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Here are the entries for "A New Beginning" , the Art competition from 01 february to 07 march 2010.
They are listed by the 3 categories: Digital Art, Traditional Art and Photomanipulation.
Any info about rules, guidelines and prizes are at bit.ly/5XRn35 
Author: MEDUSADOLLMAKER
Title: Transcommunication
Description:
"TransCommunication takes place with partners we can't perceive by the use of our five senses. That is, partners inhabiting realms beyond our perception"
She leaves apart her ancient ghost costume, to emerge with all the need of communication with these strange twilight zone she is feeling... Trought new tecnologies. The communication necessity is always the same. She just want to talk you from other side, from heart to heart...
Author: VICTORIOR
Title: the beginning of freedom
Description:
The Beginning of freedom!
I have done by Photoshop cs2 for completed my childhood dream.
It is starting a freedom of the beginning. The new beginning 
Title: Once ... in a lifetime
Description:
Once...in a lifetime
The beginning of eating for living or living for eating?
Author: SANSKARANS
Title: Fallen
Description:
NO WAY TO RUN ,NO WAY TO HIDE OUT THERE.
THEY CAME, CONQUERED AND DESTROYED.
WE HAVE FALLEN.......
Title: Apocalypse
Description:
AD 2050
New beginning of Apocalypse.Sometimes Humans has to pay for their sins.Here the disaster is in the form of a creature name AKALOID.Fight it !
Author: NAKATONI
Title: Shadows
Description:
The story is very simple - new life and new beginning after escape from the castle where she lived with cruel master, well, got sort of influenced by dark romances I read recently ^_^ Pregnancy is naturally a sign of new beginning and her escape, with her only friend, wolf, has the same meaning.
Author: TOMMY SCOTT
Title: A New Land
Description:
The title of this piece is "A New Land." This is to be considered an environment concept about "A New Beginning." When people see this piece, I hope that they think "Hey, I'd love to move there and start a new life one day."
Ultimately, I hope the scale of this piece brings a sense of awe, and that the overall composition has a well design eye flow to it, in order to constantly keep the viewer interested. The piece is very detailed (which is why my graphite lines are still intact, except for certain parts). And thanks to all for viewing this image; I wish the best of luck to all artists who post! =)
Author: REDFEATHER
Title: none
Description:
The doorway is shaped like a runestone gravemarker in the shape of a keyhole. She's passing a threshold. She holds the key in her hand, indicating that the power to move forward and pass the threshold resides with her
Author: RAYMOND
Title: A New Beginning
Description:
Double crossed in life, she makes some radical changes and heads for a new beginning in the afterlife
Titile: Blue Angel
Description:
The Spacemarine, once killed in battle then kept artificially alive until his body could be rebuilt, modified and made stronger, faster, better in all aspects. Brought back to life as a supercyborg, the "Blue Angel" as he was once called by his platoon, is ready for a new beginning, and this time he won't be stopped.
Title: The Wizard
Description:
A wizard spend his entire life, trying to find a recipe for a Youth potion. At old age, he accidentally discovers the secret ingredient, allowing him to create the potion and give him a new beginning in life....for as many times as he likes
Author: CERULEANVII
Title: Wishes
Description:
The season depicted is spring, a time of new life and new beginnings. The story is that of a boy who seeks the help of a magical fish to grant his deepest wish - one that will profoundly change his life if granted.
Author: DREAMWADER
Title: the Captive
Author: OBSIDIAN EYES
Title: A New Beginning
Author: ALENA
Title: Rebirth
Description:
Destroy to rebuilt another world where first organisms repopulate the planet until life finds a way for a new beginning.
Author: AMARYLUS
Title: none
Description:
When everything ends, we only have to begin again
Title: SMALL KITE
Description:
Who can represent a new beginning better than the next generation living between the ruins of the last?
Author: MYSTERIA
Title: none
Author: 3DDREAM
Title: Tiger Lily
Author: ARMINCHAUDRY
Title: None
Description:
A lonely traveler is coming home after years in unknown lands.
Author: KITTENPOKER
Title: A New Beginning
Author: VICMONTY
Title: none
Author: ANGELMARTHY
Title: A New Beginning
Description:
Background Story
Fenghuang are mythological birds of East Asia that reign over all other birds. The males are called Feng and the females Huang. In modern times, however, such a distinction of gender is often no longer made and the Feng and Huang are blurred into a single feminine entity so that the bird can be paired with the Chinese dragon, which has male connotations. The Fenghuang is also called the "August Rooster" (traditional Chinese: 鶤雞; pinyin: kūnjī) since it sometimes takes the place of the Rooster in the Chinese Zodiac. In the West, it is commonly referred to as the Chinese phoenix.
