The first UWA 3D Artists’ Choice Challenge
Posted: January 8, 2012 Filed under: UWA Leave a comment »
I am checking out the January 2012 contributions to the first UWA 3D Artists’ Choice Challenge: 3D Self Portraits. I walk around for a while and I am struck by the fact that I am experiencing a sense of relief; this is just as good as the regular UWA Challenges! I had been down in the dumps about that the fact that the monthly UWA challenges were over, but now felt a strange sense of comfort that it seemed to still exist, just in a somewhat different form. Participating artists will vote, the voting system is the same as the peoples’ choice voting system used in the past. The sponsors are artFiona, Eliza Wierwight (Patron), Mysterious Wave, Nordan Art, Phi Designs and UWA. Above please find a few of the works that caught my eye; Self Portrait, by Nish Mip, One of Billions, by Lilia Artis, Angry Beth, by Rose Borchovski, Self Portrait in Yellow, by Corcosman Voom and Am I My Avatar’s Pet?, by FreeWee Ling. Head over to UWA for yourself and take a look at these great builds. Make sure you have a mesh viewer, as some of the works have been created using mesh. Here is the slurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/UWA/59/136/249.
UWA 3D Open Art Challenge/Machinima UWA IV Grand Finale Awards Ceremony
Posted: December 11, 2011 Filed under: UWA 2 Comments »
We are in the BOSL Grand Amphitheater at the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge and the Machinima UWA IV Grand Finale Awards ceremony. As expected, it is incredibly crowded and lots of lag, but the spirits are high here. This event started off with an introduction by Jayjay Zifanwe and was followed by a dance performance by the Phoenix Showcats. Then the announcement of the Machinima UWA IV winners, with a total of $L350,000 and 83 entries. First, the the Audience Participation Winners were announced; first prize went to Lala Larix, second prize to Pixie Rain and third Prize to Lalie Sorbet. Then the winners of the competition proper; winner of the Award to for Emotion went to Hypatia Pickens; the winner of the award for Breaking the Barriers went to L1aura Loire; the Special Award for the Soul to Varuka Vandyke; the Anton Mesmer Special Award to Cecil Hivi; and finally, the Special Award for Human Heart went to Hypatia Pickens. The first prize of the Machinima UWA IV went to Tutsy Navarathna; the second prize to Friday Siamendes, the thrid prize to Fuschia Nightfire; and finally, the fourth prize was a tie and went to spyVspy and Iono Allen. After these announcements, FreeWee Ling commented via video (http://vimeo.com/33438118). Then, on to the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge winners! First the People Choice Awards; first prize for non-scripted category went to Rebeca Bashly; second prize for non-scripted category went to Ginger Alsop; third prize for non-scripted category was a tie and went to Cherry Manga and palellusion. Next, the People Choice overall category; first place was awarded to Gleman Jun and joint second place was Claudia222 Jewell and Blue Tsuki. Finally, the overall juried UWA 3D Open Art Challenge. The non-scripted awards; the first place went to Ginger Alsop; the second place went to paleillusion; the third place went to Harter Fall; the fourth place went to Silene Christen; fifth place went to Haveit Neox; sixth place went to Rebeca Bashly; seventh place went to Cherry Manga; eight place went to Fae Varriale; finally, the joint ninth place was awarded to Suzanne Graves and Cherry Manga. Finally, the overall winners! The first place was awarded to Misprint Thursday ; the second place went to Blue Tsuki; the third place went to Oberon Onmura; the fourth place went to Claudia222 Jewell; the joint fifth place went to Misprint Tursday and to Glyph Graves; the seventh place went to Fuschia Nightfire; the joint eighth place was awarded to romy Nayar and Cherry Manga; lastly, the tenth place with a five-way tie was awarded to Artistide Despres, Josiane Sorciere, Scottius Polke, Claudia222 Jewell and Ginger Alsop. Congratulations to all participating in these challenges! Three bottom photos by Huckleberry Hax.
