ISO50

his is stunning work, I am a huge fan. i would love to know more about his printing/screening process.

Like trying to remember how it used to be before cell phones, is like trying to remember the design world before MW. His work has made a permanent mark(npi) on my soul. Waiting for mine in the mail – can’t wait to hold this masterpiece in my own hands!

I get that you guys all lap this stuff up, but when are people going to start doing something new? Just feel like this is a bunch of recycled crap from over the last 5-8 years.

Animal head – check
Scott Hansen color scheme – check
Scott Hansen use of grid – check

Time to start developing unique styles… Start attacking me…. NOW!

the animal head parts are ok, but i think the little logo underneath ruins them. makes them look like ads instead of prints.

Mr. Pearson:

You forgot to include a link to some of your work. OR, did you mean that everyone else is supposed to come up with this stuff while you sit back and watch?

Time to change the batteries in your remote control…

Ron: You obviously don’t get it (.)

i dig weaver, but i must admit i’m not crazy about these. i wonder if they’d look stronger without the color/circles/grid.. perhaps a couple more sessions of refining could have brought them to a more interesting place.

calling something finished and posting it for all to see is a difficult thing, it’s hard to feel pleased most of the time with the choice. i’m not sure i’ve felt like i’ve fully finished anything.. the feeling that i could’ve done more is always hanging around.
i do think you can do the opposite of this though, and “overpost” out of a lack of patience. i could be wrong, but these feel like they might’ve been prematurely called “finished”.

Wow!!! Mark Weaver is such a beast! I was actually at Amoeba on Sunday and I spotted his “How to Destroy Angels” cover. I didn’t even question it…I had to buy it.

i agree the logo thingy’s underneath should be excluded.
i also feel the grid is needless and makes it feel overworked.
that said, lose those and these are badass.

these are some sick pieces though. i love this type of art.

It’s great when an illustrators work can spark so much discussion. I think Weaver’s work is pretty spot on, and to my eyes his new work continues to look fresh – always self-referential yet progressive.

I think that point of view is getting a little extreme. Most work uses things “found” from other places. If I use a photo of a car, it’s made by someone else. If I use a photo of a building, its designed by someone else. Would we really expect Mark to hike around north America searching for the perfect profile shot of different animals?

Sometimes – and maybe this is just me – when I worry too much about being completely original it stifles the creativity. Everyone borrows, uses, and adapts what they find. Thats part of the process and what makes us creative.

Harping on it may only make you more worried about artists liking you better, than being a better artist.

Just not very original… ISO50 used to have all the spot on stuff… Seems like things went downhill after you got all the new moderators…

I like these prints more than his other stuff actually. Sure, he didn’t take the photos, but that’s not the point. What he’s doing is creating a visual for a particular moment/memory. Looking at these makes me want to find myself waking up tomorrow in a foggy mountaintop next crackling campfire coals with the sounds of these animals in the distance.

I feel like as designers, we can be too focused on picking out the production techniques like the fact that he put a grid in his design, added a logo, or used a found photo. For me, he seems to be one of the few designers that can successfully make me “feel” something rather than say “oh that’s a cool design” or “I like that effect you did.”

While I agree that I don’t think the grid is necessary, it takes me out of the visceral moment and back into the design application. Unless of course that grid means something that I can’t figure out.

I these these are solid.

A big mistake on his map of North America – he leaves out Mexico and everything below. It really looks incomplete as is.

Nice work otherwise.

Wow, things got ugly in here pretty qucikly. I personally love these. Great work, Mark.

Chris – You come in here to comment on the work, but end up name-calling, putting down Scott’s blog and generalizing all of his readers? Talk about “little kids jumping to extremes”. Much of Mark’s work comes across as very fresh and new to my eyes and I’m sure many others and I think that’s all that matters. It inspires us, as artists, to explore new territory. Just like maybe he was inspired by “a French artist that very few Americans know about”, something you seem very certain about.

Curious to see who you are, I looked you up. I’m assuming you are the one with a music myspace page. Do people accuse you of “ripping-off” the voice of Ben Gibbard? Well then lay off the name calling.

Kyle – I don’t even know how to respond… I made a point about Mark and you started stalking me? Why don’t you learn to use a high-pass filter the right way…? I am a jr. producer for MTV. Not a musician.

Bottom line, you guys all proved in your defensive responses that people protect what is familiar with intensity… People accept what is familiar and regard uniqueness with in slight variations of differences.

I have had my enjoyment pissing you guys off with my criticism, now to make sure Kyle isn’t peaking into my bedroom as I ravage hot coworker lady folk.

It’s been nice.

Chris – Sorry, buddy, was just trying to prove a point. I admit, I was wrong. You have to admit though, if it was you thad’ve been pretty sweet on my end. “Musician” Chris is totally ripping off Ben Gibbard.

Anyway, the rest still stands for my previous comments though. You were out of line and I felt the need to speak up and defend the great work Scott & co have done to introduce us to so much inspiring artists. And the name-calling was just the icing on the cake.

Sorry I googled (stalked) your name. Enjoy the lady friend. Don’t worry, I ain’t looking.

man, i wonder if alex thought posting a couple mw pieces would cause all this ??

damn you alex! you’ve turned us all into monsters!

The name Mark Weaver means Flickr Commons, blend modes, and the lasso tool to me. So tired of this guy. He even sepiatoned his screenshot of Flickr pageviews: http://www.flickr.com/photos/markweaver/4563381738/

Thanks, RB.

Also—I was pretty harsh on Mark with my previous comment. He’s a cool guy, but I want to see his style evolve somehow because right now he is the poster boy of collage art and is an easy target for someone who doesn’t think it takes a whole lot of skill (i.e. me).

I think Scott and Mark Weaver are butt-buddies or something… Who would pawn Weavers work off so hard when it sucks so bad?