Traditional Chinese 鳳凰
Simplified Chinese 凤凰
Its body symbolizes the six celestial bodies. The head is the sky, the eyes are the sun, the back is the moon, the wings are the wind, the feet are the earth, and the tail is the planets. Its feathers contain the five fundamental colors: black, white, red, blue and yellow. It is also sometimes depicted as having three legs.
The concept of this artwork is about rebirth that signified a new beginning. Phoenix reborn with fire surrounding it.The Reborn as it represented a new beginning with the mythical creature Phoenix symbolizing Rebirth
Title: Against Sad Ripu
Description:
Massive Wars i created here is an illustration narrates about the real and truly war is the war inside human conscience. The biggest and the most massive war is definitely war against six negative human natures named Sad Ripu that really hard to control.The real new beginning of our life actually is the time when we can control and defeat our six negative human natures called Sad Ripu.
Sad Ripu are :
Krodha (anger, uncontrolled emotion),
Kama (lust, desire),
Mada (drunkenness),
Matsarya (covetous, grudge, jealousy),
Lobha (avarice, rapacious, acquisitive),
and Moha (bewilderment, confusion, embarrassment).
AMRTHA,The enlighten man wear red trousers had achieved self-restraint and have the power to pervail his own Sad Ripu. He then trying hard to rescue AWIDYA, his beloved ones from her own Sad Ripu. She seats on the top right corner on the artwork
Author: RTAN
Title: A New Beginning
Author: ALBERT ATENX
Title: A New Beginning - Fight for the future
Description:
A new beginning is about now and the future. No look the past even in the days of success.
Proud of the recent work but the best work is to be made in the future.
Author: SILENTLILY
Title: A New Beginning
Description:
Celebration of Beginning into the Unknown
This was inspired by one of my clients I work with at a group home for Chinese [ new year. They had a fabulous story of a parade of red dragons. The two lovers at the top also represent the fact this year's new year feel on Valentine's day.
The idea I wanted to convey was a celebration of starting something new into the unknown and going boldly forward.
Author: BLACKTAR IN A JAR
Title: Nadya
Description:
No idea how she relates to "a new beginning" though 
Perhaps only, that this is a new start at a new site for me.
Author: SEETHROU
Title: Vanity the last thing you will ever see
Description:
Vanity "The Last Thing you Will ever See" Is the never ending quest for self perfetion and the desire for rebirth to begin anew. One overlooks ones personal inner beauty to the surface and struggles to define it no matter how futile it is. I chose to depict this using Medusa cutting her snakes and her obsession with not being alone. Sorrounding herself with cats that are in turn blind and don't know anything about there enviroment let alone the company they keep. There is hidden symbolism through out the drawing. It's fun for the viewer to discover and interpret these symbols without being forwarded of there intended meanings. 
Author: GORGORE
Title: George Clinton
Author: GORGORE
Title: Blue Knight
Author: GRAPHIXROB
Title: Castle's falls
Description:
A recent photomanipulation that represents old tradition that leads to a fresh new beginning... 
Author: WALLACE
Title: A New Beginning
Author: JENNIE YUEN
Title: Love is in the air
Description:
A new beginning... of a love story
Here are the final judging feedbacks from the judges:
BOBBY CHIU AND KEI ACEDERA
Here's our selections! Great job everyone.
Digital Painting:
1st place: Victorior, "the beginning of freedom"
Very creative and cute. The fries are a great touch as well. Nicely executed.
2nd place: Amarylus
Wonderful idea and very touching.
Special mention to Sanskarans for his wonderful piece. Great execution but we felt it was more of an "end" than a "beginning" 
Traditional:
1st place: Author: SEETHROU
Title: Vanity the last thing you will ever see
Great job! Nice drawing.
2nd place: Author: GORGORE
Title: George Clinton
This one is digital isn't it?
Photomanipulation:
1st place: Author: WALLACE
Title: A New Beginning
Great composition!
2nd place: Author: GRAPHIXROB
Title: Castle's falls
Nice idea!
Great job everyone!
Bobby & Kei
PHILIP STRAUB
Hi Folks-
Great work from everyone in the competition. I enjoyed looking through all the entries. :)So, here we go. !
Digital Art:
1st place
Author: AMARYLUS:
Title: Small Kite
The story behind this image really sealed the deal for me. This image does everything a good illustration should: tell a story and envoke and emotional responde from the viewer. Well done!
2nd place:
Author: VICTORIOR
Title: the beginning of freedom
What a fun piece- well executed!
Traditional:
1st place:
Author: SEETHROU
Title: Vanity the last thing you will ever see
Very unique drawing and I enjoyed reading the story that went along with it.
2nd place:
Author: GORGORE
Title: George Clinton
This looks like its a mixed media piece- perhaps a graphite drawing scanned and then painted digitally?
