HUAWEI brings back GoPaint Worldwide Creating Activity with USD 1K prizepool

HUAWEI GoPaint Worldwide Creating Activity returns this year with a big prize and global recognition.

HUAWEI's announcement

An opportunity to showcase your art

HUAWEI's art creation initiative invites digital artists to exhibit their imaginative pieces created with the GoPaint App, which is only available on HUAWEI tablets.

The GoPaint Worldwide Creating Activity showcases the countless options for creativity on HUAWEI’s professional yet user-friendly painting tool. The app was specifically made for artists covering all skill levels, allowing users to play around using a wide range of tools thus improving the digital art creation experience.

Moreover, beginners can also learn and adapt through the comprehensive guides and tutorials provided by the China Academy of Art. 

Accurate writing or drawing

It features cutting-edge hardware, including a Professional Brush Engine with Fluid, Splatter, and Dual-effect brushes. The software, which is powered by the FangTian Painting Engine 2.0, allows 8K canvases with up to 500 layers, over 150 brush options, and 10,000 pressure levels when used with the third-generation HUAWEI M-Pencil. 

This year's competition is themed 'Creative By Nature.' Participants are encouraged to capture nature's beauty and explore endless possibilities with the GoPaint App.

With the help of a large global network of flagship stores, academic institutions, and online communities, the effort aims to gather more than 10,000 entries from participants worldwide. Sci-Fi Art, Design & Fashion, Narrative Art, Cutting Edge Paintings, and Digital Watercolor & Ink are just a few of the categories in which participants can enter.

Those who are interested in joining may submit their entries until December 31, 2024. A selection panel will choose the top 100 entries after reviewing the submissions for each region. An experienced jury team will choose the top 20 Honorable Mentions from the top 100. The jury panel consists of renowned illustrator and Forbes Under 30 (Art and Style) Honoree Victo Ngai, senior concept artist Pablo Dominguez from "Avengers: Endgame," John Park from "The Mandalorian" and "Avatar: Way of the Water," and Marco La Mantia, digital creative director of the HUAWEI Milan Aesthetic Research Center.

Each of the 20 winners is going to receive a prize of USD 1,000 (around PHP 58.8K) + an array of honorary incentives, like exhibition opportunities and even media coverage for more spotlight on your artwork.

The winning entries will be showcased in popular applications like HUAWEI Themes wallpaper, as well as on HUAWEI merchandise accessible to the brand's worldwide user base. The announcement of the winners will take place in 2025, accompanied by an exhibition of the winning artworks.

A Vintage Woman and Celebrating Year of the Dragon artworks

As an example, two artworks from Filipino creatives made it to the Honourable Mention list last year. Creators named Lanz Ambrosio submitted an entry " A Vintage Woman". It shows a woman with a curious gaze, wearing a flower-embellished hat.

This also features an art style using Renaissance painting and is injected with Ambrosio's modern take.

Next is a made by June Digan with the title "Celebrating the Year of the Dragon". It highlights a heroine riding a flying dragon while brandishing a pencil. Keep in mind that these art pieces were made using the HUAWEI MatePad Pro 13.2-inch.

As you can see a lot of possible artwork can be done using the GoPaint App.

This app is also featured in all HUAWEI tablets, particularly in its latest offering such as the HUAWEI MatePad Pro 12.2".

MatePad Pro 12.2

To recap, it features a 5.5mm sleek body and is lightweight at 512g grams for portability.

It features a 12.2-inch Dual-OLED PaperMatte display, 144Hz refresh rate, peak brightness of 2,000 nits, 1.07 billion colors, P3 wide color gamut, Delta E < 1 color accuracy, and a 92 percent screen-to-body ratio.

Inside, it is powered by a Kirin T91 8-core chip, 12GB RAM, and 512GB storage.

The device features a 10,100mAh battery with 100W Turbo Charge capability. HUAWEI noted that it can sustain up to 14 hours of video playback and achieve 85 percent charge in merely 40 minutes.

Technology can both be an instrument and a companion in the creative process and HUAWEI’s GoPaint app is one of the best tools to use for art creation,” said Filipino artist Rudz. He explained that he has used the GoPaint app on the HUAWEI MatePad Pro 12.2” to create some of his pieces. Rudz lauded the HUAWEI’s painting app, saying, “It makes the process of creating art more seamless and allows artists to bring ideas to life effortlessly. With the precision of the HUAWEI M-Pencil and, of course, the HUAWEI MatePad Pro 12.2” making art has never been easier and more satisfying.

Again interested participants may head to the official GoPaint Worldwide Creating Activity page and submit them before the year ends.

In case you want to purchase the MatePad Pro 12.2, you can select 12GB/512GB priced at PHP 59,999 It is available at Shopee, Lazada, and HUAWEI Online store as well as Experience stores nationwide.

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