Saturday, September 26, 2009

Volume 3 of Mobile Art starting now



Dear all,

Volume 2 of Mobile Art has been for almost a month on the Appstore and both books now almost sum up a total 14.000 downloads! I'm really happy with this result as I didn't expect this much interest.

It is therefore time to officially launch volume 3.

Some more information about this next eBook:

Susan Murtaugh (the featured artist of Volume 2, for those who haven't downloaded it yet) has kindly accepted to take part to the artwork selection process. She knows many artists from the various forums and her eyes and knowledge will be a tremendous help for raising the bar of this next eBook.

Joseandrés Guijarroponce, also known as La Legra Negra will be the featured artist with an interview and lots of new paintings.

There will be a Christmas chapter (on top of the regular selection on general mobile art) with drawings on this subject but also centered on children, you will know why some lines below. This is the first time a theme is given so the criteria of selection can vary a bit. I would like the paintings and drawings above all to convey emotions. It can be sad of funny emotions or also just simply poetic. Be creative and try to move us deep inside with your art. All artwork should be done on your iPod or iPhone of course.

As said previously, the interface will be upgraded and will allow for a better reading experience. It will also allow for a larger number of pages. This means more artwork, more reviews and more tutorials (anybody can write one, I just would like to be informed about it first, so please email me some of your thoughts/ideas before writing pages of articles).

The deadline for the submission is set to the 20th of November. This leaves a longer time than for the previous books, I hope this will give more chances for always better artworks. The release date on the Appstore will be around the 15th of December. Rules are the same as before (cf. first archive of march 2009) and the email address for submission remains the same too:

ipodartvol1@gmail.com

Last but not least, I would like this new volume to be really special.
Since the beginning of this project I have in my mind to somehow link it to a charity organization but I never found the occasion to do so. I think Christmas is the right moment to take a dive and try something out. I would like to open a discussion on the subject with whoever might have some idea or experience on the matter.
So here is the general idea:
I would like to propose to all who will download the book to donate a dollar or two to an organization which is helping children.

The ebook will remain a free download though and this is where the discussion should start, with these questions: which organization will we chose and what would be the best way to forward them the eventual donations from our generous readers?
You can leave your ideas as a comment at the bottom of this post.

I hope this will work and that together we will find great ideas. I think it would give a fantastic purpose to the hard work the published material represents.

Thank you in advance!

Thierry

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Reviews

Here are some of the reviews so far for the Volume 2:

* Inspiring and Magical- Lots of great art and tutorials on getting started with some of the popular art applications! Look forward to the next one:).
* Beautiful, inspiring, challenging- I'm not a big flickr user so I have absolutely never seen most of these artists, and had only an inkling of what could be done with apps like Brushes. Thank you so much for publishing this collection and I hope to see a third volume one day!
* Excellent!!! - My first review. This is absolutely wonderful! Thank you so much for sharing.
* Very nice!- Some very talented people represented in this app. Very inspiring!
* Fabulous Art Book- Incredible piece of work, so much art. Filled with tutorials and every thing you'd want to know about
making your iPhone an artits studio and canvas. Bravo to Thierry and friends....
* Fantastic MobilArt Galler- This is fantastic! Thanks! Interface and usabilty needs bit more looking into. Otherwise it's a good flipbook gallery.
* ein muss! genau wie im vorgänger schafft es Thierry die besten mobilekünstler weltweit(!) in einem kostenlosen ebook-"magazin" zu präsentieren.
* Great! I enjoyed this new volume.It 's a very simple way to discover the iPhone art's technic and some of the best pieces.

Thanks to all who commented:)


Get Mobile Art vol2 here: MobilArt2

Monday, September 14, 2009

More good news!

Volume 2 is now ranked in 58 countries in the top 100 and in the top 50 in 34 countries (free Photography apps)!

Today is also a milestone, this new book has surpassed in just over two weeks the total downloads of volume 1, beating by far my most optimistic expectations :)

So there will for sure be a third volume and it will be a Christmas release.
There will be the now usual chapters like regular art gallery, app reviews, tutorials and featured artist but there also will be another one focusing on the Xmas/end of the year theme (only artwork though).


There will also be an improvement of the interface to make the navigation between chapters easier. This will allow for even larger number of pages than in the current volume, if needed.
When the new interface will be ready, the two first volumes will be recompiled with it too.

I will also invite another artist for the artwork selection.

If you have ideas for reviews or articles related to mobile painting feel free to email them to me.

But more on this next ebook in a few days...


Get Mobile Art vol2 here: MobilArt2

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Friday, September 11, 2009

Some information about the ebook in the Appstore

Just thought I wrote a post about the progress of the ebook in the Appstore in the free Photography category.

After 13 days, it has reached the top 100 in 30 countries around the world and the top 50 in 15 of them. This is a much better result than for the first ebook as it is a lasting one. The increased quality of the artworks and the addition of tutorials and reviews is certainly playing a role in this difference.

I will give some precise countries a bit later on.

And if you can help raising that average 2,5 stars rating I would be grateful ;)


(new edit)
So here are some of the ranks by major country (changing daily so only valid today):

Italy ----------14
Hong Kong --15
Russia -------30
Spain --------33
France -------39
Turkey -------42
Japan --------47
China ---------52
Germany -----56
UK ------------68
Mexico -------68
Brazil ---------71
USA -----------72 (though some days ago it reached 59)
India ----------75




Get Mobile Art vol2 here: MobilArt2

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