The closing night of the Republican Convention, it was clear the party was pulling on iconic images to kick off the campaign season. As I mentioned yesterday, the balloon and ball drop was a great visual and utilized the red, white, and blue stars and streamers to launch the celebration.
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| Gelli contact print. Acrylic paint on lightweight tag stock. |
The image of the US flag was frequently in the background, and many of the speakers wore something red, something blue or a pin depicting an Americanism icon. So, what might the next images generated for the campaigns look like - let's start with a flag-like image. The image above was created using acrylic paint on a gelli plate, then pick up on light tag stock in a contact-print technique.
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| Gelli contact print. Acrylic paint on lightweight tag stock. Relief print elephant added on top of the gelli print. |
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Of course the republicans would want to be sure their iconic logo is included for immediate recognition, so the elephant has been printed as a relief print on top of the gelli print.
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| Gelli contact print. Acrylic paint on lightweight tag stock. Relief print elephant added on top of the gelli print. |
Print trimmed. |
This could be a powerful first image to move the Republican campaign forward. Candidate Trump articulated a long list of issues and problems he will solve if elected, so the mixing of the flag-like image and the strong, republican elephant are a good start to set the tone. Perhaps this elephant needs some blond locks wavying.......I'll have to think about that addition....
Great images to establish before the Democrats begin their convention on Monday.
More ideas to come!
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