HCR MINI-Challenge #10: Animals in Motion:Vote!

[octopus7]

Well here's my final entry for HMC#10, what I learnt from this challenge is that I really need to learn how to use my software properly. I rushed into Zbrush without really knowing what I was doing. hence the untextured model. I'm still happy with it as it was my first attempt at organic modelling.
top view (instead of bottom which would have been pointless)
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g16/tigertank88/top-view1.jpg
side view
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g16/tigertank88/side-view1.jpg
Front view
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g16/tigertank88/front-view1.jpg
Wire frame of base mesh from 3DMAX
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g16/tigertank88/wire001-2.jpg
Beauty render:
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g16/tigertank88/Tarantula_Vs_Mouse.jpg

[KrakenCMT]

NAME: Christopher Tackett
WIP Thread (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=208&t=522989)
SOFTWARE: Silo & Lightwave (Initial modeling and base mesh corrections), ZBrush 3(Sculpting and rendering)

I am uploading each dog ortho seperately to give a better view rather than having each showing up smaller all in one image.

One thing I love about doing these challenges is that every time I learn something new, and that's the best thing you can take away from it. Good luck all!

GREYHOUNDS TURNTABLE ANIMATION (http://www.loadedbrush.com/Challenges/Greyhounds/GHMov1.mov)

1200 x 1600 BEAUTY RENDER (http://www.loadedbrush.com/Challenges/Greyhounds/GreyhoundImages/GreyhoundsLarge3.jpg)

BEAUTY RENDER LO RES: (Front & Back views)
http://www.loadedbrush.com/Challenges/Greyhounds/GreyhoundImages/GreyhoundDoc5.jpg
http://www.loadedbrush.com/Challenges/Greyhounds/GreyhoundImages/GreyhoundDoc7.jpg


ORTHOS:
http://www.loadedbrush.com/Challenges/Greyhounds/GreyhoundImages/1Side.jpg
http://www.loadedbrush.com/Challenges/Greyhounds/GreyhoundImages/1TopBottom.jpg

http://www.loadedbrush.com/Challenges/Greyhounds/GreyhoundImages/2Side.jpg
http://www.loadedbrush.com/Challenges/Greyhounds/GreyhoundImages/2TopBottom.jpg

http://www.loadedbrush.com/Challenges/Greyhounds/GreyhoundImages/3Side.jpg
http://www.loadedbrush.com/Challenges/Greyhounds/GreyhoundImages/3TopBottom.jpg

http://www.loadedbrush.com/Challenges/Greyhounds/GreyhoundImages/Wires.jpg

[Nemoriko]

Hi @ all ;-)
here is my final work.
I hope you like it.
Good luck for all HCR MINI-Challenger !

NAME: Dennis Graf (http://nemoriko.cgsociety.org/gallery/)
WIP THREAD: Shark vs Octopus (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=208&t=529343)
SOFTWARE: 3DSMax, ZBrush, Photoshop

Turntable : HERE (http://www.bogengang.de/wushu/svo_turntable.mov)
BEAUTY RENDER (high): HERE (http://www.bogengang.de/wushu/svo_final.jpg)


BEAUTY RENDER (low):
http://www.bogengang.de/wushu/svo_final_low.jpg


Front:
http://www.bogengang.de/wushu/svo_front.jpg

Side (left):
http://www.bogengang.de/wushu/svo_left.jpg

Side (right):
http://www.bogengang.de/wushu/svo_right.jpg

Back:
http://www.bogengang.de/wushu/svo_back.jpg

Top:
http://www.bogengang.de/wushu/svo_top.jpg

Bottom:
http://www.bogengang.de/wushu/svo_bottom.jpg

Wire 3/4 :
http://www.bogengang.de/wushu/svo_34.jpg

[Quadart]

Bill Melvin

WIP THREAD (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=208&t=533990)

Software used:
Cinema 4D: Base mesh modeling and rendering.
Modo: Base mesh modeling continued.
ZBrush 2: Sculpting and texturing.
Photoshop: Texture creation via the ZB2 ZApplink plugin.

