Scott Hansen / ISO50’s New Obama Poster
May 23, 2008 // Art + Design + Politics

Eagle-eyed reader Victor just sent me an email letting me know that Scott Hansen, better knows as ISO50 to the design-y types, has the poster he created for Barack Obama on the official Obama site. About a month ago Scott wrote on his blog that the Obama campaign had contacted him to create a poster, just like Shepard Fairey had done previously. He also described on his blog about how crazy this project became. The final file ended up being 2.77 GB, with almost 1000 layers!!! For those of you who aren’t familiar with Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator, a file of that size, with that many layers, is basically unheard of. I deal with digital images all the time, and I cringe at a 200 MB file, let alone almost 3 GB!

I think the poster turned out really amazing, it’s definitely going to be pretty damn popular. The colors are fantastic, and I’m sure there’s a TON of detail that you can’t see in the tiny image above. The poster measures 23″ x 40″, and comes in an edition of 5000, which I don’t think is that many, especially with the size of audience that is probably seeing the image. The poster isn’t officially ready, but you can pre-order it for $70 right now.

I just think it’s rad that all of these ultra-creative folks have stepped up to the plate to really show their support for Obama. It makes me really happy to see them rallying behind Obama and hopefully getting more and more younger voters into voting.

Bobby

  1. I’ve been really looking forward to seeing this. It’s not even on his blog yet. Being Canadian, I think Obama is the best thing to happen to America in a long time, and this is a great way to support his campaign. I’ll be ordering one next week.

    Comment by Jon — May 23, 2008 #

  2. Obama is a joke.
    hes never going to win the general election.

    i want a democrat in office so bad. its just never going to happen with this guy.

    Comment by Carlos — May 26, 2008 #

  3. You make a really good argument, and your positivity is totally uplifting and encouraging… thank god you don’t have any part in politics.

    Comment by Bobby — May 26, 2008 #

  4. Scott makes some insane posters over there at ISO50

    Comment by Ryan — May 28, 2008 #

  5. Is there a way to buy this print? It is amazing.

    Comment by Chris Carr — November 5, 2008 #

  6. inYourFace Carlos.
    You did it Obama!

    Comment by inYourFace — November 6, 2008 #

  7. I, too, want this poster in print. It is beautiful. Can I get a copy? If so, how?

    Comment by Lena — November 8, 2008 #

  8. I really would like to have this poster–as art work in my home–how can i get a copy?

    Comment by joy — November 19, 2008 #