Psychedelic Steve Jobs (collage portrait for ALFA magazine, Brazil)

Psychedelic Steve Jobs (collage portrait for ALFA magazine, Brazil), originally uploaded by tsevis.

ALFA is a Brazilian men magazine published by Editora Abril. They asked me for a Steve Jobs portrait slightly different from my previous ones. They wanted the psychedelic, the hippie, the younger Steve. Their article is talking about the his trips in India and in LSD as well as the first days of Apple. I decided to take a collage approach to the illustration using very old and probably kitsch Apple II advertisments from the late 70s and early 80s. I have based my whole portrait on the historic photo of Steve with the Apple but of course I wanted to put more color and more dynamics to it.

More about ALFA magazine (October 2010 issue).
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All the material used here is from my personal archive, the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA and of course from Apple Inc.
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Steve Jobs' portraits.

Thanks to Marcelo Zorzanelli @ Editora Abril.

The pages of article of ALFA magazine:


As you can see this older mosaic portrait of Steve Jobs is used.

And some details of the portrait:

David Fincher: Portraying the social network icon

David Fincher: Portraying the social network icon, originally uploaded by tsevis.

Over the past few months Facebook is in the center of the media's attention. That's for sure!
The social network reached the impressed landmark of 500 million registered and active users. And to add to this, Mark Zuckerberg decided to enter the charity world with a great contribution to public education.

But as always, success comes with a price. Facebook has started receiving criticism and various complaints. First, the intense focus on their privacy policies. Then, the technical issues causing serious delays and even black-outs, and last but not least, the "The Social Network" movie by David Fincher, where Zuckerberg is portrayed as an egomaniac who stole the ideas of his friends. I have a more sympathetic point of view towards Mark Zuckerberg than his criticizers because I like people who create, and know that success always attracts harsh stories.

My first Facebook related mosaic was of Zuckerberg for WIRED Magazine - published in July 2010, and has since been been republished in many prestigious international media. You can see the Mark Zuckerberg mosaic portrait here.
So when Sophie Jouanneault, Art Director of the French cinema magazine "Technikart", asked me for a mosaic portrait of director David Fincher, I was more than happy to create another portrait related to the Facebook saga.

David and Mark seem to have a lot in common - both bright, creative minds that have created valuable work.

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You can use this image for NON commercial projects, but you have to credit me.
The mosaic is based on a Creative Commons photo from Wikipedia.
Please, don't use it to express hate, racism or anything negative.

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illustrations for magazines.

Many thanks to Sophie Jouanneault @ Technikart magazine.

Cover and spread from Technikart magazine:

Steve Jobs for FOCUS Italia

Steve Jobs for FOCUS Italia, originally uploaded by tsevis.

A mosaic portrait of Steve Jobs for Focus Italia (Focus Storia Biografie - Speciale Estate 2010).

It's the first mosaic I am trying to create based on various frames from Steve's Keynote speeches. I tried almost painting him.

Some details:






All Apple product images used courtesy by Apple Inc. Some other Creative Commons licensed photos used.

Made with custom developed scripts and techniques in Synthetik Studio Artist, Adobe Creative Suite and Apple QuickTime Pro.

Licensed under the Creative Commons License Scheme.
You can use this image for NON commercial projects, but you have to credit me.
Please, don't use it to express hate, racism or anything negative.

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See all my
Steve Jobs' portraits.

Many thanks to Massimo Rivola @ Gruner+Jahr/Mondadori.