Political Graphic arts Showcase - Reviewing selfmade graphic works of boardmembers [Archive]

Honggweilo

29th June 2009, 18:01

Hey guys,

I thought since numberous members are starting topics to get feedback some of their (serious) political graphical work, we could keep them together in a regularly checked pinned topic. This will allow for some constructive feedback and mutual benefit in learning from each others skills/techniques/inspiration.

I've been a bit neglective as moderator of this forum the last few months so i'm trying to catch up on my responsibilities :).

I hope to see some of the regular artists posting some of their portolio here! :thumbup1:

An archist

29th June 2009, 19:56

That looks pretty damn fancy! (I don't get the usb sticks however;))

By comparison, I made this sticker design: :p
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/brakke123/antifaleuvenklein.jpg

Honggweilo

29th June 2009, 21:59

That looks pretty damn fancy! (I don't get the usb sticks however;))

By comparison, I made this sticker design: :p
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/brakke123/antifaleuvenklein.jpg

I could vector that (and smoothen it out) if you're serious about printing those :)

Sugar Hill Kevis

30th June 2009, 13:41

I love the flyer you posted DR, like i said on your page, the CJB logo is fly. My only criticism would be, rather than the green at the bottom fading out, maybe have a straight edge that's slanted or have a splattered edge perhaps? Everything else in the design is quite solid, so it just seems a bit of a sore thumb to me.

Sugar Hill Kevis

30th June 2009, 13:46

Here's a selection of my shit, bigger images are over @ my DevArt (linked in sig)

http://th04.deviantart.net/fs43/150/i/2009/147/b/9/Union_Shop_by_kevis.jpghttp://th02.deviantart.net/fs45/150/i/2009/151/5/b/Ghetto_Manifesto_by_kevis.jpghttp://th08.deviantart.net/fs39/150/i/2008/338/f/0/Wobblies_by_kevis.jpghttp://th04.deviantart.net/fs26/150/i/2008/136/a/c/Delectation__by_kevis.jpg
http://th07.deviantart.net/fs44/150/i/2009/151/7/e/Pimp_The_System_by_kevis.jpghttp://th07.deviantart.net/fs30/150/i/2008/062/4/a/04475_046__by_kevis.jpghttp://th07.deviantart.net/fs27/150/i/2008/098/6/0/Adventure_by_kevis.jpghttp://th02.deviantart.net/fs18/150/i/2007/161/b/d/_communism_by_kevis.jpg
http://th02.deviantart.net/fs44/150/i/2009/110/8/4/Just_Do_It_by_kevis.jpghttp://th07.deviantart.net/fs44/150/i/2009/102/f/4/Pop_goes_Zimbabwe_by_kevis.jpghttp://th02.deviantart.net/fs39/150/i/2008/351/9/4/The_Weekend_by_kevis.jpg
http://th07.deviantart.net/fs27/150/i/2008/184/d/9/Roots_by_kevis.jpghttp://th09.deviantart.net/fs26/150/i/2008/081/7/2/Rainbow_Olympics_by_kevis.jpghttp://th01.deviantart.net/fs26/150/i/2008/159/0/2/Crossing_the_boundary_by_kevis.jpg

An archist

30th June 2009, 15:32

I could vector that (and smoothen it out) if you're serious about printing those :)
That would be awesome!

2nd July 2009, 20:53

I am surprised there aren't more artists here?

And your point is...?:rolleyes:

spiltteeth

19th July 2009, 06:15

Hmm.. most of my art is just absurd nonsense...

I love the absurd! And it doesn't seem like nonsense to me - money has hijacked people's being -keep it up!
I actually put one of these pics in another place, I didn't see this thread. All my work is on insectdesires.com

http://i971.photobucket.com/albums/ae191/spiltteeth/DSC_00122.jpg

The cereal Box says 'Ethiopio's'

http://i971.photobucket.com/albums/ae191/spiltteeth/DSC_00112.jpg

nenad krickovich

10th August 2009, 12:07

Great work DR, very nice designed.:)

Guerrilla22

10th August 2009, 21:50

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/6355/ulrikei.th.jpg (http://img200.imageshack.us/i/ulrikei.jpg/)

Red Isa

4th November 2009, 22:46

Awesome! :) I love it

Red Isa

4th November 2009, 22:47

The consumer has an empty head, capitalism is shoved down their throats. Very symbolic. <3

Honggweilo

19th July 2010, 15:26

i havent posted this yet so i will now :p

http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/6269/drx87logo.jpg

also ppl plz keep this topic alive :)

hobo8675309

20th November 2010, 15:50

hmmmmm...
i feel humbled by everything else on this thread.http://hobo8675309.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoid=107034652
http://hobo8675309.webs.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=9776721

Goatpie

20th December 2010, 00:30

This is a stupid question probally but how do you guys do all this?
No way is it hand drawn! Iv tried looking for tutorials on graphics and i get stuff like make a line of light around a person or Make some ones hand look like its on fire!

