The best photography contests of 2020, based on pure aesthetic spectacle, were those focusing on the marvels of landscape photography. The Pano awards, the international landscape photographer of the year and the Siena international photo awards all delivered astonishing top selections. Several more unconventional photo contests also stood out from the pack this year.

Yelyzaveta, an Ukranian freelance artist proficient in graphic design, brand identity, print design and wordpress. She creates characters and background concept for games and develops characters for websites. Her "thats cool to be different" character design project has a huge response in social media and the concept impresses the viewers as it is unique. Everyone of us is different in our own way and we have our hobbies which reflect on us.

More than 400 entries came from around the world for Audubon Community Nature Center’s 2020 Nature Photography Contest. Twelve countries plus 41 U.S. states and Puerto Rico were represented. Winners and finalists are from India, Saudi Arabia, Chile, northern Ohio, northwestern Pennsylvania, and Western New York.

Photographs from the following categories were accepted:

French concept designer Dylan Kowalski has been successfully working in many projects since 2014. Dylan is an emerging talented young artist who designs all his projects and characters with exceptional details. He has been in a wide range of productions providing a variety of work such as character design, environment design and matte painting. There are a lot of 3D projects like cyberpunk, cyborg character and environment to add on to his credit. Dylan got his first art education at Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Montpellier(ESBAMA).

Digital art: Kerem Beyit is a freelance digital artist from Turkey. As a child he loved comics and Sci-Fi and even to this date his digital art illustrations have a strong connection towards them. He is mostly inspired by dragons and mythical creatures with great powers. He builds a total new world with his digital art illustrations which are a joy to watch. He enjoys concept design and loves to work on Photoshop. He started his career as a graphic designer, but his heart was not in that job.

Stylish 3D model characters by Christian J Liquid are pretty interesting. The stylizations and emotions have been perfectly captured by Christian Liquid. He is a freelance 3d model artist and illustrator from Norway. He is open for customized 3d model characterization. The name of the 3d model series is "Stylized" and focuses on pop culture. Diamond studded teeth, toothful grins are some of the highlights of the 3d model series. Smile is the prominent feature in these 3d models.

The acrylic still life paintings of Tim Gustard seem to have been inspired after the Dutch masters. Tim Gustard graduated with a B.A(hons) in fine art from the Stoke City Art School. Initially he was painting landscapes and architectures. Later on he found a passion for oil painting and still life paintings. Since 1980, he has been experimenting his style papers, canvas and mixed media. His acrylic still life paintings are small, yet stunningly composed. His acrylic still life paintings are highly photo realistic.

Tattoo art designs moved into the realm of being a fashion accessory for both men and women. If art is to challenge viewers - to make a statement or alter one's perceptions then tattoos can be considered as art. Tattoo art designs are applied for decoration now-a-days but olden days they were done for religious significance or as a status symbol. Diego Andrade is an illustrator and tattoo artist based in Mexico. The concept and creation of each tattoo of Diego Andrade are absolutely beautiful with fine details.

500px, a photography community, was conducted a photography contest on theme woman portrait photography (powerful, emotional, and/or dramatic portraits of women) to celebrate international women’s day.

The woman portraiture submission started on March 8, 2020 and ended on March 31, 2020. The winner of this contest received the prize of $300 from 500px.

Mr Zenad Zivanovic was selected as the winner of this contest. Many congratulations to him.

Creative surreal paintings by Stefan Thelen is simply interesting. Popular Disney characters are portrayed as strips casting a beautiful insight. Behind the ribbons are different characters which seem to pop out at unexpected places. We are all quite familiar with fairytales like Alice in Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz and more. It's interesting to see our favorite characters like bugs bunny, woody, batman constructed in a different manner. The fantasy characters are stripped down to there bare basics and it's quite interesting.