CGArena: 3D Challenge: Beautiful: 18 Sep

Winners Announced

CGArena is proud to present “Beautiful” 3D Challenge, 18 Sep 2008 - 27 Nov 2008. Winners will be rewarded with special prizes from Craft Animations, Softimage, Pixologic, cmiVFX, Eat3D, Polyboost and TheBest3D. Express your creative ideas in a new and interesting way.

Your Mission

Create a 3D image which justify the theme of Beautiful, this can be any beautiful character, dark side of beauty, beautiful emotion or anything else which artists can think of!. This is not compulsory to include any human form in image to express the idea. You are allowed to show the artistic nudity in the image. This Challenge is a Work-In-Progress Challenge -- all contestants are required to post their work-in-progress images for community to critique/comment in order to qualify.

How the Challenge will be Run

This challenge will be a WIP (Work in Progress) Challenge. Each challenger (teams are not allowed) is required to post Work In Progress (WIP) images, from the initial concept sketch to the final render. to the post production on regular intervals in the CGArena forum. The purpose is that everyone can learn from each other, offer feedback and critiques.

1. Enter the Challenge by registering yourself on CGArena forum. "Your Real Name: Country"

2. Submit your work in progress images in forum on a regular basis. From the date of registration at least 1 WIP image in 2 weeks is necessary to post in the forum. Concept sketch need to post within a week from the date of registration.

3. Participate in the community by critiquing other challenger's works in the respective threads. Only constructive critiques/feedbacks are allowed to post, please avoid postings like "Good image", "Wonderful Going", "Nice Image" and so on... Don't try to insult any artist, artistic skill, concept or country. Otherwise you can be disqualified from the challenge.

4. You are allowed to use any 3d software for the creation of artwork. Premade models or preset based softwares/plug-ins which allows creation of human models are not allowed to use. Sculpting softwares are allowed to use.

5. Once concept sketch is posted in the forum, you are not allowed to change the concept. If two similar concepts are posted then second similar concept participant is allowed to change the concept in the next 48hrs.

6. Registration for the challenge will close on 28th Oct 2008, midnight 00:00 GMT.

7. Submit your final entry till 27st Nov 2008, midnight 00:00 GMT.

8. You are allowed to use any type of post- production in the final image to make artwork better and richer. Please avoid to add the elements in post-production which are 100% made in the 2D program or photographs.

9. There will be 3 winners, Judges, sponsors, CGArena decision will be final.

10. Winners will be announced in 1st week of Dec 2008. All prizes will be available in the download form except Books.

Terms and Conditions

1.) Entrants agree to give permission to the sponsor to use all or any part of the artwork entered in this contest, (hereinafter, the ‘Work’) in the Company’s demonstration tapes (reels), promotional materials (ads, PR, etc.), booth graphics and presentations for the promotional purposes.

2.) Entrants will retain all rights to the Work. In addition, the Company will not sell for profit any materials or demo reels containing images or animations submitted by the Entrant.

3.) All the winners are requested to create a Making of the Image and only CGArena owns the right to release that making online or anywhere else. Without the consent of CGArena not allowed to release the making anywhere else.

4.) The Company, in exchange for this release, will provide a credit for the Work within the material in which the Work is used.

Final Image Size

- Your final image dimensions should be print resolution (300 DPI). Do not send in a low-resolution.

- A guideline is minimum 1680 pixels wide and/or 1050 high, JPG, 300 DPI.

- Send your final image in zip or rar format with your name, complete shipping address, email, telephone number in a text file on email address with subject “Beautiful Idea”. (Please check everything before pressing the send button, only one entry is allowed and first received entry from the participant will be accepted)

Winners Prizes

First Prize - $14451 worth of prizes

Craft Master Bundle worth $10000 approx. - Craft Director Tools a set of plug-ins for 3ds max and Maya will give you professional looking animations in minutes. No more scripts. No more wasted time. Speed Animation for Animators, Architects, Broadcasting, PreViz, VFX etc. This package includes 25+ 3d animation plug-ins.

Softimage XSI 7 Essentials worth $2995 approx. - XSI Essentials comes complete with all the tools artists need for a full scale 3D production - 3D modeling, animation, texturing, rendering, hair, cloth, dynamics and more. XSI 7 Essentials comes with all new features including ICE.