6th January 2011, 17:47

lol you are doing fucking great job man!!! what a cool desigh. thumbs up & respect

Sugar Hill Kevis

7th January 2011, 20:22

Very cool design brother; not so sure about 'chenge' the world, it's a little contrived ;)

Honggweilo

9th January 2011, 02:02

Very cool design brother; not so sure about 'chenge' the world, it's a little contrived ;)

well i took the slogan from the belgians :p

http://www.chengetheworld.org/img/-2007/tshirts/teeshirtJaune.200px.JPGhttp://www.chengetheworld.org/img/-2007/tshirts/teeshirtBrunFemme.200px.JPG

Sugar Hill Kevis

11th January 2011, 20:22

Fucking Belgians...

An archist

13th January 2011, 09:47

It's not particulary great, but quite some people seem to like this sticker:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/brakke123/th_chainsonline.png (http://s32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/brakke123/?action=view&current=chainsonline.png)

I like this one better, but most people disagree
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/brakke123/th_3.png (http://s32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/brakke123/?action=view&current=3.png)

Hoipolloi Cassidy

13th January 2011, 10:49

Check out:

http://www.zazzle.com/theorangepress

I'm particularly fond of the Karl Marx coffee mug. For some reason, whenever I go up for a refill at the Starbucks, the workers behind the counter forget to charge me...:cool:

Honggweilo

13th January 2011, 17:43

An archist

14th January 2011, 15:23

I think its because Star Wars is the golden corpse that people keep milking :rolleyes:

I know, but it's so tempting...

An archist

22nd January 2011, 15:55

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/brakke123/th_hateracism.png (http://s32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/brakke123/?action=view&current=hateracism.png)

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/brakke123/th_fightcapitalism2.png (http://s32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/brakke123/?action=view&current=fightcapitalism2.png)

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/brakke123/th_5.png (http://s32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/brakke123/?action=view&current=5.png)
(with a big thanks to DR+1 for the antifa logo!)

Knight of Cydonia

23rd January 2011, 13:42

this is what make me proud that i am the one who created this shit every time i open revleft.com :
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/1374/logo1u.gif (http://img249.imageshack.us/i/logo1u.gif/)
:blushing::lol:
(http://imageshack.us)

Knight of Cydonia

23rd January 2011, 13:52

header for the next edition of our indonesian language anarchist journal:
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/2149/headercopyo.th.jpg (http://img155.imageshack.us/i/headercopyo.jpg/)

(http://imageshack.us)

Honggweilo

3rd February 2011, 06:52

poster i made for a campaign against the division of belguim

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs080.snc6/169054_123074867765302_122814187791370_156971_1208 191_n.jpg

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs050.snc6/168045_123072321098890_122814187791370_156968_4854 739_n.jpg

Honggweilo

7th February 2011, 00:54

font i designed, free for download

http://i53.tinypic.com/ejzwbb.png

Honggweilo

4th March 2011, 14:31

the shirts are done!

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/190636_1893025846588_1269808299_32291572_8178128_n .jpg

Public Domain

25th March 2011, 02:29

Just finished this minutes ago...
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/3797/donederp.png
Obviously getting a few ideas across... I think the Weathermen's arrow makes it look so fucking cash

I don't know, I like it, but I like my original doodle better
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/8848/dscf3315j.jpg

Public Domain

25th March 2011, 14:02

anarcho-juche thundercats?
I was wondering if someone was going to bring up Juche... I merely included it for the 'intelligentsia' idea,
but not much more. It was either going to be a paintbrush or a pencil. And an axe where the hammer is.

The lightning bolt arrow thinger is from the Weather Underground symbol. This picture is meant to be more
sympathetic to that line of socialist thought than anything to do with Best Korea. :laugh:

An archist

23rd April 2011, 14:58

Kinda random, not really political, but anyway
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/brakke123/th_lovanianorte.png (http://s32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/brakke123/?action=view&current=lovanianorte.png)

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/brakke123/th_LNmini.png (http://s32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/brakke123/?action=view&current=LNmini.png)

Honggweilo

28th April 2011, 14:44

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/216172_2026556584773_1269808299_32473450_2534645_n .jpg

fucking for communism :wub:

(P.S please refrain from "hetrocentrism" remarks XD)

Tommy4ever

28th April 2011, 18:23

Quite ... Graphic. :p

Sasha

28th April 2011, 19:24

anarcho-juche thundercats?

situationist anarcho-juche thundercats.....