LARGE BEAUTY RENDER (http://billmelvinart.com/client3/kudu/Finallg.jpg)

TURNTABLE ANIMATION (http://billmelvinart.com/client3/kudu/kudu1.mov)

Here is the small version of the Beauty Render.

http://billmelvinart.com/client3/kudu/finalsm.jpg

Here are the orthographic views and the wire.

http://billmelvinart.com/client3/kudu/ctop.jpghttp://billmelvinart.com/client3/kudu/cbtm.jpghttp://billmelvinart.com/client3/kudu/csidel.jpghttp://billmelvinart.com/client3/kudu/bwtop.jpghttp://billmelvinart.com/client3/kudu/bwbtm.jpghttp://billmelvinart.com/client3/kudu/bwsidel.jpghttp://billmelvinart.com/client3/kudu/bwsider.jpg
http://billmelvinart.com/client3/kudu/wire.jpg

This was an interesting challenge. I did enjoy it and learned from it as well.
Good luck to all.

[H2]

This challenge was very fun and I actually completed it this time! :) Well atleast the model anyway, I will probably texture it later at some point. It has been a good learning experience and I look forward to participating in the challenges ahead. Good luck everyone!

Name: Harin Hirani
WIP Thread: Angry Hippo (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=208&t=526287)
Software: Maya 8.5, Mudbox, Photoshop.

Beauty Render: High Resolution (http://www.harinhirani.co.uk/wip/hippolarge.jpg)

Low Resolution

http://www.harinhirani.co.uk/wip/hippo13.jpg


Orthographics

Front/ Back

http://www.harinhirani.co.uk/wip/hippofrontback.jpg

Side

http://www.harinhirani.co.uk/wip/hipposide.jpg

Top

http://www.harinhirani.co.uk/wip/hippotop.jpg

Bottom

http://www.harinhirani.co.uk/wip/hippobottom.jpg

Wireframe

Base Mesh

http://www.harinhirani.co.uk/wip/hippowireframe.jpg

[reedomatic01]

Here is my entry for the Encounters and animal habitat HMC #10. Its called giraffe running. I used maya 8.5 to create base mesh, then used z brush to add some details to mesh. Textureing is done in photoshop CS and lighting and rendering in mental ray/maya software. Grass and trees are painteffects.
http://www.returntozero.org/giraffesRunning_lg.jpg
http://www.returntozero.org/bottom.jpg
http://www.returntozero.org/side_wire.jpg
http://www.returntozero.org/side_color.jpg
http://www.returntozero.org/threefourths_wire.jpg
http://www.returntozero.org/threefourths_color.jpg
http://www.returntozero.org/top.jpg

[animastur]

NAME: Juan Fernández Muñiz
WIP Thread (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=208&t=525142)
SOFTWARE: Zbrush 3 (Sculpting and rendering). Photoshop for final composition.
I have fought with Zbrush to obtain a more realistic water, but I haven't obtained it. In the end I renderized everything in Zbrush and composed it in Photoshop.
BEAUTY RENDER LO RES:
http://www.asturismo.com/WIP_zbrush/beauty_render_final_800x600.jpg

1200 x 1600 BEAUTY RENDER (http://www.asturismo.com/WIP_zbrush/beauty_render_final.jpg)
Turntable : HERE (http://www.asturismo.com/WIP_zbrush/ZBrush%20Movie.mov)
-------------
ORTHOS:
http://www.asturismo.com/WIP_zbrush/front.jpg

http://www.asturismo.com/WIP_zbrush/left.jpg
http://www.asturismo.com/WIP_zbrush/right.jpghttp://www.asturismo.com/WIP_zbrush/back.jpg
http://www.asturismo.com/WIP_zbrush/top.jpg
http://www.asturismo.com/WIP_zbrush/down.jpg
WIRE:
http://www.asturismo.com/WIP_zbrush/wireframes_leon_y_cebra.jpg

[TheRazorsEdge]

Damn, I hope I am not too late! This challenge was fun, but I did not have the time to go with it where I wanted to, at least not within the deadline. So I'll keep working on this later on.

