Watch this video from time to time. I love Shepard’s energy. So creative yet so mellow and not pretentious like most artists who make it big. Happy to see he’s still around and being paid good money to put up massive works all over the world.
Obey did the right thing 25 years ago when he decided to use the slogan "obey" and he elaborated his main logo\face stencil (the obey one). Elaborating a simple yet long lasting image is not easy. You have to be both skilled and lucky. He realized it and continued in using and repeating it for decades. So the obey lesson is.... Start correctly your project so it will last during years. Respect.
Grew up in Charleston and started skateboarding when I was 11 (1991). Shepard was at RISD at that time. Anyone who knew him, they knew about the stickers. I used to write to him and get stickers for a crazy cheap amount him. I think it was something like 5-10 cents per sticker. I also bought his first t-shirt, way before it was Obey. I think the brand was called Alternate Graphics. These stickers where everywhere in Charleston, due to me and my skate crew putting up them all over town from around 1991-1995. Continued skateboarding into my mid 20’s, but stopped putting up those stickers when I was 14/15. Having known Shepard Fairey, this video is very nostalgic for me. The primary skate shop in Charleston, Big Edna’s (RIP), was very helpful in pushing his brand at that time.
i remember in the 90's during my graff days this guy was destroying LA. i thought it was a crew of writers doing his work for him. my cousin even mailed him and he got free stickers and stencils!
"Take something make it seem important, make it seem powerful, use emotionally potent phrases, and images; to get peoples attention, to get people to indoctrinate them to feel like "wow this is big, this is bigger than me". " -Shepard Fairey
@@kikeheebchinkjigaboo6631 Duck your rumors fool....André the Giant was a real life wrestler, and Shepard made a stencil of his appearance in a newspaper, adding his own slogan to it. 100% original... The obey logo is André the giant, with obey underneath. Obey is inspired from "They Live" where billboardrs change from the usual product advertisement to words like "Obey", "Consume" etc. So he took inspiration from the message of a mind-controlling government portrayed in "They Live", and the real life rise of consumerism in the 80s, combined with his 100% original André the giant stencil, and made it his company logo, with a incorporated message that's possibly the strongest any brand could have (theoretically ofc.), i'd say that's pretty fucking genius man.
I started seeing his Andre the Giant all over the place in San Diego in the mid-90s. Back then I was like...what is this and why is it everywhere? Who knew he would become so influential!
They were out here in Long Island around the same time. Funny how we lived across the country from each other and we were seeing the same graffiti.😂 Back then JA was doing his thing heavy here in NY.
Nice to see Shepard working on his craft! For my stencils I am using the cardboard covers of old records. It's the right thickness and the size is perfect for t-shirts, skateboards etc.
Loved his stuff forever....his heart and head are in the right place...you know a real baller when he's generous with his techniques and not threatened...seems like a nice dude too
I met Shepard feirey- he's from my town and while he was doing one of the murals in his power and glory collection he signed a can and got one of his team members to hand it to me. Montana hardcore can- great guy :)
Shep is the man. Never got the dried wheat-paste out of my vehicle’s carpet after a mission in Baltimore. He was cool and low-key and I was acting like an ass telling everyone we met that that “this is the Andre the Giant guy!” I think he died a little inside and now, twenty-five years later, I’m dying inside thinking about it.
I memba seeing the andre the giant face near Brooklyn banks in like 98 - 99 n being like wtf is this all about I didnt know if it was a skate company or a graff thing or what n they started popping up all over downtown near China town n near the o.g. graff shop near the village n I thought it was like a crew or something funny here I am in 2019 an just turned 38 n finally finding out what the deal was with the obey the giant gimmick ! I'm usually more of a old school graff kinda guy like marker tags n throwies n fills but always thought this stuff was dope n still do !
I recall getting picked up from highland park CA and my uncle drove me past China town and I saw this Giant in a billboard and I always wondered what it meant. Now I know and I got some Obey merch
Every so often you can find remnants of the Andre sticker around Providence. The last one I saw was on the transom above the door at the Coffee Exchange(Providence,RI).
