CG Challenge XVI - GRAND SPACE OPERA

[ilasolomon]

http://cgtalk.com/images/smilies/scream.gif Cool!

But, I may not join, ... hmm! no time! cause I am workin on my own space opera short animation! :-P

[Leonard]

Some works from John Berkey and Ralph McQuarrie that I found online...

Use these as inspiration to get your creative juices flowing...

http://leonard.cgcommunity.com/challenge_references/john_berkey/09.jpg

http://leonard.cgcommunity.com/challenge_references/john_berkey/01.jpg

http://leonard.cgcommunity.com/challenge_references/ralph_mcquarrie/08.JPG

http://leonard.cgcommunity.com/challenge_references/ralph_mcquarrie/110.JPG

http://leonard.cgcommunity.com/challenge_references/ralph_mcquarrie/10.JPG

[axxxj]

Sounds really awsome i can't wait to get stuck in.

[JamesMK]

Well, needless to say - I'm so IN!

[Leonard]

John Berkey (http://a9.com/john%20Berkey)

http://leonard.cgcommunity.com/challenge_references/john_berkey/06.jpg

http://leonard.cgcommunity.com/challenge_references/john_berkey/08.jpg

http://leonard.cgcommunity.com/challenge_references/john_berkey/14.jpg

http://leonard.cgcommunity.com/challenge_references/john_berkey/11.jpg

http://leonard.cgcommunity.com/challenge_references/john_berkey/05.jpg

[Leonard]

Ralph McQuarrie
(http://www.ralphmcquarrie.com/ralph/)

http://leonard.cgcommunity.com/challenge_references/ralph_mcquarrie/Empire/04.JPG

http://leonard.cgcommunity.com/challenge_references/ralph_mcquarrie/Empire/07.JPG

http://leonard.cgcommunity.com/challenge_references/ralph_mcquarrie/Empire/09.JPG

http://leonard.cgcommunity.com/challenge_references/ralph_mcquarrie/Empire/17.JPG

http://leonard.cgcommunity.com/challenge_references/ralph_mcquarrie/Empire/23.JPG

May the Force be with you!

[markovicd]

man i am so in that u cant imagine :)

[Archetype]

hmm im in i guess

[leigh]

Good luck to all entrants! :thumbsup:

[squidinc]

awesome topic :), might give this one a go

[TX-Snakebyte]

one question: can i choose a well known galaxy (like Star Wars) or
must i invent a whole new galaxy from scratch?

[speveo]

Fantastic theme, fantastic prizes. I am going to hit this challenge with everything I've got! :bounce:

I am really looking forward to seeing what people are going to come up with . . . I can't wait.

Totally amped!!

Steve

[DimitrisLiatsos]

Nahh...i am not in ....i think it's too small polycount on this to model ...and not too much fun

in thinking all those boring vessels and cities.....LOL :p :p :p

I am IN...of 'course .....weeeeeeee

may the cpu's are with us!

[StephanD]

one question: can i choose a well known galaxy (like Star Wars) or
must i invent a whole new galaxy from scratch?
There's a dedicated thread in the contest's board.

[picksel]

Hi all!

I wish to know if europe peoples can make the challenge?

thx!:thumbsup:

[grundgedanke]

yesssss, that´s definitly the stuff i like...needless to say that i´m in :-)

[flyingP]

Think I'll have a bash too, just have no idea which section as yet.

[Fred76]

... Great Subject ... now the more difficult is to get a Great Idea :) Good luck to everybody !!!

[Kylebrn]

Great theme,just brilliant.As well as prizes.:drool:

One question please: Can there be Bot creations as well as Humonoids? Thanks.Good luck to all.:thumbsup:

[leigh]

one question: can i choose a well known galaxy (like Star Wars) or
must i invent a whole new galaxy from scratch?

No no no - all concepts must be 100% original. You can draw inspiration from such existing concepts but your own entry must be original please.

Please be sure to aquaint yourselves sufficiently with the challenge rules:

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/grandspaceopera/instructions.php

Be original. Anything to close to a published image will be excluded to avoid any potential copyright violations. It's fine to be inspired by Star Wars, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Stargate, Babylon 5 or any pre-existing stories, but no copies please.

[Branko]

How many entries can we have, only 1? Or can we have an entrie for both the 2d and the 3d?

thanks
-rasdasa

[Archetype]

hmmmm i have two questions

a massive battle would be iconic ?
what could be defined iconic for own galaxy based?

[LEEBLEEB]

Fraudulant images/joke images/images that are not intended for the Machineflesh Challenge will be removed without notice, and the user disqualified from the Machineflesh Challenge.
Is this correct for the 2d submission to still say that.:D

[BinarySoup]

design my own space opera, the stuff of dreams! best theme ever, although you had me worried with that picture of fabio (shudder!)

