Walrus TV Artist Feature: Ryan McGinness from "The Run Up"

[unguent]

boring, simple, not infinity. boring, actually really boring 'vocabulary'

[unguent]

boring, simple, not infinity. boring

[SpewMonkii]

Why is it that people think that there has to be a hand involved for it to be "art" more importantly than the hand is the mind and that is what is being used to create these images. Would it be any different if he meticulously hand painted all these symbols, it would still be the same image, why would it matter?

[Cre8iveSignWorks]

the overall finished artwork is good but i dont think hes hand cutting the icons, swashes and swirls, etc. infact id be very surprised if they all werent designed and cut on computer which leaves the only thing done by hand to be the pouring on of the ink and the swipe of the squeegee. if this is to be the case, somehow the ''art is taken away from the art'' for me, sorry!

[Nikkoartchannel]

@Cre8iveSignWorks - All of the icons, and other graphic elements begin as hand drawn sketches. Then a more refined final drawing is scanned into the computer and then drawn over again to make it as clean and refined as possible. Those final digital versions are then used to make camera ready artwork with which to make individual silk screens. Yes, it's true that none of the surfaces have hand painted elements, the heavy labor is in the actual creation of the individual original images.

[electriczombie17]

inspired. Going to paint right now. peace

[stevo8782]

my favorite part is where he's eating. :) this guy's good

[henrimoufettal]

On symbols, maybe ar away from babylonian mess up of languages. direct simple symbols. it gives birth to another complexity which is making its way to arts. What do you need to understand one object? simple and basic, or simple and accurate, or complex and to be explained, one figure, one symbol, different colours. entering ignored fields makes it all beautifully creative and eatably interesting. yes interesting and profilic. miam.

[Nikkoartchannel]

What a great segment. There arent many videos of Ryan that I have been able to find. Its nice to get a bit of an inside look at such an interesting and prolific force.

[todayisamemory]

this is pretty damn rad. i love it. thanks WalrusTV.

[superflywhiteboys94]

Love this dude

[klaaain]

so cool o:

[sirladytron]

i appreciate what this guy is doing in trying to reinterpret these "public directional" icons into something more...however i think that these painting executions are a little, i don't know, poorly executed. his craftsmanship is good but it doesn't read very well...just not a fan...

on the other hand, i think his consumer products like the soccer ball and bags are a lot better executed. maybe because the icons are not overlapping like in his paintings.

[isaacmakesvideos]

awesome stuff

[vancityvandals]

first comment i find this guy kind of soucky