Dark Digital Art With Irony by Davi... Nov 14, 2009
It is known as the leading online art community for 2D and 3D digital artists, animators, photographers and writers. Something To Believe In. (Suite101.com)
Digital Media by Beryl Graham Nov 11, 2009
Beryl Graham explores how the medium digital artists choose inspires their work. This is a complex topic area and one she explains simply but thoroughly. (Suite101.com)
NEWS RELEASE ... RYSS Digital Art exhibition at City of Houston Public Works Lobby Gallery Nov 10, 2009
Digital Artists abound in all sectors as a part of this Digital Revolution we find ourselves a part of these days, which means this classroom process is also vocational. Another interesting aspect to this project/process is the fact that the students. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Down to the nuts and bolts Nov 6, 2009
" In recent years, hackers with diverse skills and interests, from electronics to performance art, have banded together to form "hackerspaces". By sharing knowledge, equipment and physical spaces, they can overcome the barriers of complexity in many products. Hackers show Pirsig's "old-fashioned gumption" in action and also demonstrate Romantic and Classical thinking in tandem new technology is the result of creativity and intuition, not just logic and reason. Arguably, these two... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Taylor Swift Makes History at Pop Radio Sep 23, 2009
Taylors total digital download tally stands at 20 million worldwide, with Love Story soaring past the one million mark and both Teardrops On My Guitar and Our Song surpassing 500,000 in sales, making her one of the most successful digital artists of all time. Her MySpace site now totals more than 250 million music streams, one of the Top Ten most visited MySpace sites in online history. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
StudioGPU Ships MachStudio Pro 1.2 - Continues to Advance Real-Time Workflow and Rendering Capabilities for 3D Production Everywhere Sep 12, 2009
StudioGPU develops software and technology that frees digital artists from the creative shackles of time, money and resources. Founded by a group of 3D computer artists and engineers interested in improving the 3D-production pipeline, the companys flagship product, MachStudio Pro, harnesses the power of professional graphics processing units (GPUs) for real-time workflow and rendering. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
This Week in Apps Aug 28, 2009
Digital artists are giving a wide selection of tools to work with including paint brushes, color palettes, shadowing and color sliders all so that you can make your own little mini-animations with ease. The included 'onion skinning' feature allows you to see an overlay of the previous frame for quick positioning reference, and when your masterpiece is complete you can view it up to 24fps on the iPhone 3GS and up to 12fps on 2G/3G iPhones. (IGN Gear)
DV: Close up: Eden FX Aug 4, 2009
Eden FX now employs 26 people, including 14 digital artists and support staff, and regularly builds CG elements and does compositing work for a number of network TV shows, including Ghost Whisperer (for which seven members of Eden's staff were just nominated for an Emmy) and Lost (and also did extensive work on the earlier J.J. Abrams series, Alias). The company has also contributed elements to such features as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Spider-Man 3. (Multichannel News)
Big Stage Entertainment Unveils Big Stage Studio, Teaches Others How to Create and Publish Original Programming to BigStage.com Starring the Digital You Jun 25, 2009
Big Stage Entertainment Unveils Big Stage Studio, Teaches Others How to Create and Publish Original Programming to BigStage. com Starring the Digital You - Yahoo. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Close-Up on Hollywood's Creature Teacher Jun 25, 2009
With his buttery charisma and bottomless technical chops, Alvarez has become the pipeline between Hollywood's studios and rising digital artists. In fact, for an industry increasingly driven by -- and dependent on -- digital effects, Gnomon has become its most dependable stockpile of highly refined fuel. (FastCompany)
deviantART and Wacom Promote Art Community Participation May 7, 2009
deviantART is hosting "Bring Your Vision to Life," a contest challenging its members to submit work on the theme of "Good vs. Evil." The contest ties into the broader Wacom campaign for the Intuos4 that features extraordinary digital artists bringing a variety of emotions "to life," using Wacom professional pen tablets. As a part of the integration, Wacom has its own membership status on deviantART where the campaign graphics are posted for commentary and feedback from the deviantART community. (PR Newswire)
They want to animate you Mar 8, 2009
Participants include digital artists and video game developers. There are 424 entries from 45 countries at this year's festival. (Boston Globe)
Steam Powered Beasts Battle for the Greatest Prize: CG CHALLENGE XXIII, 'Steampunk - Myths & Legends' Feb 26, 2009
Almost 2000 digital artists created steam powered monsters and mayhem to win over $220,000 worth of prizes ... Digital artists, from many nations, battled to claim the biggest prizes ever offered ... "We now have digital artists of diverse skills working together to create astounding works of art and entertainment that are world class," summed up Mark Snoswell, President of CGSociety. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Local artist teaches painting at Chapin Feb 23, 2009
Russomanno is the current artist at The Gallery at Chapin which hosts local artists of all types from painters to sculptors and photographers to digital artists. The artists bring a dozen or more works that will be on display for about a month. (NJ.com -- Times)