Film/Machinima: MachinimUWA III: Journeys Winners
Posted: May 22, 2011 Filed under: Film/Machinima, UWA 4 Comments »
We are at the MachinimUWA III: Journeys Winners award ceremony at the UWA – BOSL Grand Amphitheatre. This machinima challenge started on February 4, 2011 and since then received 50 entries. Today is the grand finale with a L$660,000 prize pool (First price, second price, third prize, Peter Greenaway Prize, Open This End prize and seven special prizes). I think this is the most crowded event I have been to in Second Life. I can’t see the stage and I lost voice, but I’m using Metaverse TV Live to follow it all. The event started off with a speech by Peter Greenaway and was followed by the handing out of awards by Jayjay Zifanwe. There were two grand prize winners, Tutsy Navarthna (Journey Into the Metaverse) and Eric Boccara (Juroney). Congratulations to the winners and to all who participated in this incredible event! For a full list of winners see http://uwainsl.blogspot.com/. For more on this event and UWA in general see http://sorornishi.blogspot.com/2011/05/jayjay-zifanwe.html.
UWA 3D Art & Design Challenge December 2010
Posted: January 2, 2011 Filed under: UWA Leave a comment »
The UWA 3D Art & Design Challenge December 2010 round is coming to a close. There is a new voting system in place. Simply click the name tag of the artist (in front of the art work on the ground) and you have voted for them. You can vote for as many artist as you like, rating their work on a scale from one to three. Many thanks to GeeJAnn Blackadder and Freewee Ling for the new system. Teleport out to UWA and check out the astonishing December 2010 round artistic contributions and vote ! The winners announcements will take place on Sunday, January 9, at 6 AM SLT at UWA. Here’s the slurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/UWA/59/136/249. Also, check out this wonderful machinima by Ginger Alsop capturing her favorite UWA December 2010 works: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7kdonXwMAA
UWA 3D Art & Design Challenge November 2010
Posted: November 29, 2010 Filed under: UWA 2 Comments »
The UWA 3D Art & Design Challenge has started again and the November 2010 round is coming to a close. Like in the previous challenges, this one is rich with artistic contributions of all kinds. Artists like Theoretical Afterthought, typote Beck, Asmita Duranjaya, oona Eiren, Suzanne Graves, Cherry Manga, soror Nishi, Betty Tureaud, and Goose Wycliffe, just to mention a few, are all contributing their work. Above is an image by Theoretical Afterthought, “Santa Flora de los Ojos” (I have now officially achieved sainthood!), which is based on Theoretical’s contribution to the UWA Design Challenge named “All Saints Have a Past.” So teleport out to UWA and vote! Last day to vote is Friday, December 3 and the winners announcements will take place on Sunday, December 5, at 6 AM SLT at UWA. Here’s the slurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/UWA/59/136/249. Looking forward to another year of artistic contributions at UWA!
UWA 3D Art & Design Challenge Grand Finale
Posted: October 10, 2010 Filed under: UWA Leave a comment »
I just returned from the UWA 3D Art & Design Challenge Grand Finale, which must have been one of the biggest Second Life art events of the year. It was packed. This was the closure of a very full UWA 3D Art & Design Challenge year that has been rich with artistic contributions of all kinds as well as a new beginning as the new UWA 3D Open Art Challenge officially opened. I will not mention all winners of the grand finale here, but some of the ones that struck a chord with me were the Grand Champion and the Second Prize of the Imagine Art Challenge, Nish Mip (“Umbrellas” and “The Last Ocean”); the Third Prize of the Imagine Art Challenge, Igor Ballyhoo (“Chaos in Order”); First Prize Flagship, Patch Thibaud (“UWA Cultural Precinct Nexus”); First Prize Overall Imagine Art, Sharni Azalee (“The Abyss”); First Prize People’s Choice Award, Nish Mip (“Umbrellas”) and Joint First Prize Machinima II, Bradley Dorchesters (“Art of the Artist”) and Laurina Hawks (” No Tomb for the Arts”). Looking forward to another year of artistic contributions at UWA! For a more comprehensive write up check out the UWA blog at: http://uwainsl.blogspot.com/
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