Winner's Digital Painting to Be Featured as Splash Screen for Autodesk
SketchBook Mobile App
SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Dec 21, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
Autodesk,
Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) named artist Luis Peso the winner of the
company's recent SketchBook Hero Image Contest. The contest called for
images created with Autodesk SketchBook digital painting and drawing
products.
Peso's winning submission "Progress" will be the splash screen for Autodesk
SketchBook Mobile -- an application that has been downloaded more
than two million times. Peso is based in Spain and used Autodesk
SketchBook Pro for iPad to create his winning image. He is a
professional goldsmith/silversmith, but spends his free time sketching
and is a member of the International Association of Mobile Digital
Artists.
SketchBook users submitted digital paintings and drawings created with
Autodesk SketchBook products, used for illustration on desktops, laptops
and mobile devices, including SketchBook
Pro, SketchBook
Mobile, SketchBook
Pro for iPad, SketchBook
Designer and SketchBook Express. The general public voted for one of
seven finalists, which each represented different countries including
France, Germany, India, Ireland, Spain, United Kingdom and the United
States. Phillip Gruhn's "Surfacing Fish" and Laura Lukauskaite's
"HooDoo" were second and third runners-up, respectively.
Chris
Bradshaw, senior vice president and chief marketing officer at
Autodesk, said, "We congratulate Luis on his fantastic winning entry,
and we were incredibly impressed overall by the diversity and creativity
we saw from the members of the SketchBook community around the world who
participated."
"I love the professional quality of SketchBook Pro for iPad app. The
color wheel and brushes allow me to try new textures and effects, giving
me a new medium to paint," said contest winner, Peso. "I've been drawing
since I was a kid, and the transition to digital fingerpainting allows
me to more actively engage in my passion."
Autodesk
SketchBook Pro software helps enable both professional and amateur
artists to create rich digital artwork with powerful sketching tools. Autodesk
SketchBook Mobile and Autodesk
SketchBook Pro for iPad can enable users to create the same
high-quality artwork directly from their mobile devices. The latest
addition to the product line, Autodesk
SketchBook Designer, enables professional designers and artists to
use a hybrid paint and vector workflow for design illustration.
To learn more about the contest and to view the winning submission,
visit www.autodesk.com/sketchbookhero.
About Autodesk
Autodesk, Inc., is a leader in 3D
design, engineering and entertainment software. Customers across the
manufacturing, architecture, building, construction, and media and
entertainment industries -- including the last 15 Academy Award winners
for Best Visual Effects -- use Autodesk software to design, visualize
and simulate their ideas. Since its introduction of AutoCAD software in
1982, Autodesk continues to develop the broadest portfolio of
state-of-the-art software for global markets. For additional information
about Autodesk, visit www.autodesk.com.
Editorial Note: A new video
interview with automotive designer Mike Smith about digital
sketching with Autodesk SketchBook Pro is available on the Autodesk
YouTube Channel.
Autodesk, AutoCAD and SketchBook are registered trademarks or
trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates
in the USA and/or other countries. Academy Award is a registered
trademark of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. All other
brand names, product names or trademarks belong to their respective
holders. Autodesk reserves the right to alter product and services
offerings, and specifications and pricing at any time without notice,
and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may
appear in this document.
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SOURCE: Autodesk, Inc.
Autodesk, Inc.
Jennifer Ha, 415-547-2435
jennifer.ha@autodesk.com
Alyson Moses, 312-297-7430
alyson.moses@edelman.com
