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Nicole AndujarEditor-in-Chief/Publisher/Art [email protected]
Ana GuaquetaMarketing [email protected]
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On the cover:‘Ravage’ by Mike [email protected]
May 2007 • N°1 Vol.4
A collective by artists for artists. Tell everyone.
Hello Everyone!
Again, thanks to everyone who has participated in this wonderful issue of IC. I am pleased to announce that some of the artists featured in this month’s issue are also featured in UK’s premier Design Publications such as Computer Arts and Advanced Photoshop User magazines. IC is reaching out to all continents and we are happy that designers all over the world are participating in our publication.
Iniciativa Colectiva is actively looking for publishers and printhouses to publish its first annual in time for Miami’s Art Basel this December. We plan to feature the best of the year’s work featured in IC so always remember to keep sending your best work over to us and if selected, you will be invited to participate in our annual. Deadline for the annual will be announced in the following months.
I would like to keep encouraging you to keep working as hard as you are. Keep your dreams alive and let them show through your work. Don’t let anyone tell you you cannot do anything or achieve greatness, you won’t fail if you try.
Design for life.
Nicole AndujarCreative Director
aaron winters ___________________________________________ [usa]
ben hewitt ______________________________________________[uk]
fontaine anderson __________________________________ [australia]
guiselt thaiz______________________________ [dominican republic]
iikki _________________________________________________ [spain]
lucas buick & ryan dorshort ______________________________ [usa]
mike harrison ___________________________________________[uk]
mike spicer _____________________________________________ [usa]
noah breslau ___________________________________________ [usa]
marian rupp _______________________________________[germany]
stefan zetzsche _____________________________________[germany]
teis albers ______________________________________ [netherlands]
thomas moon ___________________________________________ [usa]
victor murillo _________________________________________ [spain]
andrew piscane _________________________________________ [usa]
paola gonzalez _____________________________________ [mexico]
sarah scott _____________________________________________ [usa]
alicia kidd _______________________________________[puerto rico]
cesar sommer____________________________________________[uk]
erica leighton __________________________________________ [usa]
noah ‘syo’ belleza _______________________________ [philippines]
nunzio __________________________________________________[uk]
patricia gil _____________________________________________ [usa]
roberto muñoz ___________________________ [dominican republic]
May artists:
iikki ..................................................28Mike Harrison ..................................44Erica Leighton ..................................90
Aaron Winters ....................................9Ben Hewitt ........................................10Fontaine Anderson ...........................14Guiselt Thaiz ....................................18Marian Rupp ....................................23Stefan Zetzsche ................................24Lucas Buick & Ryan Dorshort ............38Thomas Moon ..................................41Mike Spicer ......................................54Noah Breslau ....................................56Teis Albers .......................................62Victor Murillo ...................................67
Andrew Piscane ...............................71Paola Gonzalez .................................74Sarah Scott .......................................76
Alicia Kidd .......................................83Cesar Sommer .................................84Noah ‘Syo’ Belleza .......................... 100Nunzio ............................................ 104Patricia Gil ..................................... 110Roberto Muñoz ............................... 112
Contacting the artists ..................... 117Credits ........................................... 118
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illustration& design
painting
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featured artists
‘phontaggonista’ by aaron winters IC09
Illustration
IC10 ‘panacea’ by ben hewitt ‘the music machine’ by ben hewitt IC11
IC12 ‘bad gramma’ by ben hewitt IC13
IC14 ‘paintmonster’ by fontaine anderson ‘one lady band’ by fontaine anderson IC15
‘tea lady’ by fontaine anderson IC17IC16 ‘sara’ by fontaine anderson
‘metamorfosis’ by guiselt thaiz IC19IC18
‘shizuka tomoko’ by guiselt thaiz IC21IC20
‘be free’ by marian rupp IC23IC22 ‘1888’ by guiselt thaiz
‘wasabi’ by marian rupp IC25IC24
‘design high’ by stefan zetzsche IC27IC26
IC29IC28 the magik 7 - iikki - featured artist
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1. What type of medium do you work with and explain how you use it? (Paint, design, photography, collage)Truthfully, I don’t like to talk about only one medium and get stuck with only one type of design. I love DESIGN with caps, without any labels, and the more multidisciplinary you are, the better.
This is why I touch upon all disciplines, graphics to web, motion, animation and interior design. The idea is to design, without limits.
