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CG Society has announced its latest competition. The fifth NVArt competition, entitled Accelerate, is open to digital artists worldwide and it's brief is to create a futuristic concept vehicle design in the style of Syd Mead, famous for his contributions to Bladerunner, Aliens, Tron and many more silver screen sci-fi legends. Sponsored by NVIDIA, the first prize is $10,000 cash, ...
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From 23rd April to 3rd May, Somerset House in London, UK, will be playing host to Britain's first graphic illustration fair, entitled Pick Me Up. As well as showcasing an array of remarkable talent, from collectives like Nobrow to up-and-coming illustrators, the show will also allow visitors to purchase limited edition prints of some of the artwork on show. Open ...
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Apple's iPad is here and with it comes a host of updated art apps for your mobile drawing pleasure! But which ones do you reckon are the best? Is Brushes better now it's bigger? Do you like the fuller functionality of Sketchbook Pro for iPad? Or how about the new Adobe Ideas? Have you found any other arty apps you ...
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Our chums at Aardman Animations won big in the British Animation Awards the other night (Thursday 8th April). They picked up the gongs for Best Children's TV Show (for Shaun the Sheep) and the Children's Choice Award for Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death. Congrats to everyone at Aardman! You can find out more about them (and see the fantastic site designs by our recent interviewee Gavin ...
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The trend for illustration is stepping up a gear with exhibitions popping up all over the place! In Brighton, on the UK's south coast, the Freak Show exhibition will run throuughout May. Curated by Ollie Munden and Johnny McCulloc, it will feature the work of Will Scobie, Harry Draws Pictures, Luke Insect and many more. It's open from 10am to ...
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The other day a friend of mine was extolling the benefits of OpenCanvas, a painting and drawing tool that many mangaka (manga artists) use. "But isn't it all in Japanese?" I asked. It turns out that PortalGraphics has recently launched an English-language community site and version of this cult-classic tool, making it more accessible to European and Stateside ...
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Scottish artist Jim Scullion, famous for his sports artwork and, if you don't mind us blowing our own trumpet, his fantastic Banksy-inspired photomontage tutorial in The Official Corel Painter Magazine, has updated his website. It features a gallery of Jim's work along with his specialist tutorials which are ideal for Corel Painter beginners. Check it out at www.jimscullion.co.uk!
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Dribbble is a Twitter-like service for designers and digital artists. Instead of being based on text however, Dribbble is based on images, marketing itself as 'Show and tell for designers in 120,000 pixels or less'.
The idea is that you can upload a small (400 x 300 px) screenshot image of what you're currently working on. Just like Twitter, ...
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Just to let you know, Digital Artist will be out of the office due to the UK Easter holidays tomorrow, over the weekend and on Monday. We'll be back on Tuesday 6th April. If you have a long weekend too, enjoy it!
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A researcher working with an extensive private collection of Renaissance artwork in Modena, Italy, has unearthed data about Leonardo da Vinci which could turn the art world on its head. Dr Dolmio del Fungo is a specialist in iconodiagnosis (click here for an explanation); an archaeological and art historical methodology used by anthropologists to research and discover the ...
