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Below are the 50 highest scoring entries in the Pxleyes photography contests during the month December (2009)… Congratulations to all the winners!

Fantasy environments are perhaps the most challenging of all types of CG environments. Traditional fantasy works combine realistic settings with surrealistic touches. Unlike sci-fi, where the primary driver is technological progress, fantasy focuses on the romantic side of existence, bending and shaping ancient objects into new forms or adding a hint of the unbelievable to […]

Below are the 50 highest scoring entries in the Pxleyes photoshop contests during the month December (2009)… Congratulations to all the winners!

Though there are plenty of compositing and effects programs out there for the CG artist, the learning curve for most of them is steep. By contrast, a great many artists spend their time in Photoshop, which is used for everything from buttons on layouts to photomanipulation and they feel much more comfortable and familiar in […]

Creating a professional depth of field (DOF) effect in your photos is a quite difficult task and requires some practice and the right equipment. The challenge in DOF photography is managing to let the sharpness gradually decrease on each side of the main subject. When the art is mastered however, some pretty amazing results can […]

As a CG artist, you’ll often come across various video formats. You’ll need some of them for physical distribution, some for high-fidelity storage, and others for Internet streaming. Knowing which formats to use is important, since some formats do a better job in certain domains than others. In this post I’ll provide a short introduction […]

Logo designing is an immensely delicate art which can go a long way in making or breaking a brand. Some men and women have conquered such professionalism in this field that they have left a great impact on our society. The designs we come across in our day to day life have been created by […]

Fantasy characters range from the inhabitants of surreal, gravity-defying worlds to diligent and honorable warriors and nymphs endowed with supernatural abilities. Here are 40 fantasy characters, all with a unique twist. Some are armor-clad, others have wings. The variability within the fantasy scene is truly one of its most notable assets. Each image shows how […]

As a CG artist or designer, you’ve likely run into the need to pick colors for your work. It may be difficult to approach the vast color space without some training or some help. You can buy color books, read about color theory, and try to imitate schemes that already work. However, with the rapid […]

Below are the 50 highest scoring entries in the Pxleyes photography contests during the month November (2009)… Congratulations to all the winners!