CHIUSTREAM

Free video demo on Light: Sam Nielson interview

2011-08-12T14:21:00.001-04:00

More FREE video interviews/demos on Schoolism.com

Hope you enjoy my interview with Sam Nielson!
Bobby

Interviews are on Schoolism.com

2011-03-23T10:13:00.003-04:00

Interviews have been moved.

Please go HERE for all the latest interviews

Sketch-o-daily Tuesday November 23rd

2010-11-23T10:30:00.000-05:00

Win this Original Illustration by Bobby Chiu!

We come up with a new topic daily and the challenge starts, you have one full day (24 hours) to complete each challenge. It typically starts at 10am ET/7am PT and ends at 10am ET/7am PT the next day. Click here for all the details!

Sketch-o-daily Monday November 22nd

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Sketch-o-daily Sunday November 21st

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Sketch-o-daily Saturday November 20th

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Sketch-o-daily Friday November 19th

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Sketch-o-daily Thursday November 18th

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Sketch-o-daily Tuesday November 16th

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Sketch-o-daily Monday November 15th

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Sketch-o-daily Sunday November 14th

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Sketch-o-daily Saturday November 13th

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Sketch-o-daily Friday November 12th

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Sketch-o-daily Thursday November 11th

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Sketch-o-daily Wednesday November 10th

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Sketch-o-daily Tuesday November 9th

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Sketch-o-daily Monday November 8th

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Sketch-o-daily Sunday November 7th

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Sketch-o-daily Saturday November 6th

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Sketch-o-daily Friday November 5th

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Sketch-o-daily Thursday November 4th

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Win this Original Illustration by Kei Acedera!

We come up with a new topic daily and the challenge starts, you have one full day (24 hours) to complete each challenge. It typically starts at 10am ET/7am PT and ends at 10am ET/7am PT the next day. Click here for all the details!

Sketch-o-daily Wednesday November 3rd

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Sketch-o-daily Tuesday November 2nd

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Sketch-o-daily Monday November 1st

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Sketch-o-daily Sunday October 31st

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Sketch-o-daily Friday October 29th

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Sketch-o-daily Thursday October 28th

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Sketch-o-daily Wednesday October 27th

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Sketch-o-daily Tuesday October 26th

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Sketch-o-daily Monday October 25th

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Sketch-o-daily Sunday October 24th

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Sketch-o-daily Saturday October 23rd

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Sketch-o-daily Friday October 22th

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Sketch-o-daily Thursday October 21th

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Sketch-o-daily Wednesday October 20th

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Sketch-o-daily Tuesday October 19th

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Sketch-o-daily Monday October 18th

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Sketch-o-daily Sunday October 17th

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Sketch-o-daily Saturday October 16th

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Sketch-o-daily Friday October 15th

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Sketch-o-daily Thursday October 14th

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Sketch-o-daily Wednesday October 13th

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Sketch-o-daily Tuesday October 12th

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Sketch-o-daily Monday October 11th

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Sketch-o-daily Sunday October 10th

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Sketch-o-daily Saturday October 9th

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Sketch-o-daily Friday October 8th

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Sketch-o-daily Wednesday October 7th

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Sketch-o-daily Wednesday October 6th

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Sketch-o-daily Tuesday October 5th

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Sketch-o-daily

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For anyone new to this, Sketch-o-daily is a challenge/exercise we do every day.

We come up with a new topic daily and the challenge starts, you have one full day (24 hours) to complete each challenge. It typically starts at 10am ET/7am PT and ends at 10am ET/7am PT the next day.

In every sketch-o-daily right now, a prize is given out. Here are some prizes that we've been giving out in recent contests contributed by Bobby Chiu. They are all originals and drawn with pencils, inks or pen by Bobby.

If you haven't already, please follow @sketchoholic on twitter for up to date information on future Sketch-o-daily.

Long nose and big ears from October 2nd, 2010

Falling with Style from October 1st, 2010

Flying Dragon from September 30th, 2010

Flying Grub from September 29th, 2010

Ryan Wood's Contest Results!

2010-09-28T16:48:00.011-04:00

On Saturday September 25th, 2010, Bobby Chiu interviewed artist Ryan Wood. Ryan is Art Director/Concept Artist at Avalanche Software/Disney Interactive as well as a teacher who teaches a 'Painting in Painter' class on www.schoolism.com.You can find more about Ryan by visiting his BLOG. Like all of the interviews, there was a contest that went with it.

