In the wake of the Peace Alphabet exercise, I developed a real hankering for drawing, so I'm going to post little t'ings and bits and bobs here and there.
(And no, I am totally not procrastinating from doing something I should be!)
Love!
-Jackson
Showing posts with label Peace Alphabet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Peace Alphabet. Show all posts
Friday, October 31, 2008
SuperForest Comics: Chairs.
In the wake of the Peace Alphabet exercise, I developed a real hankering for drawing, so I'm going to post little t'ings and bits and bobs here and there.
(And no, I am totally not procrastinating from doing something I should be!)
Love!
-Jackson
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Tweedlebop: Star Wars A-Z!
Coming in hot on the heels of the Peace Alphabet!
The Star Wars A-Z!
Click here for the whole entire thing.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Golden Horn Elementary School's Peace Alphabet
Hey Y'all,
I just googled "Peace Alphabet" and found this:
Golden Horn Elementary School in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada, has done their own Peace Alphabet, and the images are beyond charming.
So sweet! And what an amazing teacher Carmen Nordahl must be.
By some crazy coincidence, I've actually spent some time in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory.
Nice place. Very tranquil.
Much love to all the administrators, teachers, and students of Golden Horn Elementary! The world needs more Peaceful people like you.
Friday, October 17, 2008
The Peace Alphabet
Good Morning SuperForest!
And what a fine morning it is. I just want to begin by saying "Thank you" for reading this blog, commenting on our posts, and especially for encouraging Team SuperForest.
Okay, the Peace Alphabet...
This project began several months ago when I wrote a post about the lack of cool iconography to communicate Peace. Peace has the Peace Symbol, the dove, and..... that's about it. Right about that time I saw this:
I Met the Walrus.
In this amazing short film, John Lennon speaks about how everything you do should be done for Peace. Smile for Peace, kiss for Peace, go to school for Peace, don't go to school for Peace, piss for Peace...
That last one really stuck with me. Piss for Peace. I love that idea.
Wanting only to make some folks and myself laugh, I quickly drew up what would become the first letter:
P is for Peace.
"P" lead to "A", which lead to "B", and so on...
I drew them out of order, doing whatever letter I felt inspired to do at the time.
For me, this project has very little to do with the creation of the 26 images, and everything to do with the spread of the idea that Peace is a brand, and as a brand, needs attention, nurturing and support in order to succeed.
The Peace Alphabet idea is a very good one (IMHO) as it gives anyone willing to undertake their own version twenty six chances to get one thing right. Even if I fail 25 times, perhaps that 26th image might just be one that sticks. 26 chances means you can fail a great deal while conversely increasing your chances of succeeding.
The Peace Alphabet idea also put SF and myself in a new position, as now that the series is completed, we have for the first time created a product. A product that we would be proud to offer to the world, in whatever form the world wanted it in.
If you would like a poster with every letter on it, I'd love for you to have it.
If you'd like a book, ditto. A print, ditto. Whatever form you desire, we'd like to offer you.
So, we SuperForesters have been discussing how exactly we can make the move from producing ideas to producing "things" in as clean and responsible a way as is possible.
For the future, we plan on creating a site for the PA exclusively, a nice little cyber-home for it online, to develop as it will. What really excites me is the idea of other artists and makers doing their own versions of it. Hopefully, like a tomato plant, the Peace Alphabet will grow and produce fruit and spread, and in the end we will have a deluge of clever new images to represent Peace. Images that everyone can experience and use via the magic connecting power of the inter-cyber-web.
I'd would love some feedback, any feedback, positive or negative on the execution of the idea, the idea itself, and what we could best be doing to spread the "Brand Peace" meme.
Without further ado, the Peace Alphabet:
There you have them. 26 new images for Peace, for your consideration.
I would like to dedicate this to Andrew Zuckerman, whose support of me, SuperForest and the Peace Alphabet have been unflagging.
To Christine Norrie, who taught me to draw in the first place, and who gave me the confidence to start making my own images.
To Team SuperForest, who keep a brother sane and inspired.
And to John Winston Ono Lennon, for the idea of advertising Peace in this way.
Maximum love and respect to All,
And what a fine morning it is. I just want to begin by saying "Thank you" for reading this blog, commenting on our posts, and especially for encouraging Team SuperForest.
Okay, the Peace Alphabet...
This project began several months ago when I wrote a post about the lack of cool iconography to communicate Peace. Peace has the Peace Symbol, the dove, and..... that's about it. Right about that time I saw this:
I Met the Walrus.
In this amazing short film, John Lennon speaks about how everything you do should be done for Peace. Smile for Peace, kiss for Peace, go to school for Peace, don't go to school for Peace, piss for Peace...
That last one really stuck with me. Piss for Peace. I love that idea.
Wanting only to make some folks and myself laugh, I quickly drew up what would become the first letter:
P is for Peace.
"P" lead to "A", which lead to "B", and so on...
I drew them out of order, doing whatever letter I felt inspired to do at the time.
For me, this project has very little to do with the creation of the 26 images, and everything to do with the spread of the idea that Peace is a brand, and as a brand, needs attention, nurturing and support in order to succeed.