Agent Ducky

7th May 2011, 18:24

I drew this after the slogan "1, 2, 3, 4 escalate the class war! 5,6, 7, 8 organized and smash the state!" got stuck in my head. Because then I imagined me as an anarchist communist cheerleader yelling that at people even though I would never be a cheerleader. Lol. Yeah, it's random. Lol.
http://th06.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2011/127/2/c/anarchist_commie_cheerleader_by_captainvendetta-d3fsd6x.jpg

SacRedMan

7th May 2011, 18:28

http://i55.tinypic.com/257gjsh.jpg

Wie is die dame die met die vlag zwaait? Ik hoop Rosa Luxembourg.

mosfeld

7th May 2011, 18:45

Ah I should've noticed this thread when I made my Photoshop thread. Deconditioned Reflex, your designs are excellent! I currently only use Photoshop when being creative, but I'm learning Illustrator now :)

I've posted some of my designs (http://www.revleft.com/vb/album.php?albumid=904) here on Revleft, but they are all very low-resolution.

Honggweilo

15th May 2011, 10:55

Wie is die dame die met die vlag zwaait? Ik hoop Rosa Luxembourg.

Your not the first Belgian who thinks that XD

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannie_Schaft

Agent Ducky

2nd June 2011, 07:56

K, just made this today.
http://th03.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2011/152/f/f/chenge_obama_poster_parody_by_captainvendetta-d3htzvq.jpg

I noticed that "chenge" was used on the front page of here. That part wasn't my idea, I just told a friend I was making a Che obama poster and she said "You have to make it say CHENGE" so yeah. Because Che actually changed things.

An archist

8th June 2011, 17:02

Ok, same style as something I posted earlier, but what you think of this as a sticker?

The first says 'leuven hates police' the second says 'leuven hates cops'

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/brakke123/th_haatpolitie.png (http://s32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/brakke123/?action=view&current=haatpolitie.png)

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/brakke123/th_haatflikken.png (http://s32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/brakke123/?action=view&current=haatflikken.png)

Sasha

8th June 2011, 19:17

i would only go for the flikken one, sounds way more agro than the polite "politie".
"leuven haat flikken" must be the first time i hear anything in flemmish that actually doesnt sound sweet... although that is with my internal accent, pretty sure in an actual flemmish accent it would sound all "thats so cute" again :lol:

Agent Ducky

16th June 2011, 06:38

http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2011/165/d/8/in_capitalist_america____by_captainvendetta-d3ixmci.png

Random..... But it's true.

Public Domain

3rd July 2011, 20:23

I made this last night.

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/9223/cleanover.png

Public Domain

5th July 2011, 09:59

This is a 'Red Pill or Blue Pill' reference...

http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/7070/wakeup.png

It's a bit cheeky perhaps hope that's alright

Jimmie Higgins

5th July 2011, 10:24

These are from a series of collages that my partner and I call DadaDollars. There are many more and some that I like better, but these are the ones we scanned :D

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/149680_173097016041833_172912172726984_496062_7538 033_n.jpg
http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/154813_173097022708499_172912172726984_496063_3070 614_n.jpg
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/154648_173097032708498_172912172726984_496064_6369 058_n.jpg

Jimmie Higgins

5th July 2011, 10:34

And some random other things. The first is from a mock IKEA instruction manual for putting together an insurrection and the second is a button... for wearing.

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/225067_214909401860594_172912172726984_792449_3855 12_n.jpg

http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_570xN.217632142.jpg

Social-Murphy

19th July 2011, 04:45

heres mine

Martin Blank

19th July 2011, 05:08

Most of what I do is for our magazine, Workers' Republic. Here are two of the covers from recent issues:

http://api.magcloud.com/Issue/189086/Page/0/Preview?__v=15d5c

http://api.magcloud.com/Issue/218638/Page/0/Preview?__v=196f6

You can go to our website to see them in all their PDF goodness (or buy a copy through MagCloud).

Also, I've done covers for books we've published. Here are a couple of those:

http://static.lulu.com/product/paperback/rebellion-40-years-on/6197216/thumbnail/320

http://static.lulu.com/product/paperback/the-long-knives-of-lsd-liberalism/6225948/thumbnail/320

And, of course, one from our new Essentials series of classic communist works:

http://static.lulu.com/product/paperback/communist-manifesto/16268839/thumbnail/320

I've also done stuff for our Zazzle site. Of them all, my favorite has to be:

http://www.zazzle.com/rlv/isapi/designall.dll?action=getimage&max_dim=450&id=9abb59f6-8bbb-458c-bff2-70c3ccb84c4c&bg_pattern=checker

Agent Ducky

2nd August 2011, 07:38

Okay, some stuff I just made today. "Question everything, answer to no one" is my anarchist-y slogan.
http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/213/a/3/question_everything_by_captainvendetta-d42djus.jpg

And I was just compelled to make this sign after hearing about UK's crackdown "report any anarchists" and I imagined people putting up anarchist warning signs >_>
http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2011/213/2/9/anarchist_crossing_sign_by_captainvendetta-d42e931.png

∞

2nd August 2011, 08:10

8313

Something I've been working on, not exactly original but...

