Machineflesh Book Announced!
Today we're very proud to announce the first in the series of CG Challenge books documenting the contests. Machineflesh is a high quality publication by Ballistic Publishing, celebrating the artists who entered the Machineflesh Challenge. The book is a healthy 50% split of tutorial 'making of' content from the winners and a gallery of images entered for the Challenge. It is important to note that these Challenge books will fund the CG Challenges, keeping them free to enter for everyone!

Machineflesh Book

Production of the Grand Space Opera book will begin at the conclusion of judging - all artists have been notified by email.

Grand Space Opera Public Voting Opens!
This has been the best CG Challenge to date! The Grand Space Opera Challenge closed with over double the number of completed entries than the previous Challenge, many of which were of stunning quality. The feedback from artists on the Challenge has been excellent, many of whom learned and improved their skills immensely through its course.

Public voting for the Grand Space Opera Challenge is now online and will close on 27 January 2005. After that, a celebrated team of judges will vote on the winning entries. Winners will be announced on 14 February 2005.

CG Challenge XVI - Grand Space Opera

We hope that you'll be able to enter our next CG Challenge in March 2005! More details will be announced soon, so stay tuned!

Leonard Teo
Editor, CGNetworks

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Fallen Art - Interview with Tomek Baginski
Fallen Art is the all new short film by Oscar nominated Tomek Baginski. We recently interviewed Tomek, who shared the challenges faced while making the short film, along with an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the film.

The biggest challenge during the production was time. While there was a tight deadline, there was an even tighter budget. “There were days and weeks, especially at the beginning when I was the only person working on the film. It was rather like a long race”, says Baginski. “I wasn't sure we would make the deadline until the last three weeks. The people who participated in the project did a great job. Most of them did it in their free time which is much more important. The project could have fallen over dozens of times.

Fallen Art - Interview with Tomek Baginski