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Artist Uses Old Macs as Canvases for Mac Fanboy Paintings

gizmodo.com — Instead of turning it into a jukebox, a jack-o-lantern, or worse, a web server hosting your text-only fan site, why not ship that old Mac of yours out to Melbourne, Australia where painter and street artist Satta van Daal will slap on some fanboy-approved Apple imagery as part of his iPaint myMac series.

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badwithcomputer 90 days ago, made popular 89 days ago

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SuperIntendo, on 07/09/2008, -11/+5To say this is awesome would be an understatement.
jamez, on 07/09/2008, -9/+17Looks like a stencil.

Buried.
- Shiftgood, on 07/10/2008, -2/+9tell that to Banksy.
  - jamez, on 07/10/2008, -1/+1Banksy takes risks.
- Billistic, on 07/10/2008, -0/+3So?
  
  You're supposed to take are for what it looks like and makes you feel, how it's created is second to that.
  
  Besides, you're only speculating.
  - Nerfdude, on 07/10/2008, -2/+2this "are" makes me feel as though the "areist" has wasted his life.
- MMSQ3, on 07/10/2008, -0/+1Yeah, the only cool one was the last one... and that was unoriginal.
  
  Cool idea. needed a little more creativity and variety.
- SmellyGeekBoy, on 07/10/2008, -0/+2Ooh, the story they linked to from my site! (I'm responsible for teamteabag.com where this story was originally featured).
  
  If you read it, you'd know that it is a stencil. That's what the artist does. It doesn't make it any less artistic though - those things take a hell of a lot of work to make.
- reformation, on 07/10/2008, -0/+1So what?
Shiftgood, on 07/10/2008, -7/+2The stencil repeats but the use of color, layout, and other materials (like the buttons as a date) are so classic.

DiggDugg.
- alex7575, on 07/10/2008, -5/+2DiggDuggDown
arlok789, on 07/10/2008, -10/+34This is proof that Mac fanboys are stupid. Its a freaking computer. It is meant to compute things. Worshiping Steve Jobs is stupid. If I put a painted a picture of Bill Gates on my computer, people would think I was creepy.
- Enigmocracy, on 07/10/2008, -7/+2And you care why?
- whordon, on 07/10/2008, -7/+3Thank you for those words of wisdom
- Galaxylander, on 07/10/2008, -7/+2None of us worship Steve Jobs, it's cool to get your old computer painted whether it's a Mac or not! Get your head out of your ass. I would NEVER get a picture of Steve Jobs painted on my computer- I don't know any Mac fans that would. You're just being a douche.
  
  Anything Mac fans do is over exaggerated- whether you think it or not, being a Mac user IS different and special. The only reason that Mac users all seem like fanboys is because it used to be a specialized market.
  
  Mac users used to be flamboyant and extravagant because they really enjoy the product they use and wanted to get information about it out to the world. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that.
  
  People think it's stupid that there are iPod fansites but nobody ever whines about Zune fansites.
  
  It IS just a computer/product but it's a computer/product that we like and enjoy using- can you really hold that against us?
  
  Don't be a douche.
  - Twoodge, on 07/10/2008, -1/+4"being a Mac user IS different and special."
    Being a Dell user IS different and special.
    
    Both these statements are equally valid and equally retarded. It's a bit of plastic and metal, not the ***** Holy Grail.
  - 4rp4n3t, on 07/10/2008, -1/+4So you think that folk exaggerate Mac fanboidem? I have to disagree:
    
    "whether you think it or not, being a Mac user IS different and special."
    
    I rest my case.
- Nerfdude, on 07/10/2008, -1/+2you know, there really needs to be another apple section. one for actual apple news, like new releases. and another section for this kind of ***** that nobody should ever have to see mixed in with potential tech news.
  - waydee, on 07/10/2008, -1/+2And an iphone section, I don't mind most Apple news but the amount of iphone related ***** thats clogging up the front page lately is just silly.
  - Vich, on 07/10/2008, -1/+2I would be inclined to agree, because I'm sick of the apple/iphone crap. I don't use any apple products, but when good stories come out about new apple products or their latest business venture, I'm genuinely interested. Giving them their own section is perhaps going a bit far, almost like asking for more of this style of content.
- Vich, on 07/10/2008, -1/+2We didn't need proof, we're diggers.
Kossu, on 07/10/2008, -7/+19To be honest, that looks like ass.
andretii, on 07/10/2008, -4/+10I'd like to take a ***** on them
chinesebadasss, on 07/10/2008, -7/+11old mac=useless
old mac with below average stencil=still useless
LoudMusic, on 07/10/2008, -3/+11I dunno, man, I'm just not impressed.
- reformation, on 07/10/2008, -0/+1Stop writing like that.
  - LoudMusic, on 07/10/2008, -0/+1Writing like what?
HiroOfShadows, on 07/10/2008, -4/+410 comments? Really? I think they're neat.
green1152, on 07/10/2008, -2/+3For a cheap buck? Stencil? Cool idea, lame execution!
ninjasenses, on 07/10/2008, -1/+1Wasn't this just on the front page the other day?
Jeezoflip, on 07/10/2008, -1/+1isn't the finder face's nose pointing the wrong way?
Billistic, on 07/10/2008, -9/+3Wow, I can't believe how many of you bastards are complaining it's a stencil.

So lets see some of the physical artwork some of you guys have created, and no your lame account on art deviant doesn't count.

At least these guys got off their asses and out of photoshop.
- morepinklemons, on 07/19/2008, -0/+1Hey, photoshop is a respectable art medium. You complain about people complaining it's a stencil and then go on to complain about photoshop. Really now. Does that make sense?
  
  That said. I think this is really cool; (yeah I know, fanboisim, diggdown, etc.) And yes it would appear to be a stencil, but a great deal of artists actually make their own stencils. I don't see why that might not be the case here. It requires just as much talent to make a stencil as it would to paint it by hand.
  
  Even crappy art has more dignity than the criticism denoting it as such.
gamben0, on 07/10/2008, -3/+1I liked the first one (same as thumbnail). That's saying a lot because I generally despise anything apple.
tzilla12, on 07/10/2008, -1/+4its not the fact that is a stencil that makes it lame. Its because its the same damn stencil 3 times.
Nerfdude, on 07/10/2008, -3/+1aw man, i thought i blocked apple stories. well, i've learned my lesson.
Crass22, on 07/10/2008, -4/+1Wrong topic.

btw,max are teh ghay
MasterTroll, on 07/10/2008, -3/+6Gay, and probably fake. So, gay and fake.
zapa, on 07/10/2008, -3/+2how ***** stupid ppl are? stop corporate whoring
Galaxylander, on 07/10/2008, -1/+1Being a Mac user is special and different because it's a smaller marketshare- not because it's better or prettier. You took that wrong.
- 4rp4n3t, on 07/10/2008, -1/+1Yep - so special and different you can't figure out how to reply to a thread...;)
  
  And I took it the same way, so I guess you *said* it wrong...
longbow486, on 07/10/2008, -2/+1Whats worse is, its the same ***** picture over and over, at least have a little diversity for ***** sake
MariaSverdlova, on 07/10/2008, -1/+0Some mac fans may like it, but I don't find it exclusive :)
Usual picture as any other..
thuimeeha, on 07/11/2008, -1/+0cool
http://tiny.cc/Ns6yj
McBrewster, on 07/31/2008, -0/+0He could use the completely busted up 3G iPhone they have posted at Nationalwatercooler dot com! Ouch!
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