Obama '08

I promise I'm not going to turn this into a political blog, but here's a quick drawing I did this afternoon of Barack Obama—a good exercise in trying to capture a likeness of someone who is (or, hopefully, soon will be) immediately recognizable to everyone. I'm not sure I quite captured him (there's a little hint of Reinhold in there that's kind of strange), but for a 20-minute sketch it's not half bad...

Anyway, far be it from me to tell anyone how to vote, I'm just excited to finally have a candidate I want to vote for instead of always voting against the opposing candidate. And what the hell, I've gone this far, I may as well throw in the video of Obama's South Carolina speech, on the off chance someone out there may not have seen it yet, because it's one hell of a speech and well worth watching, especially if you're on the fence.



Does it help bring this back on topic if I point out that, regardless of your political beliefs, the Obama campaign sure does have some surprisingly nice graphic design for a political campaign? That "O" sunrise logo (apparently put together by a designer from Chicago named Sol Sender) is ingenious. A little too fond of the "glow" effect, maybe, but still, very effective...



Okay, that's enough politics for tonight—next post, back to nonpartisan design talk...