View the article here... "A tale of 2D designers (photos)"
This is a really interesting photo piece about a design competition called "the Cut & Paste Digital Design Tournament." Each region of the US and cities on several other continents have similar competitions for digital designers and illustrators which pits them against the best of each other in a 15 minute race to create a great design which fits into the criteria set forth by the judges.
The article is mostly about the designers (you have to read the story with each picture as you click on the next photo) but there is a heavy technology strand in the writing. The author of the captions that accompany the photos, one Edward Moyer, tells the tale of how the creators use technology to create their final products. Even the designer who starts with a paper sketch transfers his drawing to photoshop to finish rendering the final design.
I like the way the story is told in captions. The photojournalistic piece of the article is only as effective as understanding what is going on in each picture and the background and side stories that are occurring in the three scenes depicted in the 26 photos.
In all, this was a good view into the technological world of design for readers of CNET, a technology news site.
