Next up is Carolita Johnson a cartoonist (The New Yorker) and illustrator: “I did this portrait for a t-shirt for my friends, and it ended up being used in an ad campaign for a pro-obama champagne bar in Tribeca.”
MFacey shares a sketch with us: “…my sketch of Presidential hopeful Barack Obama. I was going for a Bernie Fuchs look with the drawing. This piece is available as a print for any interested parties.”
Another suggestion by reader Allison: “Check out this crazy poster with birds literaly flying out of obama”. The image “Obama: Stuffed With Hop” was created by Derek Chatwood who maintains a blog called Pop Relics. Derek maintains a large image pool of his works on Flikr and also has select prints for sale.
Finalist in the Manifest Hope Gallery show. By Ian Simmons from Chicago, IL: “Created using Micron Pigma pens on tracing paper, this portrait of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is wholly comprised of the words “Handsome One”–the translation of his middle name, “Hussein”. The item measures 8 3/4″ x 8″, which is nowhere near poster size. That is why the winning bidder will also receive a one-of-a-kind 11″ x 17″ signed reproduction of the image, and a personal letter of thanks.” Auctioned for $370.00
Erik Johnson sent us the following: “I’ve been sketching the man some between projects and thought this might be an interesting poster direction.” Well Eric, we agree – your work is really good and also quite different then a lot of what we have posted lately. Check out some of the individual sketches below and more of Eric’s work at his blog Boring Name Better Art.
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