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1959 by sonmi

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872 days ago

Submitted on:

Feb 28 '06

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20 comments

Final average score:

1.90 out of 5

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1959. anticipating the dawning of a new era: the 1960s, with its aesthetics of psychedelic forms, patterns, and text.

helvetica turns a little psychedelic, too.

scoutti on Feb 28 '06

hehe very nice

funkie fresh on Feb 28 '06

i love your drawing style!

jett on Feb 28 '06

the drawing itself is fantastic, but is designed around a counterculture that really didn't come to the forefront until 1964. there was certainly a bohemian counterculture before then, but the same could be said of the '40s and '50s. it started really gaining popularity in 1964 in response to the impending Vietnam war (the phrase "hippie", a variation on hipster, was supposedly coined in '64) and had exploded by 1967. i really hate to be such a fuss-ass... like i said, i LOVE the drawing, and if you were to draw something else in this style i'd totally 5 it.

walkneverending on Feb 28 '06

it looks like a hippie version of me

sonmi on Feb 28 '06

thanks!

jett- i understand what you mean. i didn't intend for the design to show that culture literally change in 1960; rather, referencing the entirety of the 60s decade as it is looked back on.

et al. on Feb 28 '06

this is my numero uno favorite of the JOT subs. $5.

jett on Feb 28 '06

hey sonmi... just for the record, i gave it a 4 anyway... i love the drawing and the colours.

mikemills on Feb 28 '06

Your stuff is ridiculously printable. Love this.

OlliRudi on Mar 01 '06

it should def have said 1964 or 65.

label on Mar 01 '06

This is sweet...

Down10 on Mar 02 '06

Yoko? Neat design, regardless.

Down10 on Mar 02 '06

And yeah, the psychadelic era didn't really start until after JFK was killed.

LichksnessMonster on Mar 02 '06

Well, we can be picky about when the era came about, but most people relate stylistic changes to the decades - 50s, 60s, 70s, etc... So I'd leave it the way it is. I really really like it; your brain must be a wonderful machine, sonmi.

sonmi on Mar 02 '06

thanks lichkness :). that is what i intended, because i think it would be more confusing to have a, say, 1963 there. though i can understand the need for preciseness.