 NVIDIA and CGSociety today announced the winners of the second NVArt digital art challenge. The theme was "Art Space: Architecture and Landscape".
Artists from around the world were invited to submit computer-generated imagery of "awe-inspiring fusions" of architecture and landscapes, with an emphasis on imagination and artistic expression.
Selected NVArt award winners will be on display at NVISION 08, an event for visual computing professionals and enthusiasts, on August 25-27, 2008 in San Jose, Calif. NVArt submissions have been showcased recently at the San Jose Museum of Art in Silicon Valley and the Tate Modern in London.
Award Winners
The winners of the "Art Space: Architecture and Landscape" challenge are:
- 1st place: "Complex at the Centre of the Universe" by Staszek Marek, Poland
- 2nd place: "The Great Bayan" by Sergey Skachkov, Russia
- 3rd place: "Mega Village 2108" by Andrew Barton, Great Britain
Honorable Mention:
- "Gaia's Gift" by Petar Milivojevic, Belgrade, Serbia
- "The Valley" by Rudolf Herczog, Sweden
- "Wandering City" by Sergey Skachkov, Russia
- "5:45 to Santa Monica – Now Boarding" by Aleksander (Olek) Novak-Zemplinski, USA
- "Solaric Glass Anemone Structure V" by Albert Kiefer, Netherlands
- "Heaven in Desert" by Tolgahan Güngör, Turkey
- "The Pinevalley Keeps" by Georgi 'Calader' Simeonov, Great Britain
- "Underworld" by Maxime Desmettre, Canada
- "Water Plant" by David González Fernández, Spain
- "Water Station" by Steve Bjorck, Great Britain
- "Atmosphere Emitters" by Brajan Martinovic, Croatia
- "In a Beautiful Place out in the Country" by Colin Cassidy, Great Britain
Judging
The submissions were reviewed by a distinguished panel of judges, including: Pascal Blanche, Ubisoft; Francisco Cortina, 3D Artist; Lorne Lanning, Oddworld Inhabitants; Stephan Martinere, Midway Games; JoAnne Northrup, San Jose Museum of Art; Shelley Page, Dreamworks; Mark Snoswell, CGSociety; Steven Stahlberg, Androidblues; and David Wright, NVIDIA.
Next NVArt Challenge
The theme of the next NVArt challenge is "Digital Fusion." It will run from April 24 to June 19, 2008. Artists are invited to create inspiring fusions of 2D and 3D that are more than the sum of their parts.
1st place: "Complex at the Centre of the Universe" by Staszek Marek, Poland
2nd place: "The Great Bayan" by Sergey Skachkov, Russia
3rd place: "Mega Village 2108" by Andrew Barton, Great Britain
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