Category Archive 'digital art'
3 August 2008
Shapeways, a leading global community for 3D co-creation and production, invites 3D artists to submit their hottest objects to be produced into physical tangible products by Shapeways.com and showcased at SIGGRAPH 2008. They are looking for the most inspiring 3D object that can be made. It could be anything: a necklace, a starship, a figurine, art or a useful object of some sort. Their judges are going to evaluate each submission according to just one criteria though: how inspiring is it? Shapeways is the first online platform to harness the power of a global network of 3D production service partners to ensure cost-efficient, reliable manufacturing and order fulfillment of 3D designs starting with custom 3D printing.
Submissions accepted through August 7, 2008 Visit the site to learn more.
26 June 2008
One of the most important topics in the upcoming presidential election is immigration reform. Here’s your opportunity to express your opinion creatively and collectively make a difference as part of the Student Voices community. Create an illustration, political cartoon or piece of art about Mexican/American immigration reform and you could win $500! Demonstrate the current ideas and attitudes towards immigration reform in your town or school and show us what your friends and family think by showcasing your artistic talent. Support your ideas by voting in your next election!
Open to anyone who is a resident of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia or Mexico, has access to the Internet, and is 18 or older at the time of entry. Deadline is 17 July 2008. Visit the site to learn more.
22 June 2008
| 28 June 2008 10:00 am | to | 29 June 2008 4:00 pm |
At last, a class created for Mac-based designers ready to learn Adobe Illustrator. We’ll plunge you into Adobe Illustrator’s features and capabilities and get you up and running quickly.
In this class, you will learn how to:
- Draw images using the pen tool
- Use color creation, using swatches and gradients
- Use special effects and filters
- Make masks and compound paths
- Properly use the type tool
The class will be held in Midtown West, New York on 28-29 June from 10am - 4pm. Visit the site to learn more.
17 June 2008
VSA arts is an international nonprofit organization founded in 1974 by Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith to create a society where all people with disabilities learn through, participate in and enjoy the arts. VSA arts showcases the accomplishments of artists with disabilities and promotes increased access to the arts for people with disabilities. Each year millions of people participate in VSA arts programs through a nationwide network of affiliates and in more than 60 countries around the world. VSA arts is an affiliate of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
This call for entries is open to young artists ages 16-25 living in the United States who have a physical, cognitive, or mental disability. They are interested in both representational and abstract work, based upon the theme, “Green Light.”
There is no entry fee and prizes are substantial. Art work must be original and created within the past three years. VSA arts and Volkswagen of America, Inc. (co-sponsor) reserve the right to purchase the artwork of the fifteen selected finalists at the artist’s specified price. Deadline is Friday, 11 July 2008, midnight (MST). Visit the site to learn more.
3 June 2008
MTV and HP are teaming up for a new series called Engine Room to air on MTV worldwide. This brand new show will pit creative minds from around the planet against each other in a battle of digital art skills that will include graphic design, animation, mixing sounds, filmmaking and more. The winning team will take home $400,000 USD in cash and HP products.
Ready to prove you’ve got what it takes? Start putting together samples of your work now. They want to see your graphics, short films, web pages, songs, mixes or anything else cool you have created. Entries will be accepted until June 30, 2008. You must be available from July 18, 2008 through August 16, 2008 to be flown to New York City to compete.
Applicants can upload their work to MTVEngineroom.com. You must apply as an individual.
18 May 2008
The objective is to graphically represent the positive messages behind the jewelry of Diana Warner Studio. Specifically, this company is looking to promote The Ocean Necklace (shown here), which encourages women to be move beyond their comfort zone and “live in the ocean, not the pool.” It seems that designers have misunderstood this competition, and they’ve tried to explain better what they need. They want you to “flex your creative muscle and design ART that’s different to the graphics we supplied on the flickr site. For example, play around in Photoshop and see if you can get a pool to transition into an ocean. Show us something to blow our minds!”
So, get out there and design some artwork that these folks can use to promote this necklace. The prize isn’t shabby - $1,000. Deadline is May 21. Visit the genius rocket site to learn more. And, hurry!
