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treweman wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 24, 2024 12:20 am

ooh this is cool. tell me more about the artist?

excited to get the book after a few years of anticipation. at least those are still up.

it was just the presale today. regular sale is tomorrow.

acidburn wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 20, 2024 12:25 pm

Friday

no doobie variant?

hmm. i think all the issues you've stated with commissions are issues in official posters as well with "art direction".

for me it just isn't that complicated. sometimes posters are good, and sometimes they aren't. doesn't really matter where they come from. official, commission or anywhere else.

acidburn wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 07, 2024 4:33 pm

How is this chill when the name is already screaming at me?

i just wouldn't invite your mom to the group is all.

i just think many people in our hobby put an inflated sense of prestige on the notion of what 'art directing' actually means and is in practice.

when in the end every project both official and unofficial have a variety of reasons and limitations that can allow posters to be good or bad. thats all.

im not saying more official posters dont have art direction, but i think the notion your floating is that its more than commissions, and its probably about the same. That's a very naive and odd take. I mean you can't compare an experienced creative team of art directors and graphic designers collab...

eh. i dont think that the lack of art direction is what makes commissions detrimental. its more so they just take so long, and are more about hype and invitation only stuff. the people who run them do consider themselves kings of very small domains. when they are just slightly organized people who s...

probably will be fine in both those scenarios unless there is extreme weight and tension put on the print. but im no expert

cotis wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 31, 2024 11:54 am

ygolohcysp wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 31, 2024 12:01 am

Please don't be vacvvm 2.0

Speaking of which, who's getting a Mutant tattoo?

definitely paul

seems like there will be more frequent releases than the vacvvm

did anyone buy that OG from the Spoke show awhile ago? Yeah, it sold. $8K I believe. I’m sure these will be beautiful but this doesn’t count as “new” to me. This is a print of a painting that was released two months ago. Yep, expectations got too high. this is how he's done most releases the past f...

yall are cute as ever.