[markovicd]

hmmmm i have two questions

a massive battle would be iconic ?
what could be defined iconic for own galaxy based?
__________________
"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his."

-- George Patton


Work in progress : Bismarck (http://cgtalk.com/showthread.php?t=171615)



hey DONT STEAL IDEAS :)),
kidding i am going to make this... giant battlee..... :)

[StephanD]

Fabio would make a great space-monster,maybe being Robert goulet's laquet...You can see the ideas are starting to flow right now ;)

[amoe]

woot.. i am in :D

[CGmonkey]

Awesome theme!

So little time..

[ChesterLM]

Count me in :)

[brudney]

as far as the grand prize is concerned... :)

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/grandspaceopera/prizes.php

what does 'USA only' next to 'Softimage XSI for Windows' mean? does it mean that only US citizens get XSI together with this wonder-Boxx ? and what if someone from outside the USA wins? does he/she get the comp 'only' or something instead of XSI [like 500 bucks :) ] ? or maybe what it means is that only Americans get XSI for windows and the rest of the world linux versions ;)

[Critterslayer]

cool challenge but its civili-Z-ation haha

[ssloan]

sweet! i cant wait to start
i will finish, i will finish, i will finish,

[lord Sphere]

...wha ...what is this? 17 characters in the title, no llama, no potato, no owls, no penguins, no teletubies, no fabio (well i guess that's good)...... i feel so betrayed...

YOU'RE ALL A PACK OF LIARS!

all my charts... my analysis... and for what? for what?

[mv]

its civili-Z-ation haha
:) .. not everybody writes in american. some people write in english you know ;) in which case it's spelt with an S.

And yeah awesome challenge! can't wait to see all the fantastic entries ... I will not enter until I have concepts and background story elaborated.. don't wanna look like a fool again ;)

Good luck to all entrants!

[Kanga]

Great!

I've needed a damn good whipping for quite a while now.

Hope to see all me ol' mates competing as well.

This is something I would never normally make, which makes it perfect.

[Neox]

i don't see any informations about team joining, am i blind or is it allowed this time?

[jairaj]

what about team-work!?

[percydaman]

hey I tried to start my own 3d thread for the challenge but it says Im not allowed or something. How can I enter the challenge?

EDIT: never mind found the enter contest button. Might help if I tried reading instead of jumping up and down repeatedly...hehehe

[Aedilhum]

Great challenge idea, very...challenging. Hope I have the time and inspiration to enter ;).

[JasonA]

Can a person have more than one entry if they start to seperate WIP threads?

[Seven]

Fantastic!!! im in :)

[shaddix]

when it comes down to gigantonomic

ill suggest you take a look at "perry Rodan" ;)

[lord Sphere]

Can a person have more than one entry if they start to seperate WIP threads?

Traditionally, the answer to that question has been no, not in the same category. You can have one 2d entry & one 3d entry so long as they're different ideas.

[loocas]

I just have to take over this one! I HAVE TO! :scream:

Best luck to everyone entering this huge and uber-cool challenge!!! ;) :thumbsup:

[OZ]

HEY GUYS! one of the best challenge ever! E X C I T I N G !!!

[maxrelics]

I have to be quite honest. This is a very cool idea, but I think it's a little too broad. I'm really not feelin' this one.

[Supervlieg]

Cool, Im in :buttrock:

[StephD]

wow amazing prizes :eek:
think I'll join this one

[3doid]

O MAN M SOOOO IN... SIGN ME UP MAN.... i think this is my kind of thing...!!! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[jerre]

My favorite Space Opera --->> http://www.metabarons.com/index.html
I hope some one can use that as inspiration :)

[Pufferfish]

This really is a MASSIVE topic. I will follow this with great interest and I'm definitely taking part to this when I first come up with some decent ideas.

Good luck everyone!

-pfish

[grafi]

IM IN!!!
Great topic, sounds like it will be fun. http://cgtalk.com/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif

[GavinG]

I think I'm going to enter this one as well, amazing prizes, amazing ideas (just in time for the Star Wars DVDs :P) and best of all, a deadline I might actually be able to meet!

Gav

[eirenicon]

Don't know if this has been noted yet, but the Submit Entry page says "Note: Fraudulant images/joke images/images that are not intended for the Machineflesh Challenge will be removed without notice, and the user disqualified from the Machineflesh Challenge." Not a big deal, but you might want to edit that.

[thoughtcriminal]

Can't wait to get involved - I'm sure going to!

I read about this contest five minutes ago and allready my brain is storming with Ideas!

[kjc]

Fair play guys, I foresee some amazing artwork coming from this theme. It leaves room for a LOT of variation between the entries.

Needless to say ..... I'm in!

[AJE]

This could be fun... I'm gonna try and do one.

[cgtalkmember]

Im in, i have to give it a go sometime lol :D

[em3]

w00t! I'm in for this one - good luck everyone!!