16 April 2008
FindYourArtSchool.com announced the launch of an innovative and community-driven online art competition. The competition is taking place at: www.findyourartschool.com/contest/
The art contest will allow submissions through June 15, 2008, and is giving away $3,500 in prizes. The online art competition is targeted to younger adults ages 16 - 35, and uses community-based voting to help determine the winner.
“The contest is founded on democratic principles. The more votes and the higher the score of those votes will directly increase the probability of an artist being a finalist,” stated Elliott Easterling, chief judge of the competition. Users can also promote artists they like through social bookmarking services like Digg and reddit.
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5 April 2008
FreshBrain is looking for the coolest avatars anywhere. Avatars that they can use on their website. Avatars that fit with the concept of FreshBrain, the different technology areas, the age of our users and ideally in some way integrate our logo!
If you are pretty good at graphic design and think you can create one of the ten best - show your stuff and enter.
The top TEN winners will receive Skullcandy headphones. Rules:
- Create an avatar that is based on or integrates in some way the FreshBrain logo
- Submit your entry in one of the standard graphic file formats (gif, jpeg, jpg, png)
- Enter before midnight on April 27, 2008
- You must be between 13 and 18 (inclusive) to enter
- Judging will be based on creativity, quality, age appropriateness and integration of FreshBrain logo
- Enter as many times as you would like
Please read the complete rules for more details.
7 February 2008
| 7 February 2008 | to | 7 March 2008 |
This category of the Prix Ars Electronica is open to:
works of 2D or 3D computer animation, digital short films and narratives, character animation, abstract CG animation, scientific visualizations, commercials, music videos, visual effects, CG for the creative manipulation or enhancement of live action scenes, real-time CG, game cutscenes, machinima, generative visuals, etc.
CATEGORIES
- COMPUTER ANIMATION / FILM / VFX
- INTERACTIVE ART
- DIGITAL MUSIC
- HYBRID ART
- DIGITAL COMMUNITIES
- u19 – FREESTYLE COMPUTING
- MEDIA.ART.RESEARCH AWARD
For entry details, please visit www.aec.at
5 February 2008
Creating Icons is No Longer A Baffling Ordeal With New Perfect Toolbar Icons
Aha-Soft today announces the immediate availability of Perfect Toolbar Icons, a set of stock icons to trim the interface of any desktop or web application.
No doubt any e-company wants to add some color to the means of its representation: programs, websites or even documents in order to make them distinctive and eye-catching. The simplest way to do so is to decorate the front-end of a product - in this case we start with icons. Creating professional and stylish icons is no easy task and requires talent, skills in design and days and sometimes even weeks of work. Fortunately, with the set of newest icons from Aha-Soft, creating a nice interface for desktop and web applications will no longer be a headache.
Perfect Toolbar Icons delivers the newest eye-catching and most distinctive icons that provide designers with the cost-effective “specimens” for their work, relieving them of the burdensome task of creating icons. All the icons are available for viewing and downloading and can be purchased either individually or in sets. It is possible to order custom icons of your individual design. The icons are available in the following sizes: 16*16, 20*20, 24*24, 32*32, 48*48 and formats: PNG, BMP, GIF and ICO. They also come in two variants: for websites and the old Windows versions and in 32-bit True Color format for Windows XP and Vista.
Aha-Soft offers a flexible purchasing policy. When purchased individually, each icon costs $4 (USD). You are welcome to contact Aha-Soft with the names of the icons you would like to purchase, and the order will be processed immediately. Moreover, a collection of icons with only some of the available sizes can be ordered. In this case you will get a discount off the usual price. Minimum purchase is 2 icons. More information on the icon set can be found at http://perfecticon.com/stock-icons/perfect-toolbar-icons.htm.
About Aha-Soft
Founded in 2000, Aha-Soft is an Information Technology company specializing in professional icon and cursor design and management software. Aha-Soft is the author of such popular tools as AhaView, Any to Icon, Icon to Any, ArtCursors, ArtIcons, ArtIcons Pro, IconLover, IconUtils and IconXP. If you would like to get a comment, request a reviewer copy, have a businesses proposal, want to become an authorized reseller or have any other inquiry, please visit the company’s web site at www.aha-soft.com.