The topic for this contest was: "Lazy Bones".

Congratulations to Lucas who won the contest!

Here is Lucas' entry:

He wins this original by Ryan Wood!

From all the Chiustreamers and everyone at Imaginism Studios, thank you so much Ryan! It was awesome!!

Charles Santoso's Contest & Interview

2010-09-26T16:55:00.005-04:00

INTERVIEW WITH CHARLES SANTOSO
Charles Santoso is a Concept Artist/Illustrator currently working at Animal Logic in Sydney, Australia. His most recent movie project is Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole.

Time: Friday, October 1st, 2010
7pm ET -New York
4pm PT -Los Angeles
For times in your area, use the Time Zone Converter

CONTEST
Topic- Create a piece of art based off the theme "Nocturnal"
Prize- An illustration from Charles Santoso and a free copy of Corel® Painter™ 11
Due Date - Friday, October 1st, 2010, 7pm ET / 4pm PT
Rules - all entries must be NEW
Vote - for your favorite submission during the first 30 minutes of the interview.

Just like every contest, it's free to join so hope to see you there!

Click here for more information.

Current Contests on Sketchoholic

2010-09-24T04:12:00.009-04:00

Here are some of the current contests happening right now on Sketchoholic.com.

Upcoming Contests:
1. Intensity Club
Come join Chanp and T-Bear (Thierry Lafontaine) on Friday September 24, 2010 @ 5pm EDT / 2pm PDT. A new topic is chosen every week during this stream and everyone will be painting and drawing for an hour. They will also do a question & answer period so you can feel free to ask whatever questions you'd like. Winner of the challenge receives an 11x14 Print of their choice from the Imaginism Store.

2. Ryan Wood Contest and Interview
On Saturday September 25, 2010 @ 2pm EDT / 11am PDT, Bobby Chiu will be interviewing artist Ryan Wood. Ryan is Art Director/Concept Artist at Avalanche Software/Disney Interactive. You can find more about Ryan by visiting his BLOG. Like all of the interviews, there is a contest to go with it. Winner receives an original sketch or illustration from Ryan Wood.

3. Sketchoholic T-Shirt Design Contest
Design a T-Shirt for Sketchoholic before Tuesday October 5, 2010, 12pm ET / 9am PT. Download the hi-res image of the logo on the Contest Page and incorporate it into your design. Winner will receive an original watercolor illustration by Bobby Chiu and have their design and name on the shirt.

4. Sketch-o-daily happens everyday.
Look for this icon for the daily challenge starting @ 10am EDT.
There is a new topic everyday and each challenge runs for 24 hours. Winner receives an Original Drawing from Bobby Chiu or Kei Acedera.

Here is an example of a prize we'll be giving out:

For times in your area, use the Time Zone Converter

Everett Downing's Contest and Interview

2010-06-27T00:36:00.003-04:00

WIN ORIGINAL ART FROM EVERETT DOWNING

On Saturday July 3rd, 2010 we're excited to announce Bobby Chiu will be interviewing Animator at Pixar Animation Studios Everett Downing. Everett worked on amazing feature films such as "Up", "WALL-E", "Ratatouille" and "Ice Age". You can find more about Everett by visiting his blog. Like all of the interviews, there is a contest to go with it.

CONTEST DETAILS
Topic- Street Magic
Prize- A "Street Magic" illustration from Everett Downing!
Rules- all entries must be NEW.
Due Date - Saturday July 3rd , 2010 5pm ET / 2pm PT
Vote for your favorite submission during the first 30 minutes of the interview

Interview is on Saturday July 3rd , 2010 5pm ET / 2pm PT

For times in your area, use the Time Zone Converter

The winner will be chosen by Everett Downing LIVE during his interview! Good luck everyone!

Want to stay informed about future contests, interviews or news?

Join the Imaginism Mailing List here

Aaron Hartline's Contest and Interview

2010-06-27T00:30:00.003-04:00

WIN ORIGINAL ART FROM AARON HARTLINE

On Thursday July 1st, 2010 we're excited to announce Bobby Chiu will be interviewing Animator at Pixar Animation Studios Aaron Hartline. Aaron worked on "Toy Story 3", "Up", the "Ice Age Trilogy", "Horton Hears a Who" and "Robots" . You can find more about Aaron by visiting his blog. Like all of the interviews, there is a contest to go with it.

