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User Name: Sid Campbell Profile Status: Professional last seen on Friday 9th, June 2006   Location United-States California Oakland
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Sid Campbell is known professionally as the Warrior Artist of Dragunshire.
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About Artist /Author/Karate Grandmaster Sid Campbell Warrior Artist of Dragunshire Artist and author Sid Campbell’s passion for Hawai’iana and traditional ancient weapons lore is reflected in the original artwork found in his 400 page coffee table hardback book titled Warrior Arts and Weapons of Ancient Hawai’i (To be in worldwide fine bookstores and national chains in September 28, 2006). His inspiration comes from legendary artist and Hawaiian living treasure Herb Kawainui Kane, who artfully captures the essence of Hawai’i’s past, realistically imagining the days long before the arrival of Europeans in 1778. In his own art, Sid Campbell also tries to convey the cultural lore and mystique surrounding the ancient koa fighters. He has spent a decade painting a gallery-sized collection of highly detailed Hawai’ian and contemporary Japanese and Okinawa Warrior Art. Campbell was inducted into the Hawaii Martial Arts International Society’s Hall of Fame in 2005, an honor that symbolizes his love for the culture, traditions, and lore of the warrior arts of ancient Hawai’i. His Japanese Samurai and Ukiyo-E (floating world Art). This soon-to-be-published coffee table book titled The Warrior Arts and Weapons of Ancient Japan and the Ryukyu Kingdom. His inspiration for Japanese art came from the famed artist Hisashi Otsuka presently living in Hawai’i. Other of his highly detailed fine art will be featured in his book titled The Adventures of Sir Sid of Dragushire: In search of the Golden Dragon in the Lost Temple of the Sun. All of which can be viewed at www.putfile.com/Dragun3/images on the Internet. Karate grandmaster Sid Campbell’s bold and vivid paintings capture his fascination for minutiae in the background of many pieces. They typically reflect a historical time prior to the intervention of the western world’s interest into Asia and the Polynesian cultures. His beautifully bold and vivid oil paintings capture what the artist must think about what was plausible during that distant era. Other paintings take a more modern artistic approach to ancient Hawaii and Japan. Often present is the contrast between Hawai’i as a paradise and Hawai’i as a brutal Stone Age warrior culture and a time in Japan when the famed Samurai warrior was the elite caste in Japanese history. Many consider Sid Campbell a modern-day “Renaissance man” due to his varied skills and interests: artist, writer, film producer, promoter, actor, graphic artist, designer, inventor, jewelry maker, educator, historian, lecturer, martial arts grandmaster, scriptwriter, and photographer. What many also find facinating is that he also sleeps! As a leading authority on traditional Okinawan and Japanese martial arts, Grandmaster Sid Campbell has written fifty books on various topics including: Ninja Shuriken Throwing, The Weapons of Okinawa, Shadows of Darkness: Secrets of the Night Fighter, Exotic Weapons of the Ninja, Kobudo Weapon Fighting: Techniques, Tactics and Styles, Balisong, Lethal Filipino Knife Fighting, The Mercenary's Tactical Handbook, Kata: The Essence and Inner Meaning, Martial Arts Philosophy Made Easy, The Samurai Chronicles (Trilogy), Ancient Fighting Secrets of the Yin-Yang, Weapons of Okinawa: A Devastating Kobudo Arsenal, Kobudo Weapon Fighting: Tactics, Techniques and Styles, Weapons of the Samurai: The Bushido Arts of War, The Dragon and the Tiger: Bruce Lee and James Yimm Lee’s Creation of Jeet Kune Do (A 5 book set that is featured on www.OaklandJKD.com) and numerous other titles. His more than two hundred short stories are enjoyed by thousands of readers worldwide.
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In the past forty-plus years Hanshi (Grandmaster) Sid Campbell, 10th dan (tenth-degree black belt), has taught more than 15,000 students and has been either directly or indirectly responsible for black belts being bestowed on at least 850 martial artists in the school of Shorin-Ryu (Kobayashi-ryu) karate-do. Today, Grandmaster Sid Campbell supervises forty-eight schools in the United States and abroad. Visit his personal website at www.SidCampbell.net and learn more about artist Sid Campbell’s life and times. Sid Campbell is the founding president of the World Okinawan Shorin-Ryu Karate-Do & Kobudo Association (WOSKKA), and he was the first American to open a Shorin-Ryu Shorinkan dojo in the United States. This auspicious authorization was granted by Grandmaster Shugoro Nakazato in 1966. His legacy and hard work have earned Campbell an international reputation as one of the pioneers who introduced the art of karate to the Western world. Sid Campbell has been involved with the martial arts motion picture industry for more than three decades. His motion picture scripts include China Bomb, Falcon Claw, Wingless, Bushwhackers, and Rush Hour 4. He has appeared as an actor in Ninja Busters, Weapons of Death, Death Machines, The Master Demon (starring Eric Lee) and most recently the Martial Medicine Trilogy starring Dr. Zee Lo. He has also choreographed over 600 action fight scenes. In 1997 he was nominated for inclusion in the prestigious World Head of Family Sokeship Council, and in 2000 was featured in their book The World’s Martial Art Elite. Campbell is also a recipient of the Golden Halo Award, bestowed by the Southern California Motion Picture Council. He is presently involved with a new martial-arts oriented Cable TV show called JUST FOR KICKS© -- Campbell conceived the idea, wrote the scripting, and is now co-producing the show. He has also been featured in numerous video instructional tape series. As a pioneer of American martial arts, Campbell is a Founding Member of www.WorldBlackBelt.com along with Bob Wall, Chuck Norris, Eric Lee, and an elite group of about fifty martial masters and grandmasters worldwide. He is on the Martial Arts Network Advisory Board