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Re: Fifty-Nine Parks Print Series

Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 12:12 pm
by phalanx
There are some great prints in this series but the latest offerings have been decidedly boring and flat. For example, the Dry Tortugas National Park print is one of the uglier Charley Harper-esque imitations around. With Sand Dunes and North Cascades we are starting to see a generic copy and paste approach rather than a style. Kings Canyon National is barely cute, reminds me of Yogi bear. Statue of Liberty and the most recent arches are simply lacking any creativity--Lassen Park among others falls in this category too.

They need to stop producing prints that would be barely good enough to decorate a toddler's bedroom. The limited edition garbage is also silly, print them in two sizes or not. Given the direction they are going and the amount of prints left, I think people are going to lose interest fast.

Re: Fifty-Nine Parks Print Series

Posted: Mon May 29, 2017 11:43 pm
by phalanx
There are some great prints in this series but the latest offerings have been decidedly boring and flat. For example, the Dry Tortugas National Park print is one of the uglier Charley Harper-esque imitations around. With Sand Dunes and North Cascades we are starting to see a generic copy and paste approach rather than a style. Kings Canyon National is barely cute, reminds me of Yogi bear. Statue of Liberty and the most recent arches are simply lacking any creativity--Lassen Park among others falls in this category too.

They need to stop producing prints that would be barely good enough to decorate a toddler's bedroom. The limited edition garbage is also silly, print them in two sizes or not. Given the direction they are going and the amount of prints left, I think people are going to lose interest fast

Re: Fifty-Nine Parks Print Series

Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2017 10:57 pm
by mfaith
Wednesday!

Re: Fifty-Nine Parks Print Series

Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2017 11:28 pm
by Kingfish
Wrangell-St. Elias?

Re: Fifty-Nine Parks Print Series

Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2017 1:02 pm
by bryndavies
Kingfish wrote:Wrangell-St. Elias?


Yessir.

Re: Fifty-Nine Parks Print Series

Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2017 2:02 pm
by finneganm
It's very well done

Re: Fifty-Nine Parks Print Series

Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2017 3:03 pm
by bryndavies
It is hands down the coolest place I've been in Alaska. Fun fact, it's the largest of the national parks.

Re: Fifty-Nine Parks Print Series

Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2017 4:51 pm
by applehead
Can we get an Invader print in the 59 parks series?

Re: Fifty-Nine Parks Print Series

Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2017 3:47 pm
by mfaith

Re: Fifty-Nine Parks Print Series

Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2017 1:45 am
by danieldanger
phalanx wrote:There are some great prints in this series but the latest offerings have been decidedly boring and flat. For example, the Dry Tortugas National Park print is one of the uglier Charley Harper-esque imitations around. With Sand Dunes and North Cascades we are starting to see a generic copy and paste approach rather than a style. Kings Canyon National is barely cute, reminds me of Yogi bear. Statue of Liberty and the most recent arches are simply lacking any creativity--Lassen Park among others falls in this category too.

They need to stop producing prints that would be barely good enough to decorate a toddler's bedroom. The limited edition garbage is also silly, print them in two sizes or not. Given the direction they are going and the amount of prints left, I think people are going to lose interest fast.

lol at lolterally everylol.

Re: Fifty-Nine Parks Print Series

Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2017 9:45 am
by brinkmann
It's so good :2thumb:

Still debating whether I'll trim the title before framing...

Re: Fifty-Nine Parks Print Series

Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2017 9:52 am
by ethnosax
danieldanger wrote:
phalanx wrote:There are some great prints in this series but the latest offerings have been decidedly boring and flat. For example, the Dry Tortugas National Park print is one of the uglier Charley Harper-esque imitations around. With Sand Dunes and North Cascades we are starting to see a generic copy and paste approach rather than a style. Kings Canyon National is barely cute, reminds me of Yogi bear. Statue of Liberty and the most recent arches are simply lacking any creativity--Lassen Park among others falls in this category too.

They need to stop producing prints that would be barely good enough to decorate a toddler's bedroom. The limited edition garbage is also silly, print them in two sizes or not. Given the direction they are going and the amount of prints left, I think people are going to lose interest fast.

lol at lolterally everylol.
Ha! I love these kinds of posts. :) And I would actually agree that Dry Tortugas is the worst of the series--but, ironically, because the style doesn't fit well with the rest of the series (though this poster seemed to want designs that don't all have the same look). I also find Crater Lake disappointing--simple in an uninteresting way. But the others are very nice. No one is going to hang all 59 anyway, but anyone who loves the Parks can find 3-5 that will complement each other very nicely on a wall. As soon as the regular Zion comes back in stock, I'll be putting together my wall of the ones I like best.

Re: Fifty-Nine Parks Print Series

Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2017 12:12 pm
by natepachl
Wow, just wow! Great execution on this

Re: Fifty-Nine Parks Print Series

Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2017 1:55 pm
by finneganm
ethnosax wrote:
danieldanger wrote:
phalanx wrote:There are some great prints in this series but the latest offerings have been decidedly boring and flat. For example, the Dry Tortugas National Park print is one of the uglier Charley Harper-esque imitations around. With Sand Dunes and North Cascades we are starting to see a generic copy and paste approach rather than a style. Kings Canyon National is barely cute, reminds me of Yogi bear. Statue of Liberty and the most recent arches are simply lacking any creativity--Lassen Park among others falls in this category too.

They need to stop producing prints that would be barely good enough to decorate a toddler's bedroom. The limited edition garbage is also silly, print them in two sizes or not. Given the direction they are going and the amount of prints left, I think people are going to lose interest fast.

lol at lolterally everylol.
Ha! I love these kinds of posts. :) And I would actually agree that Dry Tortugas is the worst of the series--but, ironically, because the style doesn't fit well with the rest of the series (though this poster seemed to want designs that don't all have the same look). I also find Crater Lake disappointing--simple in an uninteresting way. But the others are very nice. No one is going to hang all 59 anyway, but anyone who loves the Parks can find 3-5 that will complement each other very nicely on a wall. As soon as the regular Zion comes back in stock, I'll be putting together my wall of the ones I like best.
I actually find the Crater Lake to be my favorite so far, but overall the series has been phenomenal.

Re: Fifty-Nine Parks Print Series

Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2017 3:33 pm
by danieldanger
Crater lake is one of my favs as well.