Miaomiao Lin (miaomiao lin)
Location: China

I am a girl from Heilongjiang China and I was born in 1982.
After graduating from an Art Institute in 2002 Ii found my favorite job - CG art.
It took me more than 2 years of work to study architectural drawing and nearly 3 years on architectural rendering jobs.
CG art ,as my love and I find I can't leave it even one day these days:)
My wish is to make excellent and beautifull CG arts
and in my personal life, I like to listen music, make pencil drawing, and watching cartoons :)

chen liang (jack_chen)
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Fan Wu (cg.fan) (WITHDREW FROM COMPETITION)
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Tiziano Fioriti (t1z10) (WITHDREW FROM COMPETITION)
Location: Italy


Tiziano Fioriti is the only italian competitor of the AVC 2007 challenge.
He was born May 6th, 1986 in Gualdo Tadino, Umbria.
After attending the Senior High School specializing in Science Education
he's currently a student of Industrial Design at the Faculty of Architecture
of Florence University. He's working as Autodesk instructor, environment artist and digital matte painter.
He's the winner of 3DM3 "The Lost World Challenge" and his works are
featured also in Ballistic Publishing Exposé 5 "The finest digital art in
the known universe".
Find out more on: http://www.tizianofioriti.com

xiaoge Liu (exquisitus3d1) (DISQUALIFIED)
Location: China


I started with my career as an interior decoration designer ten years
ago and then moved to architectural visualization field. I was not
formally trained in 3D image field, but I learned a lot by just creating
images with passion. I had a degree in Chinese literature before I
entered this field. Believe it or not, many skills in writing apply to
image designing too. I enjoy visiting old villages and towns in my province and collect materials for my works. I am often inspired during these trips to create images with traditional Chinese characteristics. My dream project is to use 3D techniques to rebuild and present images of Guiyang, a city where I live now, in the past a hundred years.

benoit Patterlini (noart_2004) (WITHDREW FROM COMPETITION)
Location: France


I am a freelance architect working for a variety of international companies in Paris. I have been a fan of comics and science-fiction since I was a child, and I hope to have my comic art published in the future. Since 10 months I work with Marco conti (italian freelancer) .

Andrew Goncharov (DISQUALIFIED)

Aaron Coon (aaron-cds) (WITHDREW FROM COMPETITION)
Location: USA

I am a licensed architect with eleven years of experience. Two years ago I made a decision to work towards the goal of working on my own. With a few years of experience with 3D rendering as a foundation, I formed Conceptual Design Studio in November 2005. The rendering experience I had did not include knowledge of global illumination, caustics or displacement. In fact, I hadn’t even heard of those terms. Prior to starting CDS, I worked as a designer for three years at a firm that did not utilize photo-realistic rendering as a presentation tool. I began the first year in business under a one year contract with the architecture firm that I had the 3D experience with. That contract ended last November and I’ve been on my own since. That first year was spent working my way through tutorials and endless experiments. During that time, I became a moderator at www.vizdepot.com where I received valuable criticism in the forums that helped me get to where I am today. The forums at CGArchitect also helped a lot. I’ve been an active member at both sites since starting my business. My goal for the future is to continually develop my craft. I still feel like there is so much more to learn.

Neha Kakkar (Neha)
Location: India


I was born in Jamshedpur, India in 1982, completed my primary schooling in Delhi. In 1991, we moved to Aurangabad, from where I completed my B.Arch with distinction (honors) in 2004. I developed a passion for 3D during my architecture days. I started using 3D as a design tool, to study the effects of light and shadow on different forms, to study how different texture and finishes can change entirely the look and style of design. By the time I completed architecture, I was so interested in vizualization that I decided to pursue my career in it. Since then, I've been in Pune working in the Indian Vizualization industry and doing freelancing projects for Indian and foreign clients as well. Recently, I won the Architectural Wonder-II contest on 3DAllusions and received an honorable mention for the Finding Shore contest on Vizdepot. These helped me to explore my creativity and develop the artist in myself. I am also a moderator on 3DAllusions where I get to learn and interact with a wonderful international community of passionate CG artists like myself.

walter simone (walter)
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Matthew Mielska Supranata (mattmax)
Location: Australia

I was born in Jakarta and been living in Australia since 1994. I was always been exposed to Film and Animation during my childhood (thanks to TV), but only late after I came across 3D during my studies in Industrial Designs (playing with virtual camera and materials for my Design presentations) that I've decided to pin my career path towards any form of 3D imaging be it Visualisation or VFX.

I've completed my degree in Multimedia Design in 2002 with the mindset of further expanding my skillset and passions for Photo-Realistic Imagings.

Since then I've worked on different varities of Prints and Digital based CG artworks. I've been involved in the Architectural Visualisations for the past 3 years and intending to iron down the path further into Films and Animations should opportunities arises.

nok li (nok li) (DISQUALIFIED)
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Kevin Scott (WITHDREW FROM COMPETITION)

liuxian Fang (liuxianfang)
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Lukasz Truchalski (wodewil)
Location: Poland


Born in 1978 in Wroclaw, Poland
1993-1997 - Architectural Faculty at the 3rd High School in Wroclaw
1997-2002 - Graduated architecture at Uniwersity of Science and Technology in Wrocław
2000-Present - and still working in the architectural office of Dariusz Jednorog in Wrocław
2001 - my parents had bought me my first computer :) ... and it's started...
matte painting, 2d animation, architectural vizualization, 3d game designing
( HeavenX and later with Rat Square - with 1st league 3dMaster : Mariusz Waszczur
and very talented programist : Robert Lulek) and sound fx, and music composing, cutting, he he, sampling and editing and so on, and so on.

