Notice: We experienced some email difficulties over the weekend of 24-25th October; if you submitted an entry over this timeframe and have not received a reply from dam@3dtotal.com to confirm your submission has been received, please contact Lynette on dam@3dtotal.com or re-submit your entry. We reply to all submissions to confirm receipt of them – if you have submitted at anytime and not received a confirmation email, please contact us. If you haven’t yet submitted, we look forward to your submissions! Thanks for your support – The 3DTotal Team
 
How to submit artwork for consideration of publication in Digital Art Masters: Volume 5 (DAMv5):
We have tried to make things as easy as possible for you by creating a checklist that you should go through for every image that you would like to submit – we do not limit the number of entries from any artist, however any submissions that do not comply with the following guidelines will not go through to the judging stage, so please pay close attention to the following as there will be no exceptions made for those who have not followed these Submission Guidelines.

Do you own the copyrights, or can you get copyright clearance from your client/company before you submit? – You must own the copyrights for any image that is submitted for consideration of inclusion in DAMv5. If you do not own the copyrights of an artwork that you would like to submit – for example if it was created professionally for a client/company – then you must get written permissions/clearance from your client/company director before submitting. We will request signed permissions for all artworks accepted for the book, so please do not submit anything that you do not already own or can get permissions for before submitting.

If an artwork that has been accepted for the book does not have acceptable permissions, it will be removed from the line-up and a replacement will be sought. There can be no exceptions to this rule due to the time restrictions involved in book production.
  Is your artwork an original creation that has been created solely by yourself? – If your artwork has been created as fan art* then you cannot submit to this project. This is very important. If you have created an artwork which is based – however loosely – on existing characters, games, films, concept art, then it is highly unlikely that you will be able to seek the permissions from the original author that we require for an artwork of this nature to be published in DAMv5. If you are unsure – do not submit. You should only submit artworks that are of original creation by yourself.

*If you are unsure of the term fan art please check this Wikipedia article. If you are still unsure, please email Lynette at dam@3dtotal.com, along with the image that you’d like to submit, for help and advice.

Alternatively, if you have clearance from your client/company director for a specific artwork to be published in DAMV5, then the artwork can still be considered, providing you already have said permissions/clearance in writing (see COPYRIGHTS above).
  Is your image of the desired size for print in DAMv5? – For the judging stage we can accept submissions at 72 dpi – screen resolution – at 2000 pixels in the longest dimension (JPG). This size is a requirement for judging only – we will need a high resolution version if your artwork is selected for the book. If you want to post a link to a larger image hosted on your own website, you may do so also in your email submission information.

All accepted images for DAMv5 must also be available in print resolution: 300 dpi – print resolution – at approx. 2500-5000 pixels, or above. As a guideline, here are the ideal sizes for accepted images to be printed in the book at print resolution:

______A full single page: 2480 x 3425 pixels
______A full double-page spread: 4960 x 3425 pixels

If you do not have images available in approximately these sizes, then please contact Lynette at dam@3dtotal.com with your image size and we will advise as to whether the image size will be publishable in DAMv5.
  Do you have WIP images showing the stages of creation of your artwork? – We do not need to see WIP images at the submission stage, however all accepted images for DAMv5 will require a Project Overview article to be created by the artist, and it is suggested that artists have approx. 8-10 WIP images* for this article. It is not a problem if you have fewer, or more – this is just a suggested number, but if you have less than 4 WIP images then we would suggest you do not submit as there could be problems with the Project Overview element of the book project if you cannot supply the required material for the article, which can lead to your work being removed from the line-up for DAMv5. WIP images can include concept sketches (recommended), screen shots, renders of the work at the different stages of creation, and so on.

*All WIP images should be print resolution (see IMAGE SIZE above) wherever possible; however, we understand that screen shots can only be grabbed at 72 dpi, so we simply ask that they captured at the largest screen size possible. Please note that only screen shots will be acceptable at 72 dpi – all other images must be print resolution (300 dpi).
     
How to submit! – Once you’ve read through these guidelines, and you are confident that your image(s) all comply (remember: if you’re unsure about any of your images, please email Lynette at dam@3dtotal.com for help and advice before submitting), then you are ready to submit!

Save your image(s) for submission at 72 dpi screen resolution, at approximately 2000 pixels in the longest dimension and attach your image(s) to a new email. Please do not zip your images – simply attach them individually to your email. If you wish to send more than one submission then you can send multiple emails if you wish to limit the file size of each email.

For each image you submit, you must provide the following information:

_____Author:
_____Email Address:
_____Website: http://

_____Image Title:
_____Copyrights Owner*:
_____Year of Creation:
_____Final Image Resolution:
_____Software Used in Creation of Image:

_____Brief Description of Image: Tell us about the image – background info,
_____ inspiration – the more, the better!

_____WIP Images (Work-In-Progress): How many WIP images (approx.) do _____ you have available (or can you get) for your submitted image in the desired _____ resolution(s) (see above)?

*If you’re not the copyrights owner, do you have permissions for the image to be published in DAMv5? If not, please get clearance/permissions before you submit (see COPYRIGHTS above).

When you’re happy that your image(s) complies with all the Submission Guidelines and your image(s) is attached to your email, please email your submission(s) to: dam@3dtotal.com

The deadline for submissions is: November 30th 2009, 11:59PM GMT. Images submitted after this date and time will not be eligible to go through to the Judging stage.

We will reply to confirm receipt of your submission. Judging will take place from December 1st, and we will contact all artists with information as soon as we can. Please note that there may be delays with these replies as the Judging stage can sometimes take longer than expected depending on the final number of submissions received, and we may choose to make enquiries with artists in the final selection should we have any uncertainties, which may lead to further delays. When we have our final selection confirmed all artists will then be contacted. Please try to be patient during this period.
 
  If you are one of the lucky artists selected to be featured in DAMv5, you will receive 1 hard cover copy of the book, posted out to you for free by courier, along with the recognition that being in such a well-respected title holds.

Digital Art Masters: Volumes 2 and 3 are available in all good bookstores worldwide – Volume 2 has even been translated into Japanese, and there are other translations in the pipeline, so there is much exposure to be gained from publication in the DAM series. Our books are also taken to the likes of Comic-Con, Siggraph, and other events around the world, ensuring maximum exposure for the artists involved in the project.

If you have any questions about DAMv5 please don’t hesitate to contact Lynette at dam@3dtotal.com.

Thanks for your interest in Digital Art Masters: Volume 5. We look forward to receiving your submissions!

The 3DTotal Team
  We have included examples on this 'Call for Submissions' page so that you can see and also read each overview to get an example of what to include in your overview text and to also see what sort of images to supply.

Note: Each piece will open up in a PDF document so you will need to have a PDF viewer installed on your computer. To see example layouts from the 'Digital Art Masters: Volume 4' book please click on the any of the individual images to see a high res version of those pages.