Spring Safety Poster: Flying Objects Are Closer Than They Appear!

I created this poster for the City of Houston Public Works & Engineering Department. It is publicly displayed in the Bob Lanier Public Works building.

My mission was to create a safety poster covering four issues which are being discussed with PWE employees in their safety training. I looked at many different types of art design and decided to base this poster on World War II propaganda posters. I enjoy that style and felt it would make a strong impact. After looking at all of the messages I needed to include, I decided the visual theme would be "flying objects."

The poster was created in Adobe Illustrator CS4. I hand drew the backgrounds and used brushes, symbols, and customized clip art for other elements.

Since this poster was time-specific regarding the upcoming time change, I wasn't able to implement my 3D concept. I considered adding actual depth by cutting out the pop-out objects and putting some cardboard behind them.

This poster is property of the City of Houston.

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I created the above poster from this iStockphoto.com photo. I own this image, so I am allowed to use and manipulate it for promotional purposes.

I developed the image in a 50's/60's style, but kept the computer for a bit of fun anachronism. Since I am not printing this poster, I used Adobe Photoshop CS3.

Every business is concerned about the economy and keeping the company going through this difficult time. This is not the time to "hunker down" and hope for the best. Don't hide from your customers. Let them know you are here today and will be here tomorrow! Maintaining a successful image gives your customers confidence in you and your products.

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AP Alleges Copyright Infringement over Obama Image

Yet another example of why you shouldn't take other people's work, change it a bit, and claim it as your own!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090204/ap_en_ot/obama_poster

It's too bad the "artist" didn't get proper licensing. His poster touched a chord in many people's hearts.

I blogged about this issue in January.

Mark Vallen wrote an informative and extensively researched article about Shepard Fairey and "his works" on Mark Vallen's Art for a Change website. It includes several examples of original artwork and how it was "appropriated" by Shepard Fairey.

FEB 10 UPDATE: And now he's arrested for grafitti vandalism.