Turinbaar

4th August 2011, 00:57

Some paintings of mine

http://www.revleft.org/vb/picture.php?albumid=947&pictureid=8112

http://www.revleft.org/vb/picture.php?albumid=947&pictureid=8113

http://www.revleft.org/vb/picture.php?albumid=947&pictureid=8114

Honggweilo

8th August 2011, 14:18

well well, i see we finally have some genuine talent here :)

Honggweilo

8th August 2011, 14:20

8313

Something I've been working on, not exactly original but...

This is just bad, sorry. And if it was for trolling value, concider yourself warned.

∞

8th August 2011, 22:15

At least it was recognizable.

union6

9th August 2011, 08:22

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/216172_2026556584773_1269808299_32473450_2534645_n .jpg

fucking for communism :wub:

(P.S please refrain from "hetrocentrism" remarks XD)

lol thats my new desktop wallpaper ;)
heres my zazzle store, some political t-shirts and some not: http://www.zazzle.com/union6/

Honggweilo

13th August 2011, 19:04

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/281626_2319659312158_1269808299_32839416_5179901_n .jpg

illustration for my booklet for an analog photography project with my east german camera

Honggweilo

14th August 2011, 15:53

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/228943_2323441446709_1269808299_32844317_8279427_n .jpg

An archist

31st August 2011, 20:16

Always a bit embarassed to put my stuff after DRx, but anyway.

Thoughts?

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/brakke123/sandina-1.png

An archist

3rd September 2011, 22:33

It's not particulary great, but quite some people seem to like this sticker:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/brakke123/th_chainsonline.png (http://s32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/brakke123/?action=view&current=chainsonline.png)

So, now I'm just showing off, but someone liked this enough to improve it and make a shirt out of it.

http://a4.l3-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/142/e719c2fd587442fd88c7fb27b129bd6b/l.jpg

:cool:

StarCityPartisan

8th September 2011, 19:08

Don't have enough posts to put images, so check out my work at this link. Will have much more in the next two weeks.

flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/ (http://www.revleft.com/vb/flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/)

*fixed the link for you - psycho*

StarCityPartisan

8th September 2011, 19:23

*fixed the link for you - psycho*

Greatly Appreciative for the help. Just realised I could make an album on Revleft, will just post new things there.

Susurrus

10th September 2011, 20:29

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrbneu0IwP1qhl197o1_500.jpg

Little something I whipped up. Anyone in the US during the 08 pres campaign will get this.

Aspiring Humanist

11th September 2011, 00:37

http://static.lulu.com/product/paperback/the-long-knives-of-lsd-liberalism/6225948/thumbnail/320

This looks like something a neo-con would write

Veovis

14th September 2011, 08:33

I like designing flags. Here are a few syndicalist flag designs I made for use in a video game (HoI: Darkest Hour)

15th September 2011, 07:58

The International (http://theinternational-cn.com/) recently got a new set of flags:

http://oi54.tinypic.com/1zzi3b4.jpg
Normal flag

http://oi56.tinypic.com/2ppdhd5.jpg
Warflag

The three stars on top symbolise the merger of the three previous alliances that became The International. The rest should be obvious.

I'm so happy with them :cool:

Comrade Gwydion

15th September 2011, 15:38

I like designing flags. Here are a few syndicalist flag designs I made for use in a video game (HoI: Darkest Hour)

Tip: make them into .jpeg

Bror_Jon

16th September 2011, 16:23

8370

Bror_Jon

16th September 2011, 17:43

8371

Veovis

17th September 2011, 11:15

Tip: make them into .jpeg

Would that make them display as thumbnails in the post?

Kotze

17th September 2011, 14:47

Q, those are terrible :P

If the intended meaning of showing a region is the world, then any of the following is better: A world map (without distorting sizes as much as Mercator projection), a wireframe globe without continents, the astronomical symbol (⊕).

Colour gradient does not belong on a flag.

17th September 2011, 17:43

Honggweilo

26th September 2011, 06:35

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/310160_2455911838386_1269808299_32984814_177362698 6_n.jpg

Honggweilo

26th September 2011, 06:39

I like designing flags. Here are a few syndicalist flag designs I made for use in a video game (HoI: Darkest Hour)

great stuff, i do some revisions of flags for victoria 2 myself..

but please, dont continue the facepalm inducing tradition of using the Partido "Socialista" emblem on the socialist/syndicalist versions of the portuguese flag XD... I suggest looking in to symbolism of the anarcho-syndicalist inspired maximalist movement of portugal (Federação Libertária Maximalista Portuguesa, FLMP), which eventually evolved into the Portuguese CP.

http://flm.no.sapo.pt/logo1.jpg

StarCityPartisan

27th September 2011, 03:30

This is a flag I designed, painted, and sewed myself. Also made the patches on the hat by hand. Will post them soon.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/6187666358/in/photostream