Here we go:

Name: Felix Lahme
WIP Thread: Tiger Attacks (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=208&t=524537&page=1)
Software: XSI, UVLayout, Mudbox, ZBrush

Large Beauty Render: HERE (http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff104/TheRazorsEdgeStudio/HMCTigerBeautyRender2Large.jpg)

Front Ortho:

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff104/TheRazorsEdgeStudio/HMCTigerOrthoFrontEdit.jpg

Back Ortho:

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff104/TheRazorsEdgeStudio/HMCTigerOrthoBackEdit.jpg

Top Ortho:

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff104/TheRazorsEdgeStudio/HMCTigerOrthoTopEdit.jpg


Bottom Ortho:

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff104/TheRazorsEdgeStudio/HMCTigerOrthoBottomEdit.jpg

Side Ortho 1:

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff104/TheRazorsEdgeStudio/HMCTigerOrthoSideEdit.jpg

Side Ortho 2:

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff104/TheRazorsEdgeStudio/HMCTigerOrthoSide2Edit.jpg


3/4 Wires:

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff104/TheRazorsEdgeStudio/tigerPosingRigXSIFinalPoseWiresEidt.jpg


Beauty Render Small 2 views:

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff104/TheRazorsEdgeStudio/HMCTigerBeautyRender2Edit.jpg


http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff104/TheRazorsEdgeStudio/HMCTigerBeautyRender5Edit.jpg

I guess this is it!

Whoopsy, the text description, I almost forgot that.

"Limited Edition Genghis Attacks Commemorative Bronze Statue"

Let me introduce you to Genghis, resident male Bengal Tiger of the Ranthambhore National Park, India. Now Genghis was minding his own business, leasurely walking past the ruins of an old fort when suddenly a very loud noise could be heard and something impacted rather violently right in front of him on the ground and sprayed his face with debris. Alarmed, he quickly charged off into the cover of the nearby high grass.

Now, as you can imagine the impact was a bullet fired at him and the perpetrator was a pocher. In this case it was a rich Gangster Rapper from the Hood, who felt it necessary to add "Big Game Hunting" to his manly player credits and had bribed the local officials to get a guaranteed shot at a capital tiger. Since he missed his shot and the rifle jammed directly after that and Genghis took off into cover, our millionaire rapper was of course quick to appoint blame for the missed opportunity to everybody else except himself. In the commotion ensuing during the argument who was at fault, nobody noticed Genghis approaching. Now it was Genghis's turn to take a shot at our tough mofo from the hood.

To commemorate the sad demise of said rapper, you can now own the limited edition "Genghis Attacks" bronze statue, as illustrated with a few images below. If all goes well, this nice collectible will be available as well in Meji-style bronze on an oval display stand with some bamboo plants added for ambiance. For more information please contact your favorite fine arts store! ;)


Great work everybody this was a great challenge!

[pixelranger]

NAME: André Mikal Hitsoy
WIP THREAD (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=208&t=529126&page=1&pp=15)
SoftWare: LightWave 3d 9.2, Maya 8.5, Zbrush 3.0

Orthographic views:

http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/3299/backor9.jpg
http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/1609/frontht4.jpg
http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/8010/sideuz9.jpg
http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/71/topnq9.jpg

Wireframe:

http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/1442/wire01xl9.jpg

Beauty render 01:

http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/4186/beauty01smmt3.jpg

Click HERE (http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/6603/beauty01lrgtk6.jpg) for larger version.

Beauty render 02:

http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/567/beauty02smbt1.jpg

Click Here (http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/1763/beauty02lrghg8.jpg) for larger version.