Emilie Höhner 3 parts water boiled then add (1 part water mixed with 1 part flour) into the boil. No sugar needed really. But I might experiment with it next time.
Met Sheperd in RI in 95 I think it was. Good buddy at time opened his first tattoo shop on Atwells Ave. we used to go out to all the bars and clubs. We were members at same private tap room at a pretty famous Rhode Island Brewhouse/Restaurant! Drank many pints of amazing craft beer there!! Believe he was going to school at RISD at time! Still have a few of the old OG “OBEY” Giant Stickers!
Starting my 2020 with the right foot, watching this video for the 1st time, thank u for uploading it. There's a video I liked from obey's vimeo channel named The Rise. Anyways, arrived here cuz i was searching stickers documentaries. Hello friends from the internet!
How do you create the posters themselves? Take a print to a place like office max and scale it up/print desired number of copies? Any special kind of paper? *asking for... a friend!*
THANK YOU FOR THIS !! thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you
He seems a bit sus and sneaky. His eye movement is fully aware and it is just too noticeable. Yet I would still trust him by letting him borrow a gta disc
I was like 8 or 9 when my cousin let me play getting up contents under pressure. A graffiti game that was on Xbox , obey was one of those featured in the game that’s how I found out about this man cool stuff.
same, i had it for the PS2. I had already taken a liking to graffiti/street art and how it looked, so that game just made me appreciate the culture even more
I Sean a old vid from Manny year back. Him at sume printing place ..it's all planing an right place that can you s to get what U need dun .. An just put it out. I guess. He did it in the time graphic on computer was still .block fourm..
How do (more famous) street artists not get caught? I mean, how does this video of him explaining how he does it not qualify for evidence or confession? Are the laws different if the street art is finished as opposed to a caught-in-the-act type thing?
Some graff writers opinions are so strange. Illegally defacing property is by definition, graffiti. Is it a throw up or a burner? No, not at all. And to Shepard's point he knew he wasn't going to be part of that graff culture which is why he did what he did. You wouldn't compare Shepherd to Seen or Cope nor should you. But he did something illegal, found a niche, had an audience and legitimized it. That's all "street art" is, it's art produced with that audience in mind. The endgame is the same, the mindset is the same, the only thing that separates it is the final product. Freight writers might hate on street bombers for the same thing but it's the same aesthetic that goes into it. Does Shepard have clothes now? Sure, but Haze did long before that. Is he not a writer because of it?
Watch this video from time to time. I love Shepard’s energy. So creative yet so mellow and not pretentious like most artists who make it big. Happy to see he’s still around and being paid good money to put up massive works all over the world.
Now he just makes propaganda
He literally just plagiarizes other people art without credit. There are dozens and dozens of examples
Obey did the right thing 25 years ago when he decided to use the slogan "obey" and he elaborated his main logo\face stencil (the obey one). Elaborating a simple yet long lasting image is not easy. You have to be both skilled and lucky. He realized it and continued in using and repeating it for decades. So the obey lesson is.... Start correctly your project so it will last during years. Respect.
Exactly. Even if someone doesnt like Obey, they have to at least give points for the work/art involved in it.
And it all started with Andre the Giant, and the “Obey” posters from the john carpenter movie “They Live”...
@@freyjasvagabond work? It’s literally stolen from the movie “They Live.”
Grew up in Charleston and started skateboarding when I was 11 (1991). Shepard was at RISD at that time. Anyone who knew him, they knew about the stickers. I used to write to him and get stickers for a crazy cheap amount him. I think it was something like 5-10 cents per sticker. I also bought his first t-shirt, way before it was Obey. I think the brand was called Alternate Graphics. These stickers where everywhere in Charleston, due to me and my skate crew putting up them all over town from around 1991-1995. Continued skateboarding into my mid 20’s, but stopped putting up those stickers when I was 14/15. Having known Shepard Fairey, this video is very nostalgic for me.
The primary skate shop in Charleston, Big Edna’s (RIP), was very helpful in pushing his brand at that time.
They were Andre stickers were all over my high school and the surrounding areas in 93-94 on Long Island.😂
ur the culture
i remember in the 90's during my graff days this guy was destroying LA.
i thought it was a crew of writers doing his work for him. my cousin even mailed him and he got free stickers and stencils!
