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Start Soma, the San Francisco gallery for emerging artists, today announced the launch of Start Mobile — a retail art gallery for your cell phone. It’s pretty freakin’ cool — there are 100s of awesome artists including past Drawn! subjects like Kirsten Ulve, Tim Biskup, Steve Mack…. oh, and did I mention…. Drawn!’s own superstar Ward Jenkins is also one of the featured artists?

So what are you waiting for? You know your phone is feeling naked without some hip wallpaper…

  • http://www.barneyrubble.com/ Barney Rubble

    Yikes $1.99!!! …… “I want my two dollars!” – Paper boy in the movie “Better off Dead”

    I’d rather figure out how to load my own art

  • http://www.barneyrubble.com Barney Rubble

    Yikes $1.99!!! …… “I want my two dollars!” – Paper boy in the movie “Better off Dead”

    I’d rather figure out how to load my own art

  • billy

    yeah! rip off those artists and save two bucks! way to go, barney dillweed!

  • billy

    yeah! rip off those artists and save two bucks! way to go, barney dillweed!

  • HAL

    http://www.startmobile.net contains no data.

  • HAL

    http://www.startmobile.net contains no data.

  • http://www.tabuenaart.blogspot.com/ eric tabuena

    Hi, Great stuff being featured at drawn, but just one thing really bothers me…how come you don’t feature other nationalities? I mean Good artists are not just white skinned, isn’t it?

    Cheers
    E

  • http://www.tabuenaart.blogspot.com eric tabuena

    Hi, Great stuff being featured at drawn, but just one thing really bothers me…how come you don’t feature other nationalities? I mean Good artists are not just white skinned, isn’t it?

    Cheers
    E

  • http://www.swoclassifieds.com/ Susan

    And i think that it’s quite good thing, it’s always pleasantly to decorate your mobile with different stuff =)

  • http://www.swoclassifieds.com/ Susan

    And i think that it’s quite good thing, it’s always pleasantly to decorate your mobile with different stuff =)

  • http://wardomatic.blogspot.com/ Ward

    There must be something wrong with the site’s server. Not sure about what’s going on about that.

    And yes, the artists do get a percentage from each download, so support your favorite!

    Thanks, John for the mention. I’m very honored to be a part of this.

  • http://wardomatic.blogspot.com Ward

    There must be something wrong with the site’s server. Not sure about what’s going on about that.

    And yes, the artists do get a percentage from each download, so support your favorite!

    Thanks, John for the mention. I’m very honored to be a part of this.

  • http://www.robotjohnny.com/ Johnny

    Billy, we’re proud to support artists of every race, creed or gender. You’ve gone through the entire archive of Drawn and found only white-skinned artists? If there’s someone in particular you’d like to see here, please feel free to submit it.

    And you’re welcome, Ward!

  • http://www.robotjohnny.com Johnny

    Billy, we’re proud to support artists of every race, creed or gender. You’ve gone through the entire archive of Drawn and found only white-skinned artists? If there’s someone in particular you’d like to see here, please feel free to submit it.

    And you’re welcome, Ward!

  • http://www.candleguy.scent-team.com/ Minousdad

    I’ve been coming to this site for some time, and I think you’re doing a great job! You show some really great work by artists that many of us would never get exposure to.

    I just have a comment about the previous reply left by “eric”… One thing I’ve never noticed on the sites shown here is the race. How can anyone “know” what race or color the artist is? Most say where the artist is from, but why would someone assume that because an artist is from the US, Amsterdsam, Spain, etc. that he/she isn’t of African, Jewish, Iraqi, Native American or some other race or national descent? I’m of Native American descent, but that doesn’t mean I feel the need to advertise that fact in my personal endeavors. My work should speak for itself.

    I think the folks here at Drawn! do a wonderful job of getting exposure for artists around the world, so I would just do as Johnny recommended: If you find an artist (of any race or creed) whose work you enjoy, submit it. If it’s good stuff, it’ll make us Drawn! readers happy, and it’ll make the artist happy for the exposure.

    Have a good one!

  • http://www.candleguy.scent-team.com/ Minousdad

    I’ve been coming to this site for some time, and I think you’re doing a great job! You show some really great work by artists that many of us would never get exposure to.

    I just have a comment about the previous reply left by “eric”… One thing I’ve never noticed on the sites shown here is the race. How can anyone “know” what race or color the artist is? Most say where the artist is from, but why would someone assume that because an artist is from the US, Amsterdsam, Spain, etc. that he/she isn’t of African, Jewish, Iraqi, Native American or some other race or national descent? I’m of Native American descent, but that doesn’t mean I feel the need to advertise that fact in my personal endeavors. My work should speak for itself.

    I think the folks here at Drawn! do a wonderful job of getting exposure for artists around the world, so I would just do as Johnny recommended: If you find an artist (of any race or creed) whose work you enjoy, submit it. If it’s good stuff, it’ll make us Drawn! readers happy, and it’ll make the artist happy for the exposure.

    Have a good one!

  • http://www.pixelfrog.com/ Paul

    $1.99 is ridiculous especially when you can upload your own for free on sites like http://www.mbuzzy.com/.

