Get inspired. Over 330 self portraits made in a day! Art... CA style!

[Oblio]

What if… by a funny chance you become your own inspiration? What if the most beautiful entity in the universe is… you? The one you think you are, the one you want to be, the one the mirror shows... the one.

The whole universe is reflecting in your eye – look back into it!

1 NOVEMBER 2006
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SELF PORTRAIT

If you are an artist, of any kind, do your self portrait.
If you haven't done it yet, do your self portrait.
If you did more than 1000, do your self portrait.
If you want to take part in a massive internet art event, do your self portrait.
If you failed to express yourself through art, do your self portrait.
If your art is better than any of your self portraits, do your self portrait.
If you have reconsidered art after seeing Android's SPOD’s, do your self portrait.
If you want to make a step to a brand new ZEN EXPERIENCE, do your self portrait.
If you want to take part in a world record, do your self portrait.

Visit www.conceptart.org/forums and be amazed.
There is only one rule: Do your self portrait on November 1

Andrei Fantana

EDIT 2007: Here is what happened last year!!! Now.. get ready for 1st November 2007.

this is where you should post your self Portrait on Nov. 1st 2007 - http://www.conceptart.org/forums/sho...d.php?t=108950

[Oblio]

IT IS OVER!!!!

some were late... but maybe they were on a trip in Honolulu.. so whatever.. as long as it was 1st November somewhere on the globe.. the entry was accepted.
What a beautyfull display of... beauty.
Thank you ALL for being part of this.
Thank you to all the new members who registered for this.
Thank you to all the lurkers who finaly decided to post works.
Thank you to all the ladies who have joined this - new registered girls.. i'll contact you for your access to the G spot
Thank you to everyone who put the word out on other forums and all. Next year we'll make them... by comunities
Thank you Andrew for starting the madness years ago. I love you frate!
Thank you CA!

Sory for the poor organisation - next year it will be SO much better.
I will send invitations to all the big guns that are around CA... in fact.. most of them will get ther punish for not being here.. as soon as i get my hands on them. SF workshop carnage.

If this was a bit inspiring.. COME TO THE WORKSHOP... and see WHAT INSPIRATION REALY IS!

For all who added "CHow" to their border - VISIT the Characted of the week - and find the truth (it was my bad for not makeing a 1Nov border... but you have your share of the guilt by not knowing about CHOW and the other activities! Come and GROW)
Where were our Sculptors (i hope you were working on your 3D Challenge)
Where were our Modellers (You too were on that challenge, rigth? )
Where were our Photographers (we have 3 photos only... Thank you all... Phill... come to SF.. ok ? )

If i haven't made any mistakes - we have 332 Self Portraits.. (variants included)

YOU MADE IT!
SEE YOU NEXT YEAR...
or at the workshop!

Oblio /Andrei Fantana






RULES:

NO PREVIOUSLY DONE ART
This is meant to be an art snapshot of you on Nov. 1st 2006. If we will see you again next year we'll hopefully see how you and your art have changed
SPECIFY YOUR MEDIUM AND YOUR REFERENCE
MEDIUM: Digital (Painter+Photoshop, OC, etc)/Traditional(Oils, watercolor, etc)/Mixed
REFERENCE: Photo on paper, Digilal Photo, Webcam, Mirror(life), Reflective Surface, etc -

SAVE YOUR FILE STARTING WITH YOUR NICKNAME.
example: "Oblio_SP1NOV2K6_copy.jpg"
PLACE THE IMAGE IN A FRAME WITH YOUR NAME AND DATE(1NOV2006)

(you can add CA logo, etc).
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THIS THREAD WILL BE OPENED ON NOV1ST 0:00H GMT

You will be able to post your Self Portraits then.

You want to discuss?
JOIN HERE:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=79960

SEE YOU SOON !

[Oblio]

From the past...
lets see what the gravedigga' found.
These are found in the Self Portrait area of the forums.
A ton of links are lost - Dan Milligan, Retro, MindCandyMan, Brokencow, Daarken and many many others. Back then.. i had more time.


Jason Manley


mcotie



eyewoo


hermchen


Blackhawk



Sparth



Nordstrand T


Jon Foster


Layil


I WAS INK


El Coro


Davi


Emily G


Duracel


Rusty


Nova


some of mine

SEE YOU SOON!

