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Smithsonian magazine organises photography contest anually to encourage and bring out the talented photographers around the world. The contest is open to all photographers who are above 18 years of age. The contestants can submit 15 photographs per category for a contest total of 90 submissions. The Smithsonian will select 10...

A research team at UC Berkeley has now developed an artificial intelligence algorithm that can convert paintings into photographs and much more. Using ‘image style transfer’ their AI can convert Monet’s impressionist paintings into a much more realistic image that comes close to photo quality. In addition to this...

Building Illustration Idea: Marta Colmenero, spanish designer has created an amazing set of illustrations which showcases the brutalist architecture across the globe. The illustrations highlight some of the most famous Brutalist landmarks, including the Barbican in London, Marseille’s Unite d Habitation and Habitat 67 in...

Google launches a new experiment that uses machine learning algorithms to match your doodles with professional drawings. Drawing on a tablet, laptop or smartphone can be very difficult and time-taking if you are not used to it. This is where Google’s new AI (artificial intelligence)-backed online platform AutoDraw can come to...

Viva Arte Viva - An art exhibition is open to the public from May 16 - November 26th 2017 at Venice, Italy. This event is held biennially and the deadline for receiving the artworks is closed for this year. This year more than 120 sculptors from 51 countries are participating in the art exhibition. Christine Macel is the curator and...

Smithsonian magazine has announced the winners of its 14th annual photo contest, selected from more than 48,000 entries sent in from 146 countries. Out of 70 finalist the judges has chosen winners in various categories, The Natural World, Travel, Sustainable Travel, People, The American Experience, Altered Images, and Mobile. The...

To engage users, empower creators, and scale to a new generation of devices and inputs Microsoft is advancing its design system with Fluent Design. This is a bold step into the future of sensory experiences, to bring the world in our fingertips. It is a co-creation to transcend your medium and share the creativity to the world....

International Visual Identity Awards is open to branding agencies, freelancers in logo design, graphic design students and corporates to exhibit their excelling work to the world. The competition with its 20 categories is undoubtedly a golden opportunity to share the branding projects with the rest of the world. The competition...

Underwater Photography Contest : The 2017 International Underwater Photographer of the year has been announced. The award winner is French photographer Gabriel Barathieu,who captured a "Dancing Octopus" in a lagoon on the island of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean. The winner is chosen from over 4500 underwater photos sent by...

Fantasy Digital Painting : Michelle Hoefener is Missouri based artist and she got her graduation from the Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago with BFA in game art and design.She always focused on character design,concept art and illustration. The light and shade which is used in her works are unique in nature. Michelle has worked for...

Italian Street painting was started in 2013 and the 2017 street painting festival is scheduled on June 24th & June 25th, 2017. It will take place in San Rafeal, California. Ever since the street painting festival was inaugarated, there have been numerous artists who have displayed their work on the streets of San Rafeal. Even...

Photography contest : The legendary photography agency magnum photos in association with lensculture has called for entries for the second annual magnum photography awards. The contest is open to all photographers - professionals, emerging new talents, students and passionate amateurs. International jury will choose 12 winners, 8...

The Federation of Canadian Artists aims at the promotion of visual arts and to support emerging professional artists, it organises juried exhibition annually. 2017 competition is open for entries and artist all over the world are eligible for participation. Entries are welcome from all artists working in all traditional art media...

Instant Photography is quite popular and favorite amongst many photographers. Jollylook is a unique instant camera, since its made out of recycled paper and cardboard. This camera can take beautiful pictures, without the need of any electricity, since it is a manual analog camera. Jollylook camera uses the Fuji Instax Mini film and...

Smartphones lack the ability to add a fisheye,wide-angle,or a macro look to the Photos which spoils the quality and feel of the photos. Android phones do capture beautiful images but still artificial distorting is needed. Instead external , universal lenses enables the android phones to shoot an image in a creative way. Attaching...

Way back in 2004,13 years ago,when the entertainment giant Turner International launched its only-for-the-kids' brand - the pogo network, it's only aim is to be the top children's channel in the country. Pogo offered a bit of everything like comedy,art,animation,games,live content and curiosity shows.Any popular brand needs to spiff...