Use at your own risk

One of the most ubiquitous posters of the last presidential election was that of a red, white and blue artistic representation of then Senator Barack Obama with the word HOPE underneath. The debate pits artistic license and fair use claims by artist Shepard Fairey against an AP photographer who took the source image of President Obama. You can catch up on the current status of the issue via Google News, but there is a web site now that you can use to make your own images in the similar style, with your own pictures. The site, provided by Paste Magazine is called ObamIconMe.

Create your own posters (liek this one I made of my daughter), but you might want to keep an eyes on the results of the lawsuits, just in case...