Published in a Calendar!
Back in March, the 25th, I implemented a contact form on this blog, namely Contact Form 7. A splendid plugin I have to say. I did not expect it to get used much, but I had always missed that specific feature myself, as it is what I look for at a site when I want to contact the author.
About ten days later, 5th of April, I got a message through the form from Paul Baars of Paul Baars Design in the Netherlands. It was a request for using my art in a calendar project! The calendar would contain a separate piece of art for each day of the year (2010), with the art being optical illusions. Among the artists whose work was already included were M.C.Escher, Ars et Mathesis, Oscar Reutersvärd, Dmitry Rakov, Sandro del-Prete, David Macdonalds, Istvan Orosz, Scott Kim, Jos de Mey, Mathieu Hamaekers, Norman Parker, Igor Achkasov, Zenon Kulpa, Peter Raedschelders, Hop David, Jeroen Henneman, Vlad Alexeev, Bruno Ernst, Ken Knowlton and Vicente Meavilla Segui, which is quite a respectable list… I was intrigued.
After a bit more communication I happily accepted the request, prepared the high resolution images needed and credit information to go with them, and that was it!
As compensation I would receive a couple of calendars for free; which suited me perfect as just the opportunity to get published in any way at all is reward enough :)
This Wednesday I picked up a package at the post office, and was happily surprised to find four calendars in it! The print quality sure is spectacular, and I eventually found my own pieces in there. They are at May 1st, Juli 26th, August 17th, September 22nd and November 20th, 2010.
I will have to mark down those dates to check if the link included in the calendar affects blog traffic, it will be interesting!
Very awesome :) Thank you Paul, for including me in this project!
If you want an ILLUSIES & OPTISCHE FENOMENEN SCHEURKALENDER 2010 of your own, you can access the order form at Paul Baars Design directly, if you live in the Netherlands or Belgium that is; here is a PDF (in Dutch) with detailed information. Or, you could look for a Dutch book store, not sure if they ship world wide though.
Tags: Impossible Figure, IRL, Olympus E-410, Photos, Prints
August 10th, 2009 at 4:10
congrats. your awesome illustrations are definitely worthy of recognition.
August 10th, 2009 at 21:51
Thank you very much! :D
August 11th, 2009 at 16:35
Congrats my friend.
August 12th, 2009 at 18:19
^_^
September 8th, 2009 at 11:41
Hi Andreas,
Paul and his team like your style very much. Thank you for your permission!
Your illusion called ‘Hus’ is placed on July 26th, the day on which holiday starts for constructors.
Best regards,
Paul Baars Design.
September 13th, 2009 at 0:11
Hello R. Stevens :) I am very happy to hear that! I sometimes ponder if my style is too simple, but I am fond of it as I think this kind of figures should be clear and sharp, so it is possible to see that they really have straight lines that connect impossibly! They kind of remind me of concept drawings, instead of detailed gritty realistic art.
Cheers!