CONTEST DETAILS
Topic- In Toy Story 3, Aaron animated Mr. Tortilla-head, so the topic is to design a new Mr. "blank" head. It can be a Mr. Pumpkin-head, Cookie-head, Tire-head, you get the idea. Whoever is the most creative, wins.
Prize- An Original Mr. Tortilla-head sketch from Aaron Hartline
Rules- all entries must be NEW.
Due Date - Thursday July 1st , 2010 11:59pm ET / 9pm PT
Vote for your favorite submission during the first 30 minutes of the interview

Interview is on Thursday July 1st , 2010 11:59pm ET / 9pm PT

For times in your area, use the Time Zone Converter

The winner will be chosen by Aaron Hartline LIVE during his interview! Good luck everyone!

Want to stay informed about future contests, interviews or news?

Join the Imaginism Mailing List here

Derek Thompson's Contest and Interview

2010-06-27T00:17:00.005-04:00

WIN ORIGINAL ART FROM DEREK THOMPSON

On Wednesday June 30th, 2010 we're excited to announce Bobby Chiu will be interviewing Story Artist at Pixar Animation Studios / Creature Designer and Concept Artist for Feature Films / Comic Book Artist and Painter Derek Thompson. Derek worked on "Wall-E", "John Carter of Mars", "Cars 2", "BURN-E" and "1906". You can find more about Derek by visiting his blog. Like all of the interviews, there is a contest to go with it.

CONTEST DETAILS
Topic- Your own version of "Godzilla".
Prize- An Original "Godzilla" from Derek Thompson
Rules- all entries must be NEW.
Due Date - Wednesday June 30th , 2010 4pm ET / 1pm PT
Vote for your favorite submission during the first 30 minutes of the interview

Interview is on Wednesday June 30th , 2010 4pm ET / 1pm PT

For times in your area, use the Time Zone Converter

The winner will be chosen by Derek Thompson LIVE during his interview! Good luck everyone!

Want to stay informed about future contests, interviews or news?

Join the Imaginism Mailing List here

Interview with Michael Defeo TODAY AT 12PM ET/9AM PT!

2010-05-13T10:55:00.001-04:00

TODAY AT 12PM ET/9AM PT!

Humberto Ramos' Contest and Interview

2010-04-29T02:06:00.003-04:00

WIN ORIGINAL ART FROM HUMBERTO RAMOS
On Thursday April 29, 2010 we're excited to announce Bobby Chiu will be interviewing the Comic Book Artist Humberto Ramos. Humberto is best known for his work on American comic books such as Impulse, The Spectacular Spider-Man and his creator-owned series Crimson. Come hear the story of how Humberto was discovered at San Diego Comic-Con by watching his LIVE interview. Like all of the interviews, there is a contest to go with it.

CONTEST DETAILS
Topic- Create an illustration with the theme "FAIRYQUEST"
Prize- An original "FAIRYQUEST" illustration from Humberto Ramos!
Rules- all entries must be NEW.
Due Date - Thursday April 29, 2010 10:00pm ET / 7:00pm PT
Vote for your favorite submission during the first 30 minutes of the interview

Interview is on Thursday April 29th, 2010 at 10pm ET / 7pm PT / 2am GMT (April 30th)

For times in your area, use the Time Zone Converter

The winner will be chosen by Humberto Ramos LIVE during his interview! Good luck everyone!

Want to stay informed about future contests, interviews or news?

Join the Imaginism Mailing List here

Alberto Ruiz's Contest and Interview

2010-04-17T05:03:00.004-04:00

WIN ORIGINAL ART FROM ALBERTO RUIZ
On Thursday April 22, 2010, we're excited to announce Bobby Chiu will be interviewing the amazing pin-up artist and Brandstudios Press founder Alberto Ruiz .

CREATE a NEW illustration, sketch or painting
SUBMIT your entry to Sketchoholic.com
VOTE for your favorite submission,
EXPERIENCE Alberto's amazing storytelling skills as he tell you about how he found himself as an artist and how he created Brandstudio Press by watching his LIVE interview. Like all of the interviews, there is a contest to go with it.

TOPIC: Create a "Collage of Girls" illustration
PRIZE: An original Collage of Girls illustration from Alberto Ruiz!
RULES: All entries must be NEW.

Due Date - Thursday April 22, 2010 11:00pm ET / 8:00pm PT
Vote for your favorite submission during the first 30 minutes of the interview

Interview is on Thursday April 22nd, 2010 at 11pm ET / 8pm PT / 3am GMT (April 23rd)

Want to stay informed about future contests, interviews or news?

