It’s good to know there’s someone in the tech industry who is supporting and encouraging digital arts by human creators.
The GoPaint Worldwide Creating Activity is, and let’s face it, a big campaign for HUAWEI to convince you that their MatePad tablets are the creative tools you need to thrive. The GoPaint app is designed to be user-friendly and accessible across all skill levels. It also includes guides and tutorials from the China Academy of Art, which is a great add-on, especially for beginners who have no idea how to start but really want to learn.
The prize money involved is $1,000.
This year, the theme for the activity is “Creative By Nature.” Interested participants are encouraged to capture the beauty of nature and explore infinite possibilities using the GoPaint App. The GoPaint Worldwide Creating Activity invites participants from around the world to showcase their graphic, visual, and poster design skills.
Participants may submit their pieces for various categories, including: Sci-Fi Art, Design & Fashion, Narrative Art, Cutting Edge Paintings, and Digital Watercolor & Ink.
“It’s a great avenue for professional and aspiring artists to challenge themselves and break through creative boundaries,” said Rudz, a Filipino artist. “This can become a launching pad for fresh, dynamic voices in the digital art world.”
Submissions are open until December 31, 2024.
A selection panel will review the submitted entries for each region and select the top 100 entries. From these, an expert jury panel will choose the top 20 Honourable Mentions. The jury includes “The Mandalorian” and “Avatar: Way of the Water” Concept Artist John Park, Renowned Illustrator and Forbes Under 30 (Art and Style) Honoree Victo Ngai, “Avengers: Endgame” Senior Concept Artist Pablo Dominguez, and HUAWEI Milan Aesthetic Research Center Digital Creative Director Marco La Mantia.
Each of the 20 winners will receive a $1,000 cash prize, along with an array of honorary incentives, such as exhibition opportunities and media coverage that will further shine a spotlight on their creative talents. The winning entries will also be featured in well-loved apps, such as HUAWEI Themes wallpaper, or on HUAWEI merchandise which will be available to the brand’s global user base. The winners will be announced in 2025, along with an exhibition featuring the winning artworks.
Last year, two artworks from Filipino creatives made it to the Honourable Mention list. Creator Lanz Ambrosio’s entry, called “A Vintage Woman,” featured a woman, with a curious gaze, wearing a flower-embellished hat.
The art style was inspired by a renaissance painting, injected with Ambrosio’s modern flair. The second Filipino-made piece was done by June Digan, titled “Celebrating the Year of the Dragon.” It depicted a heroine, brandishing a pencil, riding a flying dragon. Both artworks were done on the GoPaint App on the HUAWEI MatePad Pro 13.2-inch.”
Check out the official GoPaint Worldwide Creating Activity page.
If you’re interested in participating, or are inspired, you can definitely check out the GoPaint app, exclusive to HUAWEI tablets. The GoPaint app boasts features such as a Professional Brush Engine with Fluid, Splatter, and Dual-effect brushes. Powered by the FangTian Painting Engine 2.0, it supports 8K canvasses with up to 500 layers, over 150 brush settings, and 10,000 pressure levels with the 3rd generation HUAWEI M-Pencil.
The GoPaint app is available on all HUAWEI tablets. But of course, if you can, go with the latest HUAWEI MatePad Pro 12.2. It features a dual OLED PaperMatte Display, which should feel nice to draw on. There are 2,000 nits of max brightness, along with things called anti-sparkle and nanoscale anti-glaring to keep off reflections.
Also, HUAWEI wants to let you know that the MatePad Pro 12.2 is not only for digital artists. It’s a solid productivity office tool. WPS Office apps and HUAWEI Notes are available to answer your notetaking and documentation needs. The HUAWEI Glide Keyboard for your typing, which houses a storage slot for the HUAWEI M-Pencil, which automatically pairs it to the MatePad Pro.
“Technology can both be an instrument and a companion in the creative process and HUAWEI’s GoPaint app is one of the best tools to use for art creation,” said Rudz. He explained that he has used the GoPaint app on the HUAWEI MatePad Pro 12.2” to create some of his pieces. Rudz lauded the HUAWEI’s painting app, saying, “It makes the process of creating art more seamless and allows artists to bring ideas to life effortlessly. With the precision of the HUAWEI M-Pencil and, of course, the HUAWEI MatePad Pro 12.2” making art has never been easier and more satisfying.”
Please check out the final piece by @rudzartz.
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