Reverie '09 - Thunderdome!

These are shots from various stages of the Instructors' Thunderdome competition on the last day of the Conceptart.org Reverie workshop in Dallas. The instructors are given a topic at the start of an hour and then let loose to complete an image from scratch, to be judged by the entire workshop.

The topic given was to show hope even in the oppressive situation in the Congo where the population struggles with abuses associated with mining ores used in our everyday technology like cell phones and laptops. The finished images will be utilized by HOPE.

Get involved. The Devil's Candy Store is working on ways to help right now.


Kevin Llewelyn's image is on the right.




Andrew Jones (the eventual Thunderdome winner)


Whit Brachna


Bobby Chiu and Jason Chan faceoff


Bobby Chiu


Jason Chan


Dave Dorman starts his third hour ever drawing digitally


Dave continues while figuring out the program as he goes


Dave near completion of his piece and his 3rd hour of digital painting. (ever)

Reverie '09 - Monday, March 30 Walk-Thru

Reverie '09 - Monday, March 30

Christ, it's late again. 3AM.


Greg Manchess


Bobby Chiu shows Dave Dorman the digital ropes


Bobby Chiu teaches class


Dave Dorman paints acrylics over oil (You can't do that)


Dave Dorman paints digitally for the first time!

Reverie Workshop - Part 2

More scenes from the kick-off party at FIG.

Reverie Workshop - Dallas '09

A few quick scenes from the kick-off party for Conceptart.org's Reverie Workshop in Dallas, Texas. I'll be posting more this week, along with videos.

Conceptart.org's Reverie in Dallas

Well, Dave Dorman and I made it thru a very bumpy flight to Dallas. We're in Texas for Conceptart.org's Reverie workshop, which is another like the Revelations Symposium in Seattle last January. Dave is an instructor at this one and I'm just here being an artist. I loved the last one and I see no reason that Dallas won't be better.

The whole thing kicks off tomorrow in typical Conceptart.org fashion with a huge party that starts at 9PM in conjunction with the AFI Festival going on here. Dave and I will probably hit the Dallas Art Museum tomorrow, since it is one block from our hotel. I'll be taking pics and vids and will do my best to keep everyone posted.

Andrew Jones Live Painting

Lucent L’amour

The Do LaB's 4th annual Lucent L'amour will be transformed into a full-on Valentine's Street Festival! Join them as they take over the streets of Downtown L.A. with art, music, performance, and all kinds of madness!

Featuring:
Z Trip
Lucent Dossier Vaudeville Cirque
Adam Freeland
Random Rab
Marques Wyatt
Jeremy Sole
Kazell
J Boogie
El Papa Chango
Helios Jive
Jupiter
Jesse Wright
Troublemaker
The Ianator
Imagika
Saynt



Plus...
Live digital painting by Andrew Jones
Live painting by Shrine and Kofie
Art Gallery curated by Mike Russek and so much more to come!

Info: http://lucentlamour.com/yd
Tickets: http://lucentlamour.thedolab.com/tickets/

Conceptart.org and Massive Black Symposium

Hell, ya. Sweet news for all of you artists out there:

ConceptArt.Org International Art and Design Workshop: DALLAS TEXAS - March 28-31 2009

Stay tuned for registration details and other stuff coming out this week. The Symposium in Seattle last January was inspiring and mind-blowing. Check these videos of past events.

PLUS: The Massive Black Concept Art book is out.

This video from the Seattle Revelations Symposium gives you a good idea of what this is about.

Massive Black Concept Art book

Massive Black is releasing a 700-page concept art book to be published by Ballistic Publishing. There are various editions, so get yours now.