• Digital painting utilizes traditional painting techniques, such as oil or watercolor, through the digital tools like graphics tablets and stylus pens to create images directly into a computer.

“Speaking visually is a language used by many but only really practiced by few. People tend to communicate to each other with sounds and images which appeal to an individual’s conscious mind, the birth of thoughts and ideas. A painting cannot be fully described and appreciated with a thousand words but just a single image on its own can tell a whole story and more.”

In addition to getting $1,300 in American Express gift cards, a deviantART Artist Bag and a 1-year deviantART subscription, kamixbeat will have her winning piece showcased at the NVIDIA^® Speak Visual™ Show to be held during SXSW 2009 in Austin, Texas. She and a companion will be flown to Austin, where they will receive a complimentary two-night hotel stay during the event. The winner will also receive a sweet Alienware^® Area-51^® m15×15.4” Notebook Computer!

Congratulations to kamixbeat!

• Vector art produces images through the utilization of mathematical equations to represent geometric forms such as points, curves, polygons and lines.

“I was inspired… to devise an instrument that ‘translates’ the octave of music to the spectrum of light and communicates the eight levels of human consciousness (intangible) through the visual light spectrum now represented in a tangible pure form: Speaking visual.”

• Fractal Art… This abstract variety of digital art uses fractal geometry through the use of algorithms to render spectacular forms which often evoke the realm of fantasy.

“Fractals are the very essence of the visual while being the essence of sound as well. They form the perfect merge between the two.”

• Pixel Art makes use of raster graphics software to create images on a pixel-by-pixel level in miniscule detail.

“One could choose to see the logo as an actual claw (hence its name) such as that of a robot or some mechanical alien hand. Or one could even take it a step further and interpret the “claw” as something entirely different, such as… oh, say a zen shrine…”

• 3D art emphasizes the creation of art that scales to the Cartesian coordinates (X,Y,Z) on a 2D digital canvas. Such items include 3D renders from a 3D program, or art where 3D depictions account for the majority of the artwork.

“The digital age has given artists new freedom to express their work… for the use of digital tablets and paint simulation programs gives them the ability to paint on their computer just as they normally would in real life. Through three-dimensional modeling programs, whole worlds can be made to explore…”