it's official... *** ART OUT LOUD 2006 *** with UPDATE 3.03.06

[DSillustration]

hey guys!

last year's Art Out Loud raised over $5000 for the Society of Illustrator's student scholarship fund. (thanks to MANY of you!)
that money will be awarded at this year's competition,
making it one of the largest scholarships to be awarded.
who knows, maybe one of you guys will win it!

anyways,
due to the great success of last year's event,
we've decided to do it again...
except BIGGER,
and BETTER!

here's the skinny:
SATURDAY, APRIL 8TH, 2006
6 DEMOS, ONE ROOM !

JON FOSTER,
ADAM REX,
DAN DOS SANTOS,
GREG MANCHESS,
JULIE BELL,
and
BORIS VALLEJO !

unlike last year, where all participant painted collaboratively,
this will be 6 seperate, but simultaneous, demos.
you will be able to walk around the room,
and watch everyone execute a painting, using their own methods.
this means you will see the way Jon Foster starts (and finishes) a painting, the same way he does in his studio.

this event will take place in the same venue:
The Society of Illustrators, NYC
12:00 pm to 4:00pm.
space will be limited!
so tickets will be sold on a first come, first serve basis.

now, for the extra cool part:
all of the participating artists, plus half a dozen other AMAZING artists, have taken the time to produce a miniature sci-fi/fantasy painting.
all of the miniature paintings will be on display at the Society during the demo.
ALL of the paintings will be available for sale!
bids will start quite low (around $50) so the likelyhood of you being able to own one is pretty good!
the paintings will be sold via E-Bay, so even if you cant come to the demo, you can still get one.

and now the extra, extra cool part:
every cent of those sales will be put toward ANOTHER scholarship for a student!

"how much will all this cost me", you say?
:drum roll:
$20!
yup,
$20 for all students,
$25 for non-students.

i'm really looking forward to seeing a lot of you there!
we'll have more info for you soon.

[cotron]

!!!
Man, last time was so awesome, too bad I've switched coasts- I might have to look into getting a plane ticket for this. what a lineup!

[fukifino]

*looks at list of artists and whimpers*

Damn, that's hot. Hate to be one of the many to say it but...damn, wish I was in NY. :o

[Irene Gallo]

[darth massacre]

Looking at those 6 names alone tells me this would be one brilliant event. I'd love to go and since its in April we'll see how it goes.

[Irene Gallo]

You'd make a good carny barker, Dan. One correction though, AOL 1 brought in nearly $7,000.00!
Here's a peak at ART OUT LOUD 1. I may have said this before but, I think one of my favorite moments was hearing Justin say that NC Wyeth was a big influence...while Justin was painting about 6 inches in front of an NC.

[Snowsfall]

awsome, Irene do you think I could pay you for a ticket at the society some night? Or is it easier for you if I go through the mail?

[Irene Gallo]

awsome, Irene do you think I could pay you for a ticket at the society some night? Or is it easier for you if I go through the mail?

You can pay the Society directly. (Not me, though, I'll loose it!) I will have tickets for them to hand out or mail tomorrow.

[Idiot Apathy]

Wow wow wow, jealous.

[Kian]

Man that looks soooo awesome. Makes we wanna get on a jet to NY straight away. However, being a student, I have no money
But all the best with it DS

[Fellah.]

Living in Denmark is just...

Hope you have fun!

Btw who is who on the photo?

[vigostar]

fellah- ok im assuming your only talking about the painters... so from right to left its.... Greg Manchess (guy with beard and grey shirt), Donato (is the guy right next to Greg with his back to us in the white shirt), Rick Berry (is the guy in the black shirt talking to the crowd.. He's a real talker!), Brom (is the guy behind him and slightly to the right in the yellowish shirt), Dan aka Dsillo (is the guys right behing Rick which you cant see cuz Ricks a pretty big guy and Dan, well, Dan isnt..!), Justin Sweet (is the guy all the way in the back with the black shirt turned talking to someone..)

And Im going to shoot myself if I miss this....

[Irene Gallo]

Vigo - you beat me to it! Well...I'll post this anyway...

[Fellah.]

Thanks alot, Vigo and Irene! Always nice to know what people look like. I have a feeling DS likes to be mr.X, hehe.

[JoshuaTheJames]

Argg. That sounds great!

-Joshua

[DavePalumbo]

I see my forehead in that photo, SWEET!

[deschamps]

Excellent, I hope to be there. Thanks for the heads up DSillustration!

[AmishCommy]

well, the cat is finally out of the bag

[strych9ine]

I flew out to New York for the last one, and it was an amazingly run and inspiring weekend to say the least. And christ, this one's on my birthday... I might just have to fly my happy ass out to New York again.

[Irene Gallo]

Cody, we'll bring you cake!

I told Dan I'd wait until we got all six of these done before posting...but they just look too hot together to wait. For now, here is Foster, Manchess, and Dos Santos.

[strych9ine]

Cody, we'll bring you cake!

Flight booked.

I'll be looking for some discount airfare in the next few months for sure. You organize some great events Irene, it's much appreciated by us little guys...

[stoph]

HAHAAAaaa finally! i see DS's face! dan, you hunk of spunk this sounds great, you know id be there if i could.. someone go and make me a sign and take teh photosss!

[DSillustration]

HAHAAAaaa finally! i see DS's face! dan, you hunk of spunk

no you didn't...
that hunk is Rick Berry,
i'm the puny thing hiding behind him!

[bdfoster]

HAHAAAaaa finally! i see DS's face! dan, you hunk of spunk this sounds great, you know id be there if i could.. someone go and make me a sign and take teh photosss!

Here's a slideshow of a painting in progress from the first Art Out Loud 2005. 2.5mb

http://artoutloud00.tripod.com/artoutloud2005/

Hope I can make it!! I was in absolute awe the WHOLE time, last time.

Stoph--

Watch the slideshow. Dan's in there.

[Jessica Hook]

Dan you're such a TEASE!!!

.....though I can't complain about your choice for the flyer!... omg yay!

additional exclamation points

[vigostar]

when i saw the name adam rex.. i was like.. who's adam rex.. then I saw his artwork.. yeah, he's dope.. ive seen his work many times.. last time in Spectrum annual.. mad skills.. going to be hot!

[DSillustration]

personally,
adam is the guy im MOST excited to see paint.
im sure ill be taking breaks to peek over his shoulder!

[magicgoo]

Let's see, I need to save up two way airfare from California to New York by April, and then from California to Quebec for the C.A. convention....

Anybody wanna buy a snowboard? How 'bout a couple skateboards? Electric pocket rocket? My left arm?

[Elwell]

Rex used to post here.
Wish he would again...

[bRyaN]

definately gonna be there...gotta fax my info on Monday...you think you could hold me down 2 tickets...pweety pwease...