new cg communities online

CG Hub is an online community where computer graphics artists share their latest work, tips, tools and network with friends. Registered members are invited to upload their work in their galleries and share it with the community for critique and inspiration. The forum offers also a job search function and a blog with news from the industry. cghub.com

CGheute is the new CG and VFX community website covering the German VFX market. On a daily basis they provide industry news, reports about events, the latest making-offs, Tutorials and what is going on in the German CG and VFX Scene. The team consists of two artists working in VFX for more than 15 years and extended contacts to the German VFX industry. The Artist-Profile-Pages give opportunity to present oneself, especially to German companies. www.cgheute.de

Cover Art Competition

ImagineFX is 50 issues young. Following a string of awesome IFX covers from the likes of Android Jones, Bao Pham and Stanley Lau, they are now opening up the front cover spot to the public. Artists from all over the world are invited to submit their cover designs until January 10th 2010. The winner will be awarded with a one year subscription and a Wacom Cintiq. More details about the competition in the ifx-forum:

community.imaginefx.com/

The Artistic Anatomy Blog

Those who are interested in figurative art are invited to check out the Artistic Anatomy Blog.
This web-page has been built up as a resource site which provides images and links to figurative art and artistic nudes created by some of the world's most celebrated artists. All works presented on this site are fully credited according to their respective owner.
www.artisticanatomyblog.com

new books

Ballistic Publishing releases two new books this week:

EXOTIQUE 5 is filled with 342 pieces of character art in a wide range of genres. Including a Camtasia video walkthrough of the back cover artwork painting of Wizards of the Coast's fantasy character Naya Battlemage. Featuring the work of artists from 44 countries, EXOTIQUE 5 is a uniquely international collection of work with successful entries equally spread across North America, Europe and Asia.

D'Artiste Character Modeling 3 shows off some of the best character modelers and digital sculptors in the world. The modeling team of 'Killzone 2' headed by Guerrilla Games with Massive Black and Liquid Development.

international trailer for 'Prince of Persia'

From the team that brought the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy to the big screen, Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry BruckheimerFilms present Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, an epic action-adventure set in the mystical lands of Persia. The Film was shot on location in Morocco and Pinewood Studios London. It is based on the well known videogame created by Jordan Mechner who previously considered producing an animated film based on the games, but could not resist Disney and Bruckheimer's offer. Finally, after a couple of reshoots in London two official trailer were released by the Walt Disney Company. One seems to be for international use showing much more footage than the other released previously. The film is scheduled to be released on March 28th 2010

trailer 1, trailer 2

Outer Transport

Outer Transport is a new blog by Nicholas Bouvier, exclusively dedicated to his 'space related images'. Nicholas Bouvier, also known as 'Sparth' is a senior concept artist for the game industry and his work recently got published in a book called Structura. For an extended biography and for a massive gallery of Nicolas' works please visit the artist website, Sparth.com, sparthconstruct.blogspot.com or outertransport.blogspot.com

an interview with 'Darkwolf's fantasy reviews' is posted here