Stickers ... art or vandalism? [Esp/Eng]

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when I was a child I was never very good at drawing, however I was very relaxed to trace different types of images, over the years the technology made it much easier for us to work, and the day the tablet appeared I could return to "trace". With time the hours of hobby have been turning into a job that is increasingly worthy of a designer, the first thing I tried to draw were cartoon characters and although I have some of which I am proud, mine is more the lettering ... something that I realized after a couple of years of drawing.
The first sticker I made was a horrible cat that is still stuck in a part of the room, in love with the series "happy three friends" I made a character called "Bunny Bong" with which after the reception it had I made a brand of clothing. As part of the clothing brand we took out many stickers which were pasted on the street as a way to advertise this brand of street wear. This led to a partnership with Santiago Adhesivo, together with them we made several outings to fill public spaces, which gave us the opportunity to be part of some art exhibitions where we filled a car completely with stickers, something like yayoi kusama a couple of years before her appearance.

the years passed and copyright issues could not occupy more the image of bunny bong, I was destined to go back and continue with the idea of the cat, while I dedicated myself to do freelance work of logo design and lettering for different projects. it was in these times where the question of whether all this was vandalism or art began ... the reception in the street when one sticks a sticker is almost always positive, usually one ends up giving a couple to the people who observe you, but like everything else there are also people who find you a vandal and even attack you physically for the mere fact of sticking something. Rather than stay stuck with the "problem" and remembering that in my past I had given the sticker an artistic aspect, I got down to work and started making stickers of all cartoon designs, skate brands, music, weed, etc.. and I mounted them on a frame of which I made only 10, these were to paste in the street and before the obvious possibility of theft, I went to the hardware store to buy extra strong and fast cement for the mission, as expected after a couple of days all were stolen (it is street art, I did not expect anything else), today I fill private spaces of people who consider the stikers a form of art.
so are the stickers art or vandalism ?
well it depends on two big factors , one the love and dedication that the artist gives , trying to innovate and show something in the least shocking way possible and the other one the love and dedication that the artist gives to it , trying to innovate and show something in the least shocking way possible and the other one

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cuando era pequeño nunca fui muy bueno para dibujar , sin embargo me relajaba mucho el calcar diferentes tipos de imagenes , con el pasar de los años la tecnologia nos facilito mucho el trabajo, y el dia que aparecieron las tablet pude volver a "calcar" , con el tiempo las horas de hobbie se han ido convirtiendo en un trabajo que cada vez es mas digno de un diseñador .Lo primero que intente dibujar fueron personajes cartoons y aunque tengo algunos de los cuales me siento orgulloso , lo mio es mas el lettering ... cosa que me di cuenta de un par de años dibujando .

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El primer sticker que hice fue un gato horrible que aun esta pegado en un parte de la habitacion , enamorado de la serie "happy three friends" hice un personaje llamado "Bunny Bong" con el cual luego de el recibimiento que tuvo saque un marca de ropa . Como parte de la marca de ropa sacamos muchos stickers los cuales se pegaban por la calle como forma de publicitar esta marca de street wear. , esto llevo a asociarse con Santiago Adhesivo , junto a ellos se hicieron varias salidas para llenar espacios publicos , lo que nos dio la oportunidad de ser parte de unas muestras de artes donde se lleno un automovil completamente de stickers. algo estilo yayoi kusama un par de años antes de su aparcision
los años pasaron y temas de derechos de autor no pude ocupar mas la imagen de bunny bong , me destine a volver atras y seguir con la idea de el gato , mientras me dedicaba a hacer trabajo freelance de diseño de logo y lettering para diferentes proyectos.fueron en estos tiempos donde empezo la pregunta de si todo esto era vandalismo o arte ... el recibimiento en la calle cuando uno pega un sticker casi siempre es positivo , normalmente uno termina regalando un par a la gente que te observa , pero como todo tambien esta la gente que te encuentra un vandalo y llega hasta atacarte fisicamente por el solo hecho de estar pegando algo . Mas que quedarme pegado con el "problema" y recordando que en mi pasado le habia dado al sticker un aspecto artistico , me puse manos a la obra y empece a hacer stickers de todos lso diseños de cartoons , marcas de skate , musica , weed , etc. y los monte en un cuadro de el cual hice solo 10 , estos eran para pegar en la calle y ante la evidente posibilidad de robo , fui a la ferreteria a comprar cemento extrafuerte y rapido para la mision , como es de suponer luego de un par de dia todos fueron robados (es arte callejero , no esperaba otra cosa) , hoy en dia lleno espacios privados de gente que considera los stikers una forma de arte .
entonces los stickers son arte o vandalismo ?
pues depende de dos grandes factores , uno el amor y dedicacion que el artista le de , intentando innovar y mostrar algo de la manera menos chocante posible y el otro factor depende de quien lo ve , porque no importa lo bien que lo hagas siempre habra a alguien que no le guste.

como palabras finales me gustaria decir que seguire buscando maneras de presentar los stickers como forma de arte , haciendo un trabajo con mucho amor y muchas ganas.

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