Honggweilo

30th September 2011, 12:26

This is a flag I designed, painted, and sewed myself. Also made the patches on the hat by hand. Will post them soon.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/6187666358/in/photostream

hehehe awesome, it looks like something from my little pony :P

StarCityPartisan

1st October 2011, 14:20

Inb4 homophobia... Yes because flowers have to be from a children's show oriented towards American girls. The reality is that about 36% of our members are veterans (946 former enlisted men, rank of E-4 or below). Or that we have self defense workshops against police, right wing extremists, and the like in public parks (national and local). Or that we belligerently wear insignia and militant clothing everyday as of a week ago. Or that most members own legal firearms. Or that our site very bluntly states we intend to remove the ruling class by force when the working class demands it. Or finally, we decided the failed tendencies obsession with fists, globes, gears, and the like is symbolism of a faulty ideology. Our site will be up soon, and you can see for yourself how much we strictly adhere to our newfound my little pony counter culture ;)

Susurrus

1st October 2011, 14:29

Or finally, we decided the failed tendencies obsession with fists, globes, gears, and the like is symbolism of a faulty ideology.

No offense, but I don't think the validity or success of a movement is determined by its decorations.

StarCityPartisan

1st October 2011, 14:34

No offense, but I don't think the validity or success of a movement is determined by its decorations.

I completely agree, but we talk to workers across the country on a regular basis. The typical leftist symbolism is a turn off to the average American.

Susurrus

1st October 2011, 14:43

I completely agree, but we talk to workers across the country on a regular basis. The typical leftist symbolism is a turn off to the average American.

Then shouldn't we try to change that, just as we try to change their attitude about communism? Besides, if people see an organization doing something good and flying a communist flag, they'll be more likely to inquire out of curiosity.

StarCityPartisan

1st October 2011, 14:50

Then shouldn't we try to change that, just as we try to change their attitude about communism? Besides, if people see an organization doing something good and flying a communist flag, they'll be more likely to inquire out of curiosity.

I respect any attempt to do just that. However our organization believes education is so urgent that we don't have time to explain why "A regime, with B symbols, failed for reasons C through F". We want to focus on the failure of employment of Marxist principles. In any case we already have roughly 100 people that wear patches, bandanas, and fly flags in their place of work. That's just the city I live in, and our party has not even gone public officially yet. I call that a success.

Susurrus

1st October 2011, 15:00

I respect any attempt to do just that. However our organization believes education is so urgent that we don't have time to explain why "A regime, with B symbols, failed for reasons C through F". We want to focus on the failure of employment of Marxist principles. In any case we already have roughly 100 people that wear patches, bandanas, and fly flags in their place of work. That's just the city I live in, and our party has not even gone public officially yet. I call that a success.

What's your org called, unless you can't say since it's not public.

StarCityPartisan

1st October 2011, 15:18

What's your org called, unless you can't say since it's not public.

I will be posting our link soon. Actually as we speak one officer is making espresso. Myself and the Director of Media (one coding the site) are preparing for a long two days to get the site up. I will personally pm you as soon as the site is up in case you miss the link here in the forum.

Honggweilo

2nd October 2011, 22:41

StarCityPartisan

3rd October 2011, 00:29

who said that my little pony was girly? i happen to love it. i just implied it made it about 20% cooler :rolleyes:

If you are serious I apologise for the venomous response :P under tons of stress because the organization is about to go public. Sleepless nights plaguing me. Great thread DCR.

Turinbaar

3rd October 2011, 07:15

an earlier drawing in charcoal

http://www.revleft.org/vb/picture.php?albumid=947&pictureid=8589

A more recent drawing in graphite

http://www.revleft.org/vb/picture.php?albumid=947&pictureid=8590

Killforpeace

6th October 2011, 15:05

No offense, but I don't think the validity or success of a movement is determined by its decorations.

I have to question that, I don't know enough to say on previous socialist movements but I'll get back to you when I read more into the importance of constructivism/soviet union posters and its role in the revolution.

But where would the 1960's be without the "decorations" it had, where would mass consumerism be without its "decorations"? Every movement has imagery, sound... culture.

"Whoever controls the media, the imagery, controls the culture" - Ginsberg

An archist

21st October 2011, 15:43

Working on this, Plan Z is a squat threatend with eviction.

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/brakke123/th_planZ.png (http://s32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/brakke123/?action=view&current=planZ.png)

"Plan Z stays!"

Thoughts?

Turinbaar

22nd December 2011, 22:49

http://www.revleft.org/vb/picture.php?albumid=947&pictureid=8876

My final for portfolio class. Bashar al-Assad as the ogre from W.H. Auden's poem "August 1968." This painting is meant to accompany a musical rendition of the poem that is in the making.

The Ogre does what ogres can,
Deeds quite impossible for Man,
But one prize is beyond his reach,
The Ogre cannot master Speech:
About a subjugated plain,
Among its desperate and slain,
The Ogre stalks with hands on hips,
While drivel gushes from his lips.