The final model depicts a wildebeest (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildebeest) being taken down by a lion. The model is showing them as they are tumbling on the ground after the lion has jumped it during a high speed pursuit.

I really wish I'd had much more time on this, but it was a very fun challenge. I learned alot about Zbrush, anatomy and about sculpting. This was achieved both by trial and error, but also by following the other threads in the challenge. Alot of great work were the outcome of this challenge.
Thank you for your comments everyone and good luck on the next one ;) I'm really looking forward to it.

[NoirQ]

Name: Ben Halling
WIP Thread: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=208&t=526218
Software: Silo (Base), Zbrush (pose and sculpt)

Otter Swimming:Top Ortho:
http://www.noirq.com/HCM-Otter/JPEG/I_Top_Ortho.jpg

Otter Swimming:Bottom Ortho:
http://www.noirq.com/HCM-Otter/JPEG/I_Bottom_Ortho.jpg

Otter Swimming:Side Ortho:
http://www.noirq.com/HCM-Otter/JPEG/I_Side_Ortho.jpg

Otter Swimming:Wire:
http://www.noirq.com/HCM-Otter/JPEG/I_Wire.jpg

Otter Swimming:Beauty:
http://www.noirq.com/HCM-Otter/JPEG/I_Render2Half.jpg

Bigger:
http://www.noirq.com/HCM-Otter/JPEG/I_Render2.jpg

Really enjoyed this challenge. Until i got to the feet, which i never succedded in conquering. I may revisit the otter at some point, and change the base, so that the feet would be easier to sculpt. It just got the point where I couldn't bring myself to do it anymore. I'll upload a turntable before judging.

[WyattHarris]

Name: Wyatt Harris
WIP Thread: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=208&t=524094
Software: LightWave 8.5 ZBrush 3.0 & 3.1

Holy crap I finished. However I do, that is enough. What did I learn, never switch your software in the middle of a project. I already knew this rule but apparently I needed a refresher. That and I need to learn texturing in ZBrush much better.

Ortho Side:
http://www.wyattharris.com/cgtalk/hmc/10-aim/opie-side.jpg

Ortho-back
http://www.wyattharris.com/cgtalk/hmc/10-aim/opie-back.jpg

Ortho-front:
http://www.wyattharris.com/cgtalk/hmc/10-aim/opie-front.jpg

Ortho-top:
http://www.wyattharris.com/cgtalk/hmc/10-aim/opie-top.jpg

Lightwave base mesh wireframe:
http://www.wyattharris.com/cgtalk/hmc/10-aim/opie-wire3.jpg

ZBrush Wire:
http://www.wyattharris.com/cgtalk/hmc/10-aim/opie-wire.jpg

ZBrush Wire face detail:
http://www.wyattharris.com/cgtalk/hmc/10-aim/opie-wire2.jpg

Beauty renders:
http://www.wyattharris.com/cgtalk/hmc/10-aim/opie-final1.jpg

http://www.wyattharris.com/cgtalk/hmc/10-aim/opie-final2.jpg

[vincent0731]

NAME:vincent shen
WIP THREAD:jump springbok (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=208&t=529175)
SOFTWARE:Maya & ZBrush



BEAUTY POSE:
http://shen0731arts.com/images/springbok_beautypose.jpg

Front:
http://shen0731arts.com/images/springbok_frontview.jpg

Side:
http://shen0731arts.com/images/springbok_sideview.jpg

top:
http://shen0731arts.com/images/springbok_topview.jpg

bottom:
http://shen0731arts.com/images/springbok_bottomview.jpg

wire:
http://shen0731arts.com/images/springbok_wire.jpg


Thanks!!:D

[lowkey]

Well, lots of great stuff has emerged from this challenge and every contributor got my full respect. But there's only one winner to be chosen for each category, so on to my favourites:


