blood.wav, bondage.wav, brothers_sisters_cousins.wav, christians_in_lions.wav, chronic.wav, controversial.wav, dancing_and_clapping.wav, david_and_goliath.wav, did_i_know_him.wav, farmers_and.wav, firestorm.wav, for_as_long_as_I_live.wav, for_some.wav, gang_banger.wav, group_of_men_gathered.wav, hatefull_ideologies.wav, how_hungary_american_peop.wav, i_am_married.wav, i_can_no_more_disown.wav, i_chose_to_run.wav, i_confess.wav, i_was_raised.wav, in_my_first_book.wav, israel_is_strong_friend.wav, ive_already_condemmed.wav, jeremiah_wright.wav, legalized.wav, may_have_different_stories.wav, moses_and_Pharaoh.wav, my_background.wav, my_politics.wav, my_white_grandmother.wav, no_doubt_react.wav, not_black_enough.wav, of_course.wav, of_course2.wav, on_the_other_end.wav, or_a_demagog.wav, pastors_priests.wav, patriots.wav, people_began_to_shout.wav, persecution.wav, reality.wav, reality2.wav, regular_garbage.wav, scattered_across_three.wav, see_middle_east.wav, silence.wav, son_of_a_black_man.wav, statesmen.wav, that_I_love.wav, the_american_people.wav, the_answer.wav, the_fact_is.wav, the_man_I_met.wav, the_truth_is.wav, these_people_are_part.wav, this_belief_comes.wav, too_black.wav, tyranny.wav, understanding.wav, united_states.wav, we_may_not_look.wav, white_coworkers.wav, white_racism.wav, white_woman_from_kansas.wav, whites_populations.wav, why_associate_myself.wav, wide_eyed_liberals.wav, will_not_run.wav, william_faulkner.wav

Obama On The Mount

I messed around with some old video the other night. Here's the unfortunate result.

Slow.

News is pretty slow right now, so I haven't had much to complain about lately. I will, however, post a link to my Cafe Press page where you can get my Official "NO!" sticker. (I had to change the Obama logo a bit so I could sell it online)

The poster I promised.

Here's a pdf.

Obey Wright Poster

Here's a new poster of the Rev Wright. I think it works great with "Hope" at the bottom. I wonder if some of the Obama masses would even notice this as a sarcastic statement.

I've already been able to pass the "Obama Obey" design off as a semi-official poster. It's been posted to at least one "Obama Poster Archive". I guess no one notices the less-than-positive light it shines on Obamamania with the addition of the "Obey" moniker.

As always, you can download a pdf of the poster.

Obey Obama

If I were the people running the Obama machine, I'd be a little hesitant to work closely with Shepard Fairey. Not that he's scary or anything, but he is known mainly for his "Obey" meaningless marketing movement. When you think about it, it really mirrors Obamamania. He's everywhere, his image is everywhere, eerily similar to the "Obey" campaign. Has Shepard unknowingly become a victim of the very over-branding-excess-hype machine that triggered his initial "Andre The Giant" series? Also, it won't be long before conservatives, ignorant of Shepard's work, see the posters of Stalin and Mao and draw parallels to Obama. Please everyone slow-down. Don't you think Obama is being idolized a little too much? Honestly. Even if He's elected, do you really think he's gonna solve all your problems? I'm also calling on designers to cool it a bit with all the iconic imagery. Seriously take a look at Communist propaganda posters and let them inform and warn against too much "leader-worship". I posted a mashup of an Obama "Obey" poster I made. You can download a pdf.

The Beginning

There's only a few things that bug me more than bad design. One of those things is good design used by people with bad ideas. I'm dedicating this blog to one of those instances in particular. That instance is the "Obama Campaign". I intend to post at least once a day about something that bothers me about the Obama Campaign. The topics will be broad but should range from design, art direction, good design used "Against Obama", policy and anything else I feel like posting about. Stay tuned. And if you're involved in design, marketing, advertising and are not swept up in Obamamania...please join me. And I'm adding this disclaimer "I do not plan on "designing" this blog, I have too many things on my plate and want to make this thing easy."