The Computer Graphics Society announces the winners of their Grand Challenge XXII: Uplift Universe Alien Relations (which we announced in this March article). The goal of the challenge was to depict the relations between humans and aliens, and have the images set within the backdrop of David Brin’s Uplift Universe series.
The winners include:
Master Award: “BaronImpossible” by Simon Dominic Brewer
Excellence Award: “walrus” by Michael Dashow
Honorary Mentions went to:
“The Old Man with His Pets” by Alperen Kahraman
“Freeze” by Jakob Eirich
“All Within Her Hands” by Ioan Dumitrescu
“Trip to the Souk” by Andrzej Sykut
“Finito” by Miguel Angelo
“Uplift” by Michal Lisowski
“Trippin Trankilo” by Mathieu Didier
“Saving the Alien Girl” by Daniel Lieske
Pictures of the winning pieces, along with brief essays by the winners and some comments from the judges, are available on this page.