Changethethought

Awesome illustrations abound at Zeelot. I swear I have written about them before but can’t seem to find any mention on the site.

written by Christopher | tags: Illustration, Posters, Print, Rock Posters, Zeelot

All around interesting work, often loaded with conceptual thinking by London-based designer/thinker Alexandre Bettler.

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There are a lot of totally awesome prints for sale at the Tugboat Print Shop. The Deep Blue Sea Woodcuts series is so awesome. I would be happy to hang any of those in my home or at work. It’s always nice seeing people getting down on the DIY tip and selling some genuine art. Good stuff.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Posters, Print, Prints, Tugboat Print Shop

Well, I am officially back in the all-too-stressful and fearful United States of America. It is always a breath of fresh air to visit a part of the world, in my case Brazil, where there are numerous people who have never owned a computer and probably will never even look at the internet. The major difference I notice now when traveling to Brazil is how much the U.S. has changed in the last 10 years. I have been traveling to Brazil for a decade now and it’s just amazes me how much of a downturn the U.S. has taken. Right off when you board the first full Brazilian airline bound for Brazil, you are greeted graciously, treated like royalty, allowed to order any beverage, including alcohol at any time during your flight and you are served something to eat on every single flight. They start the flight by walking down the aisle and handing out caramels. It sounds hard to believe when you spend a lot of time flying in the states where you are practically strip searched and harassed at every turn in the airport only to be treated like dogshit by the flight attendants once you finally get the chance to board your plane. I was called sir by every Brazilian airline steward and asked things like, ‘Sir, would you like another drink?’ When I was back in the states I was asked, ‘Hey, want somethin’ to drink? and, ‘Want some water?’ Also when I was leaving the plane the American stewardess, said (and I couldn’t make this up if I tried), ‘See ya later.’

I was also harassed by customs because apparently I am on the bullshit list they have now of people they like to harass and then they rummaged through my wife and I’s luggage for about 15 minutes throwing the contents aside and then telling us to repack it when we were done. This was all after flying through Brazil and overnight for around 12 hours before we reached the U.S. I just couldn’t believe it. It made me sick. I wanted to turn around and go right back to Brazil. What has happened in this country? Have we become so afraid that we actually expect to be treated like this? I don’t see how this is freedom anymore and how we can even pretend that it is. Don’t get me wrong, Brazil has it’s share of serious problems. The crime is awful and there is real poverty there. I guess after growing up in an altogether different version of the United States, I just find this new one unfriendly and difficult to adjust to. I wish the fearmongering and the harassment would stop. It doesn’t feel like after a lifetime of incredibly hard work and paying taxes without ever asking where that money is going, that someone should be treated so inhospitably. Especially when this is your home.

Anyway, off my soapbox for now. I was happy to get back to blogging again and the Democratic National Convention is underway here in Denver and it is really exciting. I am selling large format Obama posters here all week and you can also buy them at the Manifest Hope show at the Andenken Gallery. I was there today and finally had the chance to meet and converse with Shepard Fairey. He is a truly nice person and I was really happy to learn that. He was very gracious and is absolutely respectful to his fans. It is always nice to meet someone you look up to and learn they are a nice person.

I did have a little time to create some new experimental illustrations that you can find in the Illustration section of the site. You can see one of my latest creations above this post. You will also notice images of the posters now on sale in the online storefront below the sideblog. Thank you sincerely for those of you who have purchased posters, it helps keep the blog running.

I hope all is well for you out there and I am glad to be back communing with you all again. Thank you so much for reading and supporting the blog. Also thank you so much for my bloggers for holding it down in my absence.

written by Christopher | tags: Changethethought News, Graphic Design, Illustration, Posters

Finally, the first series of Changethethought posters is now available for sale. All of the posters in the image above were printed in sets of 100. You can purchase them here for 18 dollars a piece. If you buy 3 or more they are reduced to 15 dollars each. The posters are printed on extra heavy 100lb True White paper. The color reproduction is top notch. They are vivid, lush and rich in detail. I have signed and numbered every poster. The second generation of posters will be marked as such. Merchline ships internationally as well, so don’t be afraid to order if you are in Europe or anywhere else overseas.

Get them while you can. It may be a while before the next series is printed. Massive 24 by 36 Obama posters will be available in September.

