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Maya Modeling Challenge! January 21, 2009

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We are challenging you to create a unique virtual model using Maya. It could be person, place or thing, so put your imagination to work! (Need inspiration? Check out some of Michael Ingrassia’s work)

Winners will be selected from two categories: amateur and professional. Finalists in each category will be chosen by YOU through a voting system. And don’t be sloppy! Judge Michael Ingrassia will be inspecting the finalists’ working files to make sure the job was done right.

Winners will receive a cash prize and their artwork featured in Computer Graphics World Magazine! (More info on the prizes coming soon)

The deadline to enter is March 31, 2009.

Are you up for the challenge?

Visit www.focalpress.com/mayamodelingcontest.aspx for more information on how to enter. Good luck!

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Complete with linkable features,new releases, and many of our backlist favorites- now updated for fall/winter 08!

2008 Game Dev. 2D/3D Environment and Character Design Competition May 7, 2008

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The 2008 Notes on Game Dev 2D/3D Environment and Character Design Competition is now open for entries. Art will be judged by some of the top talent in game development today including Damian Pannell (Artist,Relic, Vancouver, British Columbia), Doug Oglesby (Concept Artist, Red Storm Entertainment), Jesse Brophy (THQ, Phoenix, AZ), and Nate Purkeypile (World Artist, Bethesda). Participants may enter one submission in each of the four categories: 2D Environment Art, 3D Environment Art, 2D Character Art, and 3D Character Art.

Submissions are due by June 15. Winners and runners up will be announced on July 1 in the Notes on Game Dev and Notes on Design Blogs and in their respective newsletters that include 40,000 global subscribers.

Excellent prizes for winners include a full Game Art Certificate Program from Sessions Online Schools of Game Art, membership in IGDA,and subscriptions to Game Developer Magazine.

Go to this website for more information: http://gamedev.sessions.edu/nogd-awards/

If you are interested please contact Suzan Ertumen at sertumen@scad.edu and Brenda Brathwaite at bbrathwa@scad.edu.