Best Overall Entry: Felix Lahme (TheRazorsEdge)
Best Interaction Between Animals: Juan Fernández Muñiz (animastur)
Best Environment: Dennis Graf (Nemoriko)
Best WIP thread: Felix Lahme (TheRazorsEdge)
Most Accurate Likeness: Felix Lahme (TheRazorsEdge)
Most Expressive Model: André Hitsoy (pixelranger)


:thumbsup:

[swag]

nice stuff here my votes

* Best Interaction Between Animals: André Hitsoy (pixelranger)
* Best Environment: Dennis Graf (Nemoriko)
* Best WIP thread: Bill Melvin (Quadart)
* Most Accurate Likeness: Bill Melvin (Quadart)
* Most Expressive Model: André Hitsoy (pixelranger)

[jomuller11]

Hi all!
very great work...but as lowkey said it´s only one winner



Best Interaction Between Animals: André Mikal Hitsoy (pixelranger)
Best Environment: Dennis Graf (Nemoriko)
Best WIP thread: Felix Lahme (TheRazorsEdge)
Most Accurate Likeness: Felix Lahme (TheRazorsEdge)
Most Expressive Model: hristopher Tackett (KrakenCMT)
Best Overall Entry: Bill Melvin (Quadart)

Good luck to all of you

[PavelPetrenko]

Best Interaction Between Animals: André Hitsoy (pixelranger)
Best Environment: Dennis Graf (Nemoriko)
Best WIP thread: Felix Lahme (TheRazorsEdge)
Most Accurate Likeness: Felix Lahme (TheRazorsEdge)
Most Expressive Model: Juan Fernández Muñiz (animastur)

[vincent0731]

Best Interaction Between Animals - Dennis Graf (Nemoriko ) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4644537&postcount=4)
Best Environment - Bill Melvin (Quadart ) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4648972&postcount=5)
Best WIP thread - Christopher Tackett (KrakenCMT) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4644537&postcount=3)
Most Accurate Likeness - Bill Melvin (Quadart ) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4648972&postcount=5)
Most Expressive Model - André Hitsoy (pixelranger ) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4651192&postcount=10)

[JoelOtron]

Best Interaction Between Animals: André Mikal Hitsoy
Best Environment: Bill Melvin (I like the grass--does that count?)
Best WIP thread: Bill Melvin
Most Accurate Likeness: Felix Lahme
Most Expressive Model: Christopher Tackett
Best Overall Entry: Bill Melvin

[bluemagicuk]

* Best Interaction Between Animals :Christopher Tackett
* Best Environment :Juan Fernández Muñiz
* Best WIP thread :Christopher Tackett
* Most Accurate Likeness:Bill Melvin
* Most Expressive Model:Juan Fernández Muñiz
* Best Overall Entry:Bill Melvin

[Cat-mad23]

* Best Interaction Between Animals: André Mikal Hitsoy(pixelranger) - lion + wilderbeast
* Best Environment: Marcus Reed(reedomatic) - giraffes
* Best WIP thread: Christopher Tackett(Krakencmt) - racehounds
* Most Accurate Likeness: Bill Melvin(Quadart) - Kudo
* Most Expressive Model: André Mikal Hitsoy(pixelranger) - lion + wilderbeast
* Best Overall Entry: André Mikal Hitsoy(pixelranger) - lion + wilderbeast

Welldone to everybody. As usual I was just astounded by the level of detail. Amazing work

[ekah]

Best Interaction Between Animals André Hitsoy (pixelranger ) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4651192&postcount=10)
Best Environment Bill Melvin (Quadart ) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4648972&postcount=5)
Best WIP thread Bill Melvin (Quadart ) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4648972&postcount=5)
Most Accurate Likeness Bill Melvin (Quadart ) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4648972&postcount=5)
Most Expressive Model Christopher Tackett (KrakenCMT) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4645386&postcount=3)




Best Overall Entry Bill Melvin (Quadart ) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4648972&postcount=5)

Very nice work everybody. :)

[doodlerboy]

Best Interaction Between Animals- André Hitsoy (PixelRanger)
Best Environment- Dennis Graf (NimoRiko)
Best WIP thread- Bill Melvin (Quadart)
Most Accurate Likeness- Bill Melvin (Quadart)
Most Expressive Model- André Hitsoy (PixelRanger)
Best Overall Entry- Bill Melvin (Quadart)

*Bites nails* Andre' and Bill are so close here eeek I had to go for Bill, sorry Andre'.