Photomanip:
1st place:
Author: WALLACE
Title: A New Beginning
Nice combination of imagery
2nd place:
Author: GRAPHIXROB
Title: Castle's falls
The addition of the monster dood is a fun little touch.
CRIS ORTEGA
Hi people,
So many great entries in the contest, it has been very difficult to choose . I liked very much a good amount of the artworks, and after looking tons of times I finally decided to choose the ones that give me the feeling of "a new beggining" at first sight.
Digital art:
1st place:
"The beginning of freedom" by VICTORIOR
very well executed, funny and with the essence of a story.
2nd place:
"Fallen" by SANSKARANS
Good composition and choose of colors, and great atmosphere. A new beginning don't always have to be a nice one 
.
I want to give a special mention to the works of Medusadollmaker, Nakatoni, Ceruleanvii, Amarylus and Arminchaudry for their high quality works, that are pretty good ones for my taste, and keep me looking to the entries for hours .
Traditional art:
1st place:
"Vanity the last thing you will ever see" by SEETHROU
Very detailed work with a lot of symbolism.
2nd place:
"George Clinton" by GORGORE
It seems more digital than traditional to me, but good job anyway .
Photomanipulation:
1st place:
"A new beginning" by WALLACE
A lot of symbolism in this one with great contrast.
2nd place:
"Castle's Falls" by GRAPHIXROB
Lovely image and good composition.
And that's all, people . Congratulations everybody for a great job done. You are all winners for me .
THE WINNERS
° DIGITAL ART
1ST PLACE: VICTORIOR
Wins a copy of ZBrush, offered by Pixologic
2ND PLACE: AMARYLUS
Wins a copy of Amazing Events, offered by CGWaves Publishing
° TRADITIONAL ART
1ST PLACE: SEETHROU
Wins one year of free hosting, offered by HTTPEasyhost
2ND PLACE: GORGORE
Wins 6 months subscription to PSD Tuts, offered ny Envato
° PHOTOMANIPULATION
1ST PLACE: WALLACE (SCOTTY)
Wins a copy of Poser 8 , offered by SmithMicro
2ND PLACE: GRAPHIXROB
Wins a copy of Amazing Events, offered by CGWaves Publishing
A New Beginning
Be a main actor in "A New Beginning", our great new Art competition!
From february 01st to march 7th our community will be running a great new art competition. You can take part of this contest by reading these important informations and following the rules.
ABOUT YOUR SUBMISSIONS
ABOUT THE JUDGES
They will indicate the name of the artist and the name of the winning piece, explaining the reasons of their choices.
Stanley Lau
Stanley Lau is a wonderful artist producing stunning images, a creative director and a ultra-followed painter at DeviantART.com with more then 6 millions hits.
Imaginary Studios, his company based in Singapore where he's working as Creative Director, was founded by friends, Stanley “Artgerm” Lau, Kendrick “Kunkka” Lim, a game designer who worked previously at a Tokyo-based game studio and Kai “Ukitakumuki” Lim, who at 19 had already art directed two major game mods for Half-Life 2 including Hull Breach and Nuclear Dawn.
Some of the projects and properties handled by Imaginary include titles such as, Dragonlance Chronicles, GI Joe, Batman, Justice League, Superman, Exalted, Witchblade, Madam Mirage, Contra 4, F.E.A.R. NBA Street Basketball, Dungeons & Dragons, Powerpuff Girls, Call of Duty, DOTA, World of Warcraft, Warhammer, Soul Calibur 3 & 4, Street Fighter, Sleepy Hollow, Star Wars Galaxies, Legend of the Five Rings, Pathfinder, as well as promotional and licensing material for major motion pictures including Spiderman 3, Surf’s Up, and Batman: The Dark Knight.
Other than the above projects, some amazing images created for comics companies and games industries one of his most known production is The Pepper Project.
Cris Ortega 
Cris Ortega was born in Valladolid (Spain) in 1980, and took interest in art and literature since she was a child, with special love for the horror genre. Although it was a great hobby for her, she wanted to study aeronautics or astronomy as a career. It was on 1999 when she draw her first comic about one of the short stories that she had written before, and from that moment on she began to work seriously on this profession.
While she was studying as Superior Technician on Illustation in the Art School of Valladolid, she began to publish her work on fanzines, magazines and publishers out of Spain, working at the same time as a draw teacher and exposing her work on several exhibitions.
When she finished her studies of art, she worked for several years as Art Director on the advertising agency Sm2, spending her free time making commissions, book covers, and the edition of the comic anthology Shade.
At the end of 2005 she began to work as illustrator for Norma Editorial, publishing with them -one and a half year later- her first artbook with written stories, Forgotten, that has been translated to several languages. The second volume of this series was published on 2008.