2. What was your main interest in producing this artwork, or is there a state-ment you wanted to convey?Since I have dedicated myself seriously to design, most of my projects have been commercial, meaning they are commissioned by clients mixing their needs with my aesthetic vision. I have never designed to convey other ideas, such as political ideas or religious ones. I am more interested solely with aesthetics. ttI try to design what my cli-ent asks for, in other words, elegance, well designed in some occasions; or antique or baroque or grunge other times, but never beyond aesthetics, never with subliminal messages. :)
3. Tell us about your creative process, do you have any rituals, routines you follow? How does your artwork come together? (Do you use found objects, image banks, etc)The places where my biggest inspirations come from are from my bed as well as the shower, hahaha...I think that laying down with my eyes closed
and some music if possible helps with my creativity. Music is one of the most important factors for me and it helps me, for instance, at the time when I have to animate video to calculate rhythms and intonations. Also, I always look for inspiration from other designers, work that may fit along with what I am trying to convey and prepare at each moment, this helps me have an initial vision, an initial sketch which of course will vary greatly as I develop it.
4. How did you get started with your artistic career?Some years ago I began drawing comics based on my friends stories. Some time later after I got my first computer I started coloring the comics and then wanted to publish them on the internet and from then I began animating them in Flash...That was how I started with design, and from then on I began learning about the theo-ries of design, it’s history and its pioneers, putting the comics aside thus entering a whole new world.
5. What would you say is one of your greatest accomplishments?Each project I finish is different from the one before, and each of them has their good and bad aspects, but evidently I have my favorites. The video I made for the Circus was very special for my career as well as Miele’s video which is my favorite.As far as graphics, I love the design I made for Carlos Beceiro’s Mandolina CD and as for web, my most original work was for StarofAsh.
6. Where does your inspiration come from? Or is there any particular movement, art-work or artist you find yourself influenced by?I couldn’t really say, there is not one concrete movement which has fully inspired me. What I try to do is get the best out of every one of them. Each time I try to get away from doing everything solely on the computer and I see myself getting more into the crafts, watercolors, tempuras, chinese ink and rapidographs. This mixed in with digital post-production is what I would define my style as, my identity. I always try to give a personal touch of craft.Evidently I have my favorite illustrators as well as designers, Klaus Haapaniemi, Chris-tian Montenegro, Erté, Camilla Engman, and studios such as Non Format, Bleed.no, Grand People. In general, I believe that I try to take my work toward a mix of design and nordic elegance (norwegian influence principally); a more artisan approach to design, more folkloric...
7. How do you see yourself five years from now? How do you see your artwork evolving from now?To think about 5 years from now is craziness to me, and more so having in mind that my life has changed and evolved in such a way in less than a year. I have been on my own only 8 months and in just that time, I have achieved things I never thought I was able to in all my life.I would like one day to have my own studio. A small studio that would be dedicated solely to design, without labels, graphic design, web, video and interior design...I think Bleed.no is my main reference point for that.
name: Ritxi Ostáriz Herasmail: [email protected]: www.iikki.commsn: [email protected]
iikki24 years old • spain THE MAGIK 7
‘art by miele’ by iikki IC31IC30 ‘personal illustration’ by iikki
‘starofash’ by iikki IC33IC32
‘sacha sacket’ by iikki IC35IC34 ‘pink me, i’m famous’ by iikki
‘digital thesis’ by iikki IC37IC36
‘synthetic’ by lucas buick & ryan dorshort IC39IC38
‘vormator submission’ by thomas moon IC43IC42 ‘style21’ by thomas moon
IC45IC44 the magik 7 - mike harrison - featured artist
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1. What type of medium do you work with and explain how you use it? (Paint, design, photography, collage)I work with various mediums, but the tool I use the most is digital i.e. Pho-toshop/illustrator. But I often draw elements which are then scanned in and used in artworks. I also do like some photography, going out on shoots with my friends, trying out different conceptual shots.
2. What was your main interest in producing this artwork, or is there a state-ment you wanted to convey?My main motivation when producing the work was just a personal one, some are things I wanted to try out such as different techniques, others are ideas that came into my head one day and I wanted to make it into a visual. I do sometimes like to portray an idea or convey a statement, but I like the viewer of the work to take their own interpretation from the piece.
3. Tell us about your creative process, do you have any rituals, routines you follow? How does your artwork come together? (Do you use found objects, image banks, etc)My creative process is fairly simple, if I have an idea, which is usually when I’m not at my computer, I try and note it down somewhere. If not then I have a good memory in that area! Then I usually do a basic sketch of what I want it to look like i.e. composition and elements used.