Spread the word.

written by Christopher | tags: Changethethought Posters, Ctt News, Graphic Design, Posters

There are just so damn many awesome posters at Angry Blue. So damn many.

written by Christopher | tags: Graphic Design, Posters, Print, Rock Posters, Screen Printing

I am really digging some of the poster work at Faub. You can buy some of them as well. Good stuff.

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There are some fantastic updates at 33rpm of work completed over the last few months. I love their work. Absolutely love it. Their print work is top notch. So tasty, like candy for my eyes. Yum. If you have never visited their site before, do yourself a huge favor and do so right now.

written by Christopher | tags: 33rpm, Graphic Design, Posters, Print, Typography

I stumbled across this massive archive of Russian Posters this morning ranging in categories from advertising, entertainment, military, agitational (whatever that means), movies, to social. It takes a little doing navigating around the somewhat archaic site but once you get into the meat there is some absolutely fantastic posterwork to behold. There is a lot of it too. You could spend a good chunk of time on this site just surfing. I love finding stuff like this because there is always something in these old poster archives that can inspire something new. The attention to composition and the dramatic portrayal of feeling always invigorates me when I look at this kind of work.

written by Christopher | tags: Constructivism, Posters, Russian Poster Museum, Russian Posters

There is a really nice collection of Saul Bass posters here from the 1950’s to the 1980s. I am familiar with most of his older work as that is what they teach you about in design school so it was nice to see some of his later work which is really impressive and still timeless. I always wonder when looking at this older work what techniques they used to create their imagery. I know most of it is photographic but I wonder what was used to generate the graphics in the AT&T poster above. Regardless all of it is timeless and artistic work.

written by Christopher | tags: Classic, Graphic Design, Posters, Saul Bass

Frank Chimero’s illustration work was a pleasant little discovery that I swear I had seen before but was happy to finally find the home base for. Here is Chimero’s profile from his website:

“Frank Chimero is a designer, illustrator and tinkerer from Missouri, USA. Inspired by the mid-century aesthetic, Frank tries to recapture the sense of optimism, playfulness, heart and charm that’s characteristic of the period. He can usually be found surrounded by many tiny slips of paper with fragments of ideas scrawled on them.”

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Frank Chimero, Illustration, Posters, Rock Posters

I really like some of the posters at Widmest. I also really like the name Widmest. It kind of scrambles your brain a little.

written by Christopher | tags: Graphic Design, Posters, Typography, Widmest

Attractive design work in the portfolio of Astrid Feldner.

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I just put yet another new poster in the print section. More more more.

written by Christopher | tags: Changethethought, Ctt News, Posters, Print

Clever work by Kevin Summers to match the clever name he chose for his website: This Is Make Believe.

written by Christopher | tags: Graphic Design, Kevin Summers, Posters, Print, U.K.

I swear I thought I had written something about Joel Evey AKA Mikronized before. I have seen his work several times lately floating around the internets. So I guess an entry on him is overdue. He has some really interesting work in his book that combines a somewhat minimal approach to type with vividly colored random brush strokes with a little hipster pinache frosting to top off the cake. He kind of orchestrates this minimal order with a bit of random chaos giving all the elements the chance to just be what they are and it works. I like it a lot and it is an interesting mix of old an new. Good stuff.

written by Christopher | tags: Graphic Design, Joel Evey, Mikronized, Posters, Print

I wasn’t going to do a separate post about this but it is already drawing some interest so I decided I might as well. I created a couple new posters in the print section this week along with the large scale Obama Commemorative Poster last week. This most recent poster was meant to be both meditative and introspective but also about design and typography. I am a big fan of Helvetica and I thought why not combine that with my love for metaphysics? It was kind of a strange idea and hard to explain but fortunately an interesting poster that hopefully has a little more going on than what appears on the surface came out of the exercise. It’s a simple poster in terms of the design but hopefully the complexity comes through when it is given a little extra thought. Anyway, it’s now in the print section and may or may not be printed in the future depending on how much demand it generates.

written by Christopher | tags: Changethethought Posters, Ctt News, Graphic Design, Helvetica, Posters

There are some real gems in the treasure trove of concert posters created by Punchgut Studio.

written by Christopher | tags: Concert Posters, Graphic Design, Posters, Punchgut Studio, Rock Posters