It’s competition time again!

Your mission is to create a picture that shows a good character or characters that have fallen to the dark.  Perhaps it might be a character that has been seduced by the glittering promises and the lure of evil, or perhaps having lived a pure and virtuous life, they have seen terrible things, or are betrayed and can no longer see that being good is worthwhile.  Feel free to interpret it any way you want. 

For inspiration, possible themes might include:

Good guys / girls gone bad
 Fallen angels
 Corrupted heroes

Some classic ‘fallen to the dark’ characters, for inspiration:
 Annikin Skywalker
 Phoenix (Dark Phoenix)
 Horus (Warhammer 40K)

Find out more in my DeviantArt journal here.

OK, so it’s really just the old one with a new skin and some updated content, but at least it’s got a new domain!

Feel free to join my mailing list via the subscribe box on the homepage.

3D Fantasy Art

Does that mean they’re not going to include support for Poser Pro 2012′s SDK in current version(s) of Vue…?  Call me a cynic (and it’s not often people can say that of me!) but I’m leaning towards ‘no’. With this level of new version releases every year, I’m not sure how much longer I’m going to stay on the rapid-release train.

Shame really.

I love Vue’s rendering engine, but I hate E-On’s profiteering.

Young artists up to 35 are invited to apply to participate in YAI’s London & Berlin Art Festivals 2012.

If you are not an artist, or you are older, you can sign-up anyway to receive detailed information about these projects and use “the-art-voice” social blog network dedicated to all art lovers, now under construction.

On line application form: www.young-artists-incubator.com

The selection will be done by a international jury.

Please spread this message to young artists and art lovers!

Young Artists Incubator is part of INTERNATIONAL ART INCUBATOR FOUNDATION 

non-profit organization based in London UK.
International Art Incubator Foundation is organizing the following events
and utilities:

• LONDON & BERLIN ART FESTIVALS – September 2012
• GROUP EXHIBITION IN A COMMERCIAL ART GALLERY BERLIN – June 2012
• SOCIAL BLOG AND MAGAZINE (“The Art Voice Magazine”)
• ONLINE DATABASE 

Can’t quite get your vamp skin white enough without making them look like they’ve been emulsioned? I’ve put together a few tips and tricks, mainly covering some lighting and postwork options to consider when working with very pale-skinned characters.

I’ve referenced Poser and Gimpshop in this tutorial, but the techniques would also apply to Daz|Studio and Photoshop / Gimp.

Neverwinter Nights Portrait Pack 4

15 new Neverwinter Nights character portraits.

Click here to download them all, or choose individual portraits to download here.

Simply unzip them into your NWN/portraits directory, and fire up the game.

Have fun!

The theme is VAMPIRATES! (that is, pirates that are also vampires, or vice versa!)

What would you do? Perhaps a bloodthirsty Captain Jack, or an undead Blackbeard – or a sassy female vampirate who’d give all the boys a run for their money (or blood!)!

Real, fictional, OCs and random inventions all welcome!

Any questions, post them in my Deviantart journal. Arrrrrr. 

Rules

• Entries must contain a vampirate!
• Visual arts only, no literature (sorry – really hard to judge the one against the other!)
• All visual media allowed
• Please give credit where credit is due
• Please only submit art made especially for the competition
• Only 2 entries per person
• Deadline is 31st March 2011

Submitting your entry:

• State it’s for the competition and link to this journal entry
• Send me a note on Deviantart with a link to your piece

Judging
Judging will be based on:

• Your imagination in creating your vampirate
• Bonus points for humour or interesting twists!

I want to keep it open to all levels of artists, from beginners to experts, so skill level will not be a factor.

Prizes

1st prize

• 500 DA points
• 1 digital art commission from me (max 2 characters)
• 1 month journal feature

2nd Prize

• 300 DA points
• 1 digital art commission from me (1 character)
• 1 month journal feature

Point prizes donated by zellorama Go give her some love!

If anyone else wants to donate prizes, please note me.

Competition entries are here

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Over the last few months, I’ve been really enjoying mooching around this site – I seem to find something new and exciting every day!

It’s a relatively small but passionate community of 3D artists, and unlike a lot of the larger faceless sites, members really get involved and like to share and post encouraging comments on each others’ work. There are some great established names here, as well as budding artists, and there’s always a warm welcome for newcomers.

There are a number of great monthly competitions, weekly features, and more forums than you can shake a stick at – you’re bound to find something that interests you.

The main site is linked above. Other areas well worth a visit are the Gallery and This Month’s Contests areas.

Happy exploring!