[Nemoriko]

Best Interaction Between Animals: André Mikal Hitsoy (pixelranger)
Best WIP thread: Felix Lahme (TheRazorsEdge)
Most Accurate Likeness: Bill Melvin (Quadart)
Most Expressive Model: Christopher Tackett (KrakenCMT)
Best Overall Entry: Bill Melvin (Quadart)

Very nice work everybody ;-)

[ooz]

i vote kudu charge... wow

[TheJinj]

Some great stuff here!
Good job everyone who completed an entry!!!
My votes:
Best Interaction Between Animals: Pixelranger
Best Environment: Quadart
Most Accurate Likeness: NoirQ
Most Expressive Model: KrakenCMT
Best Overall Entry: KrakenCMT

[majid-smiley]

Best Interaction Between Animals : pixelranger
Best Environment : Quadart
(http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=261352)
Best WIP thread : KrakenCMT
Most Accurate Likeness : ?

Most Expressive Model : KrakenCMT

[NoirQ]

I assume i'm allowed to vote?

Best Interaction Between Animals: André Hitsoy (pixelranger ) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4651192&postcount=10)
Best Environment: André Hitsoy (pixelranger ) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4651192&postcount=10)

Best WIP thread : Christopher Tackett (KrakenCMT) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4644537&postcount=3)
Most Accurate Likeness: Christopher Tackett (KrakenCMT) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4644537&postcount=3)

Most Expressive Model: André Hitsoy (pixelranger ) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4651192&postcount=10)
Best Overall: André Hitsoy (pixelranger ) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4651192&postcount=10)

[RobertoOrtiz]

I assume i'm allowed to vote?

Anyone registered on the site can vote.

-R

[Clanger]

Best Interaction Between Animals: André Hitsoy (pixelranger) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4651192&postcount=10)
Best Environment: Bill Melvin (Quadart)
Best WIP thread : Christopher Tackett (KrakenCMT) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4644537&postcount=3)
Most Accurate Likeness: Bill Melvin (Quadart)
Most Expressive Model: André Hitsoy (pixelranger) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4651192&postcount=10)
Best Overall: Bill Melvin (Quadart)

[fx81]

Best Interaction Between Animals - André Hitsoy (pixelranger ) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4651192&postcount=10)
Best Environment - what is the point of this catagory, and how is it relevant?

Best WIP thread - Christopher Tackett (KrakenCMT) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4644537&postcount=3)
Most Accurate Likeness - Christopher Tackett (KrakenCMT) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4644537&postcount=3)
Most Expressive Model - Christopher Tackett (KrakenCMT)
(http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4644537&postcount=3)
Best Overall entry - Christopher Tackett (KrakenCMT) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4644537&postcount=3)

(http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4644537&postcount=3)

[shahabp]

Most Accurate Likeness: Bill Melvin (Quadart)
Best WIP thread: Bill Melvin (Quadart)
Best Interaction Between Animals:André Hitsoy (pixelranger) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4651192&postcount=10)
Best Overall Entry:André Hitsoy (pixelranger) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4651192&postcount=10)

[Tad]

Best overall entry: Bill Melvin (Quadart ) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4648972&postcount=5)


Best Interaction Between Animals André Hitsoy (pixelranger ) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4651192&postcount=10)
Best Environment Marcus Reed (reedomatic ) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4650152&postcount=7)
Best WIP thread Bill Melvin (Quadart ) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4648972&postcount=5)
Most Accurate Likeness Bill Melvin (Quadart ) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4648972&postcount=5)
Most Expressive Model André Hitsoy (pixelranger ) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4651192&postcount=10)

