2012 World Tour Featured Artist} Vin Ganapathy

Featured Artist} Vin Ganapathy

There is something so mesmerizing about illustrations and line drawings. Don’t get me wrong, I can appreciate paintings and digital art in all of their splendor, but there is nothing like glazing at an illustration- analyzing each line and the movement, form, and pigment that created it. This raw grandeur is clearly seen in the work of Vin Ganapathy!

Vin draws the world as he sees it- giving the ordinary, appeal and the unnoticed, a voice! He translates his blank pages into your neighborhood sketching class, your girl friend sitting across from you at your favorite coffee spot, and the nearby corners of the borough of Brooklyn. He strategically uses bursts of color or the lack of it to gain emphasis and draw emotion at his whim.

 

I’m honored to now have Vin as a gallery-mate in the Brooklyn Art Library! Please enjoy samples of his work from the upcoming, Sketchbook Project, 2012 World Tour!

 

 

V i n  G a n a p a t h y     — – – – – — – — – —– – – – — – — – — – – – – — – — – — – –    B a c k g r o u n d

 

 

Brooklyn artist Vin Ganapathy draws on multiple influences that inform his imagery and work. Mixing pen, ink, and markers, Vin’s illustrations are marked by fine, almost-frail line work and sudden bursts of color. Taking slice-of-life inspiration from the city around him and his crew of oddball friends, his drawings are strangely kinetic and eerily true-to-life.

 

V i n  G a n a p a t h y    – — – — – — – — – — – — – – – — – — – — – — – — – – – — – – –    C o n n e c t

 

Website: VinGanapathy.com

Blog: MotivationIsNecessary.Blogspot.com

Twitter: @FeelBetterVin

Facebook Fan Page: /VinGanapathyIllustration

 

The Woodlands Join A Book Called… Forever EP

The Woodlands on A Book Called... Forever EP

I’m so overwhelmed by the talent contained on the EP for A Book Called… Forever. Each of the artists are so unique and their music seems like it will truly transcend time. Today, I am proud to announce that The Woodlands have joined me on this artistic collective. For those of you unfamiliar with The Woodlands, they are a wonderful husband and wife tag team that create worlds of imagery and playlists of retrospect.

 

 

After marrying several years ago and backpacking through Europe and Central America, Hannah and Samuel returned to the US and continued writing songs together. Based out of Portland, they playfully craft melodic tunes in their retro-lovely home studio. You can see pictures of their studio and stream their albums all on their Fan Page, but don’t forget to support good music by purchasing an album or two on BandCamp.

 

“Until The Day Dims,” the track graciously included on A Book Called… Forever EP was independently recorded and produced for their self-released debut album, The Woodlands, which has been received with both national and international exposure and accolades. Please enjoy!

 

Only Human goes to The Grammys

Spot Light on Only Human

Did you know that I come from a long line of creatives with big dreams, witty ideas, and multiple talents? If this fact was not apparent from my online musings and the overall presentation of Rob Jelinski Studios, allow me to expend on this concept with this piece of breaking news!

Currently my cousin Virginia Zinke is packing up her fancy gown and ballroom shoes to attend ”Music’s Biggest Night,” The Grammy Awards at The Staples Center in Los Angeles!!!

 

Virginia has the voice of an angel and is the lead singer of Only Human, 1 of 37 contributing artist to the compilation project called: All About Bullies… Big and Small. This project uses it’s diverse selections to paint a bigger picture by weaving a unique mix of stories and songs on a playground of which we can all relate. From the moment you hit the play button, you will find a host of characters from cyber bullies and kids with humorous courage to kids viewing their lives through bicycles. You’ll notice right away that this recording has one interesting twist… each kid finds a way to act differently or to accept other children for who they are (often in a fun way.) As if the message behind this album wasn’t spectacular enough, a share of all profits will be donated to the Pacer Center’s National Bullying Prevention Center!!!!

 

All About Bullies… Big and Small has already been awarded an LVMA and is currently nominated for Best Children’s Album at The Grammys!!! To celebrate the nomination and hope for a Grammy, most of the members of Only Human are flying to LA today! You can follow their journey to The Grammy’s by Following @RobJelinski on Twitter as I try to keep you all up-to-date with exclusive pics and vids from LA and the glorious red carpet. Also make sure to tune into the Grammy Awards with me this Sunday night at 8/7c only CBS to cheer them all on!

 

 

Only Human is:

 

Virginia Zinke – Lead Singer

Les Reisz – Lead Guitar

Chris Connelly – Rhythm Guitar

Kevin Mackie – Bass Guitar

Jim Czerpak – Drums.