(this post will be removed on Nov 1st)

[Oblio]

OK - so i'll give you few more reasons:

1 - when you return from your Halloween Party - it's already Nov. 1st
2 - cheack this out:

Roman festivals - last day of the Ludi Victoriae Sullanae.
Catholicism - Holy Day of Obligation, All Saints Day. Holiday in Austria, Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Mexico, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Guatemala. NO EXCUSES GUYS AND GIRLS.

Algeria - National day
Antigua and Barbuda - Independence Day (from Britain, 1981)
Ireland - Samhain the traditional first day of Winter
World Vegan Day
United States - Start of National Novel Writing Month -
India-Kerala- State formation day (kerala piravi dinam-malayalam language)

AND

1NOV = DIA DE LOS MUERTOS.... Grim Fandango and the rest... now.. isn't this a realy great day for a self portrait ?

[Oblio]

3 DAYS TO GO

[Oblio]

2 DAYS TO GO




ONE ENTRY ONLY (i will pick the first one)
ANY MEDIUMS (Sculpture, Photo, Paint, Markers, Digital, etc) - photo is easy though. :p

[Oblio]

SEE YOU TOMORROW!

[Oblio]

It's already Nov 1st on some parts of the planet. The thread is OFFICIALY OPEN!

PLEASE NAME YOUR COUNTRY TOO.

Should be good for statistics...

[Flip]

Well, it's been Nov 1st for about 13 hrs here, and someone has to start this off.
Photoshop, from life

[teh.meh]

ahh glad someone decided to post first flip

used ps7 and 2 mirrors.

[Neobot]

Awright, boring style, but hey.
Worked outwards from the nose in a kind of spiral, as a new way to approach painting.
Concentrated on tone as I am absymally bad at it...

Hat hair!
[=

Photoshop Elements 2 XD
1 Mirror, my head hurts >_>

[gep]

Hey all

Here is my self portrait, crits welcome!

[Kicek]

ps, mirror

[Farvus]

I had great fun painting all these clouds. This is somewhere over Europe .

EDIT: Changed the composition a bit. Right now I'm closer to you

3h/PS from mirror.

[Avatar]

This is really fun! PS7 and 1 hour at 5 in the morning Halloween me - the funniest Crow ever (infact I was taking revenge by tickling my enemies to death).

[Giordan]

wow great job everybody, its 12:30 here, and i just finished my portrait using photoshop and a picture for reference, keep em coming

[sve]

From mirror, Photoshop.

[Master Krepta]

I have not contributed any artwork to this site in the longest time (hence the reason i still suck) but its good to be back.

Mechanical pencil and mirror, not to bad for a relative noob

[Barts]

Photshop CS, Ref from a Digital Photo bout 2 hours

[iolarnula]

Here's mine. I found a mirror and after an hour or so in PS, this came about.

[Oblio]

found this in my PM.
Carnifex:


i did one in the morning.. i'll do one later.. and see wich one i'll post.
NICE TO SEE YOU ALL!

[Dominus]

done in Photoshop having a picture as reference

[Chuck,mate.]

Well, well, well....
Here we all are.


Done in PS, about 3 hours, slightly referenced.

[Noë]

Wow people! There's some killer artwork in here...
Sve; yours is very nice, and I can definetely recognise you immediately.

Heres what I did this morning, I'm not happy at all with it, but ah well, will do some more later today.
I guess I shouldn't have gone crazy with the markers after I finished the pencils, and the right side of the face (viewers left) is kinda messed up ^^



love
Marleen.

[oma]

ah shit post it somewhere els, post it here again .

medium > pencils 2B
ref > mirror > from life.

[blanquish]

looking very good everyone, heres mine
charcoal, mirror(life) Australia, sorry bad scan
45 mins

[yonson]

Yonson
Done in painter using digiphoto as ref......

[JakkaS]

Great idea Oblio!!
Here is mine
2h/PS

[mc2mc2]

self portrait in photoshop. Digital pic used as reference. About 1 ~ 2 hrs.


I really need a mirror..

[Piru]

a quickie, no more time!