Comments on: Too Cool http://payallin.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/too-cool/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Tue, 26 May 2009 21:39:47 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: anna minzhulina http://payallin.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/too-cool/#comment-47 anna minzhulina Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:46:07 +0000 http://payallin.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/too-cool/#comment-47 hi Bryan, oh boy, did we create ripples with this cover ;). Gerry, i do not know why Nathalie Atkinson thought the man in the image was you - it was never our intention (i guess it's just happened because you are the main character of the story). when i contacted Bryan about the image there was a concern on my part that the man did not look 100% like Tom Cruise. the image was seriously modified (Bryan rocks! hehehe...i seriously bugged him with all the little this and that) to be the cover and our intention was to make him look 100% like Tom Cruise, because that was a huge part of my concept. in the end it was decided that the figure might or might not resemble Tom Cruise - does not matter, what's important is a different/corky/wicked way of looking at religion and God. Nathalie's getting it wrong or right is not a point - her article is great. it's not about the Scientology piece - it's about recognizing the great concept/artwork that was the cover, basically kudos to Bryan :) and Maisonneuve. so let us enjoy that - thanks. anna minzhulina (Art Director, Maisonneuve magazine) hi Bryan,

oh boy, did we create ripples with this cover ;) . Gerry, i do not know why Nathalie Atkinson thought the man in the image was you – it was never our intention (i guess it’s just happened because you are the main character of the story). when i contacted Bryan about the image there was a concern on my part that the man did not look 100% like Tom Cruise. the image was seriously modified (Bryan rocks! hehehe…i seriously bugged him with all the little this and that) to be the cover and our intention was to make him look 100% like Tom Cruise, because that was a huge part of my concept. in the end it was decided that the figure might or might not resemble Tom Cruise – does not matter, what’s important is a different/corky/wicked way of looking at religion and God.
Nathalie’s getting it wrong or right is not a point – her article is great. it’s not about the Scientology piece – it’s about recognizing the great concept/artwork that was the cover, basically kudos to Bryan :) and Maisonneuve. so let us enjoy that – thanks.

anna minzhulina (Art Director, Maisonneuve magazine)

]]> By: Maisonneuve cover art : Scientology v. Armstrong http://payallin.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/too-cool/#comment-45 Maisonneuve cover art : Scientology v. Armstrong Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:18:19 +0000 http://payallin.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/too-cool/#comment-45 [...] it. The artist Bryan McMillin (Payallin) also saw the Nat Post mention and commented on his blog. http://payallin.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/too-cool/ Nathalie Atkinson wrote in a May 1 article on magazine cover design, “Cover pages of the [...] [...] it. The artist Bryan McMillin (Payallin) also saw the Nat Post mention and commented on his blog. http://payallin.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/too-cool/ Nathalie Atkinson wrote in a May 1 article on magazine cover design, “Cover pages of the [...]

]]> By: Scientist http://payallin.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/too-cool/#comment-44 Scientist Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:33:08 +0000 http://payallin.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/too-cool/#comment-44 Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation :) Anyway ... nice blog to visit. cheers, Scientist!! Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation :) Anyway … nice blog to visit.

cheers, Scientist!!

]]> By: Gerry Armstrong http://payallin.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/too-cool/#comment-41 Gerry Armstrong Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:28:28 +0000 http://payallin.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/too-cool/#comment-41 I wrote to the National Post to let them know the praying man on Maisonneuve's cover was supposed to resemble Tom Cruise, and that Tom resembling me, while great for his career, was not something I had capitalized on, at least so far. I told the Post that, putting aside our resemblances, there are clear differences between Tom and me, and I uploaded a photo of me in prayer taken a few days ago in my office in Chilliwack, BC to make the point. http://www.gerryarmstrong.org/ga/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/ga-2008-06-01.jpg Like you, from time to time I've also seized the odd photoshopportunity with Tom & Co. to whip out my artwork: http://www.gerryarmstrong.org/50grand/fun/tom-robot-man.html http://www.gerryarmstrong.org/50grand/fun/parody/the-playmates.html http://www.gerryarmstrong.org/50grand/fun/parody/vanity-fair-2006-10.html Gerry Armstrong #2-46298 Yale Road Chilliwack, BC V2P 2P6 604-703-1373 gerry@gerryarmstrong.org http://www.gerryarmstrong.org/ I wrote to the National Post to let them know the praying man on Maisonneuve’s cover was supposed to resemble Tom Cruise, and that Tom resembling me, while great for his career, was not something I had capitalized on, at least so far.

I told the Post that, putting aside our resemblances, there are clear differences between Tom and me, and I uploaded a photo of me in prayer taken a few days ago in my office in Chilliwack, BC to make the point.
http://www.gerryarmstrong.org/ga/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/ga-2008-06-01.jpg

Like you, from time to time I’ve also seized the odd photoshopportunity with Tom & Co. to whip out my artwork:
http://www.gerryarmstrong.org/50grand/fun/tom-robot-man.html
http://www.gerryarmstrong.org/50grand/fun/parody/the-playmates.html
http://www.gerryarmstrong.org/50grand/fun/parody/vanity-fair-2006-10.html

Gerry Armstrong
#2-46298 Yale Road
Chilliwack, BC V2P 2P6
604-703-1373
gerry@gerryarmstrong.org
http://www.gerryarmstrong.org/

]]> By: Dwayne "the canoe guy" http://payallin.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/too-cool/#comment-20 Dwayne "the canoe guy" Fri, 02 May 2008 18:47:49 +0000 http://payallin.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/too-cool/#comment-20 ummmm, boy did they miss the mark on THAT cover. Take it from me, Photoshop is artwork. I have a tough time with it and I bow to your magnificence ummmm, boy did they miss the mark on THAT cover.
Take it from me, Photoshop is artwork. I have a tough time with it and I bow to your magnificence

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