Agent Ducky

23rd December 2011, 01:38

This was a random idea I had......... In support of OWS
http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/350/5/e/occu_pie_wall_street_by_captainvendetta-d4jazna.jpg

∞

23rd December 2011, 03:27

Stop warning me and insulting my work. I'm trying to come up with a simplistic style of art. Its supposed to look like this.

Here is my newest piece, "Better dead and red,"

http://www.revleft.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=8509&stc=1&d=1324610842

Fawkes

23rd December 2011, 10:05

First time messing around on photoshop:

http://150digitalmedia.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/makin-it-rain.jpg

ellipsis

23rd December 2011, 20:43

two photos of mine:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tOS_qA7npak/TioQ_syq4bI/AAAAAAAABgU/VQ5mhMUUDT8/s1600/IMG_0251.JPG
Day at the Range

http://www.revleft.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=324&pictureid=4384

Accidental art while gardening for %1

Agent Ducky

24th December 2011, 01:00

I love the butterfly on the gun... It's just striking.

An archist

24th December 2011, 10:45

http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/14461485237/1/tumblr_lwgnuuCu8m1r2zf84

Agent Ducky

29th January 2012, 08:17

Check out what I made in minecraft today:
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/424695_2580028341731_1285099774_31918625_924079402 _n.jpg

hatzel

31st January 2012, 12:55

Ducky's got it goin' ooooon. Or whatever the kids say. My 'political graphic arts' are always far less...extravagant...

http://danielbenavraham.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/estrangement.png

Turinbaar

20th February 2012, 05:13

http://www.revleft.org/vb/picture.php?albumid=947&pictureid=8933

Rosa Luxemburg
11x14
mixed media

ellipsis

23rd March 2012, 20:54

http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/16931427.jpg

An archist

25th March 2012, 15:59

http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/mistergavroche/19475925989/1/tumblr_m11vuf6FNp1r2zf84

An archist

25th March 2012, 16:00

http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzi4ueqUxx1r2zf84o1_250.png

http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m068duJ96x1r2zf84o1_250.png

Public Domain

3rd April 2012, 09:18

I've been bored, so I drew some stuff for possible tattoos int he future. I always like designing my own little thing instead of some clip art off the internet.

I came up with this after awhile, it's a "Tic Tac Toe" game where "Everyone wins", with the X and O in the centre meeting and forming a hammer and sickle. It's become a symbol of sorts for me:
✕ ⃝ ✕
⃝ Ⓧ ⃝
✕ ⃝ ✕

http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/8505/wowzers.png

Good idea for a tattoo or no? I'm constantly tweeking designs but all of them always have a very logo sort of style to them.

ellipsis

3rd April 2012, 18:03

I like it, and wouldn't get a tattoo of it but it sounds like u have a connection to it.

Public Domain

4th April 2012, 12:17

Yes, I have started to regularly include the X and O symbol in many of my designs or as my personal image...

For example, I just made this image as a more simple starting tattoo idea, personally I like Anarcho and Minimal best, I'll probably get Minimal because it's simple.

http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/9761/simpler.png
Includes the 'tic-tac-toe' hammer and sickle ('Everyone Wins'), within an infinity symbol (eternal, singularity, final antithesis, etc). There's a heart on top (love, desire, passion, etc) and three random arrows on the bottom (progress, revolution, 'chaos', etc). In the two wings of the infinity symbol is a yin and yang symbol (harmony, equality, peace, etc.).

I'd like to mention (I'm sure I really don't need to) that this stuff is all public domain

Public Domain

5th April 2012, 11:30

Just made this quickly lol. Does a decent job of looking complicated but it really was just a lot of screwing around.

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/442/errrrrs.png

Veovis

5th April 2012, 11:36

I put a similar design up before, but this is the updated version.

An archist

18th April 2012, 20:27

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2o8bkJTcc1r2zf84o1_500.png

Agent Ducky

19th April 2012, 05:23

http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/524748_3000997105687_1285099774_32078556_214655155 0_n.jpg
Made this a few days ago. :]
God Save the Queen. ;P

Deicide

19th April 2012, 05:27

http://www.revleft.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=954&pictureid=9168

Us Marxist-Leninist-Roosterists are constructing a personality cult around our dear leader, the glorious, Comrade
Rooster.

All credit is to rooster's wife.

Public Domain

19th April 2012, 18:58

http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/524748_3000997105687_1285099774_32078556_214655155 0_n.jpg
Made this a few days ago. :]
God Save the Queen. ;P
I made a similar piece awhile ago!

It doesn't rhyme but the message is there.

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/1341/keepcalmandburnitdownby.png

Public Domain

19th April 2012, 19:04

This is an unusual piece. It is meant to have the appearance of a so-called 'sacred geometric' symbol known as the 'fruit of life'. I don't nessisarily believe in it but I LOVE things being symmetrical so I tried to make the symbol out of gears. Symmetry is the main reason I keep using that odd hammer and sickle X&O. I like the idea of a lot of information being extractable from the symbol, such as mathematical formulas.