That's dope
xYouthAttackx thats sick . good era
Yah he had a army of people putting up his stickers.
"Take something make it seem important, make it seem powerful, use emotionally potent phrases, and images; to get peoples attention, to get people to indoctrinate them to feel like "wow this is big, this is bigger than me". "
-Shepard Fairey
Adrian Hernandez Obey from that weird movie. He also stoled André the giant. So he’s just a an untalented thief. Hi
Exactly
Whts the movies name ?
@@artissonbeats3057 Your mum
@@kikeheebchinkjigaboo6631 Duck your rumors fool....André the Giant was a real life wrestler, and Shepard made a stencil of his appearance in a newspaper, adding his own slogan to it. 100% original... The obey logo is André the giant, with obey underneath. Obey is inspired from "They Live" where billboardrs change from the usual product advertisement to words like "Obey", "Consume" etc. So he took inspiration from the message of a mind-controlling government portrayed in "They Live", and the real life rise of consumerism in the 80s, combined with his 100% original André the giant stencil, and made it his company logo, with a incorporated message that's possibly the strongest any brand could have (theoretically ofc.), i'd say that's pretty fucking genius man.
I started seeing his Andre the Giant all over the place in San Diego in the mid-90s. Back then I was like...what is this and why is it everywhere? Who knew he would become so influential!
I remember that too.
It's a shame he sold out though, now days he pushes all kinds of govt propaganda.
They were out here in Long Island around the same time. Funny how we lived across the country from each other and we were seeing the same graffiti.😂 Back then JA was doing his thing heavy here in NY.
Nice to see Shepard working on his craft!
For my stencils I am using the cardboard covers of old records.
It's the right thickness and the size is perfect for t-shirts, skateboards etc.
What a waste of record covers
@@ATrashStudio depends my friend
Yeep true ..✌️👍
Loved his stuff forever....his heart and head are in the right place...you know a real baller when he's generous with his techniques and not threatened...seems like a nice dude too
this legend inspired me so much
Same
To audition for Shameless and Gotham?
I loove stickers he inspired my soul
I met Shepard feirey- he's from my town and while he was doing one of the murals in his power and glory collection he signed a can and got one of his team members to hand it to me. Montana hardcore can- great guy :)
nice!!
is that can for sell?
@@westcoasteu7817 gay
Shep is the man. Never got the dried wheat-paste out of my vehicle’s carpet after a mission in Baltimore. He was cool and low-key and I was acting like an ass telling everyone we met that that “this is the Andre the Giant guy!” I think he died a little inside and now, twenty-five years later, I’m dying inside thinking about it.
so this guy was like 43 when they did this video? wtf he looks like 24
i thought hes like 20 no way hes 43 here
he looks like gerard way
Juan The Juan 😂 white privilege keeps ya young.
Too bad he died
@@elie4946 Fuck you talking about ? He ain't dead :D
I memba seeing the andre the giant face near Brooklyn banks in like 98 - 99 n being like wtf is this all about I didnt know if it was a skate company or a graff thing or what n they started popping up all over downtown near China town n near the o.g. graff shop near the village n I thought it was like a crew or something funny here I am in 2019 an just turned 38 n finally finding out what the deal was with the obey the giant gimmick ! I'm usually more of a old school graff kinda guy like marker tags n throwies n fills but always thought this stuff was dope n still do !
Right 😱
That og graff shop in chinatown is the scrapyard
@Seal Dogg hard to believe that all that time you never heard of the obey clothing brand?
I recall getting picked up from highland park CA and my uncle drove me past China town and I saw this Giant in a billboard and I always wondered what it meant. Now I know and I got some Obey merch
@@sohkeuno9782 wasn't a thing yet, bro. just those stickers EVERYWHERE. like he said, '98-'99.
Every so often you can find remnants of the Andre sticker around Providence. The last one I saw was on the transom above the door at the Coffee Exchange(Providence,RI).
Honestly, this is a really helpful video. My only question is how he is able to openly talk about it without getting arrested.
