Steampunk Fairy Tales

So a couple places on the net have held contests where participants submit art on the theme of Steampunk Fairy Tales, an awesomely excellent theme if ever there was one. We’ll be covering 2 of these contests.

Today’s post is on the the first and most prestigious contest, which was held by the CGSociety (Computer Graphics). There were numerous fields to win and lots of video, but we’re going to stick to the still image winners. If you want to view the complete winners and their prospective fields, check out the page here.

The Image Award for Individual Master went to Fabricio Moraes for his steampunk take on Pinnochio:

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I know, right? That’s insanely gorgeous.

The winner of the Image Excellence Award went to Laurent Pierlot for Bakto Fairy:

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The award for Best Character went to Guillaume Dubois for his take on the catepillar in Alice In Wonderland:

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Concept Art Award went to Yap Kunrong for his take on the Legend of Yamoto (the legendary Japanese warrior Yamato Takeru, or Prince Ousu the subject of a number of fantastic tales)

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The award for Texture went to Marcin Jakubowski for his rendition of The Fall of Hyperion (a Titan, overthrown by Zeus):

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The Digital Painting Award went to Tomasz Jedruszek for Icaraus Day

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Landscape, Matte Painting went to Marek Madej for his take on Don Quixote:

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And lastly,  the Award for Lighting went to Aleksander (Olek) Novak-Zemplinski for his Odysseus’ Departure:

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And that’s that. Cheers.