Congratulations to artists Josh Singh, Billy Ahlswede, and Minoh Kim for their performances in the prestigious Dominance War III art competition. Josh and Billy finished 7th and 11th respectively in the 3D character competition, and Minoh placed 12th in the 2D category. 700 game artists submitted character concepts in this battle between eight gaming art communities from around the world. As outlined in the official rules and regulations, the challenge was to create a powerful, magical artifact user to do battle with evil mechanical creatures.

As entrants progressed in their work, they were required to share updates with their fellow artists. This gave each community, or team, the chance to provide valuable feedback and encouragement. Below are links to the final versions submitted by 38 Studios' talented crew, but be sure to check the full threads to see each character's evolution from its initial concept:

	Josh Singh - Kong Lao (7th place - 3D) gameartisans.org thread posting Wallpaper: - Wallpaper 1: 1024 x 768 Wallpaper 2: 1024 x 768 - Wallpaper 1: 1600 x 1200 Wallpaper 2: 1600 x 1200 - Wallpaper 1: 1920 x 1200 Wallpaper 2: 1920 x 1200
	Billy Ahlswede - Magnuz (11th place - 3D) gameartisans.org thread posting Wallpaper: - 1024 x 768 - 1600 x 1200 - 1920 x 1200
	Minoh Kim - Aphotic Invoker (12th place - 2D) gameartisans.org thread posting Wallpaper: - 1024 x 768 - 1600 x 1200 - 1920 x 1200

Josh's grouchy, ancient monkey god Kong Lao recently also won an impressive CG Choice award from CGSociety:

- http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=121&t=629054
- http://www.cgsociety.org/

To learn more about this rapidly expanding competition read Ten Ton Hammer's interview with Joe Mirabello, Dominance War's publicity manager and a 38 Studios environment artist, or visit the official site:

- http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/29890
- http://www.dominancewar.com

Once again, congratulations to Billy, Minoh, and Josh!