Kdan Mobile has announced its 2015 annual iAniMagic mobile animation contest, with a theme focused on recreation, to challenge participants to see how far they can take their creativity. The competition is hosted on Kdan Mobile’s Animation Desk and submissions are open to all aspiring animators. Prizes include the Wacom Cintiq 13HD 13.3” Creative Pen & Touch Display, GoPro HERO4 Black 4K Action Camera, and Wacom Intuos pro Special Edition.

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National Portrait Gallery has opened the call for entries for its 2016 Portrait Award international painting competition, now in its thirty-seventh year. With a first prize of £30,000, and a total prize fund of £61,000, the Award is aimed at encouraging artists to focus upon and develop portraiture in their work. The BP Portrait Award is the most prestigious portrait painting competition in the world. In 2015, 2,748 artists submitted their work and the exhibition, which featured fifty-five paintings, was seen by nearly 330,000 people.

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