“Simply the Best 2” reprises the visual excitement of our very first show. The images here are sensational! They represent 78 accomplished digital artists and photographers from 27 countries. Ranging, in method and style, across the digital spectrum, the 382 works here showcase extraordinary talent in digital art and photography from around the world. We would like to welcome, for the very first time, artists and photographers from Andorra, Belgium, Brazil, Greece, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, and Malaysia.
As we always do, we judges—Gary Viskupic, Glen Christensen, and I—carefully considered the many images entered. Ultimately, we chose the 382 images and, from them, 3 images for a Gold Stellar Art Award and 18 images for a Stellar Art Award.
Once again, this was a competitive show, and therefore, having even one image chosen for inclusion is an honor. As fulfilling as it is to judge this show, it is also difficult not to include all entrants. But, this is a juried show. We can say, however, that every image we viewed showed promise, and we look forward to seeing how the artists and photographers not selected continue to realize that promise.
I would like to thank my fellow judges, both of whom are graphics professionals with long resumes of accomplishment in visual arts. As Art Director of Buddah Records, Elektra/Asylum Records, and 20th Century Fox Records, Glen Christensen was, for many years, a major figure in graphic design in the music industry. He has received two nominations for the prestigious Grammy Award, for Best Album Package. Gary Viskupic has, to his credit, an extensive body of work in editorial illustration, most of it rendered during his long tenure as an editorial artist at Newsday in New York. In addition, Gary’s international freelance work has included many award-winning posters and illustrations. He has been recognized many times by such prestigious organizations as the Society of Illustrators, Graphis, The Society for News Design, and Print magazine. He is currently an instructor of illustration at New York Institute of Technology.
It is now with great pleasure that Digital Arts: California announces the following 21 images awarded a Gold Stellar Art Award or a Stellar Art Award:
GOLD STELLAR ART AWARDS
“Metamorphosis”
KAZUHIKO NAKAMURA
Kawasaki-city, Kanagawa, Japan
3D Still Digital
“Reflection”
GRÉGOIRE A. MEYER
London, United Kingdom
Digital Art
“Masks”
IGOR MORSKI
Poznan, Poland
Digital Collage, Photomanipulation
STELLAR ART AWARDS
“Autumn”
CATRIN WELZ-STEIN
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Digital Collage
“Last Kiss”
ADAM MARTINAKIS
Cannock, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
3D Still Digital
“ripture”
DAZ MELANDER
San Francisco, California, USA
Digital Art
“Medici”
NASTPLAS
Madrid, Spain
Full 3D Work
“Ceremonia”
GUSTAVO MOLLER
Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
Arte Digital
“Guns and Roses”
MEHMET OZGUR
Reston,Virginia, USA
Photo Composition/Manipulation
“Meltingpot”
KARIN KUHLMANN
Verl, North Rhine Westfalia, Germany
Digital Art, Mathematical (Fractal Flames)
“Mask”
STEFAN KÜNZLER
Zürich, Switzerland
3D Still Digital
“All Watched over by Machines of
Loving Grace”
VINCENT MATTINA
Long Beach, California, USA
Digital Collage and 3D Fractal
“Spitting Pills”
DANKA
Brisbane, Australia
Vector Art
“Shadowy Figure”
GERARD FRANCES
Saint Chinian, Languedoc, France
Digital Photography
“Earthy Woman”
BEN AND RAISA GERTSBERG
Irvine, California, USA
Digital Painting
“The Storm”
FREDERIC LEVY-HADIDA
Lille, France
Digital Collage
“Garden Flowers”
ARTHUR JACOB
Portland, Oregon, USA
Photography/Digital Art
“Junk Food Arcimboldo”
ANDY COUNCIL
Bristol, United Kingdom
Hand Drawn and Digital Illustration
“Bridge to Ruins”
NICK PEDERSEN
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Digital Photomontage
“Memory Threads”
ANDREY BOBIR
Almaty, Kazakhstan
3D Still Digital
“James Brown Tribute”
PROP4G4ND4
Thessaloniki, Greece
Vector Art
Enjoy the show! (return to exhibit)
Virginia Christensen
Director, Digital Arts: California
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