Canvas Pop Digital Photo Print Service
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Product: Canvas Pop
Price: $30-$419 depending on size and finishes
Rating: Strong Recommend *
As Gregory mentioned last week, we had the great honor of testing out a few digital photo services for the New York Times. Since all the news that’s fit to print couldn’t accommodate results from each of the services we tested I thought we’d share some of the amazing prints with you. We’re hoping it’ll provide a realistic look at what your everyday person can make. In this first installment, we take a look at Canvas Pop. Read More!
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It’s official! CanvasPop is moving to a new facility. The new location is a super-funky converted factory building. This one has it all. Ultra high 30 ft ceilings, exposed steel beams and concrete. The factory space/building will be separated from the office space by a huge 1o ft x 20 ft steel barn door on sliders. This means we’ll still keep our dedicated production and framing shop close to us while reducing noise (no more mitre saws and nail guns going off in the background when you call customer support 
. For us, having our factory and customer support under one roof is critical to maintaining the quality of our products and better serving you, our customer.
Our explosive growth this year has meant we have completely ran out of space. The new facility is three times larger than our existing facility. The new set up will allow us to produce and deliver 500+ pieces a day.
I was on site today and the old gray carpeting has been removed and the 100 year old concrete floor underneath is being polished to high gloss shine.
Still need to hook up the new phone systems, data cables, and move about 2 tons of heavy equipment in. We’re really excited about this new space. Stay tuned! We’ll be posting updates.
You have the artistic vision and now you have the opportunity to show your talent on the international art stage.
CanvasPop is a proud supporter of the 3rd Ward Summer 2010 Open Call and you’re invited to submit your portfolio to this international art competition.
This is your chance to display your innovative artwork from all mediums- sculpture, photography, painting, printmaking, illustration, graphic design, video and more. The best part is your submissions can include: completed work, works-in-progress and/or conceptual proposals.
Hurry, the DEADLINE is Wednesday July 28th, 2010 at 11:59pm EST!
Just for participating you will get:
A professional online portfolio (see a sample)
Artists’ benefits valued at over $75, including big discounts for printing your art on canvas.
PLUS — the top 25 artists will be featured in 3rd Ward’s Quarterly Magazine and Online Gallery.
So what is the grand prize?
* $5,000 cash grant
* Solo exhibition in 3rd Ward’s gallery, complete with a massive opening reception
* Optional 3-month work residency at 3rd Ward including work studio & full facility access (photo studios, wood & metal shop, media lab, art education classes)
* Airfare & shipping to and from 3rd Ward for non-NYC residents
* 2-page spread in 3rd Ward’s Quarterly Magazine
* NYC exposure – postcards, fliers, press!
Are you ready to claim the grand prize? Submit your first image on us!
* It’s FREE with promo code: CanvasPop
* Hurry, this discount expires in seven days!
* Submit your work to 3rd Ward Summer 2010 Open Call now.
When you hear “What’s Up, Doc?”, who do you think of? That’s easy it’s Bugs Bunny!
A few weeks ago I had the chance to sit down and talk with Jessica Borutski, the artist selected to re-design the original cast of the Looney Tunes for the new Warner Brother’s show premiering this fall on the Cartoon Network…
This fall the Looney Tunes are back on the Cartoon Network, with 26 new half hour episodes with a fresh new look...
“The original Bugs and Daffy are beautiful designs that have been streamlined through the decades at Warner Brothers. So that was a tough one for me to figure out. I wanted to keep all the spirit of the characters without changing them dramatically.” Borutski.
Borutski gave them slightly different proportions that would emphasize things she had always liked about the characters. An example is Bugs’ feet, which were streamlined and made bigger.
Jessica turned to CanvasPop when she wanted to create a canvas picture for a special fan.
Can you spot the changes in this canvas picture?
Here's a sneak peak at a still from the new show....Be sure to catch the 26 new half hour episodes to see the changes
Do you have your own original drawings that you would like tuned into a canvas picture?
- Get started and upload a photo of your drawing.
Does the road actually curve ahead?... Maybe- but it's most likely the vanishing point!
Vanishing points are everywhere just waiting to be captured. Yes, they’re everywhere! I came across this photograph which is just one from an amazing collection of vanishing point photography.
The idea of vanishing points actually dates back to the drawings of Renaissance artists Donatello and Masaccio. The vanishing point is a point in a perspective drawing or photograph to which parallel lines appear to converge. For more info visit: Wikipedia—Vanishing Points and explore the the collection of photos.
In your own photo collection have you ever just captured a great perspective shot? Are you just dying to share with others? Why not transform your photo into a custom canvas photo.
With the help of our personal designers, you can transform any photo into your very own custom canvas photo. Get started today by uploading your favorite perspective photo.