    Good idea if it was free.

  • http://www.pixelfrog.com Paul

    $1.99 is ridiculous especially when you can upload your own for free on sites like http://www.mbuzzy.com/.

    Good idea if it was free.

  • http://wardomatic.blogspot.com/ Ward

    That’s okay Paul, I can understand why 2 bucks is stretching it for anybody. Not gonna pressure you. It’s just that with START the artists themselves get a percentage from those 2 dollars. Do you get that from MBuzzy? Support or not, that’s your call. Again, no pressure.

    In fact, START is always open to new artists every day. It wouldn’t hurt to submit something to them.

  • http://wardomatic.blogspot.com Ward

    That’s okay Paul, I can understand why 2 bucks is stretching it for anybody. Not gonna pressure you. It’s just that with START the artists themselves get a percentage from those 2 dollars. Do you get that from MBuzzy? Support or not, that’s your call. Again, no pressure.

    In fact, START is always open to new artists every day. It wouldn’t hurt to submit something to them.

  • http://wwww.editoon.com/ tone

    A penny for your thought. Wait till the porn industry charges you 1.99 for their own “art” galleries. Bet they have them too. We get charged for everything, man those cell phone companies are ripping us off. That’s a whole other subject. Crying shame.

  • http://wwww.editoon.com tone

    A penny for your thought. Wait till the porn industry charges you 1.99 for their own “art” galleries. Bet they have them too. We get charged for everything, man those cell phone companies are ripping us off. That’s a whole other subject. Crying shame.

  • http://www.dillweed.net/ Barney Dillweed

    Ahhh…I meant my OWN art not those folks no matter how talented they may be. 2 bucks are a waste. For about 10 cents I might dial one in.

    2 dollars will buy me a comic book with more than 900 pixels. Less see, I could keep my baby fed with a lot of finger foods for that much. You spend that much for an avatar you should be broke. thats it Broke Billy…you moron.

  • http://www.dillweed.net Barney Dillweed

    Ahhh…I meant my OWN art not those folks no matter how talented they may be. 2 bucks are a waste. For about 10 cents I might dial one in.

    2 dollars will buy me a comic book with more than 900 pixels. Less see, I could keep my baby fed with a lot of finger foods for that much. You spend that much for an avatar you should be broke. thats it Broke Billy…you moron.

  • http://wardomatic.blogspot.com/ Ward

    The way I see it is this: you’re paying for the service and the talent. Why pay 30 bucks for a t-shirt when the shirt itself is only worth 3 to 4 dollars? You’re paying for what’s on the shirt, or for the name brand.

    And with each download of any of my images will help feed MY baby, thankyouverymuch. It’s a two-way street.

  • http://wardomatic.blogspot.com Ward

    The way I see it is this: you’re paying for the service and the talent. Why pay 30 bucks for a t-shirt when the shirt itself is only worth 3 to 4 dollars? You’re paying for what’s on the shirt, or for the name brand.

    And with each download of any of my images will help feed MY baby, thankyouverymuch. It’s a two-way street.

  • http://www.chriselio.com/ elio

    If you can’t afford the two dollars to help an artist, you really wouldn’t be able to sport a cell phone that can hold photos to begin with. Its just a fun idea, no one said you had to buy them all!

  • http://www.chriselio.com elio

    If you can’t afford the two dollars to help an artist, you really wouldn’t be able to sport a cell phone that can hold photos to begin with. Its just a fun idea, no one said you had to buy them all!

  • http://elnegromagnifico.blogspot.com/ Al aka El Negro Magnifico

    Ward knows this, but if I din’t hate cell phones, I’d be all over this.

  • http://elnegromagnifico.blogspot.com Al aka El Negro Magnifico

    Ward knows this, but if I din’t hate cell phones, I’d be all over this.

  • http://www.eyeon.org/arg2005.html Anthony

    Even if I was not a part of this, I would still appreciate the effort. The choices you are given from your carrier are pretty weak. It hurts to see what they call “art”. Before START Mobile I was rocking my “STARS” wallpaper on my phone-Thanks T-Mobile!

    Your friendly neighborhood ANT

  • http://www.eyeon.org/arg2005.html Anthony

    Even if I was not a part of this, I would still appreciate the effort. The choices you are given from your carrier are pretty weak. It hurts to see what they call “art”. Before START Mobile I was rocking my “STARS” wallpaper on my phone-Thanks T-Mobile!

    Your friendly neighborhood ANT

  • Matthew Johnson

    I bought two of these, and neither one of them worked. I got all the text messages, and everything was going fine, and then when I received the download link it said something like “gateway entry refused”, or something like that. It was frustrating, and there doesn’t seem to be anyone to contact.

  • Matthew Johnson

    I bought two of these, and neither one of them worked. I got all the text messages, and everything was going fine, and then when I received the download link it said something like “gateway entry refused”, or something like that. It was frustrating, and there doesn’t seem to be anyone to contact.

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  • http://www.yosigolartgallery.com/patricia_govezensky Patricia Govezensky

    is it possible to buy art through the mobile phone?

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