FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
COJO LAUNCHES SKETCH365.COM
A YEAR LONG CONTEMPORARY ART EXPERIMENT
Philadelphia, PA
Sunday, September 25, 2005
Sketch365.com is Cojo, Art Juggernaut's (Maxim, Vibe, Rolling Stone) year long daily Conceptual Contemporary Art Experiment of "Rendered Quick Thought" visualized from mind to paper in 365-penciled details. A new fully framable one of a kind 8 1/2" x 11" finished original pencil line-art drawing will be uploaded fresh each day to Sketch365.com, counting up from 001 to 365. Each sketch will be immediately available for purchase in a first come first serve basis.
At the conclusion of the year, and the experiment, scans of the original sketches will then be divided by subject, (roughly 35 sketches per subject) compiled, collaged and adapted into ten giant paint on canvas masterpieces. These will then be unveiled (around 6 months after the conclusion of the experiment) at an exclusive VIP Blue Chip Art Collector and Celebrity Studded Invite Only Gala in NYC.
In addition to owning a Cojo Original sketch, sketch owners will receive one official VIP invite to this event per piece purchased.
The experiment was launched on Sunday September 25th, Cojo's 28th birthday, and will run for an entire year (365 days) concluding on September 25th, 2006, on his 29th birthday. Considering he is only creating one sketch a day for an entire year, by purchasing a sketch, collectors will essentially be owning one 24 hour period of the 28 year old artist's creative thought documented in line, smudges, fingerprints, eraser marks, and pressure.
Magazines like Maxim and Rolling Stone pay Cojo thousands of dollars each month to draw pieces of the same quality, using the same materials. He finishes the sketch, inks and colors them in the computer, and e-mails them off for print. The only physical work created outside of the mouse and screen by his actual hand is the sketch, which in his opinion is, "The heart of a drawing."
The beauty of this sketching experiment is that the magazines only own one time print rights of the finished art, they don't get to keep the originals, and they don't even get to touch the actual sketches. This is the first time Cojo is ever selling raw sketches to the open market. This is the first time people will be able to own, frame, and hang his actual hand crafted pencil work. This is the work that gets covered over by brushstroke when he makes a painting so even the people who own his paintings don't actually own his pencil work.
Make no mistake, these are not prints, they are highly rare original one of a kind sketches. Original hand drawn pieces of art. There won't be any prints made of these to be sold in limited edition or otherwise. There will only be 365 sketches in total produced in this experiment. After they sell out there will be no more available to purchase. In Cojo's own words, when asked about the rarity of the sketches:
"The only person I can think of who I have actually sold a pencil drawing to in the past is Busta Rhymes, so if you are one of the only 365 people to own one (or more than one) from this experiment, that's a pretty big deal."
CONTACT COJO:
Email:
Artsucks@aol.com
Phone: 917-568-6584
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
COJO ILLUSTRATES FLEAFLICKER.COM - THE MOST DYNAMIC FANTASY FOOTBALL SITE TO DATE
New York, NY
Friday, July 08, 2005
Fleaflicker.com announced today that their new website will offer football fans a 100% free, fully customizable fantasy football service. The service, which will be available later this month at www.fleaflicker.com, includes several new, exclusive features: users will be able to execute multi-team trades involving players, future draft picks, or both. The site will also allow easy customization of all league options: custom scoring, rosters, tiebreakers, waiver claim systems, playoff brackets, and league sizes and alignment.
"We got tired of dealing with the shortcomings of existing fantasy football games, so we created an easy-to-use service that includes all the extras that fans really want," said Ori Schwartz, the Lead Developer and Co-Founder of Fleaflicker. "Our site is extremely user-friendly but still gives fans the power to customize everything."
Fleaflicker plans to offer its users an unlimited number of teams and leagues (both redraft and keeper), and can accommodate users of any experience level, allowing full customization for experts or standard rules for beginners. Fans that have played fantasy football elsewhere in the past can easily import their existing leagues.
"It only takes a few seconds to get started. There are no tedious, multi-page menus. Creating your own league is easy and works right from the beginning," added Schwartz.