liu miao (DISQUALIFIED)

Zi Ye (wangfeng) (DISQUALIFIED)
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Julie Hsieh (julie hsieh)
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Andras Miklos BALOGH (escargot)
Location: Hungary

I was born in Budapest, but I grew up in Godollo, a small town with a big castle (Sissi's castle). In the beginning of high school I wanted to be a mathematician, but at the end I decided to be an architect after all. I knew then that the architects have to draw a lot so I joined a drawing school. Not only, did I learn the usage of brushes and pens from the painter, but I did get closer to understanding things like proportion and rhythm. And thanks to this, I recharged my batteries for a couple of years. I met with CG at the university. I took part in the virtual reconstruction of the royal castle of Esztergom. This is where I first met with 3d studio max. I saw its unbelievable complexity and the unlimited freedom it offers. And I still see it nowadays, when I discover something new for me, in it. Or is it that I learn too slowly?
:) In February I took a Master degree in architecture. From now on, I
have a little more time for my hobbies: I like taking photographs and nowadays I'm very interested in design. I hope to be able to step on this direction too. Now, I work in the ZOA Architect Studio, where I'm fine.

Bryan Jumarang (enigma)
Location: Philippines

Born September 1979, Bryan took up Architectural Graphics at the Technological University of the Philippines. He was a CADD operator and modeller until he got the chance to work as an in-house 3d visualizer in a local design firm. It was then his career in 3d visualization started. He is currently doing freelance work for both local and foreign clientelle and plans to establish his own visualization firm in the years to come. He dreams of working with some of the bests in the industry and establish himself in the field. Bryan is also a proud member of 3DPinoy.com - a community for Filipino 3D/CG Artist, where much of his skills and knowledge were honed.

Ernesto Pacheco (CHE)
Location: USA


My name is Ernesto Pacheco, I was born in Mexico city in 1979 and now I reside in the United States as a permanent resident. I have been happily married to my wife for 7 years now and we have a beautiful little 6 year girl.

I studied architecture for two years at Universidad de las Americas Puebla and have taken various computer graphics/multimedia coursework at other colleges in the U.S but my artistic background I owe to taking part in drawing and painting classes early on and throughout life. This was the beginning of my passion for artistic endeavors. My interest in computers began in elementary school, like many boys, with games; Quake to be exact. I was interested in how these games were developed and dreamed about getting into something having to do with computer graphics.

Soon after coming to the U.S. I began working for a corporation with some architects and began self-study of computer generated architectural illustration. I became pretty adept in various graphic softwares which I now use to express my artistic visions in a variety of unique ways. The skill that I have developed has also allowed me to found an architectural visualization studio in affiliation with some old college friends (www.virtualgfx.com). Our portfolio consists of works that reflect the highest standards in the industry. I feel I have made many accomplishments since I began this journey yet I still feel that the best is yet to come.

Brian Clark (BR1AN)
Location: USA


I am architectural visualization artist for Green Grass Studios located in Dallas, Texas. I am 24 years old, and grew up just north of Dallas in Richardson. I studied computer animation at the Art Institute of Dallas where I received my degree. There, I learned techniques of 3d modeling, texturing, and lighting. I've also worked as a special effects artist creating illustrations for advertisements. I got into architectural visualization about 7 months ago and have loved it. I enjoy painting with traditional mediums as well as creating art on the computer.

Nedjalko Nedjalkov (DISQUALIFIED)

Kovacs Zoltan (zoli)
Location: Hungary


I was born in Budapest (Hungary), 1979, grew up in Dunaujvaros. I went to Szechenyi Istvan high school where I specialized on Maths and Physics

I started my architectural studies at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics in 1998. During the first 3 years I specialized in concrete and steel structures. Later I focused on urban design. During my diploma work (it was a music school) I spent much time on interior design and acoustics.

Competitions and awards:
- Architecture and Water - competition in 2000 announced by UIA (The International Union of Architects).
- One week long urban design workshop in Maribor, Slovenia focused on how to use the land at the river bank from the architectural perspective;
- Urban design project exhibited in the 1th Architecture Biennale Rotterdam in 2005 dedicated to the topic Mobility. With 3 of my classmates we also created an animation to present our design ideas for this event.
- 1st prize at the "Heart of Budapest" Architecture and Urban Design Ideas Competition 2006. I participated in this project as a member of ZOA visualization team.
- Audience award at the 3D'sign Hungarian Architectural Visualization Competition 2005
- 2nd prize at the 3D'sign Hungarian Architectural Visualization Competition 2006

In 2006 I started my work with ZOA, Budapest where I do 3D design, design consultations, interior design.

At the end of the year 2006 I spent few months in Tokyo, Japan where I attended the well-known Aoki Juns and other famous Japanese architects lectures at the Tokyo University.

In January 2007 I started to work on the reconstruction project of the pre-war steamboat Karoly IV. The project involved 3D visualization of the room and restaurant interior, and the boat exterior. One of these images I have submitted for this competition.

My main goal is to use 3D visualization as an aid to design and create quality architectural spaces for people.

Other interests: Since 1986 I have been part of a professional Hungarian folk dance group. In my free time I enjoy playing the piano, composing music.

Pavel Yarotsky (DISQUALIFIED)