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 Be a part of the high profile illustration competition organized by the Association of Illustrators(AOI). For more than 45 years, AOI has been juring competitions. The awards for 2020 will be judged across ten exciting, refreshed categories tha
Architecture Design : Crystalline Cube is the pet project design by Kieran Timberlake. It's a 65-metre-tall, 12-storey cube building which has reflective glasses, which changes according to the weather and sunlight. The odd looking design has been built to sustain modern day security systems and to projects the emotions of openness. The sides of the buildings have been coated with a transparent film of ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE), which is similar to the ones used in their Eden Project. The cube designed building is currently sitting on an...
Design: It's the 53rd annual Design Award Contest for the 'Society of Publication Designers' and they will be accepting entries till January 26th 2018. Society of Publication Designers is a contest which recognizes editorial design, photography and illustration in print and digital mediums. Entry fees is 60 USD for SPD members and non-members it's 120 USD. You can upload your design entries as a story format or a book format. You can find the tips on how to prepare your entries by clicking on the below link. Visit spd.org for more info. The finalists...
The prestigious competition, run by the Virginia-based National Wildlife Federation (NWF), drew more than 29,700 entries from around the globe, with winning images for 2020 including snaps of a pair of playful baboons in Zambia, the stunning Milky Way over the Yellowstone River and a hapless gladiator tree frog being devoured by a parrot snake in Costa Rica. The National Wildlife Federation brings nature to life in the pages of our publications, inspiring people of all ages and reading levels to develop a deeper relationship with our natural world. Rejoice in the...
Bird Photography: In recent years, many new contests for bird photography have cropped up all over the internet. What's more, the winners received cash rewards and sometimes even expensive camera equipments and sponsorships. It's a great way to keep the young photographers busy and leaves them more focused. Nature Photographers Ltd and British Trust for Ornithology had started a bird photography contest three years ago and 2017 Bird Photography Award was felicitated to Alejandro Prieto Rojas for his stunning photo (below) of flamingos feeding their offspring at...
Stop Motion Animation: Soggy flakes is a stop motion animation comedy which has been written and directed by The Affolter Bros. According to Soggy Flakes story,"In a low-carb, sugar-free, gluten-intolerant world, a group of washed-up, out-of-work breakfast cereal mascots form a weekly support group. Together they lament the golden ages of yesteryear and attempt to figure out how to swallow the bitter taste of today’s reality. But when Captain Kale, an ex-colleague turned sell-out, shows up to the diner where they host their meetings, they’re forced...
Would you like to be named as the next NOTINDOOR International Photographer of the Year 2016? If you are above the age of 18 and you have a passion for wildlife photography, then here is an amazing chance to win exciting prizes and laurels. It is an online competition hosted on NOTINDOOR Photography Magazine’s Website. The total pool prize to be won is $10,000 along with some amazing exposure. All that you have to do register yoursleves in notindoorphotography.com and you can submit your images as a platinum premium member or even submit your images for a...
Animation: Asiagraph Reallusion Award is one of the most important competitions in Taiwan. The competition started on 2013 and every year talented student animators are awarded. The contest includes local round and 48-hour final round, qualified team will participate in final round with the competitors around the world. 2017 Asiagraph's Reallusion Award winner is the team Adjustable Groove from the Surya University from Indonesia. The short animation-Sidewalk is all about a woman stuck in traffic jam while on her bike and she tries to find alternative routes....
Sketch your thoughts instead of keywords to complete your search and Splash Tool brings to screen the expected results. 500px one of the popular photography websites, has come with a new, unique and interesting tool using which you can search photos by drawing them. If you have to search for a picture, which relates to a house, you just have to draw a house and it also lets you choose the colour and size of your brush. Based on how effective your drawing is, you will get search results of images which close to your drawing. The interface is very simple, there is...
Pink Lady is one of the most important photography contests in the world which focuses mostly on food, food bloggers. Participants can win upto a total pool monet of 20,000GBP and the top winner will receive 5000GBP. The finalists photographs and videos will be exhibited at Mall Galleries during April 2019. The winners will be announced during the VIP Gala event which will be held in London's most renowned art gallery. The contest is open to both emerging and professional photographers around the world. Here is a great opportunity to all food bloggers, foodies...
Finland's Animation Festival, Animatricks Fest welcomes all the artsist to submit their short film animation entries before January 31st 2017. This festival focuses only on animation and it starts on April 21st 2017 -April 23rd 2017 at Helsinki, Finland. All animation videos, music videos not exceeding 30 minutes and which have been taken after January 1st 2016 can be submitted. No previous entries from Animatricks will be considered. Atleast 70% of the short film should have animation. Educational and commercial material is not eligible. The selected films will...
Nature Photography: Weather dot com channel started a photo contest : It's Amazing Out There - for all photographers around the world. The contest received more than 50,000 submissions and 49 photos were finalized. Out of the 49 finalists, the first prize winner received $15,000, second place $5000 and Third place $2000 as prize money. The weather channel's readers can cast their vote for their favorite pictures and the picture with the most number of votes will receive $1000, second favorite fan vote $750 and third favorite fan will receive $500. Winners from...
Photo Editor Pro is aa amazing and powerful photo editing app for Android phones. A very comprehensive photo editor and pretty much everything you could ever want to do on your phone. There are so many effects, stickers and features to apply to your photos. Photo Editor Pro is a fun and powerful photo editor that lets you quickly be pro, even if you've never edited a photo before. Build in photo collage feature, Photo Editor Pro will give you the look you want in seconds. Now you can enhance your images with this easy to use photo editing app and you can...
Sony World Photography has shortlisted the winners in both professional and amateur categories for 2017. Sony world photography is known for it's best photography in all categories. The winners will be announced on April 20th. This is the 10th Sony world Photography and this year there were many participants from 183 countries and the photos being shortlisted from a record breaking number of 227,596 images submitted by participants. The winners will get to take home a whooping $25,000 cash alongwith some goodies. Have a look at this year's shortlisted pictures....
World's Oldest Wooden Sculpture Shigir Idol is found Older than Great Pyramids of Giza
The Shigir Idol which was found in a peat bog by gold miners in 1890 is a relic known to be the oldest wooden sculpture that dates back to 12,500 years.  The human figures with eerie face scattered among the geometric patterns like zigzags, chevrons and herringbones are the eight human faces with slashes for eyes.  The head is shaped like an inverted teardrop with an open mouth.  In 2018 scientists published the age of the sculpture about 11,500 years but a team reanalysed the radiocarbon dates and has come to a conclusion that it dates back to 12,...
The Science Without Borders Challenge is an International student art competition organized annually by the non-profit environmental science institution and ocean research foundation Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation. The challenge was initiated to create interest among students and teachers in ocean conservation through various forms of art. This annual contest aims to inculcate the thought of the necessity to preserve, protect, and restore oceans and aquatic resources of the world. It also plays a beautiful role in enhancing the creativity of students...