If I need stock images for a piece, I will try and gather lots together before starting so I have a nice resource if I need it. I then add everything into the
piece and it all comes together.
4. How did you get started with your artistic career?I have been creating digital artworks for around 2 and a half years now. My earliest memory of creating anything in digital illustration was by my interest in photography. I was always out taking photos, and then I randomly stumbled upon some photo ma-nipulations on the web somewhere, and thought that it was really interesting.
So I got myself a copy of Photoshop, and being a beginner, I used to mess around with the easiest thing on there, filters, and at the time it was cool but I wanted to try out some new stuff. So I started to play with lots of stock photos from free sites, and all the stuff I made was just photo manipulations using 1 or more pictures. Wanting to expand my horizons, I was inspired by some more illustrative works I’d seen, and so I had a go at that, and adding a more creative and personal touch to my works, which is where I feel most comfortable with creating today.
5. What would you say is one of your greatest accomplishments?I think that would have to be the end of 2006 when I gained entry to depthcore (www.depthcore.com) which I consider to be at the cutting edge of the design community scene, with some of the best young creatives producing artwork for their releases, so that was great to become part of that.
Early this year I have been featured in a couple of well known magazines, Digit and Advanced Photoshop, that was a great opportunity, and I was very happy to know that people were taking more interest in me and my work.
6. Where does your inspiration come from? Or is there any particular movement, art-work or artist you find yourself influenced by?This is such a generic question hehe. Well I get inspiration from lots of things, mainly just life itself. My ideas often stem from not thinking about computers at all, just pop-ping into my head at random times.
7. How do you see yourself five years from now? How do you see your artwork evolving from now?In five years I would hope to be working in a kickass design studio enjoying every day and having a laugh with like-minded people! My artwork will definitely evolve, there are things that I would like to try out but need more time, such as motion design.
Name: Mike HarrisonMail: [email protected]: www.destill.net
mike harrisonunited kingdom THE MAGIK 7
‘naturalle’ by mike harrison IC47IC46 ‘2007’ by mike harrison
‘g funk wizard’ by mike harrison IC49IC48
IC50 ‘mannequin strike force’ by mike harrison IC51
IC52 ‘manifestation of desire’ by mike harrison ‘a fish story’ by michael c. hsiung IC53
IC54 ‘the pen hold’ by mike spicer IC55
‘alice’ by noah breslau IC57IC56
IC58 ‘self portrait‘ by noah breslau IC59
IC60 ‘danielle and horseface’ by noah breslau IC61
IC62 ‘biostrukture’ by teis albers ‘goddess’ by teis albers IC63
IC64 ‘bold cover’ by teis albers IC65
IC66 ‘animal conversation’ by teis albers ‘aw’ by victor murillo IC67
call for entries
deadline for the july issuejune 20th, 2007The new issue for Iniciativa Colectiva is requesting you to send
in your best work so it can be showcased and exhibited in our
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artists. Become a part and Participate!
Entries should be sent in as high resolution flat JPGs (300 dpi)
and should follow the format of 7" x 9" (178mm x 229mm)
Make sure you include your name, email, country of origin and
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A collective for artists, by artists. Tell everyone.
http://www.iniciativacolectiva.comIC68 ‘leave me alone
IC70 ‘cago ’ & ‘quiero’ by leticia ceballos ‘untitled’ by andrew piscane IC71
PAINTING
IC72 ‘third birch’ by andrew piscane IC73
IC74 ‘atlantis’ by paola gonzalez IC75
IC76 ‘christine’ by sarah scott IC77
‘jen’ by sarah scott IC79IC78
IC80 ‘stephanie’ by sarah scott ‘saskia’ by sarah scott IC81
‘homeless home’ by alicia kidd IC83IC82 photography
‘untitled’ by cesar sommer IC85IC84
‘untitled’ by cesar sommer IC87IC86
IC90 the magik 7 - erica leighton - featured artist
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1. What type of medium do you work with and explain how you use it? (Paint, design, photography, collage)Purely digital. My best friend is PhotoShop CS2 at the moment. I create, buy, use stock images. I manipulate them by means of cropping, coloring, digital painting, lighting, distortion, texture...
