CGSociety Launches NVArt 5 Accelerate: Images of Future Transport in the Style of Syd Mead

By DE Editors

The CGSociety has announced Accelerate, a new worldwide contest for digital artists to create futuristic vehicle designs in the style of Syd Mead.

Image courtesy of Syd Mead

“]He] is a living legend to industrial designers, graphic artists, and 3D designers alike,” says David Wright, creative director of NVIDIA. “His prolific designs have graced the silver screen in movies such as Bladerunner, TRON, Aliens, 2010, and more. His work has inspired many of the futuristic films movie-watchers know and love.”

Syd Mead will lead a panel of star judges, which includes Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman (cohosts of Mythbusters), Mark Frauenfelder (founder of boingboing.net), Kevin Kelly (the founder of Wired Magazine), Brian Gernand (Creative Director of Kerner),  Lorne Lanning (of Oddworld fame), David Wright (Creative Director of NVIDIA) and Mark Snoswell (President of CGSociety).

The competition was created jointly with the sole sponsor NVIDIA and has a prize pool valued of more than $37,000. The first prize is $10,000 cash, plus two NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 4GB 240 CUDA Processors .

The deadline for contest submissions is June 30, 2010. Winners will be announced at SIGGRAPH at the end of July, 2010. For additional details and information on the rules, please visit the competition page.

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