During all her years of profession, she worked on several fields of activity, from graphic design and advertising to design of figures and games, concept art, roleplaying and videogames, comic, photography, cover design and logos. Her most recent artworks had been published on artbooks like Exotique and Spectrum, and in several merchandising products, like jigsaws and posters. Right now she's working on the third volume of Forgotten and on several commission works.
Bobby Chiu and Kei Acedera
Bobby Chiu’s art career started at the age of two with a box of crayons and his family’s white living room walls. He got his first professional art job when he was seventeen years old, designing Disney, Warner Bros., and Star Wars toys at Thinkway Toys in Toronto, Canada. Bobby has since won a number of awards for his independent work. He hates traffic and line ups but loves watching the traffic jams while drinking his morning coffee from his studio apartment.
He presently works as an illustrator for film and television, teaches digital painting online at Schoolism.com (www.schoolism.com), publishes art books, and works on other top secret projects.
Kei Acedera is an illustrator and art director at Imaginism Studios. She specializes in children’s books, visual development and character design for film and television. She co-produces our series of art books with Bobby Chiu. Her art oozes charm and broad-based appeal, they never fail to bring a smile to people’s faces.
Kei started her art career at the age of 16 painting upscale murals for mansions and casinos. Acedera studied animation at Sheridan College for 3 years but left early to start her career as an illustrator and designer. Since then she has illustrated (New York Times) best selling books for Harper Collins as well as designed for TV and feature films for Disney, Sony and many others.
Philip Straub
Philip Straub is the creator of magnificent illustrations such as those from his latest creation Utherworlds.
He typically receives an average of 7 million hits per month on www.philipstraub.com. It is one of the highest rated single artist sites in the world and is usally ranked around the top 100,00 sites in the world according to alexa .com.
Have a look to the Utherworlds site to discover his art and being totally fascinated from his imagination.
The incredible art of Philip Straub is published in books, puzzles, prints, skins for iPods or laptop and he's wordwide know as one of the best artist actually on the scene
ABOUT THE PRIZES
There are big prizes for the winners of the first 3 positions in the final graduatory of the contest.
* IMPORTANT NOTICE *
The following list of prizes is not actually complete. We're still waiting for some responses from other companies in order to receive other prizes
Here are the prizes:
A COPY OF THE LATEST RELEASE OF ZBRUSH, offered by Pixologic. With an arsenal of features that have been developed with usability in mind, ZBrush creates a user experience that feels incredibly natural while simultaneously inspiring the artist within [worth $ 595,00]
Pixologic are the makers of ZBrush, a digital sculpting and painting program that has revolutionized the 3D industry with its powerful features and intuitive workflows.
Winning this prize will give the chance to upgrade free to the next version 4 of this great software.
A COPY OF THE LATEST RELEASE OF POSER 8, the world's most complete solution for creating art and animation using 3D characters, offered by SmithMicro Software Inc. [worth $ 250,00]
Smith Micro Software, Inc., develops and markets mobile software products and services and an extensive line of PC software products for business & home markets. Bringing together innovative solutions from mobile connectivity to managing media content mobility to advancing mobile software management, Smith Micro products enrich the experience people have with their computer systems, mobile devices and wireless networks.
ONE YEAR OF FREE HOSTING [worth $ 100,00] offered by HTTPEASYHOST
HTTP Easyhost offers professional and affordable hosting packages that are made to suit your particular needs, wheter your needs are for personal use or for business use, guaranteeing 99% uptime.
1 SIX MONTHS MEMBERSHIPS PLUS TO TUTSPLUS.COM. [worth $ 55,00] offered by Envato. You’ll get access to an exclusive members site complete with hundreds of source files from all your favorite tutorials, special Plus-only tutorials that everyone else doesn’t get and regular bonus downloads of vector and brush packs, layer styles, tools and more.
Envato is a startup based out of Australia with people around the world and sites serving pages every second. They started in 2006 and have been steadily working to build their company into a world-class contender. Their background is creative, they love open source, believe that work is about way more than just making money, and they’re totally committed to making products that are awesome!
2 PRINTED COPIES OF THE NEXT SPRING EDITION OF AMAZING EVENTS, [worth $ 90,00] the cool Art magazine made directly by the artists, which will be published around March/April, offered by CGWaves Publishing.
CGWaves Publishing is the publishing division of CGWaves, issuing Amazing Events, a quarterly art magazine made by the free sbmissions of painters from all the parts of the world, and Supreme, the stylish artbook next to be issued this year.
1st place: The copy of ZBrush
2nd place: a copy of Amazing Events Spring Edition (your works will be published there!)
1st place: 1 year free hosting by HTTPEasyHost
2nd place: the Membership Plus to TutsPlus.com
1st place: the copy of Poser 8
2nd place: a copy of Amazing Events Spring Edition (your works will be published there!)
We wait for your participation in the contest!
Simply click on the word "Register" you can find in the Login form here in the left column. 
