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Tuesday, May 06, 2008

EXPOSÉ 6 | Digital Art


+ Ballistic Publishing has released EXPOSÉ 6, the sixth in its series of award-winning EXPOSÉ digital art books celebrating the creative talents of digital artists worldwide. Exposé 6 is our latest Digital Art Yearbook featuring 'the best of the best'. With 334 inspiring images prepared by 257 artists from 43 countries, you will discover the very best work across 20 different categories. Exposé Pre-order customers will receive a free 15 minute video tutorial by Linda Bergkvist showing some of the detailing of the cover art "Red Robin".

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Thursday, May 01, 2008

CrisVector - Featured digital Artist*



+ This months our Featured CG Artist is Cristiano Siqueira a.k.a CrisVector, an very an accomplished Graphic illustrator from Sao Paulo, Brazil. Cris work comprises of Vectors, Cartoon style illustrations, character design as well as some really Awesome digital art produced by combining 3d and 2d using Adobe Photoshop. Cristiano Siqueira work has been featured in many online and print Magazine, is an well established digital artist now works from his own office making all kind of digital art for his clients world-wide. Have a look guys, he is Our Artist of da Month!!

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Monday, April 21, 2008

Designers Mag - Issue 01, Graphic Art E-Magazine



+ After the launch issue in beginning of this year, Designers has released first Issue of its Graphic Art E-Magazine. Designers-Mag is the first Pakistani Graphic Arts E-magazine, which features art works of different artists, regardless of their heritage, race, location, proficiency, level or age. Beside some real awesome illustrations, this issue features Interview with Imran Ali Dina and focus on digital art of Faisal Shaukat. You need to register, before you download the free Issue of the magazine.
>> Issue 01 DM

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Friday, April 11, 2008

HUGO Create Contest*



+ Entries has been invited from Digital artists, designers, illustrators and enthusiast for Second round of HUGO Create challenge. The winners of first round has been announced earlier this month. Participants are invited to make a design for HUGO Fragrances, inspired by and featuring the HUGO Man Bottle. The competition is conducted in 4 rounds. The top 10 designs of each round will be awarded with a cash prize of 500 US-$ (40 money prizes in total). The winning design of each round will also be published in i-D magazine. All designs will be posted in the Gallery within a week of their submission. Site users can vote for their favorite creations. The HUGO Create challenge is open to entrants over 18 years old. Each entrant is allowed to submit maximum 5 proposals per round and can only receive one jury prize per round.Entering the HUGO Create challenge is free of charge. For more information, please visit www.hugocreate.com

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Thursday, April 10, 2008

Arsenal Vector Packs - Set10



+ Once again, It's time to add Glitter to your Graphic illustrations using these stunning ready to use Vector Art packs, designed by GoMedia, a progressive art and design studio based in Cleveland, Ohio that delivers outstanding creative solutions to their clients all across the globe. GoMedia today announced the release and immediate availability of Arsenal Vector Packs - Set#10. Buy the Entire Set 10 Package (all 7 individual packs) with one low price and one download. You get 192 high quality and detailed vector pieces. If you buy all at once, you save a ton! You are getting a $105 value for only $52 bucks! Included in the set are Lightning, Tattoos, Cute Stuff, Anatomy 2, Hooved, Nautical, and Blood Drips. So, we recommend you to add this latest Arsenal Vector pack to your design Weaponry.

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Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Digital Show 3 - Call for Entries


+ The Successful ONLINE Exhibition of International Digital Art is Calling for Entries for May 2008 Exhibition. Deadline for submitting your entires is April 27th, 2008. digitalshow.co.uk is an International Digital Art website showing online-only exhibitions of high quality digital art. This will be the third in the series which started with the Independent Biennial Liverpool in 2006 and the second as part of Futuresonic 2007 Urban Festival of Electronic Arts and Music in Manchester, UK. Entry is open to all worldwide. Futuresonic 2008 runs from May 1 to May 5 2008 in Manchester UK.
Digital Art for the purposes of this exhibition is defined as artwork that has been entirely or at least substantially created using computer software. e.g. Photoshop, Illustrator, Painter, Flash, 3ds Max, Maya, Bryce etc. What we are looking for is exciting, interesting painting and drawing rather than examples of your knowledge of the software tools, filters etc. New work is preferred.The Theme is ‘People’. Loosely linked to Futuresonic's theme for 2008 of 'The Social - Social Networking Unplugged'. So, could be portraits, groups, crowds, other figurative or social scenes. Please read the details of the theme from Futuresonic website to get more inspiration.