[Ilikesoup]

Freddy Mercury is singing the Flash Gordon theme song in my head. I think that's a sign that the creative jucies are starting to flow. Mua ha ha ha :scream:

[PetriJ]

I'm in. Good luck people, atleast I need some..

[carloscrespo3d]

The enthusiasm for this challenge subject is infectious, one of the many things I love about this website community. Good luck to all, I am definitely in this one.

[JTD]

These are the best prizes I have ever seen offered!


I already have an idea of what I want to do for this!


Three cheers for CGTalk and all the sponsors:


Hip Hip Hooray, Hip Hip Hooray, Hip Hip Hooray!

[aazimkhan]

alrigth i am going to give this a try. I love this topic. there is alot of inspiration all over cgtalk on space related stuff... I am IN !... i have a good idea...i am not a gr8 drawing guy..but i`ll get my idea across on paper...and then get the REAL deal in 3d.

[crazybread]

Hmm. This is a sick idea, and the prizes are well.... Plenty of. I might enter if I can forgive myself for not completing the last challenge. Hopefully I have lots of free time this time arround. I like spceships and wild sci-fi scenes. Anyways talk is chiep. time to finish up my contracts and design something hopefully cool. Good Luck to all ya guys! ...This one is really cool!

[malcolmvexxed]

looks like i'll be skipping the sketches for a few days to do this. great topic.

[MROGER]

Hi all.

I'm IN too :)
I think lot of amazing works done for this challenge, what's a pleasure to see all of them.
Good inspiration and hard work for all :)

[Yaroslav99]

Hell, I am in!:shrug:

[mar-one]

I am in cant wait to get started I have been working on a space theme short anyway, Ill just get to it. :applause:

[cg219]

This sounds great. Such great prizes and good practice. I have never done a space scene before. I am definetely in.

[fsanimate]

Sounds awesome. What a fun topic.

[captainboom]

SWEET............BREAK OUT THE STAR WARS BABY.............I'll give er a go.....I am in



CAPTAINBOOM

[kraal]

I have a couple of questions.......
first about prize does grand prize when ALL prizes unser it because right now runner up looks better than grandprize to me......

second if you are only alwoed on entry what happens is you suddenly change direction in your concept are you allowed to make a change to a different concept??????

yes I am in this one all the way......

[Leonard]

Hi all,

Please post any questions in the Challenge FAQ / Questions / Answers thread in the Challenge forum. We will not be answering questions here.

Thanks,

Leonard

[unitstudio]

I think I'll be signing up for this one too.

[BernardoDelgado]

I want to try , its an excelent idea and prizes. I'm in too

[superlayer]

Signed up already :) and didnt get any sleep tonight :rolleyes:

[Lance22]

I didn't even finish reading the first paragraph before i started thinking about ideas.

Im in it!

[BESTrin]

Cool topic. I was guessing it would be sumthing about space from leighs "the largest buton" clue. This sounds like an interesting topic. Good luck to everyone. There are some great prizes. Im not sure if ill be able to join, I look forward to seeing everyones great work as this progresses.

[tel]

well..ok.. im in...

[liquidminduk]

im totally in on this one, not done a contest yet, havnt had time!

Cool, cant wait to get going!

[danielmoreira]

well...let's go work now! very interesting this contest....

[danielmoreira]

nice contest...I'm gonna try do this...I'm on and I'm in!!!

[mackster]

This is an excellent challenge, however, I don't know if I got any time to join right now, to much work with my own showreel. We'll see, maybe I can include this in my reel. :)

[Riddick]

John C Berkey is really one of the best space ship painter!
He is the best for me!
It 's going to be difficult to do something better or more different and interesting than this!

[Frenkie]

c00l theme!

question: Can we use photos or other helps for the paintings? For example shots from Star Wars episodes? Of course just for getting ideas, futuristic designs, etc.

[commodore]

Can I have multiple entries?

[Tommy5547]

I'm gonna win this baby.
No but seriously.. I really gonna win this.
Ok, really seriously... I sure gonna give it a go!
Excellent challenge!

Too bad I don't do humans... :)

[AngryScientist]

*stresses stresses* If this challenge had come up 2 years later I'd have been more than happy to participate but nnoooo now I have to work on my school grades, study german and all that, barely have time for drawing. Frustrating.
Anyways, the theme is AMAZING, it leaves so much for your imagination, but in order to get a good result you need the nice skills only someone with experience has.
Sorry for the blabble, just.. a bit frustrated at the timing lol. But that doesn't mean I won't draw! My teeny-tiny talent will take part in this! *nods nods*

[ARSA]

This will be my first challenge... Good Luck everybody! :D

[Ollarin]

WOWSERS! I will probably enter this, since i just love anything to do with space! Hope i have time. :sad:

Good luck to all entrants!