Pixologic ZBrush 3.1 + 2 ZBrush Books worth $653 approx. - ZBrush 3.1 gives you access to unparalleled power and control previously unknown in digital art creation software. Controls enable sculptors to create with a stylus and a tablet as intuitively as if they were using their hands on a block of clay. ZBrush further extends the creation experience, harnessing technology and providing artists with a multitude of creation-enhancing tools.

cmiVFX.com 1 year subscription worth $499 - Unlimited 24 hour access to every and all cmiVFX training videos in the custom Training Video On Demand player system. The subscriber will get access to all videos currently in the cmiLibrary and any additional videos created by cmiVFX and its partners within the limits of the subscription. A subscription lasts for a 1 year period and can be renewed annually.

Polyboost 4 worth $154 - PolyBoost is an extensive set of easy to use, but advanced tools for 3d artists working in 3ds max. The focus of the PolyBoost tools is at speeding up and streamlining workflow for the artist. PolyBoost offers a wide range of tools for creating various types of subobject selections as well as a set of modeling tools which will make many tasks in everyday modeling a lot easier.

Eat3d Training DVD's (3) worth $150 approx. - Our focus is to have the highest of quality training videos geared toward 3D Artists. We put an obsessive amount of time and effort into our work, and we are very proud of the results. So sit back, grab yourself a pint, and join us for a refreshing course in high quality next gen art. Winner can choose to download any 3 training DVD's.

Second Winner - $7764 worth of prizes

Craft Animations 10 plug-ins upto $7510 approx. - Craft Animations™ AB develops and markets Craft Director Tools, a series of plug-ins for Autodesk’s 3ds Max and Maya. Craft Director Tools help users create process-driven animation, popularly referred to as ‘desktop mocap’. You are allowed to choose any 10 plugins

Eat3d Training DVD's (2) worth $100 approx. - Our focus is to have the highest of quality training videos geared toward 3D Artists. We put an obsessive amount of time and effort into our work, and we are very proud of the results. So sit back, grab yourself a pint, and join us for a refreshing course in high quality next gen art. Winner can choose to download any 2 training DVD's.

Third Winner - $4664 worth of prizes

Craft Animations 5 plug-ins upto $4515 approx. - Craft Animations™ AB develops and markets Craft Director Tools, a series of plug-ins for Autodesk’s 3ds Max and Maya. Craft Director Tools help users create process-driven animation, popularly referred to as ‘desktop mocap’. You are allowed to choose any 5 plugins.

Eat3d Training DVD worth $50 approx. - Our focus is to have the highest of quality training videos geared toward 3D Artists. We put an obsessive amount of time and effort into our work, and we are very proud of the results. So sit back, grab yourself a pint, and join us for a refreshing course in high quality next gen art. Winner can choose to download any 1 training DVD.

TheBest3D.com PD Pro 3.5 worth $99 - Project Dogwaffle Professional, aka PD Pro 3.5, is a digital painting and animation program focused on what you can do with advanced brushes, including animated custom image-sequence based brushes and particle based brushes to name a few. PD Pro is also a great tool to composite video with 3D rendering and paint video on video, to apply post-work special FX on your 3D image sequences.

Respected Jury

Matthieu Roussel - Matt Roussel is illustrator since 1991. He live in the south of France and he work for magazines, advertising, packaging and edition. His 3D unique style is recognizable among the world 3d CG production. You can have a look on his web site www.mattroussel.com

Tom Krieger - 42 years old german based and international operating illustrator, image composer, photo illustrator. Working as a professional since 1992. He studied visual communications, but at that time he decided to switch to the handmade illustration, which is real handcraft. I am an autodidact in all painting techniques. You can have a look on his web site www.fotoillustration.de

Alessandro Cangelosi - Alessandro Cangelosi was born in Rome, began studying traditional art since teenager, even when it comes in contact with the first personal computers in the'80s. Studies of computing led him to develop a technical approach to programming in the years in which the transition from 2D to 3D starts. You can have a look on his web site www.alessandrocangelosi.com

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