Catherine Taylor, Senior Project Editor at London-based books publisher Flame Tree is looking for submissions for their brand new fantasy artbook. They recently made a fantastic book, Dragon Art (UK edition publication delayed until August this year – ISBN 978-1-84786-300-3; US edition published by Barnes & Noble – 9781435117716), and they are now making another in the same series: Fantasy Art – this time covering knights, warriors, wizards, fantasy beasts and perhaps some landscapes, in classic awe-inspiring, dark, dynamic fantasy style.
As before, as well as giving examples of classics and masters, they want to showcase the latest contemporary talent in the genre and so are calling out for anyone who may have relevant works (in digital media – or traditional media, but it must be supplied digitally) that they would like to send in to consider showing in the book – you would of course be fully credited.
They will also pay a small fee of £30 for the use of each artwork, and each artist will of course get a copy of the book.
All submissions must be send by the middle of February.
For any questions on submissions please contact Catherine Taylor cat@flametreepublishing.com. Any big files are better off sent to the following address: cat@foundry.co.uk, or she can provide the details of their FTP site where images can be uploaded.
Good luck everyone!
Catherine Taylor (née Emslie)
Senior Project Editor
Direct line: +44 (0)20 7386 4722
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FLAME TREE PUBLISHING – High Quality Books and Stationery
Art, Cookery, Music and Reference
Flame Tree is part of The Foundry Creative Media Company Ltd
Crabtree Hall, Crabtree Lane, London SW6 6TY
Tel: + 44 (0)207386 4700 Fax: 4701
www.flametreepublishing.com
www.foundry.co.uk
Muramasa: The Demon Blade is a videogame developed exclusively for the Wii. It attracts my attention because of the stunning visuals and art direction. It reminds me of good old days playing Gods (anyone remember Bitmap Brothers?) and other classic arcades. The game has a very distinguish style drawn from Japanese mythology.
While browsing the official website I saw fan art contest announcement. If you’re happen to live in US and at least 18 years old you can participate and maybe win. The organizers are looking for some amazing artists to create Muramasa-inspired Japanese-style fan art. The submission deadline is set to September 1, 2009 11:59 p.m. PST and there are plenty of time. For more details and rules, please, visit the Muramasa website (look for fanart tag):
http://www.muramasathedemonblade.com/
Nowadays Internet grants an amazing power both to artists and Art Directors (AD). Recently I’ve stumbled onto a blog running by Senior Art Director at Dungeons & Dragons® Wizards of the Coast, Jon Schindehette. That’s amazing how much ADs you can find these days online at blogspot, twitter or facebook. And most important, there are great opportunities to showcase your work or get a portfolio review.
Read more…
These big events like E3 is always fun because besides the games and all these new products you can enjoy the female beauty. Personally I’m more into the asian type (isn’t that obvious?) and it was great to discover ChinaJoy expo.
Running since 2003 ChinaJoy is designed to be another top event in global game industry. Everyone knows how big China market is (about a half of WoW players are from China), so such events attracting many companies from Europe, North America, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, Taiwan and Hong Kong. The goals of the event are similar to others – promoting new products and services, attract public attention etc.
To get some attention you need magnets. Besides all these geeky electronics the best magnet is always been girls. And if you turn these girls into elfs or other fantasy beauties, man, you’ll got all the attention you want. I know it may sounds cheesy but I’ve been painting females for videogames for years and I don’t recall clients saying well, we’re tired of these ladies, let’s put some boyz or monsters on that poster. There are examples of bad design or bad layout however (I remember doing elf mistress for russian mag cover and it was a disaster!) but if done right it’s very rewarding.
Well enough talk, hyperjump to China Joy 2009 Showgirl & Cosplay compilation created by mmosite guys or, if you’re serious, visit the official conference website.
I bet a lot of artists thought on questions like “How much should I charge for my art?” or “How to get the job I want?” or “What can I do if I want freelance to find me?” and stuff like that. There are tons of books written on the subject as well as piles of text posted on various online resources. The only problem is you don’t have much time to process every book and forum messages to find these bits of wisdom.
So it’s great to see Jason Manley, ConceptArt.Org and MassiveBlack founder, kicking off a new training course covering that topic. The event is going live this weekend and you don’t need to travel anywhere because it’s online at Live Education forums on ConceptArt.Org.
You’ll be asked for tuition fee ($95) to get an access to the course and live broadcast. From what I’ve heard you’ll also be able to access these materials within next 30 days. For more information, please, refer to Jason’s post on CA forums.
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=164421
CGEvent is coming closer! If you aren’t familiar with CGEvent it’s a largest computer graphics conference held in Moscow, Russia. On the official website you can find more info on the upcoming event as well as a 2-days schedule (July 11-12). I’m volunteering offsite a little this year, so the 2D art section is quite small comparing to previous events.
Conceptart.org has kicked off a brand new contest called Newborn. The description and rules are quite open, but your main task is “Bring something into the World” or “To Life”.
How to enter:
- Register to www.conceptart.org/forums
- Visit the contest forums to see all the great details and info!
- Create your artwork and submit your final entry in jpeg form at 1000 pixels wide to contest@conceptart.org (include your full name, conceptart.org username, address, and phone number in the email with the entry attached).
Final submissions are due no later than July 31 2009 (central standard time).
Good luck everybody!
NYC gallery AWP calls for submission for Something Different exhibition. This exhibition will feature 200 artists from around the world. Invitations will be sent to over 40,000 collectors, and fellow artists. Your works will also be featured on AWP website and for purchase online.
The idea behind the event is as follows:
Each artist will have a 40(L)x30(H) space to display their artwork of choice. Artist’s can have as many pieces as you want as long as it doesn’t go over the 40″ x 30″ space. Make sure that each piece are ready to hang and is less than 2 lbs. Also, please be sure to mail in a picture/chart of how you want your pieces to be displayed.
AWP will be picking one artist from this exhibition to presents a solo exhibition at AWP gallery. They will also be picking 10 artists to present a group exhibition as well.
All artists are guaranteed to be featured in this exhibition upon completion of registration.
Entry Fee: $50
Visit http://apwarts.com/Callforsubmission.html for more information. Deadline: July 1, 2009.
Questions? Please contact APW Gallery at info@apwarts.com
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