for Chop TV; is a distinguished member of the Board of Advisors to the International Congress of Oriental Medicine and Martial Arts; serves as Creative Director for TRAC Productions; and is Co-founder of the Kobudo Warrior Gear© Equipment Company. He is also Co-Founder of the Islands Holding Company. He is also an inductee into the prestigious World Martial Arts Masters Association Hall of Fame. Visit www.WorldGrandmasters.com and learn more. Sid Campbell has been featured in virtually every martial arts magazine in the world. He has been referenced in dozens of Okinawan-related books. His notable achievements include being awarded the Presidential Sports Award (by President Jimmy Carter) for instructing the armed forces; listed in Bob Wall's Who's Who in the Martial Arts; he contributed to and is listed in Who's Who in Karate; was inducted into the Professional Black Belt Hall of Fame; registered in the Who's Who in the Martial Arts Elite; featured in The Men of Merit (International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England); seated on the Board of Advisors for Horizon Publications; dedicated inclusion in the Knights of Heaven Brotherhood of Martial Artists (volume 12); sits on the Board of Directors of the International Tao of The Fist Martial Arts Fraternity; was profiled in Marquis Who's Who in the West, Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in Entertainment; Master Instructor (1993) World Martial Arts Hall of Fame; awarded the CRYSTAL AWARD in the category of “Lifetime Achievement”; was featured in Contemporary Authors (volume 116); served as National Advisor to the United States Defense Tactics Association; is a retired vice-president of the United States Shorin-Ryu Karate Association; Director of the Pathways to the Orient Sports Academy; past Secretary of the Northern California Referee's Association; featured in Who's Who of American Martial Arts and Martial Arts: Traditions, History and People; Consultant to John Corcoran's "The Martial Arts Source Book"; and bestowed with the prestigious Golden Fist Award for Outstanding Okinawan Instructor. The Warrior Artist of Dragunshire has amassed over 200 oil paintings in his artistic career. Each is created in exquisite and incredibly detailed Giclée canvas (24” x 20”) Limited Edition (L/E), signed and numbered (S/N) with the artist’s personal signature and seal. Each piece comes with an Official Letter of Authenticity and Limitation guaranteeing that only 1500 canvas prints are ever made. Once these beautiful works of fine art are acquired by connoisseurs, museums, and lovers of Warrior Art worldwide the value of such beautiful works are destined to become investments of enormous valuable.
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What is a Sid Campbell Giclée Fine Art Print? About Giclée Limited Edition Art Prints Pronounced (jhee-clay), French, meaning 'to spray ink'. The scanned image is printed with a high resolution, inkjet printer. This process is quickly becoming the industry standard in fine art reproduction, replacing the photo-litho process. All images are printed on Arches archival paper with Endurachrome ink which is very stable, giving fade & color shift resistance of 75 years under average interior light conditions. Sid Campbell’s works are created using this method so that his work can be shared and enjoyed by more than a single individual. The Giclée Printing Process The giclée process is a blend of fine art and modern technology. They are printed with the finest archival inks on canvas or watercolor paper. Each giclée has a continuous color saturation (1800 drops per square inch) that provides superior reproduction and resistance to fading. I personally oversee the entire process to ensure consistency of quality and richness of color. Each of Sid Campbell’s Limited Edition Prints are Personally Signed and Shipped with an Official Certificate of Authenticity. Sid Campbell, as with many exceptional artists that have spent thousands of hours painting the passionate subjects that their imaginations have captured, enjoy the prospects that their art may be shared by more than one person. The giclée process allows that reality to happen without compromising the integrity of the artist since the rendered prints are exactly like the originals. In fact, many fine art connoisseurs find it impossible to tell the difference. This distinction is obvious however when a limited edition giclée canvas print is numbered and signed by the artist. Since there is only a limited amount of each piece How are Giclée Art Prints Made? In giclée printing, no screen or other mechanical devices are used and therefore there is no visible dot screen pattern. The image has all the tonalities and hues of the original painting. Since giclée meaning to spray or squirt, which, by the way, is how an inkjet printer works. However, it is not the same as a standard desktop inkjet printer, and is much larger. Giclée prints are a little over a meter wide and are often affectionately referred to as a “knitting machine” as they look very similar. Do Giclée printers use ordinary printers inks? No. They use special light-fast inks, which, if kept out of the sun, will remain true for up to 25 years. The way the image is scanned is different also. The original is scanned directly on a drum scanner, in my printer’s case, it can scan flexible images up to 500 x 700 mm. If the image is larger, or cannot be taken off the stretcher frames, then a large format transparency must be taken of the piece, and this is then scanned. I have done one this way, and find that it works quite well, but you must factor in the cost of the professional photograph, and the additional time it takes. What kind of printing paper or canvas is used for Giclée prints? Giclée prints can be produced on any paper as you wish, and printers generally have several specific ones to choose from. Artist Sid Campbell has chose to print on to canvas because he wanted the giclee prints to be as close to the originals as possible, not only in color, but also in texture. And canvas prints are much more durable than paper and have an enriched value when mounted and framed in grand style.