I'm assuming because they'd have to catch him in the act
I just drove by two side by side posters of the iconic Obey Andre The Giant Posters some where by South Gate Ca.
There's some in China town too
He is such a fucking badass. huge inspiration.
flour + sugar + water = wheat paste ($2)
are there dosages to respect?
Bris Vegas don't forget to boil it
Emilie Höhner 3 parts water boiled then add (1 part water mixed with 1 part flour) into the boil. No sugar needed really. But I might experiment with it next time.
Gallon jugs Elmers glue paste from hobby lobby and hot water....thats seriously all you need.. Nothing more...
Met Sheperd in RI in 95 I think it was. Good buddy at time opened his first tattoo shop on Atwells Ave. we used to go out to all the bars and clubs. We were members at same private tap room at a pretty famous Rhode Island Brewhouse/Restaurant! Drank many pints of amazing craft beer there!! Believe he was going to school at RISD at time! Still have a few of the old OG “OBEY” Giant Stickers!
That was one totally pristine, undercover street artist garage door.
haven't had anyone snort it yet
lmao
He is a drug addict
HAHAHA
@@rayluckman9324 addicted to what? Where u got that info from?
Challenge accepted.
Damn crazy how this dude made such a successful clothing brand from street art literally at one point every kid in middle school wanted to buy obey
Starting my 2020 with the right foot, watching this video for the 1st time, thank u for uploading it. There's a video I liked from obey's vimeo channel named The Rise. Anyways, arrived here cuz i was searching stickers documentaries. Hello friends from the internet!
any good sticker documentaries you can recommend ?
Matt Damon and Elon Musk's older brother
U serious?
@@matj3296 nah you're thinking of Jesse Plemons
Dave Jackson lmao
Nah more like Jason lee
Younger brother maybe
Met Shepard at the pool downtown Chas bout 90.Looks the same all these years later. Nice guy.
seen this video like 20 times. huge influence
I remember going on obeygiant website in high school 2000-2001. Heavy influence. I even included shepard Fairey in my senior project too!!
Thanks for posting this! Love & respect for Shep Fairey & fam!!!!! The working man...
I can barely fold a blanket while standing this guy unfolds blankets on a wall
Obey!
Thank you for making our life more interesting and bearable
Your music sounds like THE WARRIORS sound track music
When the stickers are like 5 foot tall 😂😂
Big Up! Seen you up around the Philippines!
Awesome film, such an inspiration.
Loved the misfits knock off stencil. Shepards rad.
Yes, he is!
Classic one liners. Love the Dry humor.
Great behind the scenes video!
I remembered watching this in art class at my high school
19:19 that smile ! hahah
Really cool, first time I've seen this in years, thanks for the upload. I'm disappointed he didn't bring up the movie "They Live" though.
I STARED DOING STENCILS SINCE 7 GRADE BACK IN 2012 THANKS TO BANKSY AND SHEPARD they motivated me alot ,good to see this shit again.
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Rayray King do you what kind of poster paper he uses or how to put that kind of size image on those big size posters ??
Nice 👍🙂. I got started in 95 ..,.
Keep your weak ass stencils off the streets, toy. Stick to painting the legal wall down at the craft brewery.
WHEN I FIRST!...Sent $2 for Obey Decals in year 2000 when I lived in Phoenix Arizona.
Damn Legend... Shepard is the best at what he does.
@21:57 "Don't act like a punk..." - Respect
being a punk is being a punk anyways. Just write on shit don't harm people or be a dick.
"Otherwise, trash the funking place!"
thank you for uploading this!
Dude is a worldwide legend for sure but I'll never be able to dig poster wheatpasting sorry
Right? Not a big fan of stickers too. Just do real graffiti
Jason Adams on 9 club brought me here...super interesting.
SkullPhone @2:20 DUDE KILLED IT.... Glad he me a few of his stickers... He's a good guy!
I remember this was a special feature on a dvd. I know i have it but can’t remember which one. Does anyone recall what dvd this was on?
Thanks for the tips Legend! 🔥
How do you create the posters themselves? Take a print to a place like office max and scale it up/print desired number of copies? Any special kind of paper? *asking for... a friend!*
Guy's a legend and no wonder why.
