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Buggle Takeoff Shaddy Safadi was inspired for this piece while trekking in Northern Borneo, where she visited Deer Cave.
The Life Giver An all-digital piece by Genesis Prado. “I was trying to portray how the nymphs of the forest give and take life as an example of a cycle of life. I wanted to portray life as some- thing to be cherished and not taken for granted.”
Annapurna Base Camp Carlos Gonzalez- Ochoa’s panorama of the Annapurna South mountain at sunrise. Photos from the trip were heavily used as reference for Uncharted 2.
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Home Sweet Home Melissa Altobello created this piece wherein the ground crumbled away, in a nod to the recent natural disasters.
Sam A digital photograph that was part of a lighting experiment by Hong Ly.
Steam Punk Village A painting by Robh Ruppel following completion of Uncharted 2.
Escape #1 Andrew Kim strived for a simple but dynamic scene in a steampunk/sci-fi style. Strong diagonal lines in perspective made this possible, and a simple background made the characters/objects stand out.
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