The Fleaflicker site will also include a highly flexible custom scoring system that can accommodate virtually any requirement.
Users can choose from league sizes of up to 24 teams in multi-division formats. Fleaflicker will generate schedules that favor division games, just like a professional sports league. Also, Fleaflicker is the only service that allows leagues to customize their tiebreakers.
"We let you choose the tiebreakers for head-to-head matchups and for determining who gets into the playoffs," Schwartz said. "No other service does that. We offer the most complete range of features on the Internet."
Fleaflicker will allow users to trade away future draft picks in exchange for star players today. Multiple picks can be packaged together with players to form huge, blockbuster deals among several teams. Users can execute 3-way trades, just like in the pros. There is no limit on the number of teams involved in any one deal.
In addition, Fleaflicker will also offer the usual array of fantasy football extras. The live draft room features intelligent auto-picking for users that cannot attend the draft. Another Fleaflicker exclusive is the in-draft advisor, which coaches users through the draft and alerts them of roster deficiencies (for example, due to bye weeks). Pre-draft rankings, a waiver claim system, and message boards are all standard. And of course, live scoring will be available free of charge.
The Fleaflicker logo and other web illustrations were created by New York artist, editorial illustrator (Maxim, Vibe, Rolling Stone), and Hip-Hop portraitist Cojo, Art Juggernaut.
The full Fleaflicker website will be available by the end of July.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact: Cojo Art Juggernaut
Telephone Number: 917-568-6584
COJO TO AD WORLD: "BRING IT ON!"
NY, NY & PHILADELPHIA, PA
6-14-05
Cojo, the self proclaimed "Art Juggernaut," is back in the freelance commercial art world with a bullet and currently accepting proposals for Ad Illustration Projects.
Cojo gained notoriety in the pages of THE SOURCE magazine back in the late 90's solidifying a style that the hip-hop world (now pop culture world) would come to know as one of the signature styles of the generation. His industry fame catapulted over the following years and he has since done work for such clients as Maxim Magazine, Rolling Stone, Vibe, Nike, Nickelodeon, Mtv, Parcel, ZIMA, and FUBU.
He took a little time off this past year from the American Market focusing on his European work. He also broke from his former Manager (Respect Management) to once again manage himself. He's ready to get back to doing big commercial projects in America once again in addition to getting back into the American Magazines. Advertising is just the next logical step.
Having Cojo's artwork representing a product in a full out Ad Campaign is smart money. Being a free agent freelancer once again, Cojo would like to delve a little deeper into the AD Game by taking on a few Campaigns as well as his normal Editorial, Fashion, and Fine Art workload.
Cojo's style is hugely popular with the 12-34 year-old White and Urban Male Demographics. If you have a Campaign that targets this market, Cojo's cutting edge style is key.
Last year British Maxim needed to step their Magazine-up to compete with the already established and dominant Lad Mags of the UK. Instead of commissioning local talent they opted to reach across the ocean to New York to bring in the heavy hitting American Muscle of the Art Juggernaut.
Much like he did with British Maxim, Cojo seems more than ready to "kick ass" for your Campaign.
(Business Owners, Art Directors, Reputable AD Agencies, and Design Firms only please)
CONTACT COJO:
Email:
Artsucks@aol.com
Phone: 917-568-6584
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact: Cojo Art Juggernaut
Telephone Number: 917-568-6584
COJO BECOMES A FREE AGENT
PHILADELPHIA, PA 2-4-05
After much careful consideration, Cojo "Art Juggernaut" and RESPECT MANAGEMENT (Under the leadership of Power Manager Kevon Glickman) have parted ways. Cojo is now a free agent, representing himself, just as he had done prior to the 1 1/2 year run with Respect Management.
It was a friendly parting, in that Cojo is still re-designing Respect's website and such, but at this point in Cojo's career, he doesn't feel he is in need of Philadelphia based management, and is looking forward to self promoting again. "It's one part of the profession I've been missing. That one-on-one with Art Buyers, Fans, and Clients, I miss that." Cojo said, on his decision to self promote. "It will be fun to get my hands dirty again!"
CONTACT COJO:
Email:
Artsucks@aol.com
Phone: 917-568-6584
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