Eastenders?

Not being from London, i wouldnt know, but the skyline, the underground, buckingham palace, hyde park, red buses, black cabs, the west end are all things i recognise as being part of London.

If i came up with a superstar with a liverbird on it, im sure the vast majority would know where its from.

Dot Cotton supes - now there's a collab !

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In fact Dot Cotton - lightside / Nick Cotton - darkside.

(15-11-09, 07:28 PM)mr.pure Wrote:  I thought it was a generally accepted term to describe people that do stencils and shit.

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(15-11-09, 07:27 PM)DasBill Wrote:  Fair enough i can see the point of the plaques in london, but why on a shoe?

He's hoping he'll become famous and end up with a blue plaque.
It's a form of bravado.

Nah, just making a point about the very thing you accused me of.

And as for bravado, it does not require a great stretch to use that to describe anyone who writes their name up on walls or for that matter even signs their work. I think if you are proud of your work you should put your name to it.

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(15-11-09, 07:57 PM)DasBill Wrote:  Eastenders?

Not being from London, i wouldnt know, but the skyline, the underground, buckingham palace, hyde park, red buses, black cabs, the west end are all things i recognise as being part of London.

If i came up with a superstar with a liverbird on it, im sure the vast majority would know where its from.

Have another look at the shoe. It has a London skyline and references the underground.

Must say fair play to you Pochoir for coming on here and discussing your design / inspiration etc.
Been a lot of times when peeps on here would like to say a thing or two to a supe designer. It's a passionate place.

(15-11-09, 07:52 PM)Samo Wrote:  Shame London doesn't have any world famous landmarks or other iconic things like say a brightly coloured bus or something... They would have made good icons...

They are there, have another look...

Well the fact i hadnt noticed shows that if you wanted a shoe to be all about london, that maybe you chose the wrong point to focus on?
If you had stuck a cityscape or something else stenciled in that blue and put the plaque in the 3M material, i know id like them alot better.

Fair dos to ya for coming in here and standing up for what you do.
I ain't a big fan but I admire you for having the balls to stand up and be counted amongst possibly your harshest critics.
Blue Plaque - bad.
Lack of stripes - bad.
Overall theme -weak.
Colours - quite tasty.
The design of the shoe comes across as a bit arrogant when I'd, for one, never heard of you.
But then, I ain't big on the artfag scene in general so that's no surprise.
I hope it works out for you and I look forward to hearing your criticism when I do a collab.

Aye respect where respects due, it is just the blue circle otherwise id buy em and put a few notes in yer wallet

Now the details and iconography have been pointed out . . . as a supe representing London it's better than the travesty that was the 35th London. I don't think the blue plaque as the central theme is strong though, especially as those plaques are all over the gaff.

The actual things that are icons are not as prominent as the the blue plaque that is not really an icon. Thats all im saying. If I was doing a London themed shoe it would be very different...

Like some of the others have said, hats off to you for coming here and talking about your design, and for not throwing your toys out of the pram when someone criticises it. I admit I have never heard of you untill I first saw these supes a while back. Do you have a website or something, I'd be curious to see some of your other work.