The Peace Alphabet idea is a very good one (IMHO) as it gives anyone willing to undertake their own version twenty six chances to get one thing right. Even if I fail 25 times, perhaps that 26th image might just be one that sticks. 26 chances means you can fail a great deal while conversely increasing your chances of succeeding.
The Peace Alphabet idea also put SF and myself in a new position, as now that the series is completed, we have for the first time created a product. A product that we would be proud to offer to the world, in whatever form the world wanted it in.
If you would like a poster with every letter on it, I'd love for you to have it.
If you'd like a book, ditto. A print, ditto. Whatever form you desire, we'd like to offer you.
So, we SuperForesters have been discussing how exactly we can make the move from producing ideas to producing "things" in as clean and responsible a way as is possible.
For the future, we plan on creating a site for the PA exclusively, a nice little cyber-home for it online, to develop as it will. What really excites me is the idea of other artists and makers doing their own versions of it. Hopefully, like a tomato plant, the Peace Alphabet will grow and produce fruit and spread, and in the end we will have a deluge of clever new images to represent Peace. Images that everyone can experience and use via the magic connecting power of the inter-cyber-web.
I'd would love some feedback, any feedback, positive or negative on the execution of the idea, the idea itself, and what we could best be doing to spread the "Brand Peace" meme.
Without further ado, the Peace Alphabet:
There you have them. 26 new images for Peace, for your consideration.
I would like to dedicate this to Andrew Zuckerman, whose support of me, SuperForest and the Peace Alphabet have been unflagging.
To Christine Norrie, who taught me to draw in the first place, and who gave me the confidence to start making my own images.
To Team SuperForest, who keep a brother sane and inspired.
And to John Winston Ono Lennon, for the idea of advertising Peace in this way.
Maximum love and respect to All,
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Peace Alphabet - "Q" is for Peace.
Here we go, SuperForesters... the 26th and final letter of this iteration of the Peace Alphabet.
This image is dedicated to all of the strong, beautiful Mama Lions out there, most especially my own. Love.
Check back tomorrow, and I'll put up the entire series and do some explainin'.
I'm so happy that this got done. And very relieved...
Love to All,
Jackson
This image is dedicated to all of the strong, beautiful Mama Lions out there, most especially my own. Love.
Check back tomorrow, and I'll put up the entire series and do some explainin'.
I'm so happy that this got done. And very relieved...
Love to All,
Jackson
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Peace Alphabet - "L" is for Peace.
Yeeeee HaaaW!!!
Honest Abe here takes us to number 25! Only one letter left: Q!
I'm so stoked.
Love to All,
Jackson
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
30 Reasons
Friends, if like us, you are sweating the news, watching the debates (both real and SNL) and chewing off all your nails in anticipation of Election Day... here's a countdown to keep you cool:
Our man, SuperForester Jesse has helped create the website 30reasons.org, where graphic artists from around the country are up to some creative canvasing... literally and graphically speaking.
Every day counting down to Election Day, a new, original poster goes up on the 30 reasons website. It's like the 12 days to christmas only better because it's 21 days left to CHANGE!
Because news is supposed to be objective I warn you now this campaign is (as their website states): "30 graphic designers present 30 reasons to vote for Obama". Because I couldn't find an equivalent McCain graphic design campaign (and because I'm completely subjective), it's obama posters or bust.
Check out 30reasons daily, and get out and vote!
-always merry and bright,
jordan
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
"X" is for Peace.
Ha ha! Only three left! I, L, and Q.
I elk you? You elk who?
I am so punchy, need granola bar.
Love,
-Jackson
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Monday, October 6, 2008
"U" is for Peace.
Wow. With this letter, we're now down to the last 5 letters of the Peace Alphabet.
All that's left are I, L, Q, R, and X.
I'll try to do at least one every other day, if not more.
Then we can dance and sing, and be in love.
Yay!
-Jackson
Friday, October 3, 2008
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Christine Norrie's Peace Alphabet!
Wow!
SuperForester Christine has been inspired by the Peace Alphabet series and is now doing her very own!
Amazing! Just think of what could be accomplished for Peace branding if a number of artists all made 26 attempts at visualizing Peace.
This is just so wonderful, we don't know what to do with ourselves!
Here are her first three letters:
"B" is for Peace.
"H" is for Peace.
"W" is for Peace.
Christine has done such a marvelous job on these. She's really captured something wonderful about Peace, namely: it is sexy as hell.
Peace is sexy. Let's all work together to increase the sexy.
Awesome job, Christine!
Love to All,
Team SuperForest
P.S. Check out Christine's site!
SuperForester Christine has been inspired by the Peace Alphabet series and is now doing her very own!
Amazing! Just think of what could be accomplished for Peace branding if a number of artists all made 26 attempts at visualizing Peace.
This is just so wonderful, we don't know what to do with ourselves!
Here are her first three letters:
"B" is for Peace.
"H" is for Peace.
"W" is for Peace.Christine has done such a marvelous job on these. She's really captured something wonderful about Peace, namely: it is sexy as hell.
Peace is sexy. Let's all work together to increase the sexy.
Awesome job, Christine!
Love to All,
Team SuperForest
P.S. Check out Christine's site!
Monday, September 22, 2008
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