Artist uses iPhone to 'paint' New Yorker cover

If it had been done on anything not an iPhone nobody would care.

As an advertising art director, this makes me equal parts sad and amazed.

So you stood around for hours dorking around with an iPhone, repeatedly running down its battery, then running around to places to find sockets to charge it back up? Over and over again? And all for that tiny picture? You could have snapped a photo of the scene you wanted, then done the iPhone painting using the photo as a guide, while sitting in comfort at home while the phone is plugged into the wall the whole time, feet up, TV on, coffee and snacks at your elbow. You may be an artist, but you ain't terribly bright, are ya, Sport?

Yeah, it's pretty cool. He shows his creativity.

As a person who likes to dabble in creating art from nothing, I really appreciate what he has done. I hate the negative comments and don't appreciate the demeaning of one person's creative expression. I look forward to more and more. The rest of you haters can take your cameras and click away and not have actually created jack squat.

I speak as an artist and software designer. It's almost as if some of the iPhone critics (haters?) imply, 1) iPhone is nothing special, 2) some people are extremely excited about it, therefore, 3) the excitement is due only to hype. I believe they're missing the point. It's not "technology." It's the great and sometimes revolutionary value of simplicity, ease of use, intuitiveness, and hiding of technical details. That's the magic. I'm sure it required a herculean effort and a tremendous amount of focus to maintain that vision during iPhone creation. And it paid off!

Hurray! Long live dorks with whatever creative gadget!
Now if we could just some fun like this in the schools.

WOW, IPHONE this IPHONE that. When the IPHONE can fix the economy and Get Americans Jobs, then I will buy one. It is the Digital PET ROCK.

You guys aren't seeing the big picture. This is like a whole new medium here. Pretty cool

Jorge's an amazing artist. Imagine what he'll do with the bigger iPad (or iTablet or whatever it will be called) after it's announced on June 8!

David- that's kind of the point. It's a unique and interesting application of what at first appears to be very limited technology- but then someone does something like this and it opens all sorts of questions about how far we can push these things and the new roles they are taking in our life. If it was done on canvas, nobody would care; but art is often more about the process than the end result. I'm not an artist but I can still appreciate that.

Yes this is news. This this the first time that such a thing has been possible with a portable device smaller than a cigarette pack, so I'm glad to see the coverage. This is a milestone, but we can expect new apps and hardware to enhance portable creativity even further.

Jim – thats not what I meant. I wasn't comparing iPhone to canvas. What I meant was that if it had been done on a Google Android or LG Vu or something, nobody would care and it certainly wouldn't have made headlines on CNN.

People glorify the iPhone way too much.

Bet i can do the same on the LG KP500...!!!

The effort put into this picture makes it good. Not the iPhone not even the picture. The picture itself hasn't got much detail, but what do u expect from a phone? Art is supossed do be different and challenging, not perfect pieces of work. What would you discover about the world and yourself if you only took snap shots of everything, and then copied them perfectly from the comfort of your sofa?

Many thanks to the artist who made this picture, and thank you for demonstrating what positive use of technology can produce.

What people dont realize is 40 years ago this would be a bunch of people collaborating to get this task done. All within the office. Now its one person on a device in the middle of a crowded public place. Does this bring us closer to the "paperless-office"??

Let me borrow your iPhone and I bet I can open a beer bottle with it...
Every new medium broadens the spectrum of what is art. I can't think of a more appropriate place for a tech-toy-Thiebaud to live in the limelight.

It's the Yawn of a New Age in art.