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Digital Art Competition
Netdiver call for entries
An international invitation was extended to students and aspiring 2D-3D
designers to submit their work and get a chance to be published and be
seen by some of the top Hollywood studios who will be attending //ADAPT
2006 in Montreal, September 23-24.
Enthusiastic submissions were received within hours and to all who participated
a BIG thank you!!!
And the winners are?
1st Place
Name: Nico Stumpo
Title of project: Waltz 57
Description of project: An exploration into the symbiosis of audio
and visual.
/ Untitled #009

2nd Place
Name: Marco Vinicio Morales
Title of project: The March for Kultnation
Description of project: Promotional motion piece for Kultnation
Dot Com
/ The March for Kultnation

3rd Place
Name: Laura Weider 
Title of project: MISU_META 2
Description of project: Metamorphosing portraits of reallife persons
into fictitious characters.
/ MISU_META 2

And the runners-up are (listed in no particular order)?
Honorable mention
Name: Peter Jaworowski
Title of project: Iceflowers
Description of project: Experimenting with new techniques.
/ Iceflowers

Honorable mention
Name: Richard Sun
Title of project: Solar Colossus
Description of project: A galactic Titan feeds off a sun's heat
to warm his freezing insides.
/ Solar Colossus

Honorable mention
Name: Nathan Odgers
Title of project: Antler
Description of project: Part of a typographic assignment set within
his Diploma of Graphic Art.
/ Antler

Honorable mention
Name: Munish Dabas
Title of project: The Emotional Robot
Description of project: A screenshot from his Parsons graduate
thesis animation about a cute little robot who loses his head and embarks
upon a mini-quest to find it.
/ KUKU

Honorable mention
Name: Simone Magurno
Title of project: Light Cube
Description of project: An experimental illustration exploring
the contrast between luminous light sources and the seamless dark background.
Conceptually, it is inspired by astronomy pictures and it resembles an unknown
planet in the outer space.
/ Light_Cube

Honorable mention
Name: Ng Siow Foon
Title of project: Spread Your Love
Description of project: Everyone needs love regardless of age,
races and all. Basically it's about a bunch of kids spreading loves all
around the world.
/ Spread Your Love

Honorable mention
Name: Goran Bajazetov
Title of project: Memory
Description of project: The last piece of memory founded in my
head is a digital experimental work.
/ Memory

Congratulations!!!
Contact sheet spread of the
Netdiver 1st DAC winner, finalists and runners up. These 2 pages appeared
in the //ADAPT 2006 program book.

Special thanks to the design community for your support:
Stuart (Core77), Birgit
(DesignBoom), Mark (K10K),
Nazario (Revolverlover),
Robert (DesignRadar), Kai
(Lounge72), Aaron (Pixelsurgeon),
Muid (DigitalMalaya), Yohan
(Styleboost), Chris (CPLuv),
Ryan (BD4D), Jim (Coudal),
Alex (DesignTaxi), Michael
(Ventilate), Jean-Éric
(CGChannel), Adriana
(Scene360), Justin (Motionographer),
Chris (IdN) and Brenda
(ICOGRADA).
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And to all the artists, who like me share a passion
for design, and no matter what, keep the dream alive!
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