Photo Credit (AJ_UK/Whoosh!)
Display your photos at a gallery reception in Manhattan with international publicity!
CanvasPop is a proud supporter of the annual photo competition- EXPOSURE hosted by Artists Wanted! This international photography competition is open to photographers of all backgrounds and all skill levels…
Don’t miss your chance to enter the annual competition for inspired photography…
Hurry, the deadline for entry is Monday June 7, 2010 11:59pm EST!
Just for entering you will get:
*An online portfolio of your images to share with the world. Your portfolio will be browsable by gallerists, collectors and commercial buyers through our Artist Search Engine.
* A free subscription to JPG’s digital magazine.
* $100 in discounts and credits from Zipcar.com
* Other discounts and freebies from the sponsors. (Hint- Photo Canvas…)
So how are the winners chosen?
A panel of judges including Photographer Lauren Greenfield, New York Times Photo Editor Maura Foley, MoMA Curator Nora Lawrence and JPG Founders Derek Powazek & Heather Powazek Champ, will choose one photographer for the Grand Prize:
* $10,000 cash & 1-year FREE living at a $1.2 million apartment at The Edge in New York City
* A Manhattan gallery reception
* Airfare & shipping to and from New York City for the event
* International publicity
Ready to claim your grand prize?
*Submit Your Photos on Artists Wanted before Monday June 7, 2010 11:59pm EST.
“Photography is power. In a world of images, every person with a camera has the potential to define the world around us. Great photographers capture moments that speak beyond the frame.”
On Thursday, May 27th, 2010 Toronto’s Hope House Fundraiser aims to raise $50,000 for Hope House, a school in Calcutta being built by the Kids With Cameras Foundation, a charity born from the Academy Award Winning documentary ‘Born into Brothels’.
Each photo canvas featured at this special fundraiser represents a personal story of self-discovery and empowerment through the photographic works of the children (a skill taught to them by Co-Director and on screen presence Zana Briski)… Read More about the Hope House Fundraiser.
Kids With Cameras Video by Media Ball.
Sure, Flickr is an amazing site full of great images and user submitted content but we wanted to see what else was out there.
1X.com features amazing images submitted by talented photographers from all over the world. It’s a great site that will inspire and entertian you for hours. The collection although user-submited is screened and curated which ensures that all the images have a certain wow factor. Here’s how they describe themselves:
1x is a photo community with a difference. Take the work of the most talented photobloggers, various famous photographers, and many serious amateurs, select their best work and collect it all in one place – that is 1x. Everyone is welcome to contribute, but every photo is screened, which means it has to be approved by an editor (screener) before being published. 1x is a photo gallery with a constantly evolving exhibition. We publish dozens of new images every day.
A great place to get cool photo canvas ideas for your next CanvasPop project.
Visit www.1x.com and get inspired!
What’s your favorite photo site? We might feature it in our next blog post.
A contrast in realism! You see elements of Heine's caricature in this Pencil vs. Camera
Fitting? Yes…Creative? Absolutely!!… I just had share the artistic works of Ben Heine
a Belgian painter, illustrator, portraitist, caricaturist and photographer from Brussels.
This particular image is part of his “Pencil vs. Camera” series that combines photos with
pencil drawings by superimposing the sketch onto the photo. Ben will take his own photos
and consider the image as a battle between the drawing and the photograph.
“The great thing is that the photo and drawing are 2 different ways of expression but they go
well together and they definitely have the same purpose: share an idea, an emotion, a
concept or a message.” Ben Heine
For the full Pencil vs. Camera Series visit Ben on Flickr.
Want to create your own personalized artwork from photos?
With the help of our personal designers, you can transform any photo into personalized
artwork on canvas. Get Started with by uploading your photo.
Photo Credit (Ben Heine/Pencil Vs Camera -12)
Are you at a loss for gift ideas for your keynote speakers?
The steering committee of WikiSym had this same issue for the 2009 International Conference held inOrlando, FL. Alain Désilets and Robert Biddle of the WikiSym solved this problem by collaborated with Nazim Ahmed and Melissa Edwards of CanvasPop to create this custom canvas word art.
Last year the conference organizers came up with the idea of commissioning an original artwork inspired around the whole idea of “collaboration”. The finished artwork is a word cloud that featured the colors and shape of the conference logo. All of the data was pulled from all papers and presentations ever made at WikiSym!
“The result turned out to be quite stunning and much more visually appealing than an average laminated canvas picture” WikiSym.
Do you want a copy of the Wiki Word Cloud?
**Get your very own copy of this canvas word art or create your own! Copies of the cloud can be purchased through Nazim Ahmed at: art@dna11.com.
For more info on the WikiSym 2010.
Visit their Blog: WikiSym International Symposium
Follow them on Twitter: @wikisym
