Anographics Aluminum Obey prints: Are they authorized? (NO.)

[robotoil]

bam.

[robotoil]

Funny that some are claiming these to be official. When do you need 50 official test prints for a run of 3 in one color way?

[robotoil]

Funny that some are claiming these to be official. When do you need 50 official test prints for a run of 3 in one color way?

Honestly, if Shepard Fairey came to you and said the he wanted to see some samples of your work to incorporate into his, would you not try to show him anything and everything you were capable of doing? Personally I think he just did a ton of garbage in that hopes, and the future revenue would outshine the cost of the now. It's not like this is the same year that Peace Goddess came out that he is selling these. He has sat on them, for whatever reason.

and how do we know shepard went to him? maybe Peter saw a potential windfall with Shepard as a client and approached him with an offer to create some free samples to get his business. he very well could have contacted Shepard and said "hey, i have this cool printing on metal process that i think would look awesome with your work. Emek has used me in the past and loves the work i produce. why don't you send me over some artwork and i'll create a bunch of sample prints to show you everything i can do"

"Hey Shep, I've got this cool thing I do printing on aluminum. Can I...oh, you do that already?"

[conartstudio]

Funny that some are claiming these to be official. When do you need 50 official test prints for a run of 3 in one color way?

Honestly, if Shepard Fairey came to you and said the he wanted to see some samples of your work to incorporate into his, would you not try to show him anything and everything you were capable of doing? Personally I think he just did a ton of garbage in that hopes, and the future revenue would outshine the cost of the now. It's not like this is the same year that Peace Goddess came out that he is selling these. He has sat on them, for whatever reason.

and how do we know shepard went to him? maybe Peter saw a potential windfall with Shepard as a client and approached him with an offer to create some free samples to get his business. he very well could have contacted Shepard and said "hey, i have this cool printing on metal process that i think would look awesome with your work. Emek has used me in the past and loves the work i produce. why don't you send me over some artwork and i'll create a bunch of sample prints to show you everything i can do"

"Hey Shep, I've got this cool thing I do printing on aluminum. Can I...oh, you do that already?"

it's a completely different process, shepard doesn't do anything with anodized aluminum. Shepard does screen prints on basic (sanded) aluminum sheets, these are neither screen prints or basic aluminum

[robotoil]

Funny that some are claiming these to be official. When do you need 50 official test prints for a run of 3 in one color way?

Honestly, if Shepard Fairey came to you and said the he wanted to see some samples of your work to incorporate into his, would you not try to show him anything and everything you were capable of doing? Personally I think he just did a ton of garbage in that hopes, and the future revenue would outshine the cost of the now. It's not like this is the same year that Peace Goddess came out that he is selling these. He has sat on them, for whatever reason.

and how do we know shepard went to him? maybe Peter saw a potential windfall with Shepard as a client and approached him with an offer to create some free samples to get his business. he very well could have contacted Shepard and said "hey, i have this cool printing on metal process that i think would look awesome with your work. Emek has used me in the past and loves the work i produce. why don't you send me over some artwork and i'll create a bunch of sample prints to show you everything i can do"

"Hey Shep, I've got this cool thing I do printing on aluminum. Can I...oh, you do that already?"

it's a completely different process, shepard doesn't do anything with anodized aluminum. Shepard does screen prints on basic (sanded) aluminum sheets, these are neither screen prints or basic aluminum

Not screens? What does this guy do to get the paint on?

[conartstudio]

Funny that some are claiming these to be official. When do you need 50 official test prints for a run of 3 in one color way?

Honestly, if Shepard Fairey came to you and said the he wanted to see some samples of your work to incorporate into his, would you not try to show him anything and everything you were capable of doing? Personally I think he just did a ton of garbage in that hopes, and the future revenue would outshine the cost of the now. It's not like this is the same year that Peace Goddess came out that he is selling these. He has sat on them, for whatever reason.

and how do we know shepard went to him? maybe Peter saw a potential windfall with Shepard as a client and approached him with an offer to create some free samples to get his business. he very well could have contacted Shepard and said "hey, i have this cool printing on metal process that i think would look awesome with your work. Emek has used me in the past and loves the work i produce. why don't you send me over some artwork and i'll create a bunch of sample prints to show you everything i can do"

"Hey Shep, I've got this cool thing I do printing on aluminum. Can I...oh, you do that already?"

it's a completely different process, shepard doesn't do anything with anodized aluminum. Shepard does screen prints on basic (sanded) aluminum sheets, these are neither screen prints or basic aluminum

Not screens? What does this guy do to get the paint on?

i don't know much about it but the process makes the aluminum "absorb" dyes:
http://www.anographics.com/aboutus.html (this is his site)

like i said, i don't know much about it but there does seem to be a bit of screening in this video using some kind of chemical instead of ink which reacts to the metal and then they hand paint the dye which seems to adhere to the chemical they screened on:
http://www.anographics.com/techniques-1.html

[whyhoo]

actually looks like a pretty cool process!

[cybernigel]

bam.

It's weird that he can consistently spell "anodized aluminum" correctly.

[justin]

goddass is too funny

[jjttdw]

A bunch are on ebay now. To me a few look very cool, others are ok but a couple color combinations that are a bit much more.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Shepard-Fairey-Peace-Goddess-anodized-aluminium-official-Test-Print-/160772605402?pt=Art_Prints&hash=item256ecb45da

[djsp]

I'm in the business now too.

[summoner]

I'm in the business now too.

That is awesome!! Where did you get that?

[Gigantico]

Was that through that Groupon dealio? Looks cool!

[djsp]

Was that through that Groupon dealio? Looks cool!

Yep. I thought it was funny when EC mentioned it earlier in the thread because it was already paid for and planned. Ha.

[Gigantico]

Was that through that Groupon dealio? Looks cool!

Yep. I thought it was funny when EC mentioned it earlier in the thread because it was already paid for and planned. Ha.

Nice, you could probably sell it on EB for a couple Gs!

[spagucci1]

Bootleger! Just kidding djsp! That looks pretty sweet!

[halopigg]

Yes, but do you have it in any other color combinations? I'm thinking neon pink, hazel, mustard yellow, and royal blue. That's a nice combo right?

[aust449]

got around to snapping some photos, they do have an interesting depth to them, which is hard to photo but most evident in the bottom pic. I'm not nuts about the pink, but at least mine weren't flawed as some of them were.

[summoner]

Looks pretty cool, almost like it is on a white frosted glass.

[aust449]

Looks pretty cool, almost like it is on a white frosted glass.

Yeah, it has the same depth (for lack of a better word) look as painted ice on a hockey rink, except much cleaner.

[robotoil]

I'm in the business now too.

[Phởgg]

Looks pretty cool, almost like it is on a white frosted glass.

Yeah, it has the same depth (for lack of a better word) look as painted ice on a hockey rink, except much cleaner.

Did this one sell on ebay easter @600?

[aust449]

Looks pretty cool, almost like it is on a white frosted glass.

Yeah, it has the same depth (for lack of a better word) look as painted ice on a hockey rink, except much cleaner.

Did this one sell on ebay easter @600?

Wasn't mine.

[noetic]

I'm in the business now too.

By far the best piece in this thread

[djsp]

I'm in the business now too.

By far the best piece in this thread

Ha. Thanks pal.