CGSociety :: Special feature
28 July 2010 NVArt5 Accelerate. The winners The CGSociety and NVIDIA has announced the top five entries in their ‘ACCELERATE' Digital Art Competition. The challenge of creating futuristic vehicle designs in the style of Syd Mead produced over 1300 images. The five winners will share over $35,000 in prizes.
Their challenge was to create vehicle designs for a future on the move ... transport in the style of Syd Mead. The Master Futurist, famous for his concept designs in Blade Runner, TRON and 2010, led a panel of star judges: Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman (cohosts of Mythbusters), Mark Frauenfelder (founder of boingboing.net), Kevin Kelly (the founder of Wired Magazine), Brian Gernand (Creative Director of Kerner), Lorne Lanning (of Oddworld fame), David Wright (Creative Director of NVIDIA) and Mark Snoswell (President of CGSociety).
Together these luminaries vigorously deliberated over the hundreds of worthy images, finally deciding on the five winning entries, and several honorable mentions.
The competition was created jointly with the sole sponsor NVIDIA and had a prize pool valued at over $37,000. The first prize was $10,000 cash, plus two NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 4GB - 240 CUDA Processors.
"NVIDIA are a driving force in the graphics industry and this competition is a great opportunity for artists to gain global exposure and a chance to win great prizes," said Mark Snoswell, president of the CGSociety. "NVIDIA have been a constant and significant supporter of the CGSociety and Ballistic Media. They are major sponsors of our CGChallenges and we are pleased to continue to expand our relationship with them."
"We owe much of NVIDIA’s success to the talents of digital designers in this fascinating and ever-changing industry,” adds David Wright, Creative Director of NVIDIA. “The NVArt competition is just one way for us to say “thank you” and to celebrate the achievements of this amazing community. We’re really pleased to have the opportunity to collaborate again with our friends at CGSociety on NVArt."
Judges Comments
Syd Mead: "The vehicle is exotic, beautifully proportioned and the technique? Rather than being 'messy' the technique is pure impressionistic, a remarkable overlay onto a very precise, technically executed design. The background entourage is elaborately rendered in a sort of 'post blast' style and the overall color scheme, a slide from deep amber blacks to glowing golden creams and yellows is, from a coloration standpoint, both painterly and definitive simultaneously."