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Tuesday, March 04, 2008

Introducing VectorDesigner


image by Nick Ainley
+ VectorDesigner is a vector graphics program developed by TweakerSoft, which has recently won MacWorld Best of Show 2008 Award. TweakerSoft boast VectorDesigner, its vector -based drawing application is designed to be simple, intuitive and powerful to use. Infect It has everything you need to create fancy vector graphics such as posters, brochures, stickers, logos, web design, t-shirt and more. VectorDesigner features a wide range of tools: smart shapes such as rectangles, ovals, rounded rectangles, polygons, stars, bezier creation and editing and even conversion from raster to bezier. Features also includes an image adjustment panel, boolean operations, iSight integration, scanner integration and a browser for the Flickr photo publishing service. VectorDesigner requires Mac OS X v10.4 or higher with a G4, G5 or Intel processor to run and priced at $69.95.

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Friday, February 29, 2008

Call for Entries: LACDA 'TOP 40' JURIED SHOW


+ Forty Winners! Enter our "TOP 40" juried competition for digital art and photography. Entrants submit three JPEG files of original work. All styles of artwork and photography where digital processes of any kind were integral to the creation of the images are acceptable. Open to all geographical locations. Forty selected winners receive one print up to 24x36 on museum quality paper to be shown in an international group exhibition in our gallery from April 10- May 3, 2008. The show will be widely promoted and will include a reception for the artists.
Many artists from this exhibition continue their relationship with LACDA with exhibitions in solo shows or exhibitions curated outside of LACDA and digital art and photo fairs where LACDA participates. All entries are given special consideration for exhibiting at LACDA and outside exhibitions where we are featured. Artists participating in our competitions form the pool of artists from which we select the vast majority of those featured at LACDA and are often considered by our associated network of galleries and curators. Proceeds from the competition support these gallery programs. Juror Rex Bruce has curated and participated in over 50 exhibits since the founding of LACDA in 2004 and is internationally recognized as a leader and expert in the field. Registration fee is $30US and Online registration only. Multiple entries are permitted, seperate entry fee required for eachset of three images submitted.
Deadline for Entries: March 20, 2008
Winners Announced: March 27, 2008
Exhibit Dates: April 10-May 3, 2008
For more information, please visit www.lacda.com

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Saturday, February 16, 2008

NVIDIA and CGSociety Host Art Space digital art competition


+ NVIDIA and CGSociety have teamed up to offer another NVArt competition, this time the focus is on architecture and landscape design. Titled, Art Space: Architecture and Landscape, this digital art competition challenges participants to create the most awe inspiring architecture and landscape designs. I wanted to send you information about the contest and see if you’d be interested in running a blurb on your site. The deadline for entering is March 10, 2008. And I should point out; the competition is offering some great prizes – over $21,000 (USD). For more information, please - Click here

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ArtRage 2.5 Paint Software Wins Awards


+ Ambient Design announced thatthey have received two noteworthy awards for their paint and drawingsoftware ArtRage 2.5. Macworld Magazine gave their "Eddy" award toArtRage for the best "Painting Tool" of 2007 and Children'sTechnology Review gave ArtRage their 2008 "Editor's Choice Award" intheir interactive media category. ArtRage was created for all digitalartists including painters, animators, illustrators, comic and mangacreators and the education market. There have been over 3 milliondownloads since ArtRage was first released.Macworld Magazine said, "Professionals and amateurs alike will findArtRage 2.5 a valuable addition to their electronic paint box." Seethe full ArtRage 2.5 review in Macworld Magazine at: Click Here

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Saturday, January 19, 2008

Call For Entries: American Design Awards



+ The American Design Awards is inviting Graphic and web designers from around the world to participate in its 2008 Winter Semi-Annual Design Contest. The Winter and Summer Semi-Annual Design Contests which are now in their sixth year, are the flagship of the American Design Awards which attract an average of five thousand participants annually.
Deadline to submit entries for the 2008 Winter Semi-Annual Design Contest is February 15, 2008. Applications must be submitted online through the American Design Awards website. The top three entries in each of the twenty-two design categories will be considered for the Award of Design Excellence – this award is presented to designers or design firms who display outstanding design and creative abilities, while maintaining high ethical standards. The American Design Awards mission is to provide a fair and ethical platform for all web and Graphic designers of varying experience levels and disciplines to compete on, while providing a worldwide audience to showcase to.With the ever-changing landscape of the design industry, the American Design Awards is also expanding its code of ethics by which designers are graded and judged. "Ethical standards have always been valued and exercised in our competitions; this is by far the most important qualification of any designer entering the awards program" said Kevin Javid, Vice President of the American Design Awards. For more information regarding the entry process, including the various design categories, entry fees, and timelines, please click here.

