Shameless bragging: Contests.

I just got another contest win for my 3D illustrations works, and I figured it's a perfect excuse to post a list of my contest achievements here.

2012

• 2012 RDNA April Monthly Challenge – 2nd Place: "It's Not Easy Being Green"
• 2012 New Kit Bashing Contest – 1st Place: "Is This Yours?"
  
• 2011 PA Render Challenge: November/December – 1st Place: "Holiday Dreams"

2011 

• DA #DAZCreativeContests Jack Tomalin "House that Jack Built" contest – 2nd Place: "Golden Cage"
  
• 2011 RuntimeDNA " Lords and Ladies Carnival Has Begun" – 2nd Place: "Escape!"

My "Artistic Tribute 3: Time to Play" image has won 2nd place in the 8th Marvelous Designer contest.
I was rather surprised (as I almost always am, but this time I had an extra reason), since the pattern for the cloth was rather simple and I am a total beginner at using this software. However, I must say that it is a great recommendation for the software, that even a total beginner can easily and quickly create a contest-winning work after just a few hours of messing around.
The list of other, older accomplishments is available after the jump.

Why Am I Here?

My name is Anna and I am coming to suspect that I might just be nuts. I am turning 31 and I’ve decided to switch careers from a perfectly good profession of a computer programmer to a much less secure and predictable one of a visual storyteller. My ultimate goal is to become an art director (or designer) for any medium that requires visual storytelling.

This is how I got this way: