Competition: Mini Cooper S!

about:
Welcome Gfx users! This is a 3D competition. And you can enter with any 3D software you want! This competition will be of 2 parts.

First part:
This competition is mainly about modeling. Of course the eye candy of a final render will influence how your model looks.
What we want you to model is: Mini Cooper S
Blueprint: Mini Cooper S 2007-2008
Google images:
Link 1
Link 2
Link 3

You do not need to model the inner part of the car just the:
- body
- antenna
- license plate
- tires/rims
- everything on the outside of the car (what you can see, no seats...)

You will be judged on the quality of your work.

Second part:
--- will be explained when first part is finished ---

Rules:
- 3D software package has no restriction, you can use 1 or 12 it doesn't make a difference.
- Part 1 of this competition ends on: 27/04/2008
- Part 2 of this competition ends on: --- will be set when part 1 ends ---
- 2D software for texturing only!
- Only selfmade models can be used. (Don't download a nice looking rim, model it yourself...)
- Either create a new thread in the 3D work ik progress area or show a WIP here so we know you are working in it.
- Final render are 640*480, including your username somewhere on it.
- Have fun.

Prize(s):
The winner will be placed on the frontpage with a link to his or her website and an article entirely
about the winner.

LINK

The Donnie2008 Digital Art Contest at MOCA: Museum of Computer Art is now in progress.

You can enter your own art or view the contest images submitted to date:

http://moca.virtual.museum/donnie2008/default.htm

This is a competition and exhibit of quality digital art, open to any and all digital artists.
It's our eighth annual online contest, one of the largest and most prestigious digital art contests on the web.

Enjoy the art and/or submit your own art to the rigors of a great competition. Contest closes February 20th.

Good luck to all!

The SightSonic Artists Platform will take place 14 – 17 March 2008 in York as part of the SightSonic festival programme.

The Artists Platform is an event that offers the opportunity for work by new and emerging practitioners in the field of digital arts to be shown and constructively commented on.

The aim of the Platform is to allow developing artists to show their work within a supportive environment with feedback from established artists and practitioners in the field. Enabling participants to develop their skills in the hope that they return a year on as invited artists and in the future the possibility of being a SightSonic commissioned artist. Other benefits include exposure at an exciting festival, meeting other artists, and witnessing other art works in this rapidly developing field.

To be eligible to take part

> Your work is created by and uses digital technology.
> Your work will need to show innovation and artistic merit.
> Your work will need to demonstrate the potential to be developed.

To download full submission details please visit www.sightsonic.org/platform08

The British Animation Awards (BAA), held every two years, covers most aspects of the UK animation scene, from student work to commercials, children's entertainment, short and experimental art films, music videos, new technologies, script-writing and craftsmanship. Next Awards night is on March 13th, 2008.

Entry Deadlines
Student entry deadline: 31 October, 07
Other categories entry deadline: 30 November ’07

Pre-selection & Judging: November and December.
Judging: December and January.
Entrants whose work has been short-listed for judging will be notified. Each jury selects three finalists from each awards category, which are screened in extract on the Awards Night (March 13th) and the winner is announced.

Public Choice: You get to vote!
In February 2008, 3 programmes, each with a mix of films, music vids and commercials, selected from open entry, are screened at 20 cinemas across the UK, and audiences vote for their favourites. Any venues wishing to join in the touring programme, please contact us at info@britishanimationawards.com

www.britishanimationawards.com

SHIFT 2008 CALENDAR COMPETITION

Shift has been trying to offer artists many platforms to showcase their works online. The Shift calendar competition held from 2003 successively, pushes the boundaries between online and off line using a "calendar" as its medium. Entries are invited from all over the world and selected works will be distributed throughout the world in the format of a physical calendar.
This year, selected works will be exhibited and sold at PRINT'EM web site for a year with support by PRINT'EM, a graphic print center operated by Mitsubishi Paper MIlls Limited. Also it will be exhibited at the gallery cafe Soso from December 1st to 26th, 2007.
The deadline for this competition is on September 10th, 2007.

Twelve creators will be selected and their each art work will be used as visual in the Shift 2008 Calendar.
These twelve works will be exhibited and sold at PRINT'EM web site and also exhibited at the gallery cafe Soso in Sapporo.

Deadline: 9:00pm on September 10th, 2007 (Japan time).

Full details: www.shift.jp.org

(AMALA) Workshop 2007
Alexandria International Media And Light Arts
Call for Entry

International media artists are invited to take part in this unique cultural encounter in Alexandria, Egypt, from the 22nd of October to the 07th of November 2007. The workshop will take place at the Goethe Institute in Alexandria who is supporting the workshop and its main sponsor, in conjunction with the Atelier of Alexandria.

The workshop is open to all professional, creative artists, whose works are initiated/ manipulated using digital/computer technology, Video, Light, Holography, and/or Audio/Visual experience, including Interactive Video.

As a professional artist you will take the chance to make your point of view seen/heard and make an impact.

Deadline: The Application Form and all supporting material must be received by17th of Sep, 2007.

More information: www.atelieralex.com

Los Angeles Center For Digital Art
107 West Fifth Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013
http://lacda.com/exhibits/snaptogrid.html

forth annual
SNAP TO GRID:
the UN-Juried Show

Every Entry Shown!

Click here to register:
http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=139377

September 13-October 4 2007
Opening Reception Thursday September 13, 7-9pm
(in conjunction with Downtown Art Walk)

Show your work at our gallery in our Un-Juried Show: SNAP TO GRID. In our forth annual exhibition of this kind participants each upload one image to be printed on high quality paper and hung in a grid in our gallery. The show will be widely promoted and will include a reception for the artists.

After the exhibition the images and artist information will be available to view in our artist
portfolios. Artwork for future exhibits will be selected from the portfolios, and will also be
available for review by area gallerists, curators and arts journalists. The ultimate exhibit. The ultimate resume builder. Everybody wins!

Entry fee $30US. Proceeds benefit gallery programs.

Show is international, open to all geographical locations.

Entrants submit one JPEG file of original work up to 3mb. All styles of 2D artwork and photography where digital processes of any kind were integral to the creation of the images are acceptable. Digital video stills and screen shots of web/new media are acceptable.

Multiple entries are permitted. $30 registration fee for each additional image. Multiple entries will be grouped together in exhibition installation. Affiliated artists may also be grouped together.

Exhibit is limited to space available, early entry is advised.

Prints are 8.5x11 inches on Heavyweight Matte paper with Epson Archival pigment, allowing for
one inch border.

Gallery Statement:
Every year for 50 years the L.A. Municipal Gallery
has held its "Open Call" exhibit where any artist can show up with their art and an entry fee (to benefit gallery programs) and the piece is shown. The Los Angeles Center For Digital Art decided to launch an international experiment of the same nature where the artists upload images that are printed and hung by the gallery. The hundreds of works are displayed
in a grid like installation (reminiscent of postcard art shows of the 1980's) where every work
submitted is exhibited. The usual (less than democratic) selection process where only the
precious few are chosen is turned on its head in a curatorial anarchy where everyone gets to
participate and the viewer is literally left to be the judge. The show represents a snapshot of a current moment in art history when digital imaging has reached the hands of the many, an age where culture belongs to the "mobblogers" around the globe. From Thailand to Texas, amateur to academic, beautiful to banal and beyond the monumental quantity and variety of "Snap to Grid" becomes an aesthetic experience where each individual piece adds to an agglomerative effect that has a life of its own.

Deadline for entries:
September 2, 2007

Nothing to do with us and it costs a fair bit to enter but may be of interest to some of you...

The Art of Digital Show 2007 - CALL FOR ENTRIES!
Deadline August 15, 2007

An international exhibition of digital art at the elegant Lyceum Theatre Gallery in San Diego's historic Gaslamp Quarter

Exhibition: October 6 - November 11, 2007

Judge: Neal Benezra
Director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Curator: Steven Churchill

The Art of Digital Show is a world-class international exhibition featuring all forms of digital art -- digital painting, computer based illustration, digitally manipulated photography, fractals and algorithmic imagery, digital manipulations of traditionally created art, digital montages and collages, mixed media with digital elements, digital video art, computer animation, CGI, etc. The Art of Digital Show will be exhibited at the two-level gallery in the Lyceum Theatre, a perfect venue for exhibiting a large showcase of awesome digital art. What is very unique about The Art of Digital Show is the combining of fine art images in the gallery along with video art. Flat-screen displays in the gallery will be continuously exhibiting the video art pieces.

Full details on the website:
http://www.artofdigitalshow.com/

(re)Actor2: The Second International Conference on
Digital Live Art
Broadcast House, Leeds Met University, UK
September 10, 2007

CALL FOR PAPERS, PERFORMANCES & INSTALLATIONS

Digital Live Art sits at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Live Art and Computing. (re)Actor2 seeks to bring together practitioners and academics from the varying worlds of Live Art, Computing and HCI for a lively debate and event which will explore this emerging field. We are particularly interested in unanticipated performance spaces and playful arenas, such as festivals, parties and nightclubs.

