Shepard Fairey

Graphic designer
Shepard began in an innovator of the idea of branding and creating iconicle images. During art school he came up with a basic design of Andre the Giant’s face and underneath wrote OBEY. The image became a cultural phenomenon spreading from the east coast to the west to around the world. Since Shepard has stayed true to his principle art form, Graphic design and has changed his focus to more of a political one. Though his work appears a little simplistic it is very conceptual and easily recognizable. He is very inspirational.