Thoughts

Ok, so my quote is "It's time to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and i'm all out of gum", this quote is originally from the 1988 science fiction horror movie "They Live" by John Carpenter, the line doesn't seem to have any meaning whatsoever and seems to only function as a one-liner in the movie. Banksy often deliver a critical message through his art to either a current event of the day or about what is wrong with our system today, and if i want to think along the same lines i should think about either one of these things too, so a while back there was this incident between north and south korea, and we've all heard how north korea is such a totalitarian state, and i thought what is the most recognizable totalitarian state i know? and the answer is, the empire in Star Wars, so my first idea of an image is a bunch of north korean soldiers dressed up as stormtroopers chasing some south korean soldiers.

Blek Le Rat

To research Banksy you must also research Blek le Rat.

The french artist Blek le Rat has a very similar style to Banksy, some would say that he "made" Banksy what he is today, as Banksy said in his unofficial biography “Every time I think I’ve painted something original, I find out that Blek le Rat has done it as well, only 20 years earlier.”

From looking at the artwork of both these artists i would not have been able to distinguish one from the other which also the reason some people portray a Banksy image as a Blek le Rat piece or vica versa, if i have done this throughout this blog you will have to forgive me, while the style is very similar, I would maybe argue that Banksy has more obvious and clear messages in his artwork

The main thing I want to do is to actually see how the stencils are done, are the edges smooth or really rough, and if I want to do my final image in this exact style or if I want to change small details to make it unique and distinguishable from both Banksy and Blek le Rat.

Banksy research

Well, the first impression is that Banksy is a satirical political activist. In almost every work he has done there is either a clever mix of political critisism and humour, or an image that really makes you think.

So for my final image I think I should find something along the same lines that I can either parody or give a political statement about in my drawing, I am pretty sure I would rather go for a parody of the quote itself instead of some political statement as I do not have any particular preference or feelings of todays political situation.

so the research lives on...

Obvious Observations

Well i`ve had a look at the brief and i immediately liked the Duke Nukem quote, at first i thought that we HAD to do the artist and quotes that were next to each other in the brief so Banksy was next to the Duke Nukem quote, so i started to do som research and later found out that we could choose any of the artists for any of the quotes but by that time i had already aquired a taste for Banksy's imagery, how he "hides" comments on current events or how we all live our lives in his art work. I quite liked his style and started to envision some really cool designs that would really compliment his style, the first observation og his style is a really obvious one, the fact that strong harsh shadows are important due to his stencil technique.

Still have to get a copy of the brief, perhaps a smart thing to start with eh?