This year's theme, BAD GIRLS, GADGETS & GUERRILLA PERFORMANCE focuses on women who are practicing in and between the fields of Computing, HCI and Live Art. In focusing on women, computing and the arts, this year we look to celebrate the diverse skills, knowledge and experience that women bring to the field. It is our hope that bringing these people together will foster an environment for mutual learning, mentoring and support. Proposals and participation are welcomed from all genders.

http://www.digitalliveart.com/index.html

Common Ground 2008: Call for Entry

Deadline: September 30, 2007

Be seen. Be heard. Make an impact. You're invited to use digital art to speak to the one issue we all face simultaneously: Environmental stewardship for our family, our community, the planet. The artists selected for the Common Ground Collection 2008 of limited edition museum quality prints will be featured in a media relations campaign aimed at print, broadcast and online media, as well as included in our international touring exhibition to sites in China, North America and Europe.

A portion of all revenues will be donated to support selected environmental projects around the world.

There are NO fees for submissions.

Open to all digital artists: creative artists whose works are initiated and/or manipulated using computer technology. We invite artists to submit up to 3 finished digital art images.

To learn more about the Common Ground, visit our website www.commonground2008.com
To access the entry form, please visit
http://www.commonground2008.com/artists/entries.html

VAD call for entries!

We are pleased to inform you that you can send your videos, digital works, video installations, etc. to VAD, Video and Digital Arts International Festival Competition of Girona (Spain), that will take place from October 17th to 21st 2007

NEW CALL FOR ENTRIES – THEMATIC ANNUAL LINE!
This year we start a new thematic line, in addition to the general call for entries: ¨H2O¨.
Send us your audiovisual works where water is the element of discourse, of aesthetic speculation, or social debate.

We invite you to visit our website www.vadfestival.net where you will find all the necessary information to participate: application form, terms and conditions, awards, etc. as well as previous program of the festival.

Attention!
Deadline for submitting works in the main competition: 30th June 2007
Deadline for submitting works in the thematic line “H2O�: 25th July 2007

VAD Festival Internacional de Vídeo i Arts Digitals
Plaça de l'Hospital, 6.
17004 Girona
T. 972 20 20 13
www.vadfestival.net
info@vadfestival.net

We can now confirm that Digital Show 2 will be a part of Futuresonic 2007 which is held in Manchester, UK from May 10 - 12 2007. The actual Digital Show will be running for longer, probably to June 30th

Submissions are now rolling in so get drawing.
Remember the theme is Psychedelia and the Deadline is April 30

Digital Show 2 X Futuresonic 2007

The Successful ONLINE Exhibition of International Digital Art is Calling for Entries for May 2007 Exhibition

To be launched as part of Futuresonic 2007 in Manchester May 10th 2007
Call for Submissions (Deadline April 30th, 2007)

Japanese language Version here

digitalshow.co.uk is an International Digital Art website created by artinliverpool.com. The intention is to show online-only exhibitions of high quality digital art. The first exhibition was held as part of the Independent Biennial Liverpool in 2006 with great success (see the Gallery pages) and this year for our 2nd show we have linked up with Futuresonic 2007 Urban Festival of Electronic Arts and Music in Manchester, UK. (now confirmed) Entry is open to all worldwide

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.
Still images only, no animations, videos or photographs.

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 ‘Psychedelia’. In 2007 the centrepiece of Futuresonic Live will be Futurevisual. This will be a homage to the 40th anniversary of seminal multimedia events in 1967 which, like Futuresonic, came not from film but a collision of music and art worlds. At events such as The 14 Hour Technicolor Dream and Games For May, and the UFO club, London's psychedelic underground exploded into the daylight. These were at the beginning of a year which saw a coming together of the worlds of music and visual art.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_art for more information and examples.

This is not a competition and there is no money involved but there will be selection as the show is limited to 100 images. The exhibition will be shown online only and will be promoted through the artinliverpool.com network as well as the official Futuresonic websites (tbc) and other online resources.

SEND
* By April 30 2007
* Email files to show@digitalshow.co.uk or showdigital@googlemail.com
* You may submit up to 2 pieces (we may show more than one by the same artist)
* For ease of viewing on monitors the max width should be 1000 pixels max height 800 pixels
* No huge files please. Remember its online-only so resolution need be 96dpi at most
* Format jpg or gif preferred, the less manipulation we have to do the better

* Include the following details (in English if possible):
* Your Name
* Location - City/Country
* Email address (will not be shown on the site)
* Website address (if you have one)
* Title of the work
* Description (max 50 words) and/or methods used (optional)
* Software used

REMEMBER: The Theme is PSYCHEDELIA

Optional but please also register your interest by subscribing to the e-newsletter

* If you want a copyright mark or your name on the image you should do this yourself. Copyright will, naturally, stay with the artist and this will be clearly stated on the website.
* Some images may be used in part or whole in publicity material and promotion of the show. We will endeavour to confirm the artists approval before doing so.

Full Details on the digital show website: www.digitalshow.co.uk
For further enquiries: Email: show@digitalshow.co.uk