This is the result:

http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/9348/holyshiy.png

Just so you know before hand, I can see every single flaw in this symbol and it frustrated me, but it's really hard to fix something and not screw up the rest.

Let's say it came to me in a daydream about a future communist community that has embraced spiritualism.

Revolutionair

19th April 2012, 19:09

What exactly is the flaw?

Public Domain

9th May 2012, 09:56

I made this image recently:
http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/6200/fellow.png

It's meant to represent "Fellow Travelers", people who don't join parties or organizations but still consider themselves revolutionary leftists and declare solidarity with these comrade organizations... So it's very simple. The arrow points left. The black and red represent the obvious. The dots are from the Yin Yang symbol, representing harmony. Grey represents a colour that doesn't disturb the black and red, lol. That's a gear if you didn't know.

And here's a stencil version! Soooo much hard work put into this obviously...
http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/9693/stencilled.png

I also made a Revolutionary Gadsden flag upon a request in this thread. (http://www.revleft.com/vb/showpost.php?p=2440519&postcount=20)
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/4484/treadonusva.png (http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/6286/treadonus.png)

homegrown terror

19th May 2012, 00:46

An archist

22nd May 2012, 23:04

might wanna change the font on the second one, the l and i kinda merge together and make it look like "FUKKEN" (which is funny, but not the point you're going for i suppose?)

Hah, thanks, didn't see that one.

homegrown terror

23rd May 2012, 18:27

Hah, thanks, didn't see that one.

http://www.michaelbud.com/tag/megaflicks/

they made the same mistake!

An archist

23rd May 2012, 20:37

It's funny, I printed a similar one, no one has ever mentioned it until now

Turinbaar

4th June 2012, 06:54

http://www.revleft.org/vb/picture.php?albumid=947&pictureid=9352

Hang Kissinger

oil on canvas

Public Domain

30th July 2012, 15:04

A personal idea for a tattoo...

http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/2204/chaoscommunismbydomaino.png

It's inspired by the Chaos emblem from the warhammer games. I have no friggen idea about anything from Warhammer, but I like the symbol a lot.

Tim Finnegan

31st July 2012, 00:49

Public Domain

2nd August 2012, 09:15

I think the symbol originally comes from Michael Moorcock's "Elric" books. Although it's depicted as a malevolent symbol in the GW games, in Moorcock's stuff it had a more nuanced meaning, including a deliberate libertarian overtone. You could reasonably claim that a hammer-and-chaos is intended to represent libertarian or anarchist communism.
That's good, since that's what I am ("anarcho-communist", if it needs a title). I've been suggesting it's a reference to the chaos that would be felt by those who hold power today; the violence and seemingly nonsensical mass restructuring of the society that profits them so; something they'd title "chaos". The arrows stretching outword in all directions gives the idea of freedom of motion, or liberty, to me. So I'm glad there may be a helpful and convenient basis behind the symbol itself, despite my original intention pretty much being that I gave my own meaning to a symbol I didn't make and made it my 'own' by manipulation.

Thanks for this bit of knowledge!

An archist

27th April 2013, 17:15

I didn't make the still not loving police ones (just stole them).
http://25.media.tumblr.com/2b45fea863afe5df96db93e5cfae7059/tumblr_mlq501iDJ91r2zf84o1_1280.jpg

∞

6th May 2013, 04:27

Not political but something that I did in MS paint.

9110

Turinbaar

23rd July 2013, 02:52

This is a painting of my friend gabriella, whom I've mentioned and featured earlier in the thread.

http://www.revleft.org/vb/picture.php?albumid=947&pictureid=10821

2 ft. x 3 ft.
Oil on Canvas

Brandon's Impotent Rage

2nd August 2013, 02:48

Here's the prototype image for a stencil I'm designing, made with shitty MS Paint....

http://s22.postimg.org/w1jo5a7xt/graphic.jpg

The star section would be open, whilst the broken chains would be solid.

Bolshevik Sickle

5th October 2013, 20:28

Soviet monopoly man XD

it should come up, but probably not since it's from my phone.

Edit: It did!

