October12
Goncalo Pereira from Portugal entered Rabbit Menace in CG Society Secret Agent Contest
The winners of the CGSociety’s CGChallenge XXIV: Secret Agent have been announced. Digital artists, from around the world, used their skills to claim more prizes than an evil henchman could carry on his burly shoulders. Over…
July15
Stating that students produce “trend setting art sparked by their experimental natures,” yet have few marketing channels exclusively showcasing their creativity, a veteran area designer/art director announces the introduction of www.pxldust.com, a global design networking and competition site exclusively for student artists.
Focusing on three key art mediums – illustration, graphic design and photography, the…
April5
SIGGRAPH announces the launch of GameJam!, a new international videogame competition to be held at SIGGRAPH 2009, the 36th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques.
Teams of three people will compete for 24-consecutive hours to create, design, and implement their best effort at a comprehensive videogame in the allotted timeframe. Each…
February11
As part of the SIGGRAPH 2009 expanded focus on video gaming, this year’s Computer Animation Festival will dedicate a segment of the Festival specifically to real-time rendering projects. The top selections will be played and demonstrated live on their respective platform (X-Box 360, PS3, PC, etc.).
The real-time work will have its own jury of…
December30
Filter Forge has released the long-awaited public beta of the Mac OS X version of Filter Forge, a high-end plugin for Adobe Photoshop allowing computer artists to build their own filters, seamless textures, visual effects, distortions, patterns, backgrounds, frames and more.
The beta is open for anyone with a Mac, no registration required. The minimum…
December11
Corel today announced that the company will participate alongside members of its Corel Painter Master program as part of a Macworld 2009 Conference & Expo® panel entitled “Digital Art Pioneers and Trendsetters.” The panel will feature noted artists including Andrew Jones and Jason Manley of Massive Black, Jeremy Sutton, Fay Sirkis, and Bruce Dorn, as…
November14
SIGGRAPH announces the 2009 Call for Submissions for contributors and volunteers at the 36th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, 3 – 7 August 2009 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Showcasing works by some of the most creative artists, entrepreneurs, researchers, and technologists across the…
August22
Mike Ming painted laptop
For the uninitiated, wen I say bombs, I mean that in a graffiti sorta way; totally with love. I’m not the biggest PC fan (Been using MACs since the dawn of time), but these just look sweet.
Dell launched five bold and contemporary Special Art Edition designs for the Dell Studio 15…
July19
Award-winning craft designer and paper personality, Anna Griffin, announced a partnership with Scrapblog, the first craft on the Web and leading service for creating and sharing scrapbooks online, today at the summer CHA conference.
Crafters of all ages and varieties will soon be able to incorporate Anna Griffin’s timeless designs into their multimedia scrapbooks created…