Advanced Photoshop Pictures Contest - 12 image entries Contest Directions:
I can't think of an educated person (except for my art teacher) who
hasn't heard of Pablo Picasso. The great Spanish painter and sculptor
was born on October 25, 1881, and is known mostly for his cubism art.
To be more precise, Picasso, along with Georges Braque, was a
co-founder of cubism.
A man once criticized Pablo for creating
unrealistic art. Picasso asked him: "Can you show me some realistic
art?" The man showed him a photograph of his wife. Picasso observed:
"So your wife is two inches tall, two-dimensional, with no arms and no
legs, and no color but only shades of gray?"
Besides artistic talent,
Pablo had a sharp sense of humor.
He was once asked why he never had any of his paintings hanging on his
walls. "I can't afford them", answered Pablo.
In this contest you are asked to show how Picasso's art would
change if he created them these days. Feel free to promote products,
people, countries, or events with Picasso's "modernized" art. Additionally you are allowed to photoshop real-life people, animals, and objects with Picasso-style distortions - moved face parts, cubically distorted, etc.
[ browse best gallery pictures ] Tags: picasso Jackpot: 1st place: $20, 2nd place: $12 , 3rd place: $8 Started: 10/25/2006 6:00:00 AM, Ended: 10/27/2006 6:00:00 AM
This contest is fueled by the following news:
Extraordinary Spanish sculptor and painter Pablo Picasso was born on October 15 in 1881. He is one of the most recognized and noteworthy of all artists in the 20th century. He is best known as the founder of cubism, an art technique that he actually developed with Georges Braque. Picasso produced around 13,500 paintings or designs during the course of his professional life. In addition, he created 100,000 prints, 300 sculptures or ceramic pieces and 34,000 book illustrations. Pablo was considered a child prodigy. The tiny Museo de Picasso in Barcelonia is devoted mostly to Pablo's early works. He was considered an artistic rebel from word go. Early in his career, he studied the works of Gustave Courbet, Manet, and Toulouse-Lautrec. The Guinness Book of World Records has named Pablo Picasso as the most prolific painter of all time. Interestingly, the artist suffered from dyslexia.
Resurfacing in the 21st century, Picasso found Photoshop to be the perfect art medium. He adapted some of his early work, like The Old Guitarist for use on CD covers.
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I can't think of an educated person (except for my art teacher) who
hasn't heard of Pablo 