[azozel]

I'm in But I don't know how much time I'm going to have.

[deumilcat]

one question: can i choose a well known galaxy (like Star Wars) or
must i invent a whole new galaxy from scratch?
ROFL
"a well known galaxy"
Yeah, choose a galaxy that is not too touristic, which everybody would know each and every square light year of it (those lucky fellas with fast cars and 1 billion weeks of free time each year)

[Technogoat]

Are you allowed to submit as many entries as you like, or does it have to be the one?

[InTheCity]

I knew something of this nature would come up.

Now it's my time to 'SHINE'

[EvilBlah]

I am in. Good luck everyone!!
-Bair

[MaximilianPS]

WoW this sound realy cool....
maybe i'm it... (depends on how many works to do :shrug: )


good luck everybody and good work :D

and have fun ;)

[mistermac]

This sounds great, looking for something to get my teeth into in my spare time over the winter and I think I may have found it, hopefully it'll help me learn a wee bit more as well...

[exnihilo]

I'M INSPIRED!!!

Too bad I'm still a n00b.

But in 3 to 5 years I'll be showcasing with the best of 'em!

Nice pics.

[jokku]

Ah Man !!! Just What I'm In Need !!

I Feel the Flow of Inspiration in my veins ! Nice theme, I'm In :thumbsup:

Good Luck to Every One, There is many good artists in the line up ! I'm impressed !

AL

[Lonely Pixel]

Nice challenge :) I like having that much time, since I'm a king at starting stuff, but i s*ck at finishing work :D Maybe loads of time is a good motivation for me to finish it.



I have one question!!
-what do you mean by "short-listed entries". And do these, whatever it might mean, receive the EXPOSE'2 book? :)

[Dutchman]

Really really coool! I was waiting for a new exiting challenge to put my time in...! All summerholiday long, I've been training deadlines (at Machineflesh I didn't get it :( ), so now I can show it ;)

Whooohooo!


-what do you mean by "short-listed entries". And do these, whatever it might mean, receive the EXPOSE'2 book? :) I think it means all special mentioned people :) (not for sure, I just think that)

[MasterZap]

What if I have a GREAT idea, but don't know(yet) if I should realize it as a 2D or 3D item?? Can I join both, and then finalize the version I in the end decide to go with? :)

/Z

[Theophrastus]

Count me in, this'll be my first challenge.

[tantoedge]

Well... here goes nothing...

[Joene]

This looks and sounds awesome :applause: Count me in :thumbsup:

[reddrake]

What a great challenge! There are going to be many great results for this! I'm in too!

[PimDeGroot]

im relatively new to cg so ill probably wont win but you can always try. lets do this.

[zilverink]

cool and wow.. there are some really great pictures here :D... hehe

[_mayashu_]

wow what a beauty contest I'm in too

[Lonely Pixel]

For 2D Illustrations
Concept Sketch - JPG (online)
Line Art - JPG (online)
Coloring WIP - JPG (online)
Final Coloring - JPG (online)
Final Image - JPG (online) AND print resolution TIF (FTP)
Any challenger that does not submit the above images by 17 January 2005, will not quality for final judging.

And what if an artist normally creates a few concept sketches, and then throws in colours immediatly, without doing a lineart piece? 'Cause I usually don't do lineart. Please clear this up? Does this mean I have to work this way?

Kind Regards
Mr. Pixel! :D

[SONIC-X]

This comp sound exiting. I have to give it a try.

[claudiojordao]

Todo lá dentro... I mean, I'm in!

[xylexis]

I have some ideas about this contest, i've got the story all set up, but i'm not going to tell it right away :). Everybody good luck on this one.

:thumbsup:
Greets Xylexis

[Luisvc]

Hello
My name is Luis Alberto, I would like to participate in its competition, but is not possible for me, because my country -Cuba- not appears in your list of countries. Help Me!:sad:

[blotov]

so this contest is about getting feedback and building a nice image?

[Firelode]

Well I've got a good idea so I'm gonna run with it I think there will be some great pictures out there I hope one of them is mine!

[mechaXB]

i'm full of ideas but i lack having the knowledge to bring them down digitally. i'll try hard to learn the principles of modelling and digital painting. for so long, i wish all of you good luck and i look forward to your great pictures.

[blotov]

good good mechaxb; waiting to see your pics.

[Kanga]

so this contest is about getting feedback and building a nice image?
I got some great feedback last challenge and ended up with an image that I really liked! You can already see how many entrants there are so dont worry too much about getting lots of replies, just keep going and have fun.

The challenges are exciting and a really rewarding experience.

[frontline92]

Yes, this is going to be good. I'm in!

[Frenkie]

Hi!

Can I make a shematic 3d composition -just for beeing aware with the shadows and illumination- as help for the 2d painting?

[Fnote]

Im in.



-William Noble

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