Art Attack

1729 ARTISTS! A great number for The Covers Project. While we didn't quite hit our mark of 3000 Filipino artists, we rallied a great response for this milestone project in a short 8 weeks.

...And we're going to make it work. Thanks to the artists who sent us two pieces of art, we have enough for all 3000 covers of our first issue. With your permission, we would like to use ALL art pieces submitted for both the exhibition and cover - including the 2nd piece that was initially for the exhibition only.

How will we do this? Prior to distribution, ALL THE COVERS WILL BE EXHIBITED during the Art in Site Magazine launch in January 2009. On display will be covers by Ugu Bigyan, Paul Pfeiffer, Neal Oshima, Wawi Navarroza and other Filipino artists from all corners of the world including Saudi Arabia, Australia, Bosnia, Trinidad, Iceland, Qatar to name a few.

Thank you to everyone who has participated in THE COVERS PROJECT. We appreciate your support in helping Art In Site magazine create its unique vision of having each copy be an original art work. We have extended the submission deadline to 30 September 2008. So please keep the art works coming!

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Got this email from one of the cool people from Art In Site Magazine. And yes, they are extending their deadline until September 30! Wipeee!

I've learned about The Covers Project just several days before their first deadline (September 15) and with the hecticity (not a word!) from our org's sponsorship of the "Eagle Eye" premier screening, I thought iL never gonna make it to create an artwork for them.

First, I was aiming to do an acrylic painting in canvass but looking at the deadline I knew I will not make it in time. Then I scrounged up from my photo archives for any "non-postprocessed" picture that was creative enough to be called an art. NOTHING passed my taste! My mind racing, I installed a Photoshop CS2 and while waiting for it to finish, quickly scanned the web for past editing lessons I've worked on. The first thing that hit my convoluted thoughts... Andy Warhol!

Sooobrang kadiri sabihin but I have to admit that one of the major reasons why I did Warhol is that his "silk-screening multiples" technique in painting is quite easy to replicate in Photoshop! This, and the fact that I dig vintage Pop Art designs on my shirts (none of those brand label shite), made me quickly decide for it. So tadaaa... my artwork:

sadly, my original work's high resolution made its color crappy here. the colors on this one is waaay too different from my original!
The girl's name's Ly so I just called that art "Smile-Ly".

At first, I ought for this to be just a test work... to just refresh if I still know how to do the technique. Turns out, I was even more pressed for time than I thought that I had no choice but to have this as my actual submission already. I worked on this on a staggered five-day period and by late last week, I was just on the process of "cleaning" it up ready for 8R photo printing. See? Warhol-art's quick but cool.

I submitted at the deadline itself (last Monday) but I just received words from them that they won't mind a second submission since the deadline was moved. Astig!

For coherency, iL probably just do another Warhol again. I'm currently in the process of digging my photo archive again for any other unwilling subjects. Haha!

Addendum: Crap! When I posted the pic of my artwork (see above image), it din't turn out to be on its original colors! The high resolution probably screwed it. Have to find a way how I can upload a closer semblance.

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Quick Facts:
Title: Smile-Ly
Composition: digitally processed photograph in photo paper
Software: Adobe Photoshop CS2
Date Started: September 2, 2008
Date Finished: September 8, 2008
Genre: Portraiture, Silk-Screen Multiple

My artwork is based on Andy Warhol's silk-screen multiple method replete with his use of vivid pallette. However, unlike his famous use of pop art subjects, I opted for a more personal touch and did a portrait. Again, in contrary with Warhol's works, I made use of more muted colors to give definition not only on the "color play" but on the subject as well.

*****

For more about "The Covers Project", click the link on the image below...

Art Attack

1729 ARTISTS! A great number for The Covers Project. While we didn't quite hit our mark of 3000 Filipino artists, we rallied a great response for this milestone project in a short 8 weeks.

...And we're going to make it work. Thanks to the artists who sent us two pieces of art, we have enough for all 3000 covers of our first issue. With your permission, we would like to use ALL art pieces submitted for both the exhibition and cover - including the 2nd piece that was initially for the exhibition only.

How will we do this? Prior to distribution, ALL THE COVERS WILL BE EXHIBITED during the Art in Site Magazine launch in January 2009. On display will be covers by Ugu Bigyan, Paul Pfeiffer, Neal Oshima, Wawi Navarroza and other Filipino artists from all corners of the world including Saudi Arabia, Australia, Bosnia, Trinidad, Iceland, Qatar to name a few.

Thank you to everyone who has participated in THE COVERS PROJECT. We appreciate your support in helping Art In Site magazine create its unique vision of having each copy be an original art work. We have extended the submission deadline to 30 September 2008. So please keep the art works coming!

*****

Got this email from one of the cool people from Art In Site Magazine. And yes, they are extending their deadline until September 30! Wipeee!

I've learned about The Covers Project just several days before their first deadline (September 15) and with the hecticity (not a word!) from our org's sponsorship of the "Eagle Eye" premier screening, I thought iL never gonna make it to create an artwork for them.

First, I was aiming to do an acrylic painting in canvass but looking at the deadline I knew I will not make it in time. Then I scrounged up from my photo archives for any "non-postprocessed" picture that was creative enough to be called an art. NOTHING passed my taste! My mind racing, I installed a Photoshop CS2 and while waiting for it to finish, quickly scanned the web for past editing lessons I've worked on. The first thing that hit my convoluted thoughts... Andy Warhol!

Sooobrang kadiri sabihin but I have to admit that one of the major reasons why I did Warhol is that his "silk-screening multiples" technique in painting is quite easy to replicate in Photoshop! This, and the fact that I dig vintage Pop Art designs on my shirts (none of those brand label shite), made me quickly decide for it. So tadaaa... my artwork:

sadly, my original work's high resolution made its color crappy here. the colors on this one is waaay too different from my original!
The girl's name's Ly so I just called that art "Smile-Ly".

At first, I ought for this to be just a test work... to just refresh if I still know how to do the technique. Turns out, I was even more pressed for time than I thought that I had no choice but to have this as my actual submission already. I worked on this on a staggered five-day period and by late last week, I was just on the process of "cleaning" it up ready for 8R photo printing. See? Warhol-art's quick but cool.

I submitted at the deadline itself (last Monday) but I just received words from them that they won't mind a second submission since the deadline was moved. Astig!

For coherency, iL probably just do another Warhol again. I'm currently in the process of digging my photo archive again for any other unwilling subjects. Haha!

Addendum: Crap! When I posted the pic of my artwork (see above image), it din't turn out to be on its original colors! The high resolution probably screwed it. Have to find a way how I can upload a closer semblance.

*****

Quick Facts:
Title: Smile-Ly
Composition: digitally processed photograph in photo paper
Software: Adobe Photoshop CS2
Date Started: September 2, 2008
Date Finished: September 8, 2008
Genre: Portraiture, Silk-Screen Multiple

My artwork is based on Andy Warhol's silk-screen multiple method replete with his use of vivid pallette. However, unlike his famous use of pop art subjects, I opted for a more personal touch and did a portrait. Again, in contrary with Warhol's works, I made use of more muted colors to give definition not only on the "color play" but on the subject as well.

*****

For more about "The Covers Project", click the link on the image below...