Tuesday, October 28, 2008

START THE NIVEA ART AWARD

This exciting competition provides the opportunity for one talented artist to win R20 000 cash, a sponsored art studio and art materials for six months and a solo exhibition at KZNSA Gallery. In addition, the second and third prize winners will take home R10 000 and R5 000 cash respectively. At an awards ceremony to be held on 14 July 2009, the three winners will be announced and the cash prizes presented.

To qualify, artists must be over 18 years of age and should be at the early stage of their art career, having not yet won any previous prestigious art awards. For the first time, the competition is now open to all visual art mediums except video. To enter, artists should submit an entry form together with an art portfolio comprising no less than three A5 size photographs of their best existing artworks, as well as a short curriculum vitae of their art career.

From entries that come in from throughout KwaZulu-Natal, sixty artists will be short listed and will be required to submit one of their best artworks to KZNSA Gallery. A distinguished panel of judges will select twenty-five finalists from these sixty artworks. The twenty five finalists will each receive R1 500 from Beiersdorf to create a unique, commissioned artwork, within a three-month time frame. The artists are required to incorporate this year’s theme, “Beauty Is...” into their competition piece. All artworks will be unique interpretations of this theme and will be exhibited for sale at the final exhibition which runs from 14 July to 08 August 2009 at KZNSA Gallery.
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Entry forms are available at most KwaZulu-Natal art galleries, or can be obtained by phoning 031 573 2154 or emailing nivea.art.award@beiersdorf.com
Students Phumzile Sithole (left) and Paige Sanders (right) from Vega School of Brand Communications seek advice from START THE NIVEA ART AWARD 2008 winner Bheki Khambule (centre)

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Roadside Romeo - 3D Animation made in India

http://sify.com reports on the first 3d animation to be produced in india...

Roadside Romeo
is India's first ever three-dimensional (3D) mainstream animation venture. It is co-produced by Yash Raj Films (YRF) Studio and Hollywood studio Walt Disney Co. It is visualised, executed and delivered by a 150-member team of Tata group's Tech arm Tata Elxsi.

The film has eight voiceovers including Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor and versatile actor-dancer-mimicry artiste Javed Jaffrey. They have lent their voice for the lead characters in the movie - Romeo, Laila and Charlie Anna respectively.

Read the full report by clicking on this link:

http://sify.com/movies/bollywood/fullstory.php?id=14781252&cid=2359

Toon Boom Digital Pro

Study Toon Boom Animation at CFAD www.cfad.co.za

Storyboard Pro in Action

Monday, October 20, 2008

Study Toon Boom Animation at CFAD

CFAD is one of the first teaching institutions in South Africa to introduce Toon Boom Animation into its curriculum. Since the beginning of 2008, Toon Boom Animation software has been available to our full time students. Currently the software is taught as part of the integrated Fine Art Animation and Design Diploma. Toon Boom Animation Digital Pro and Storyboard Pro is also taught as software options for students who do not wish to register for the full time diploma.

Toon Boom Animation Inc. is a Canadian software company, which specializes in animation production software. Founded in 1994 and based in Montreal, Quebec, Toon Boom develops animation and storyboarding software for film, television, web animation, games, mobile devices, and training applications. In 2005, Toon Boom was granted a Primetime Emmy in Engineering.
Working extensively in Asia and more particularly in India, China, Korea and The Philippines, Toon Boom is also developing new markets in the Caribbean and Africa.

In late October the CEO and President of Toon Boom, Joan Vogelesang will be visiting the CFAD Campus. This vist indicates the interest the Toon Boom company has in what CFAD has to offer to the South African animation community.

Visit us at www.cfad.co.za or call 031 3052480 for Toon Boom study options.

Monday, October 13, 2008

Vodacom Journalist of the Year




Journalistic talent abounds in South Africa. The aim of the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards is to discover, through a countrywide search, those gifted people whose work can be honored and rewarded.
Nanda Soobben was declared the winner of the KZN Region of the Vodacom Journalist of the Year: Cartoonist. Soobben a prolific, accomplished and widely published cartoonist is an animator, journalist and founder of the Centre for Fine Art Animation and Design


There are 14 Categories in 5 regions...

In the Cartoonist category the winners are...

Nanda Soobben, (KwaZulu Natal Region)

Zapiro, (Western Region)

Sifiso Yalo, (Southern Northern Region)

Mark Wiggett, (Eastern Region)

Gavin Petersen, (Central Region)

Vodacom will be announcing the finalists at a gala function to be hosted in early November.

Read more about Nanda Soobben:
http://www.illustrators.co.za/soobben.htm

Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Artivism

It seems the idea of a web community for activism-inspired design and sustainably produced T-shirts has caught on. With more than 1,800 members worldwide and hundreds of designs submitted, it looks like people really 'do' want T-shirts with meaning.

We had some doubts along the way. Would artists engage with the concept? Would we find high quality organic Tees? Could we print them in an eco-friendlier way? Well so far the answer has been a resounding 'yes', and we're thrilled with the results – six designs from six very talented artists...view here...