As you walk through the city and along Broad Street, the majority of the signs begin with the word NO. No stopping, no standing, no soliciting, no parking, no dogs, no shirt, no service, no trespassing, no loitering and I always think to myself, No Breathing, No Living, No Laughing. No life. A world devoid of color.

This image was ironic because the post appears as if it is splitting in two and the sticker seems to be holding it together as if it were a band aid intent on healing. Yet, the message of the sticker and the experience of 9/11 tore our country in two politically.

The remainder of an old sticker once removed left the image similar to that of a dinosaur head behind. It seemed amusing that an extinct species seemed to be recycling to save the earth. Perhaps, he was trying to warn us?

Edit Pictures

I tried to keep my pictures as natural to myself as possible, I added the logo to my blog on all the pictures. I stylized the pictures with different effects. I wanted to compare my logo to other logos that I respect with the Hundreds clothing logo backwards with switched colors on their logo, I tried to keep my logo relevant within each picture.

As I worked on this picture I was kinda lost on what I should do, and I got into a in depth conversation about Troy A. Davis and the mixed dialogue during the conversation made me create the piece you see in front of you. I tried to convey a few peoples point of view within the picture. I enjoyed doing this picture coming up with each part to try in represent this mans life that was lost on September 21st 2011.

BROAD STREET PHOTOSHOP

Triad of Random

I apologize for the crude quality of the pictures but my PhotoShop wouldn't uplaod them to Blogger so I had to take pictures of them with my camera phone straight off my laptop. In any case, here they are! I was admittedly hungry when I did this and I guess my minds eye saw no other potential in the letters other than this.

Originally reading as, "We ship to prisons" it seemed fitting to right this on a wall in a red lined neighborhood. It only felt right because you know no one cares about most of the troubled youth in prisons who come out of these neighborhoods.

This sign actually reads as, "Besty Ross" so I thought I would do the City a favor and fix it for them.

Broad Street Changes - Dos

For this assignment, I replaced the main text with text from cards in Community Chess, and Chance, in Parker Brothers' Monopoly. They seem to fit the dreary, and the indescript nature of Tasker and Broad. There isn't much life around, and it is slowly becoming more and more dilapidated.

From Foundation.org to "You are assessed for street repairs - $40 per house, $115 per hotel"

From "No Dumping - $400 Fine" to "Advance to Go - Collect $200.00" AND Philadelphia Gas Works to GO.
The Postal Service is changed to "Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect $200"

Jake's Photoshopped Pics

I photoshopped this building to make i look more dark.


I chose to colorize this picture green and throw an artistic filter on it.

I added a ripple effect, inverted the original pic and changed the color around.

Cleaner and Brighter

I heightened the saturation and brightened the hue of the letters on this sign so that they would appear less faded.

For this assignment, I was a little unsure as to what direction I should go in when editing my pictures. I attempted to sort of give my pictures a look of renewal, editing, retouching and brightening each of the signs.

Originally, the paint on this lamp post was chipped and covered in dirt and markings so I retouched the whole thing.

I complained so much about this sign that I thought I had to fix it. I feel better now.

I didn't want to do something too extreme or exaggerated because I wanted to keep them looking real. Imagine a Philadelphia where the signs are clean and legible and have all of their letters!