 

All About Bullies… Big and Small was produced by:

 

Steve Pullara, Producer & Supervising Creative Director

Grammy Nominated Producer, Parents’ Choice Winner, NAPPA Winner

 

James Cravero, Producer, Engineer & Sound Beds

Grammy Nominated Producer, Parents’ Choice Winner, NAPPA Winner

 

Pat Robinson, Producer, Composer, Arranger & Engineer

Numerous recording credits, contributing artist to Grammy nominated CD, Parents Choice CDs and NAPPA Winning CDs

 

Kevin Mackie, Producer, Coordinations and A&R

Grammy Nominated Producer, Parents’ Choice Winner

 

Gloria Domina, Producer, A&R and Promotion

 

Please help me give a standing ovation to the album’s producers, all of the wonderful contributors, and the cause by purchasing your copy on the official website today!!!

 

 

A Book Called… Forever Extended Play

Introducing A Book Called... Forever EP

I have some exciting news to share with you all! Today, I will give you all a sneak peek into A Book Called… Forever’s musical counterpart, A Book Called… Forever EP!

 

Personally, I always try to design to music. It’s so inspiring and just expands the process of creation. Back in the spring when I was mapping out A Book Called… Forever, I decided that I wanted to listen to music while crafting each illustration in an attempt to subtlety fuse the moods set by the songs into the artwork.

 

I tried to pick a few songs to inspire each of my 16 original illustrations. This way, I would not be recycling other artist’s ideas. Rather, I would be blending bits of their ideas with my own across a board spectrum of diversity, stereotypes, and genes alike.

 

After compiling a massive playlist of over 37 songs, mostly different artists, I approached some of the independent musicians to ask if they would like to collaborate with me on the EP. The cream-of-the-crop turned out to be 7, crazy talented, forward thinkers of which I will be announcing over the next few days!

 

“What kind of music can I expect to hear on the EP,” you ask? A little bit of everything! We have a Folk, Alternative, Minimalist, Soul, R&B, and even an intro Speech from yours truly on this artistic specimen of audio in all it’s glory! Wait, you haven’t even heard the best part yet! Just like The Sketchbook Project, 2012 World Tour, this music will all be given away absolutely FREE!!!

 

Starting the end of this month, you will be able to stream and download this promotional EP and some of the artwork on A Book Called… Forever’s official Tour Page! But don’t settle with only having digital copies! Follow myself, @RobJelinski on Twitter as well as the other 7 artists for your chance to win 1 of the 100 Limited Edition Digi Wallets shown below!

 

Stay Tuned to My Ink Pad as there will be many more surprises to follow ;) ! I hear that my track “One Day” will be leaked this Friday in A Book Called… Forever’s Trailer video.

2012 World Tour Featured Artist} Naomi Adams

Featured Artist} Naomi Adams

Take notes Ladies and Gentlemen as Naomi Adams steps onto the playing field! This first time participant of The Sketchbook Project is far from a novice. She illuminates her canvases with common place imagery, isolated in such a way that each element’s hidden beauty is revealed. We can all learn a thing or two from her work! I know I have :) . 

In my exclusive interview with Naomi, she revealed that “A Path Through the Trees” is meant to depict a universal journey.  ”I’d like the people to follow the path, the cord, the ribbon, the thread and attatch whatever meaning they find.” To help spark this inward searching, she has proposed to a challenge to us. Write your words on these wordless pages! All of you!! Just like there are many trees that comprise a forest, be one of the voices that hum in the distance telling their unspoken story of this illustrated “poem.”

 

 

 

Naomi Adams     — – – — – – — – – — – — – — – — – — – – – – — – — – — – — – – –    B a c k g r o u n d

 

 

 

 

Born in the UK during the late 70s, I studied Art at Aberystwyth School of Art, graduating with an honours degree in 1998.  I am now living and working in a leafy suburb of London.

 

Things can be so beautiful when you really look at them.  I am always drawn to the intricacies of my subject regardless of the medium I am working in, whether it’s the patterns of a surface eroded by the elements, the way shadows fall across an uneven pavement or the bark of a silver birch. I find such joy in the way even the mundane and overlooked can be rendered astonishing when isolated from the clutter of its surroundings.

 

These days, I find myself returning more and more often to illustration.  There is an alluring honesty to be found between the lines of pen and ink.  I’m not finished with it yet!

 

Naomi Adams     – – – — – — – — – — – – – – – – – — – – – – — – — – — – — – – — – — –    C o n n e c t

 

Website: NaomiAdams.co.uk

Facebook: /www.NaomiAdams.co.uk

Twitter: @Naomi_Adams

Blog:  NaomiAdams-co-uk.Blogspot.com