Unmasking Thomas Jefferson: The president’s portrait for Smithsonian Magazine (by tsevis)
This is one of my favorite projects of the last year. Smithsonian magazine commissioned me to create two twin portraits of President Thomas Jefferson for the special issue on him and his secrets. The black and white version would symbolize the two different sides of this historical personality.
The great team of Smithsonian Institute have provided me historical documents that have served as the constructing elements of the mosaic.
The portrait is partially based on Rembrandt Peale’s portrait of Thomas Jefferson because it reflects the mysterious part of Jefferson’s personality.
Made with custom developed scripts, hacks and lots of love, using my Mac, Synthetik Studio Artist, the Adobe Creative Suite and good music.
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Many thanks to Maria Keehan and everyone @ Smithsonian Magazine
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Barack Obama: Hopeful because of you (by tsevis)
A message of hope and a portrait of President Obama made out of American flags.
The quote is from his acceptance speech to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC.
A poster made for Design For Obama a great grassroots project by Aaron Perry-Zucker and Max Slavkin.
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Made with custom developed scripts, hacks and lots of love, using my Mac, Synthetik Studio Artist, the Adobe Creative Suite and good music.
Partially based on a photo by Spirit of America downloaded from Shutterstock.
Hundreds of photos of US flags from hundreds of photographers have been used as well.
Many thanks to all artists sharing photos under Creative Commons. Without them my work would be much more difficult.
This artwork is NOT for sale. You can download it and use it for free. Please don’t use it to express hate, racism or anything negative.
Please respect the Creative Commons license scheme. If you feel tipsy please donate to the Obama-Biden 2012 campaign.
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FORWARD!
Warren Buffett portrait for Transaero magazine (by tsevis)
A mosaic portrait of Warren Buffett for the inflight magazine of Transaero Airlines made out of parts of US Dollar bills.
Based on photo by Mark Hirschey en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett.
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Made with custom developed scripts, hacks and lots of love, using my Mac, Synthetik Studio Artist, the Adobe Creative Suite and good music.
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Many thanks to Sofya Turmanidze and Dmitriy Ascheulov @ Transaero Magazine.
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Last but not least. I love this quote of him:
Beware of geeks bearing formulas.
— Warren Buffett
It would be a great quote for digital art as well.
President Obama for Huffington Magazine (by tsevis)
President Obama portrait made for for Huffington magazine and especially for the issue covering the DNC Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. It’s made out of the people that the journalists of HP believe they are important for his presidency.
Based on photo by Allan Tannenbaum-Pool / Getty Images. All photos provided by HP.
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Made with custom developed scripts, hacks and lots of love, using my Mac, Synthetik Studio Artist, the Adobe Creative Suite and good music.
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Many thanks to Anna Dickson, Andrea Nasca and Josh Klenert @ Huffington Post.
Last but not least: FORWARD! 4 MORE YEARS! :-)
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Mitt Romney for Huffington Magazine (by tsevis)
OK. I am a long time devoted Obama fan.
I have decided long ago to avoid to create any negative work.
So why have I accepted this commission?
For 3 reasons:
1. Huffington Post: Arianna Huffington (or Stassinopoulos for us Greeks :-)) has shaped the ultimate model for contemporary media houses.
2. Josh Klenert: Josh is not only one of the most innovative creative directors but he also creating the right atmosphere when you work with him. This is the 4th time we are collaborating. I had a lot of fun working with him and his team for Billboard magazine and IHeartRadio.
3. President Obama: The HP magazine team asked me for two portraits. It’s so obvious I wanted to create the Obama one. :-)
So this is a Mitt Romney portrait made for for Huffington magazine and especially for the issue covering the GOP Convention in Tampa, Florida. It’s made out of people the the journalists of HP believe they are important for his presidency.
Based on photo by Carl Court © AFP 2012.
All photos provided by HP.
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Made with custom developed scripts, hacks and lots of love, using my Mac, Synthetik Studio Artist, the Adobe Creative Suite and good music.
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Many thanks to Anna Dickson, Andrea Nasca and Josh Klenert @ Huffington Post.
Last but not least: Don’t vote for this guy! :-)
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Europe: The Stars are us (Alexis Tsipras for MONO magazine) (by tsevis)
A portrait of Alexis Tsipras leader of Syriza (Greek Left party) and Greek PM hopeful for MONO magazine in Greece. Tsipras’ face is made out of stars (both European and leftist symbol) and people waiving flags (both national and politican symbol).
The obvious message is that Europe has to rediscover the values of a human centric democracy. My hope is that leaders like Tsipras could help towards this direction.
More about MONO magazine here.
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Made with custom developed scripts, hacks and lots of love, using my Mac, Synthetik Studio Artist, the Adobe Creative Suite and good music.
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) scheme. Please read the CC license and don’t use this for any commercial project.
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Based on a photo by PRISMA / G.Nikolaidis (ΠΡΙΣΜΑ/Γ.ΝΙΚΟΛΑΙΔΗΣ)
Typeface used is PF Centro Slab Pro by Panos Vassiliou (Parachute Fonts)
Magazine layout designed by KEIK Bureau.
Many thanks to Adam Giannikos, Giannis Baboulias and everyone @ Mono Magazine.
The actual cover (Designed by my good friends Giorgos and Nikiforos @ Keik Design Bureau)
A colorful Michelle Obama for Hemispheres magazine (by tsevis)
A colorful portrait of Michelle Obama made out of vegetables, fruits, bees and stars.
Made for the First Lady’s Q&A in Hemispheres magazine published by United Airlines.
You can read the Q&A here.
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Made with custom developed scripts, hacks and lots of love, using my Mac, Synthetik Studio Artist, the Adobe Creative Suite and good music.
Based on a photo by © MR Photo/Corbis Outline
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Many thanks to Christine Bower-Wright @ Hemispheres.
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Hugh Laurie: The House …of pills (for TV Guide) (by tsevis)
Mosaic portrait of Hugh Laurie for the cover of TV GUIDE Magazine (USA).
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Many thanks to Gloria Pantell and Sarah Gainer @ TV Guide.
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Shaquille O’Neal: Most Creative People 2012 (by tsevis)
Portrait of Shaquille O’Neal for Fast Company’s Most Creative People 2012 made out of the brands and the products he is promoting.
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Many thanks to Alice Alves @ Fast Company.
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Hugh Laurie: The House …of pills (by tsevis)
Mosaic portrait of Hugh Laurie made out of pills for the Brazilian tv magazine MONET.
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Made with custom developed scripts, hacks and lots of love, using my Mac, Synthetik Studio Artist, the Adobe Creative Suite and good music.
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Many thanks to Alexandre de Moura Izo @ Editora Globo.
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