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Tuesday, January 01, 2008

damnfx delivers eye-popping Cover Art for National Geographic Magazine



+ Montreal-based visual effects and animation studio damnfx delivers eye-popping cover art for the December 2007 issue of National Geographic Magazine. Montreal’s damnfx is proud to have created the cover image of this December’s National Geographic Magazine, devoted to the topic of “bizarre dinosaurs.” Following earlier work for the prestigious society, including images for the December 2005 issue, and ten minutes of animation for this fall’s IMAX 3D stereoscopic extravaganza Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure, damnfx was tapped to create and image of the skull and neck of the dracorex hogwartsia (“King of the Dragons”).
To reconstruct the dinosaur, damnfx creative director Mark Dubeau relied on photographic material of dracorex fossils: “Judging from the skull alone, we knew that it was going to be a really detailed and complex build to get this guy right. Just a mess of knobs, scales and horns.” The creative team relied heavily on Maya’s 3D software package and Z-Brush to generate the 3D geometry, Photoshop to color and texture the creature, Mental Ray to shade and render the final image with final touch ups being done in Photoshop. “We kept the team small, led by myself and texture artist Marc-André Dostie doing the heavy lifting. In doing so, we were able to effect changes quickly and on the fly.” Josh Smith, Paleontology Specialist at National Geographic commented: “This is easily the best reconstruction of dracorex out there… period. Heck, in terms of texture and color, it’s one of the best dinosaur reconstructions I’ve seen.”
“This cover is probably the coolest thing that has happened to us in the dino field,” adds Bruce Buckmeier, the paleontologist who discovered the new species. “We always wanted our dino mentioned in National Geographic. We never dreamed it would make the cover, and with such a great rendition by damnfx. This was to me, even more exciting than finding the dinosaur.”
“The result, I think, speaks for itself. And it always feels good to see one of our creations peering back at us from the news-stand,” concludes Dubeau.

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Wednesday, December 05, 2007

VectorMagic - Precision Vectorization Online



+ If you are an avid user of CGIndia.org, you must have notice my inclination towards Vector Art as we have featured quite a few websites on the subject in last couple of months...well, I do love sharp and well defined lines.... Anyways, today we would like to bring VectorMagic - a precision Vectorization online tool, to your notice. Raster images are pixel-based, whereas vector images are represented by geometric shapes such as lines, circles and curves. The VectorMagic site converts bitmap images to vector images - it's an online auto-tracer. Just upload your image and VectorMagic will vectorize it for you. Vector art is useful because it allows you to scale an image without making it blurry or pixilated. VectorMagic supports inputs in following formats like; JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TIFF and gives you crisp vector image output in EPS, SVG, and PNG format. We will add a direct access link to VectorMagic in CGToolbar for easy access.
>> Visit VectorMagic

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Thursday, November 15, 2007

Call for Entries from L.A. Center for Digital Art


+ Los Angeles Center for Digital Art has announced Call for Entries, for LACDA International Juried Competition about digital art and photography. The Deadline for Submitting Entries is December 5, 2007. Entrants submit three JPEG files of original work. All styles of 2D artwork and photography where digital processes of any kind were integral to the creation of the images are acceptable. The competition is international, open to all geographic locations. The selected winner receives 10 prints up to 44x60 inches on canvas or museum quality paper (approximately a $1500-$2000 value) to be shown in a solo exhibition in our main gallery from January 10-February 1, 2008. The show will be widely promoted and will include a reception for the artist. Second place prizes: Five second place winners will receive one print of their work up to 24x36 inches ($150-$200 in value) to be included in upcoming group shows. Second place winners will be scheduled into group shows within twelve months of announcement of winners. Consideration is given to placing these works in shows appropriate to their style, genre and/or content. These shows will be widely promoted and will include a reception for the artists. Special consideration will be given to all entrants for inclusion in future shows at LACDA.

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Friday, November 09, 2007

Graphic Artist in the Wheelchair: The Brian Boyle Story



+ Today, on occasion of Hindu “festival of lights” - Deepawali; we would like to feature an Open letter by the man, who cheated Death on more than one occasion and beaten all odds, “To live” and fulfill his dream to become "Graphic artist". Brian Boyle in his open letter to Graphic Community tell his tale and explains how digital art helped him come back to life after recovering from a near fatal car accident three years ago. His story is one of hope and inspiration - a tale of perseverance and the eternal human spirit.

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Thursday, October 25, 2007

Arsenal Vector Packs - Set #8



+ Once again, It's time to Jazz Up your Graphic illustrations using these stunning ready to use Vector Art packs, designed by GoMedia, a progressive art and design studio based in Cleveland, Ohio that delivers outstanding creative solutions to their clients all across the globe. GoMedia has released Set #8 of their Arsenal Vector Packs, which sell like hot cakes. Seven individual packs are clubbed together in set #8 featuring 220 high quality and detailed vector pieces including; set of Flourishes, Decorative 2, Arrows 2, Industrial, Religious, Music, and Silhouettes. These Vector packs can be used with adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and Corel Draw, while in Photoshop you need to rasterize them. Although all packs included in set #8 are great and have their own purpose of use, but in my opinion Industrial silhouettes vector pack are the one; which is most unique and really useful for making technical or industrial themed illustrations. Above all Jaw dropping 50% discount on set #8 makes it a Steal.

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