I love the USA network. I think their “Character’s Approved” advertisement is one of my favorites. One of their most recent “Character Approved” winners is a man by the name of Shepard Fairey. He is the creator of the famous Barack Obama HOPE image. At only 38 years old he has his own clothing line being sold at Nordstroms, has designed album covers for Led Zepplin, The Black Eyed Peas and other musical artists, and his art-work is shown in galleries across the world. In fact, his work is now being shown at the National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian.
I’m sure by now all of you have seen the image I am talking about. The red, white, blue and grey color scheme with large, bold words written across the bottom and Obama’s face smack dab in the middle of the poster. Fairey’s poster has become an iconic emblem of the Obama campaign so much so that there is now a website called Obamaconme.com where you too can put your face in the celebrated poster.
This new website and Fairey’s poster has spread like wild fire. Around the time of the election, tons of people on Myspace.com and Facebook.com made their own poster on Obamaconme.com and posted it as their main picture on the other sites. And just this past January Fairey got recognized for his work by the USA network as part of their “Character’s Approved” special. Fairey now has an entire commercial on the USA network dedicated to his work as an artist and the poster that made him famous.
http://www.usanetwork.com/characterapproved/honorees/fairey/bio.html
http://www.usanetwork.com/characterapproved/honorees/fairey/index.html
http://www.obamaconme.com