Join the Imaginism Mailing List here

Francisco Herrera's Contest and Interview

2010-04-09T17:40:00.002-04:00

WIN an ORIGINAL "Sexy Bunny Girl with Crazy Animal" Illustration from Francisco Herrera

Interview on Thursday April 15th, 2010 at 10pm EDT / 7pm PDT / 2am GMT (April 16th)

Francisco Herrera is a comic book artist and character designer.

CREATE a NEW illustration, sketch or painting
SUBMIT your entry to Sketchoholic.com
VOTE for your favorite submission,
LEARN about how Francisco Herrera became a comic book artists and character designer by watching his LIVE interview. He will talk about his inspirations, influences and how he became a professional artist.

TOPIC: Sexy Bunny Girl with a crazy animal of your choice
PRIZE: an ORIGINAL "Sexy Bunny Girl with Crazy Animal" Illustration from Francisco Herrera

CONTEST starts at 5pm EDT / 2pm PDT / 21:00GMT on Friday April 9th, 2010

DUE: Thursday April 14th, 2010 at 10pm EDT / 7pm PDT / 2am GMT (April 15th)
VOTING starts Thursday April 14th, 2010 at 10pm EDT / 7pm PDT / 2am GMT (April 15th)

Want to stay informed about future contests, interviews or news?

Join the Imaginism Mailing List here

Alessandro Carloni Interview by Bobby Chiu

2010-03-31T15:42:00.005-04:00

Please go to www.sketchoholic.com for contest details:

Live TV : Ustream

Today Bobby will be interviewing 'How to Train Your Dragon' Head of Story: Alessandro Carloni on Sketchoholic.com

There will be a mini challenge today for a chance to win an ORIGINAL Illustration by Bobby Chiu!
Interview is on tonight at 11pm EST/8pm PST.
Click here to view his contest details.

Alessandro Carloni also was as an animator on “Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas”, worked on “Shark Tale” as lead animator (“Crazy Joe”) and additional story artist, on “Over the Hedge” as animator, story artist, and storyboard artist and on “Kung Fu Panda” as animation supervisor and story artist.

Interview with Dylan Cole today

2010-03-26T11:06:00.000-04:00

Today I'll be interviewing Avatar Concept Art Director: Dylan Cole on Sketchoholic.com

Time: March 26, 2010 - 4:00pm EDT / 1:00pm PDT
13:00 (LA time/PDT)
16:00 (New York time/EDT)
17:00 Sao Paulo, Brazil
00:00 Paris, France (March 27th)
07:00 Sydney, Australia (March 27th)

It's free to join so I hope to see you there! LINK

Want to stay informed about future contests, interviews or news? Join the Imaginism Mailist

Tom Fluharty interview by Bobby Chiu

2010-03-22T10:19:00.011-04:00

Here is the interview with the amazing Tom Fluharty. Thomas Fluharty's work has been selected by the Society of Illustrators in New York, the Society of Illustrators, Los Angeles, and Communication Arts. Tom recently won a gold medal for his portrait of Hillary Clinton in Spectrum, the best in contemporary fantastic art. He has a TIME cover that hangs in The National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC, and currently has five covers featured in the international traveling show "The Art of DerSpiegel, Cover Illustrations Covering Five Decades." Tom also teaches a Dutch Flemish Oil Painting class on www.schoolism.com.

Connect with him through his:
Blog

The topic for this contest was: "eyes".

Congratulations to Charles Santoso who won the contest!

Here is Charles entry:

He wins this original by Tom Fluharty!

From all the Chiustreamers and everyone at Imaginism Studios, thank you so much Tom! It was awesome!!

Mailing List

2010-03-17T20:42:00.002-04:00

Hi Everyone,

We're getting multiple requests to make it easier to keep up with my live broadcasts with Chiustream, new live interviews and contests...etc. So we're going to do this with a mailing list. Nice and simple. You can also choose what kind of mail you'd like to receive.

You can choose from:
-Everything (Free Videos, Promotions, News, Chiustream, Interviews Etc.)
-ONLY Imaginism News, Events, New Products.
-ONLY Schoolism Online Classes
-ONLY Original Art Information. Availability for commissions.