Bolshevik Sickle

30th December 2013, 05:53

Kids don't like Anti-Antifa
Photo from the USSR, editing done by me.
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/6490/d4ol.png
Full Size: http://imageshack.us/a/img837/8332/nbvs.png (http://imageshack.us/a/img837/8332/nbvs.png)
Full Size without Antifa Logo: http://imageshack.us/a/img203/231/e16i.png (http://imageshack.us/a/img203/231/e16i.png)

Bolshevik Sickle

31st December 2013, 03:26

Russia before and after Nazi occupation
http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/1821/vdl4.png
Full Size: http://imageshack.us/a/img42/2081/mck9.png (http://imageshack.us/a/img42/2081/mck9.png)
Top photo: http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/07/world-war-ii-operation-barbarossa/100112/ (http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/07/world-war-ii-operation-barbarossa/100112/)
Bottom photo: http://www.petertatchellfoundation.org/campaigns/love-russia-hate-homophobia (http://www.petertatchellfoundation.org/campaigns/love-russia-hate-homophobia)
In response to: http://crushzion.k0nsl.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/France-Nazi-Occupation.png (http://crushzion.k0nsl.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/France-Nazi-Occupation.png)

Bolshevik Sickle

31st December 2013, 08:11

Kid's don't like Fascists!
http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/5160/ijuv.png
Full Size: http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/4197/12ix.png (http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/4197/12ix.png)

Bolshevik Sickle

2nd January 2014, 06:21

Fight Fascism like a Boss!
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/6420/kzz1.png

Photo used from: http://www.mosinnagant.net/sniper%20section/merke.asp (http://www.mosinnagant.net/sniper%20section/merke.asp)

Bolshevik Sickle

2nd January 2014, 06:29

"Religion is the opiate of the masses"

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/5345/w166.png

Sasha

2nd January 2014, 11:42

That's good, since that's what I am ("anarcho-communist", if it needs a title). I've been suggesting it's a reference to the chaos that would be felt by those who hold power today; the violence and seemingly nonsensical mass restructuring of the society that profits them so; something they'd title "chaos". The arrows stretching outword in all directions gives the idea of freedom of motion, or liberty, to me. So I'm glad there may be a helpful and convenient basis behind the symbol itself, despite my original intention pretty much being that I gave my own meaning to a symbol I didn't make and made it my 'own' by manipulation.

Thanks for this bit of knowledge!

Its a populair symbol in the (crust/anarcho) punk scene, do know though there are also a few minuscule neo-nazi groups in eastern-Europe that use the chaos symbol. Not enough not to use it in a tattoo but just so you know, my bigger beef is its association with Wicca types but I'm also still thinking about getting it on my elbow.

Brandon's Impotent Rage

22nd January 2014, 00:10

I call this "The Dixie Soviet"

http://s28.postimg.org/688f3w7f1/dixie_soviet.jpg

I took the faux-Confederate flag (not what the actual CSA flag was), replaced two of the red sections with black (to resemble the flag of anarcho-communism/anarcho-syndicalism), and threw an old school sickle and hammer right in the middle.

Why? Two reasons:

1. This faux-Confederate flag was used by Southern left-wing groups such as the Young Patriots Organization and the SNCC in the 60s and 70s, partly as a direct reaction to the use of the flag by reactionary groups like the Klan.

2. To shit all over those neo-confederate asswipes and their precious 'heritage'. It's enjoyable to me.

Sabot Cat

22nd January 2014, 01:37

^ The alternate history fan in me wants to critique your flag for 'ignoring butterflies' and 'being ASB'. X3

The concept is interesting though! I made my own variant:

http://s12.postimg.org/rgm91qxnx/the_im_very_confused_about_my_ideology_flag.png (http://postimage.org/)

I entitle it "Rebel Without a (Clear) Cause".

Brandon's Impotent Rage

22nd January 2014, 01:52

Sabot Cat

22nd January 2014, 02:02

I like it. It's much cleaner looking than my piece.

My only critique would be that the Sickle and Hammer aren't quite prominent enough. You'd have to look rather closely at the image in order to identify it.

That's the reason I made mine so large.

I chose the more subtle approach to complement your own, as it lulls the would-be reactionary into a false sense of security, as they think,

"Therein lies the good old banner of the white Christian republic! Hallowed be thine stripes!"

But then, they gaze upon it closer, and balk in horror as they catch a glimpse of the hammer and sickle, nestled betwixt their precious stars and leering at them as a potent reminder of the revolutionary leftist movement.

"Be still my heart!" they would bellow, recoiling in horror and unsteadily gripping a chair, before promptly collapsing from the shock. Their body would take their exclamation a little too seriously, as the banner lies in wait for its next victim.

Or maybe I could make it red or something! :)

Brandon's Impotent Rage

22nd January 2014, 02:08

I would make it gold, and maybe increase its size a bit, so that it's bordered by the four inner-most stars.

Brandon's Impotent Rage

15th March 2014, 04:09

Nothing special here....just a general statement on my feelings about Uncle Joe...

http://s1.postimg.org/6oamjdea7/fuck_stalin.jpg

Brandon's Impotent Rage

13th April 2014, 05:54

Made a new 'dixie soviet' flag, this time with different heraldry.

http://s13.postimg.org/535n8di1j/oie_I8p_K5_LMKm_UZR.png

COЯЯUPT

1st July 2014, 08:46

I don't have enough posts to directly post links or images. Anyways, I took a PD picture of Lenin, added a nice red/black color scheme to it, and made six different versions using filters in Photoshop. I uploaded them at imgur(dot)com/a/6uJKp#0.