Charlie Kirk was someone I never thought I’d be creating a poster for, but after seeing how violently this good man’s life was taken, I simply had to. It surprised me how much his murder affected me. This act represented how incredibly divided as a nation we are, so much so that people are will to commit murder for simply having a difference of opinion.
It took a long time for Charlie to win me over, but I remember the moment when I couldn’t deny what he’d built and he did it at such a young age. He’d amassed a huge, young, energetic following that spread throughout the country and the world. He was the real deal.
Not being interested in chasing the news cycle, I took my time on these posters. The textured look of the pieces represents the rough and tumble nature of the live one-on-one debates that he participated in on college campuses. The rips were also meant to mimic the rage and anger it must take for people to aggressively remove these posters. This was me beating them to their eventual torn up look.