Win Original Art from Master Portrait Painter THOMAS FLUHARTY

2010-03-16T11:53:00.004-04:00

Hey everyone,

WIN an ORIGINAL from MASTER PORTRAIT PAINTER Tom Fluharty!

Thomas Fluharty's work has been selected by the Society of Illustrators in New York, the Society of Illustrators, Los Angeles, and Communication Arts. Tom recently won a gold medal for his portrait of Hillary Clinton in Spectrum, the best in contemporary fantastic art. He has a TIME cover that hangs in The National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC, and currently has five covers featured in the international traveling show "The Art of DerSpiegel, Cover Illustrations Covering Five Decades." Tom also teaches a Dutch Flemish Oil Painting class on www.schoolism.com.

Join him Friday March 19th in a LIVE INTERVIEW as he shares about how he became a successful painter and about his inspirations and influences. Participate in his CONTEST to WIN an ORIGINAL from him! This contest is FREE to join!

DIRECTIONS: for his CONTEST, Tom chose the TOPIC "EYES". To WIN his ORIGINAL make a drawing or painting and submit it to Sketchoholic.com

PRIZE: An ORIGINAL from Tom Fluharty.

DUE DATE: Thursday March 18, 2010 - 7:59pm EDT/4:59pm PDT/11:59 GMT Vote on your favorite entry!
10:59 Sydney, Australia (March 20th)
16:59(LA time/PDT)
19:59(New York time/EDT)
20:59 Sao Paulo, Brazil
00:59 Paris, France (March 20th)

Vote on your favorite entry!
VOTING STARTS: March 18. 2010 at 8:00PM EDT/5:00PM PDT/00:00GMT(March 19th)
VOTING ENDS: March 19. 2010 at 9:00 PM EDT/6:00 PM PDT/02:00:00 GMT

Tom will choose the winner from the top most voted on entries during his INTERVIEW on Friday March 19th at 8:00pm EDT/5:00pm PDT/00:00 GMT

WHERE: http://bit.ly/aURQkn

You can submit as many entries as you like! All mediums are accepted.

Free Drawing Lesson with Bobby Chiu

2010-03-15T14:32:00.001-04:00

Here's a free drawing lesson about a technique I do for drawing very quick profiles.
I don't know if anyone else does this but this was something I developed over the many years I went sketching people on the subway trains of Toronto. I call it the 'Arrow Technique'.

If you like it, I'll post more in the future.

Win my painting on Friday Mar 12

2010-03-10T14:17:00.003-05:00

I (Bobby Chiu) will be painting watercolor LIVE. Join in and paint with me for a chance to win the painting I'll be doing on camera!

The next CHIU-Stream is on Friday March 12th at
09:00 Sydney, Australia
14:00 LA time/PST
17:00 New York time/EST
19:00 Sao Paulo, Brazil
23:00 Paris, France

Tune in to find out the topic I'll be painting. It's ALL FREE! Just for fun. So let's get together and spread the word and the good vibes. You'll only have one hour to paint so be there on time to find out the topic! It's time to get intense!!!

I'm holding the contest on Sketchoholic.com

Happy 5th Birthday Imaginism Studios!!

2010-03-09T15:57:00.001-05:00

The milestones don't stop there! -- Imaginism Studios will be marking our 5th birthday! To celebrate, we will be bringing back a VERY limited quantities of ALL of the sold-out open ended prints from our online store as well as rolling out 18 brand new Alice-themed prints! And as always, we ship your purchases worldwide for FREE!

MICHAEL KUTSCHE IS HOLDING AN ART CONTEST!

2010-02-22T10:28:00.003-05:00

MICHAEL KUTSCHE IS HOLDING AN ART CONTEST! This contest is free to join!

PRIZE: AN ORIGINAL CATERPILLAR ILLUSTRATION by Michael Kutsche (Character designer on Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland!)

DIRECTIONS: Make YOUR OWN version of the Caterpillar and submit it to Sketchoholic.com --> LINK

DUE: Thursday Feb 25, 2010 - 8:59pm PST/11:59pm EST/05:00 GMT

WHERE: LINK

Vote on your favorite entry!
VOTING STARTS: Thursday Feb 25, 2010 - 8:59pm PST/11:59pm EST/05:00 GMT

VOTING ENDS: Friday Feb 26, 2010 - 7pm PST/10pm EST/03:00 GMT

The winner will be chosen by Michael Kutsche LIVE during his interview on Sketchoholic.com on Feb 26th 8pm PST/11pm EST! Good luck everyone! CONTEST PAGE

Kei Acedera's Contest Winners Announced!