Such a cool dude I needed this tonight ha
Great video I’ve watched over and over since I was a chillld
What kind of paper is being used when printing these posters?
This guy is gold
Seen you up in Vegas props g
Dope!! Do 1 of Iron Mike Tyson with the face tat.
THANK YOU FOR THIS !! thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you
Makes me want to make stencils lol
Fantastic Instructional Video!!! Thanks bro!!!
How cool would it be to get Banksy to come to Newark NJ.
Strange to have a mother who has a photocopier.
Strange to have a mother who IS a photo copier.
and his garage door is/was super clean lol
Epic video :)
He seems a bit sus and sneaky. His eye movement is fully aware and it is just too noticeable. Yet I would still trust him by letting him borrow a gta disc
Always inspiring 💯🖌️🙌😎
This guy is literally my idol
That's toy.
Solid advice for dealing with the cops--as long as you *look like* Shepard Fairey
INDEED
my name is Shepard Fairey... yea.
Dude is such an inspiration
how does he make these big ass posters with a stencil? I'm really amazed.
Seems like a chill dude!
I was like 8 or 9 when my cousin let me play getting up contents under pressure. A graffiti game that was on Xbox , obey was one of those featured in the game that’s how I found out about this man cool stuff.
same, i had it for the PS2. I had already taken a liking to graffiti/street art and how it looked, so that game just made me appreciate the culture even more
I got the obey star tatt obey is a legend like it or not dude is doing it!
much love dude. love your vision
I Like it,It's like a Tutorial.
Where do you go to print out these posters
Did Thierry film this?
That’s what I’m trying to figure out
He's a beast! Hella Respect
How does he hang the posters? Like what is in the bucket that is used to stick posters?
wheat paste
Watched Exit & now i Paint with my Face...
U cool
so, recap please: for the glue, he uses just wheat, water, and that acrylic polymer?
What is the ideal paper for creating a stencil? Like the snoop.
StreetsArtHustling...AWESOME
Tremendous painter does he sell any cheap paintings I would love one
I believe he sells his paintings on Etsy.
but how do you actually make the poster designs? is it all by hand? computer software? what? I wanna know because I wanna get into posters
David Perez however you feel its the best way to get the results you want
So this guy is tracing and enlarging?
I Sean a old vid from Manny year back. Him at sume printing place ..it's all planing an right place that can you s to get what U need dun .. An just put it out. I guess. He did it in the time graphic on computer was still .block fourm..
How do you make your posters what printer do you use and paper?
Lol what I learned from working in my uncle's construction company. 😂
How do (more famous) street artists not get caught? I mean, how does this video of him explaining how he does it not qualify for evidence or confession? Are the laws different if the street art is finished as opposed to a caught-in-the-act type thing?
somebody explained this me before. It has something to do with youtube, but i forgot what it was.
Mike Siegert if you weren't caught it was never done.
The police can't just arrest you just because you said you did it they have to find you in the act
In Germany they can
This guy is famous and his work is worth a lot of money. He's doing more of a service really.
I can’t find this golden harvest original Teknabond wallpaper paste anywhere…does anybody know where I can buy it?
this is so good!
Great Video!
All in da love of wheat paste
Where do you get the obey posters to throw up?
What's the name of the movie he got the ideal from ? And where can I get a copy?
Why does he prefer a brush vs a roller?
Some graff writers opinions are so strange. Illegally defacing property is by definition, graffiti. Is it a throw up or a burner? No, not at all. And to Shepard's point he knew he wasn't going to be part of that graff culture which is why he did what he did. You wouldn't compare Shepherd to Seen or Cope nor should you. But he did something illegal, found a niche, had an audience and legitimized it. That's all "street art" is, it's art produced with that audience in mind. The endgame is the same, the mindset is the same, the only thing that separates it is the final product. Freight writers might hate on street bombers for the same thing but it's the same aesthetic that goes into it. Does Shepard have clothes now? Sure, but Haze did long before that. Is he not a writer because of it?
How much do you spend on printing all those paper posters??? How cheap can you go on the printing? Screen printing is the cheapest?
@2215 his garage code was 2112