According to a post on the macrumors forum, Apple is asking record labels to submit pictures and galleries of their artists to iTunes for use in iTunes 11’s new Music Store layout. The email above was sent to artists by German music distribution service Feiyr. iTunes 11 was supposed to be released last month, but was delayed and is supposed to ship by the end of November.

That the iPad can be useful for artist has just been proven by Kyle Lambert who painted a portrait of Beyonce with only his finger. Kyle used the brushes tool and took him 6 hours to finish his picture. An other artist speed painting can be found here.

My artwork combines traditional painting techniques with cutting edge technology to produce rich, realistic portraits and character based concepts and designs. The iPad expands the possibilities for artists like myself to take digital artwork creation away from the computer and out into the world.