2010-02-21T14:34:00.004-05:00

Hey everyone,

Here are the winner's for KEI ACEDERA's Cheshire Cat Contest for all those who missed the interview. You can see all the entries at Sketchoholic.com We will be putting up the interview soon, if you see your name here please send us your mailing address to info[at]imaginismstudios.com to claim your prize!

Winner of the ORIGINAL CHESHIRE CAT ILLUSTRATION by Kei Acedera: #14 Fighting Failu

Winners of a mystery Limited Edition Mini Print by Kei Acedera:
#31 edgar1975
#87 fetalNIGHTMAR
#92 corygodbey
#96 dopamean
#149 charlessantoso
#154 kenturner
#168 meanmeanbg
#180 peachiekeenie
#186 Kitty
#192 reynes
#208 Pollett
#215 jimesan
#218 JavierMolina
#226 rapson
#249 JohnSilva
#269 stevenverryt
#289 seokim
#299 Noukah
#308 phatsteve

Congratulations to everyone!! Thank you everyone for participating, the entries were beautiful!!

KEI ACEDERA IS HOLDING AN ART CONTEST!

2010-02-14T10:50:00.004-05:00

KEI ACEDERA IS HOLDING AN ART CONTEST! This contest is free to join!

PRIZE: AN ORIGINAL CHESHIRE CAT ILLUSTRATION by Kei Acedera (Character designer on Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland!)

DIRECTIONS: Make YOUR OWN version of the Cheshire Cat and submit it to Sketchoholic.com --> LINK

DUE: Thursday Feb 18, 2010 - 2pm PST/5pm EST/22:00 GMT

WHERE: LINK

Vote on your favorite entry!
VOTING STARTS: Thursday Feb 18, 2010 - 2pm PST/5pm EST/22:00 GMT
VOTING ENDS: Friday Feb 19, 2010 - 2pm PST/5pm EST/22:00 GMT

The winner will be chosen by Kei LIVE during her interview on Sketchoholic.com on Feb 20th 2pm PST/5pm EST! Good luck everyone! CONTEST PAGE

Jessie Willcox Smith Hi-res

2010-01-29T15:00:00.001-05:00

Here is a beautiful HIRES image of illustration by children books illustrator Jessie Willcox Smith.
Enjoy!

Peter

Howard Pyle Hi-res

2010-01-28T15:00:00.001-05:00

Here are two beautiful HIRES tonal paintings by Howard Pyle.
Amazing painter!
Enjoy!

Peter

Robert Mcginnis Hi-res

2010-01-27T15:00:00.001-05:00

Here is beautiful HIRES painting by Robert Mcginnis.
Awesome painter!
Enjoy!

Peter

Norman Rockwell Hi-res drawing

2010-01-26T15:13:00.001-05:00

Here is a beautiful HIRES drawing by Norman Rockwell.
Beautiful tones and subtleties.
Enjoy!

Peter

Gil Elvgren Self Portrait

2010-01-24T15:00:00.003-05:00

Here is a beautiful HIRES self portrait drawing by Gil Elvgren.
Its not a common thing to see an Elvgren drawing, especially a self portrait.
Enjoy!

Peter

Spontaneous Chiu-Stream now...

2010-01-24T12:41:00.001-05:00

Live TV : Ustream

Frans Hals Hi-res

2010-01-23T15:00:00.000-05:00

Here is a very cool painting from Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals (1580–1666).

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CHIUStream is on Friday at 2pm EST/ 5pm PST!

2010-01-22T16:16:00.000-05:00

Live TV : Ustream

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres Hi-res

2010-01-22T15:05:00.003-05:00

Here is another high resolution painting from the french painter Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867).
Enjoy!

Peter

Bartolome Esteban Murillo Hi-res

2010-01-21T15:00:00.002-05:00

Here is a very nice painting from Spanish painter Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682).

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Harvey Dunn Hi-res

2010-01-20T15:00:00.000-05:00

Here is a beautiful HIRES painting by Harvey Dunn.
His brushstrokes are really interesting, it is expressive and you can also see an emotional quality to it. Enjoy!

Peter

Mort Drucker now available on Schoolism.com

2010-01-20T10:32:00.002-05:00

The Masters Series with Mort Drucker available on www.schoolism.com officially opens today!