2. What was your main interest in producing this artwork, or is there a state-ment you wanted to convey?Sometimes there is a goal subject where I’m trying to say something. Those pieces are few and obvious. “Keepsake” had a goal about the environment, one of the few. A girl putting pieces of a forest in a jewlery box, thus the name “Keepsake”, when it’s all gone I figure it’ll mean that much. For the most part (even if I do have a statment or emotion I’m exploring) I like to leave it pretty open to the viewer. I do this so you can make your viewing experience your own and for me not to tell you what you are seeing. I am really big on titles, it can change an entire piece. Sometimes there is a goal subject where I’m trying to say something. Those pieces are few and obvious. “Keepsake” had a goal about the environment, one of the few. A girl putting pieces of a forest in a jewlery box, thus the name “Keepsake”, when it’s all gone I figure it’ll mean that much. For the most part (even if I do have a statment or emotion I’m explor-ing) I like to leave it pretty open to the viewer. I do this so you can make your viewing experience your own and for me not to tell you what you are seeing. I am really big on titles, it can change an entire piece.
3. Tell us about your creative process, do you have any rituals, routines you follow? How does your artwork come together? (Do you use found objects, image banks, etc)I browse stock, which for me is very inspiring at times. I do not like to browse other artwork (before creating), I prefer to not be influenced by a finished product from an-other artist.
4. How did you get started with your artistic career?Career? I wish I could call it that. I’ve always been doing something “artistic”. It’s not really a choice, if I’m not I can’t think right or let emotions out. I went to art school for a very short time and dropped out. I started working with mainly digital less then 3 years ago.
5. What would you say is one of your greatest accomplishments?Art wise...? Getting to the point where what I see behind my eyes translates to the im-age I create. Therefore, I’m not quite there yet.
6. Where does your inspiration come from? Or is there any particular movement, art-work or artist you find yourself influenced by?Music. Very very big influence on my work, I can easily say 40% comes from the music I listen to, can’t live without it. Emotions are a big part of course, but my music drags it out because real raw emotion prevents me from working (working with memories, nothing too fresh).
7. How do you see yourself five years from now? How do you see your artwork evolving from now?Aside from my personal life (married with children). I honestly couldn’t say. The in-ternet is how I get out there. I can’t really network on the outside right now. I hope it evolves, it has been a slow yet steady process. So, as long as I remain prolific, I do think it will evolve. I don’t know where it will go though, I don’t expect anything, I just keep on going, for me.
erica leighton24 years old • united states THE MAGIK 7
‘endless skies’ by erica leighton IC91
IC92 ‘ave’ by erica leighton ‘changes’ by erica leighton IC93
IC94 ‘earth angel’ by erica leighton ‘just a thought’ by erica leighton IC95
IC96 ‘keepsake’ by erica leighton ‘moreover’ by erica leighton IC97
IC99 ‘one pill’ by erica leighton ‘sweet self’ by erica leighton IC99
IC100 ‘take me home’ by noah ‘syo’ belleza IC101
IC102 ‘ken’s truck’ by noah ‘syo’ belleza IC103
IC104 ‘untitled’ by nunzio IC105
IC106 ‘untitled’ by nunzio IC107
IC108 ‘untitled’ by nunzio ‘untitled’ by nunzio IC109
IC110 ‘jeff’ by patricia gil IC111
IC112 ‘pluma’ by roberto muñoz ‘bodeguismo’ by roberto muñoz IC113
IC114 ‘naturaleza muerta’ by roberto muñoz ‘higher fidelity’ by roberto muñoz IC115
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ARTIST CONTACT INFONAME EMAIL WEB
aaron winters [email protected] www.abidevisuals.com
ben hewitt [email protected] www.vectorsesh.com
fontaine anderson [email protected] n/a
guiselt thaiz [email protected] n/a
iikki [email protected] www.iikki.com
lucas buick & ryan dorshort [email protected] www.synth.tc
mike harrison [email protected] www.destill.net
mike spicer [email protected] www.spicoli.ca
noah breslau [email protected] n/a
marian rupp [email protected] notmakingsense.com
stefan zetzsche [email protected] notmakingsense.com
teis albers [email protected] www.hypnoteis.nl
thomas moon [email protected] tomodesigns.com
victor murillo [email protected] murillo-design.com
andrew piscane [email protected] n/a
paola gonzalez [email protected] www.chocolatte.com
sarah scott [email protected] sarahscottpainting.com
alicia kidd [email protected] n/a
cesar sommer [email protected] www.c-gfx.ch
erica leighton [email protected] sheispretty.deviantart.com
noah ‘syo’ belleza [email protected] n/a
nunzio [email protected] www.youseenunzio.com
patricia gil [email protected] n/a
roberto muñoz [email protected] n/a
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Thank You:Maxtango, Humble Voice, deviantart and the artists, my family and friends
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