"how long have DVD's been with us..."

Tim Andrew

"how long have DVD's been with us..."

The poster edition of the original vector drawn photographic print series I made earlier this year. All VHS covers were hand drawn from original images (it took ages).

The rap (Abridged):
Do you remember when your VCR broke and you decided not to get another because they were sort of old technology? DVD was replacing VHS and you could probably buy the shows you wanted as season sets on DVD soon. Have they released those shows yet? Maybe you started watching different stuff because they didn’t release them? I don’t know, but many films aren’t being replaced on DVD at my local video shop when the VHS copy dies … I can’t find Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure in any DVD rental place… and find me The Last Star Fighter while you’re looking. I loved that movie!

Things look right on VHS, The Dark Crystal, Star Wars, Alien, Thomas the Tank Engine, Sooty, all better on tape, darker, warmer, grainier. We’ve lost something here, it’s changed, it ain’t cool.

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"how long have DVD's been with us..." by Tim Andrew
"how long have DVD's been with us..." by Tim Andrew
  • thickblackoutline

    thickblackoutlinet-shirt and design aficionado

    The Last Star Fighter! Sooty!! ahh, this is such a great piece… now if we could all get The Curiosity Show on vid the ads paused out, the world would be such a better place!! :)

  • Tim Andrew replied

    Thanks, you’re feeling it! I knew I wasn’t the only one… I fricken loved the curiosity show too. Repro skivvies with question marks… Hmm theres an idea…

  • najeroux

    najeroux

    I’ve nearly worn out Big Top Pee Wee and about 6 years worth of RAGE. The Vector Love is large my child.

    najeroux

  • Tim Andrew replied

    Yeah rage tapes! I had the Ramones special, when Joey died, a whole bunch or weird indie and punk marathons… all sort of left behind now

  • Jordan Clarke

    Jordan Clarke

    omg this brings back memories…

  • Tim Andrew replied

    Hey Jordan, glad you like ‘em. You’ve got some really nice work in your portfolio. Your name was familiar so I checked and discovered we’re myspace friends already. how bout that…? -T

  • Jordan Clarke

    Jordan Clarke

    I know! I saw your name in the challenge – and it called to mind your profile pic – the animated decapitated head. Hard to forget…haha

  • chelsgus

    chelsgus

    Who woulda thunk it?
    The things we take for granted.
    All those hours of rage I, too, thought I’d just watch over and over and…

  • jemimalovesbigted

    jemimalovesbigted

    totally brilliant! this is really great and damn do I feel old now!

  • jemimalovesbigted

    jemimalovesbigted

    oh and by the way, I still have VHS and I still watch it….

    p.s. I know the Dark Crystal by heart and that was my first ever owned VHS…

  • Tim Andrew replied

    Thanks Jemima, Glad you like em and you still kick it old school VHS style.
    Dark Crystal was my first owned vid too!

  • CapturedByKylie

    CapturedByKylie

    Congratulations on the home page (19 Dec 2008)!

  • Sam Parsons

    Sam Parsons

    very cool image :) dont want to even imagaine how long it took to draw everything by hand!

    btw… The Last Starfighter can always be bought from ebay ;) dont know about renting it though

  • freeradical

    freeradical

    great work and thoughts/superb on homepage

  • randomdumping

    randomdumping

    Very cool! Well done.

  • RockyWalley

    RockyWalley

    Great work Tim… Congratulations on the front page… I still have a lot of VHS’s but not the one’s you’ve listed…

  • deahna

    deahna

    I own Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure on DVD, but I do understand what you’re saying! Amazing artwork!!!

  • Christian Hartung

    Christian Hartung

    cool collection mate, well done

  • greenfrog153

    greenfrog153

    Agreed Tim. Tapes are so much better. Congratulations on making the home page!

  • mylesaway

    mylesaway

    i love this image. but, VHS was the lesser of even tape. Beta was superior, but was edged out some how. RIP VHS.

  • Nick Monfries

    Nick Monfries

    great work, and i understand where you’re coming from about dvd just not being the same sometimes. And now we’ve got this blu-ray BS. It’s 10 times worse!

  • blueeyesjus

    blueeyesjus

    Great image Tim, my VHS did work till an old monty python tape got stuck in it..oh an i have to agree with mylesaway Beta was better it just goes to show how effective ‘agressive marketing’ can be

  • NicoleH

    NicoleH

    Great rendering! I bet it did take hours! Enjoyed the lament for VHS too. I know how you feel, I thought the Last Starfighter was awesome too! My dad is a classic movie buff, and so many are not on DVD he still has tapes and uses them constantly. Many of your covers look familar. :)

  • C J Hummel - Foxfire Gallery

    C J Hummel - ...

    Great idea, but could you be infringing copyright, given that you “copied” the insignia etc from an original, then put it up for sale? I am no copyright specialist, but TDK or BASF have and you could face yourself with a lawsuit.

  • C J Hummel - Foxfire Gallery

    C J Hummel - ...

    Please this is just concern for you, not to diminish your great effort and art

  • Tim Andrew replied

    If that’s the case (and it’s less clear cut than one might expect, varies country to county etc), I’m pretty small fry in the scheme of copyright infringement and I’d expect the suit wouldn’t be worth their effort. Also I’m not selling VHS tapes, so there isn’t any counterfeit issue to answer. And this is art, which does give me some latitude in these things. We shouldn’t forget the copyright infringement involving some pretty famous soup cans in the 60’s that was let slide on account of it being good publicity for the brand, maybe I’ll be that lucky… wait and see eh?

  • Steve Leadbeater

    Steve Leadbeater

    cool as – love it.

  • Peter Horsman

    Peter Horsman

    This does bring back memories, I reckon I’d bought most of these blank tapes at some stage in my youth – and the work that has gone into it is absolutely amazing and well worth the prestige of being on the homepage and the praise it’s received – and yes I would love it if they brought out all the old movies and TV shows on DVD…but I’m gladly a convert to DVD in this day and age and much prefer the clarity of what I’m watching, the ease of getting to the point I want, and the knowledge that my discs are far less likely to screw up in my cheap DVD player than all those tapes kept on doing in my cheap “tape munching” VCR hehe

    Great work, though!

  • BluAlien

    BluAlien

    You know you could always burn your VHS to DVD or BluRay and that way you’ll have them like that forever.. grainieness and all.. Awesome piece of vector work here btw ;)

  • Pip Gerard

    Pip Gerard

    you know what I hate about DVD’s… the scratch way too easily! We’ve got so many that are unusable now. (I do recall though Video’s dying after being taped over and watched too many times though too).
    I keep telling everybody.. DVD’s can’t be as good as it gets. They’ll probably find something new and we’ll have to spend another fortune buying all the new technology!!

  • Tim Andrew replied

    “They’ll probably find something new and we’ll have to spend another fortune buying all the new technology!!” Yep, BluRay…

    The useful thing about video was even if a tape was worn it could still be watchable, Not so with DVD. (and I doubt BluRay either).

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