Mort Drucker, called one of the world's great caricaturists by fellow artists and fans alike, is known internationally for his caricatures, TV features, advertising, illustrations and covers for such publications as Newsweek and Time, and satirical movies including the American Graffiti poster for George Lucas. He has been a contributing artist to MAD Magazine for over fifty years.

William-Adolphe Bouguereau Hi-res

2010-01-19T15:00:00.000-05:00

Here is one more delightful high resolution painting from French painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905).

T

Arts in China: State of the Arts

2010-01-18T15:00:00.001-05:00

Here is an interesting video for aspiring artists interested in the Fine Arts industry. Its also a great inspiration to any artist about believing in what you do. This is a documentary video about the struggles of a group of artists in china where an art market didn't exist when they started to create art. Through their struggles, they eventually become successful fine artists, selling paintings for extremely high prices in the international fine art scene. They did what they love even in a society with a lack of appreciation for arts and education at a time.

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Antonio Mancini Hi-res

2010-01-17T15:00:00.000-05:00

Here is an amazing painting from Italian painter Antonio Mancini (1852-1930). Mancini was friend with John Singer Sargent, who famously pronounced him to be the greatest living painter.

T

Johannes Vermeer Hi-res

2010-01-16T15:00:00.001-05:00

Here is a beautiful painting from Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675).

Peter

Antonio Canova Hi-res

2010-01-15T15:00:00.002-05:00

Here is one more always mind blowing high resolution sculpture by Antonio Canova (1757-1822).

T

Haddon Sundblom Hi-res

2010-01-14T15:00:00.002-05:00

A beautiful painting by an amazing painter named Haddon Sundblom. Great pinup, i'm surprised this artist isn't more known as a pin up artist.

Peter

Antonio Correggio Hi-res

2010-01-13T15:00:00.001-05:00

Here is a very nice high-resolution painting from Italian painter Antonio Allegri da Correggio (1489-1534).

T

Kris Pearn Interview by Bobby Chiu

2010-01-12T15:14:00.007-05:00

Here is the interview with the amazing Kris Pearn. For the few of you that are unfamiliar with Kris, he has worked for many years as a Storyboard artist in Television and Feature Animation in both the United States and Canada. He has worked on movies such as Surf's Up! and Open Season and the TV show Waynehead. He is also the Head Of Story on Sony's recent feature film, Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs.

Connect with him through his:
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The topic for this contest was: "knock knock... whos there?".

Congratulations to Kitty Fung and Greig Rapson who both won the contest.
Here is Kitty's entry:

And here is Greig's entry:

They win these two originals by Kris Pearn!

From all the Chiustreamers and everyone at Imaginism Studios, thank you so much Kris! It was awesome!!

Andrew Loomis Hi-res

2010-01-12T15:00:00.000-05:00

Here is another beautiful painting by the amazing Andrew Loomis. Love the mood expressed in this piece. Enjoy!

Peter

Joachim Anthonisz Wtewael Hi-res

2010-01-11T15:00:00.004-05:00

Here is a nice high-resolution painting from a notable Dutch painter and engraver, Joachim Anthonisz Wtewael (1566-1638).

T

Robert McGinnis Hi-res

2010-01-10T15:00:00.000-05:00

Look at this beautiful piece by Robert McGinnis, mindblowing. I really love how the texture of the wood background look with a suggestion of the bottles.

Awesome piece, enjoy!

Peter

Jan Havickszoon Steen Hi-res

2010-01-09T15:00:00.000-05:00

Here is a very nice high-resolution painting from Jan Havickszoon Steen (1626–1679).

T

CHIUStream is on Jan 08 at 5pm EST/ 2pm PST!

2010-01-08T15:05:00.001-05:00

Live TV : Ustream

More Gil Elvgren Hi-res

2010-01-08T15:00:00.001-05:00

Here is a beautiful painting by the legendary pin-up painter Gil Elvgren. The simplicity of the brushstrokes is stunning, enjoy!

Peter

Gabriel Metsu Hi-res

2010-01-07T15:00:00.000-05:00

Here is a beautiful high-resolution painting from Dutch painter Gabriel Metsu (1629-1667).

T

Pixar's UP Color Script

2010-01-06T15:00:00.000-05:00

If you haven't already, a little while ago Pixar's artist extraordinaire Lou Romano posted a large collection of color scripts he did for Pixar's feature UP.

I highly recommend that you check out the rest of his blog as well for the other great pieces he posted.

Peter