Culturepush

A design website catered for local artists/designers. Makes you open your eyes on Singapore art community. Oh, they also have a jobs listing page. (:


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EPIC PORRIDGE

My very first freelance lol.

This years' mother's day is long gone anyway so I'm just gonna put it up for fun.

Bobby Chiu's Re-imagining Contest

Re-imagine fairy tales contest

Deadline 

3 months to see who will be the last artist standing.
May 4, 2011 - August 4, 2011 Final entries are due by August 4, 2011 12am pst.

Challenge Brief
Fairytales with a Twist – take your favorite classic fairy tale and re-imagine a scene or character from it. Cinderella in space? Sure! Sleeping handsome and Princess charming? Why not? Here's your chance to re-invent the classics! Art is self-referencing, which means we often have to re-imagine old stories in such a way that we make them new again. This is your challenge.

What's Bobby looking for? "The idea will always be the most important thing. I'm looking for visions that break clichés and make me think, "Hm, I've never considered this story in that way before...". In addition, I will obviously also look for technical skill (good structure, posing, textures, lighting, composition, etc.) to convey the proper mood and allow the image to stand up in its own right. The only rule is, the fairy tale you're re-making should be recognizable in your image. That's it. Other than that, the sky's the limit. Go nuts with this challenge and have fun!"

We would like to encourage artists to reference the original Grimm fairytales and also Aesop's Fables for inspiration. It's important to understand the origins of today's popular fairytales in order to evolve them into something new and interesting. Here is a list of popular fairy tales. Click here for a breakdown of popular fairytales.

Go wild and think about all the different possibilities, you could re-imagine the fairy tales occurring in different worlds and genres of steam punk, post apocalyptic, horror, cute, sci-fi, fantasy. Maybe your characters are ninjas, robots, aliens or something else altogether. Maybe you cross over characters into other worlds, historical periods or universes. Use your imagination!

All artists should maintain a WIP (work in progress) thread so we can see the work evolve. You should not post your final image at the very end without showing and WIP images, you may risk being disqualified. One of the main goals of this challenge is to share, collaborate and learn from the community.

Deliverables 

-2D & 3D artists must submit their finished images to the finals thread which will be posted near the end of the challenge.
-2D artists may choose to do a full illustration with characters, or just focus on the character(s) design without environments.
-2D artists may use 3D software as a base to paint over, for example backgrounds, etc. To qualify as 2D the image must be fully painted over.
-3D artists may choose to do a fully rendered image with characters, environments, lighting textures and effects, or you may choose to just do a character sculpt by itself, which may be untextured if you'd like to just focus on sculpting. If you are doing a 3D character without environment, please include ortho views along with your final hero render. Not required but going above and beyond would be a 3D turntable or your character.
-2D & 3D artists may work in groups or teams (multiple 2D artists for an entry, multiple 3D artists per entry), there are no limitations or restrictions, however you must pick one person to receive your prizes and from there divide them up on your own.


Remember, whether you choose to do a full scene or just focus on a character(s) the work will be judged on the idea, originality, and quality.


Final images should be suitable for print. We will set up an FTP for hi-res entries nearer the deadline. WIP images should be posted in jpeg format while final images should be tiff or PSD, 300dpi landscape or portrait.

Get the rest of the info on the forum if you're interested. 8D

Art Contest yo

http://apps.facebook.com/mightandmagicart/contests/128313

Check it out, it's an art contest for Might & Magic. 12-13 days to do a painting ha if you wanna. Cheers

mech that wants to hug you

mech thats likes to flick off

Theme: Mecha

15 mins sketch, Adobe Photoshop CS4. WIP, gonna update it.

MECHA.

Hello people, 


I have decided to come up with a theme to kickstart the summer! 


Theme shall be:


MECHA


Anyway this blog as been pretty inactive nowadays 'cause everyone else is busy with their lives, and I realise that I haven't been doing enough personal paintings or studies and stuff, though I don't know about you guys. And well, I thought it'd be good to continue this blog so we can keep in touch. (: