A couple classes ago in DMF, we were discussing movie posters, and an example was President Obama's campaign poster (HOPE lithograph). It turns out that there is a website you can go to and make a similar poster using any photo you want. I decided to visit this website and play around a little bit. One of my friends, Gabby, is a redhead and a bit crazy, and she is constantly telling people that they are dumb. So I took an awesome photo of her and uploaded it on the Obamicon site, then used the slogan "You're Dumb" on the bottom. What a highly entertaining interactive site! I posted the final product on Facebook and got numerous comments about it. The interactivity of the site is simple in that all it really does is adjust the colors of a photo to dark blue, sky blue, cream and red to make it look like the Obama posters that we all recognize. Even though anyone can easily use it, I now have other people asking me to use their photos to do the same thing!
I think it's interesting that Shepard Fairey originally did the Obama poster with such a limited palette because he was used to working with silk screening. But it lends itself to interactivity precisely because the choices are simple.
ReplyDeleteYou might also want to have a look at Fairey's own site: http://obeygiant.com/
ReplyDeleteFinally, I think it's also interesting that the interactive site (at least the one I know about) was put up by PASTE magazine, which keeps readers up to date about independent music and culture.