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Pretty cool project by Looptaggrs Ariel Schlesinger & Aram Bartholl. Drive by stencils now as easy as spitting your gum out your car window

Grab your can and hit up a wall today ;-)

People, this is the year 2010 (almost 2011) why are you still using the default setting for your dropshadows.. better question why are using dropshadows? Just because you use a dropshadow does not mean it’s a better design, or  it make your image/picture “POP” more. Design is just as much about taking away as it is adding.

By using the default settings for a dropshadow you are doing 2 things:

  1. Dating your design back to 1997
  2. Making yourself look like you have no clue what you are doing.

Myths about the dropshadow:

It’s going to give my image more depth: Have you ever seen an image floating on top of a table with a 120º dark shadow floating to the right of it.. even when you have 6 light sources?

It makes my text Crisp: Or it causes distraction.  If you know what you are doing you should be able to place your text  in a location on an image to keep it crisp.

In Other words.. Dropshadows are a great way of saying “I have Photoshop, and no clue about what I’m doing”

Please do not take offense to this post if you are one of these people, although I stated my views I still believe dropshadows do have a place in design when used correctly.

Aram Bartholl Installed 5 USB flash drives in different public parts of New York City. Anyone is welcome to drop of files to share with one another.. wonder how long before someone uploads a virus?

see more photos over here.