The second part of the article of Marissa’s self portrait is now done and delivered so watch the next issue of airbrush step by step! Go follow the creation of one of the most amazing works of airbrush art that have ever been made. This magazine is also available in English as well as German.

In the mean time, please have a little bit more patience with the new website (yes, it is still in the running) because it will require some last minute changes. I know it’s long overdue, but I will make up for it somehow as soon as it is online. (with a few extra step by steps maybe?).

Eddy

Here’s the first page of the article in question…. Enjoy the magazine and watch this page for more teasers (about the second part maybe…? )

Eddy

Don’t miss this issue people! This new edition of the German ‘Airbrush Step by Step‘ magazine has Marissa’s fist article about the in’s and out’s of her amazing self portrait. The second part is in the make and will follow in the next issue.

Eddy

I am going through all our old files (quite a task) in order to prepare our new digital archiving system. Yesterday I found this image below, which is an old cover design of the magazine Airbrush Art + Action which later changed it’s name to Art Scene International. This was, in fact, one of those first rebranded issues.

I founded that magazine and headed it as Editorial Director for 10 years (give or take a few months), until I decided to leave: my publisher was forcing me to lower my standards which was not something that I was willing to do. One of my editors took over the wheel for a few years but recently the magazine closed down for good.

The interesting thing about this cover is that – personally, I think it was one of our better ones. However, last minute it was stopped by my publisher, something that had never happened before. Most of the time he was not messing with the content but this time he did. It was the start of a very bad habit that eventually justified my decision to leave the publishing house a few months later.

Later I found out why my publisher pulled the cover and had it replaced by a ‘not so good’ version (in my opinion). His explanation: “We don’t put people on our covers, we are an Art magazine. We put art on our covers”.

That was the most absurd statement that I ever heard.

Back then I knew Marissa as a rapidly rising star, and this was also her very first, well deserved article. The photograph on this cover version which never made it to press made me smile, because not only does it depict her artwork but also her sparkling personality. Genuine human emotions often make great covers.

Two years later I married her. She still has the same sparkling personality today as I saw it on that (unpublished) cover photograph back then.

Eddy

I am currently working on an in-depth article about Marissa’s self portrait which will be published (part one) in the next issue of Airbrush Step by Step. Marissa has been suspiciously calm for the next few days – which in itself is quite unusual, and I just found out why: Marissa has been working on the painting again, adding some (sneaky) additional detail in area’s that she thought needed it.

Anyway, I caught her in the act of ’secretly updating her finished work’. She was wearing a blue bucket but I found her under it, trying very hard to look cute (which worked quite well I might add).

I will have it framed this week so she can’t get a hold on it anymore. So if you see someone with a blue bucket over her head in Rosmalen next weekend, you know who it is… if you see her working on her portrait, slap her hands!

Eddy