Digit Magazine and Electronic Arts are sponsoring a contest where the winners will receive one of three full-time jobs as a Character Modeller, 3D Character Animator, or 3D World Builder, Texturer & Lighter at Electronic Arts' UK Studios in Chertsey in Surrey.

This contest is only open to UK residents. For complete contest information, visit the Digit Magazine website at the url below.

Artists For a Better World International presents an Art Book Compilation Project depicting "Families Enjoying Art Together" as part of its ongoing Creating A Better World Through Art series.

This book will be released as a celebration of the role of families in fostering a culture replete with the arts

AWN and VFXWorld are giving away 10 "total access" reserved festival tickets to this year's VES Festival, the best visual effects storytelling platform in the world! The event runs June 27-29, 2003 at The Los Angeles Film School, 6363 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90028. These reserved tickets, which normally cost $300.00, give you complete access to the entire three days of presentations and screenings. Special thanks go to Tom Atkins and the Visual Effects Society for making this sweepstakes possible.

This year, there are 10 fabulous presentations that will focus on the process of visual effects and how they bring the vision of the director to life. Highlights include:

- ILM presentations on both THE HULK and TERMINATOR 3
- Pixar presenting FINDING NEMO
- Sessions on X-MEN 2, THE CORE and MATRIX RELOADED
- A Retrospective on the making of TRON
- There's even special screenings of both THE HULK and the entire ANIMATRIX series!

Fill out the simple entry form today for your chance to win. The contest ends June 23, 2003. Complete contest information can be found at the contest webpage listed below.

VFXTalk.com & eyeon Software Inc. have announced VFX002 - Breath In Some Life @ Dusk, which allows entrants the chance to win eyeon

First held in 1996, QuakeCon is the brainchild of id Software game fans that originally wants to get together with online friends and talk about their favorite games. Now the event is the premiere multiplayer gaming conference. More than 3,000 attendees partake in the huge exhibit area featuring E3 quality displays from the likes of Activision, Apple, Sega and many others. The BYOC (Bring Your Own Computer) area, powered by LinkSys, also grew larger to a 1,300 seat LAN party, the largest of its kind in North America. In addition to conferences and seminars, QuakeCon hosts the $50,000 NVIDIA Championship Quake III Arena. For more information visit www.quakecon.org.

The Ultimate Gamers Expo is open to the general public and gives fans the chance to test drive the latest games and platforms, participate in tournaments and watch live entertainment. The event will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The festival admission is $20 for adults and $10 for anyone under the age of 17. For more information, visit www.ugexpo.com.

The 6th Annual DVD Awards is the premiere awards ceremony for the DVD industry. Hosted by famed film critic Leonard Maltin, the event celebrates the art of making DVDs. This year the event will feature a Viewer's Choice Award. DVD publishers, film studios, production companies, mastering facilities and individual producers are invited to participate in the awards program honoring the best in DVD. For more information visit www.recordingmedia.org/dvd-awards.html.

Women in Animation - Canada will host a fundraising, summer social on August 27, 2003. Broadway Art from the animation community will be on display and for sale at the event. Attendees to the event will have the chance to take home various door prizes. The fundraiser will support and promote the ongoing activities of WIA

VFXTalk.com & eyeon Software Inc. have announced VFX003 - Title Design THE HOBBIT, which allows entrants the chance to win eyeon

RDTA Films along with TheArtOfEvolution.com and Electric Rain (Erain) today announced VQ: VILLAINQUEST, The