(http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4651192&postcount=10)

[rasmusW]

Best Interaction Between Animals - André Hitsoy (pixelranger ) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4651192&postcount=10)
Best Environment - André Hitsoy (pixelranger ) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4651192&postcount=10)

Best WIP thread - Christopher Tackett (KrakenCMT) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4644537&postcount=3)
Most Accurate Likeness - Bill Melvin (Quadart)
Most Expressive Model - Christopher Tackett (KrakenCMT)
(http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4644537&postcount=3)
Best Overall entry - Christopher Tackett (KrakenCMT) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4644537&postcount=3)

good work, every body.

-r

[pixelranger]

I guess I'll throw my 2 cents in:

Best Interaction Between Animals: Dennis Graf (Nemoriko)
Best environment: Juan Fernández Muñiz (animastur)
Best WIP thread: Felix Lahme (TheRazorsEdge)
Most Accurate Likeness: Bill Melvin (Quadart)
Most expressive model: Christopher Tackett (KrakenCMT)
Best overall entry: Christopher Tackett (KrakenCMT)

Excellent job everybody!!

[WyattHarris]

Best Overall: Quadart
Most accurate likeness: Quadart
Best interaction between animals: Pixelranger
Most expressvie model: Pixelranger

[KrakenCMT]

Best Interaction Between Animals: André Mikal Hitsoy (pixelranger)
Best Environment: Bill Melvin (Quadart)
Best WIP thread: André Mikal Hitsoy (pixelranger)
Most Accurate Likeness: Bill Melvin (Quadart)
Most Expressive Model: André Mikal Hitsoy (pixelranger)

Best Overall: André Mikal Hitsoy (pixelranger)

I just realized, why wasn't one of the five main categories for "Best Captured motion"? The contest was centered around that concept.

[RobertoOrtiz]

I just realized, why wasn't one of the five main categories for "Best Captured motion"? The contest was centered around that concept.
That is a VERY good point.
When we do the next one, and trust me WE WILL, I will fix this.
-R

[animalunae]

Best interaction: André Hitsoy
Best Environment: Bill Melvin
Best WIP Thread: Christopher Tackett
Most Accurate Likeness: Bill Melvin
Most Expressive Model: Christopher Tackett

Best Overall Entry: Ben Halling

Congratulations to all entries, some pretty nice sculpts in here!

[MrJames]

Best Interaction Between Animals: animastur (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=214887)
Best Environment: Nemoriko (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=212519)
Best WIP thread: Didn't manage to catch all the WIP Threads, so it would be unfair for me to vote on this one..
Most Accurate Likeness: Quadart (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=261352)
Most Expressive Model: KrakenCMT (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=244794)
Best Overall Entry: Quadart (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=261352)
Good work guys!! H2 deserves an honarable mention, I really liked your piece! :thumbsup:

[morphius-ms]

Best Interaction Between Animals - pixelranger (Lion attacking a Wildebeest)



Best Environment - Nemoriko (Shark vs Octopus)




Best WIP thread -KrakenCMT (Greyhound Race)




Most Accurate Likeness - Quadart (Kudu Charge) - Honorable mention: KrakenCMT (Greyhound Race) - A great likeness it was hard to choose this one because I really like the greyhound models and the likeness is just about as close Quadart's (Kudu Charging), but I do have to say that Quadart's has the best likeness here just by a hair (literally).




Most Expressive Model - pixelranger (Lion attacking a Wildebeest) - Honorable mention: Animastur (Lion and Zebra) - a very expressive model here... though some of the likenesses (photorealistically) needs a bit of work, though I guess if you were going for more of a stylized approach, this would be a great example. This choice was just as tough because of the stylized expression shown.




Best Overall - Quadart (Kudu Charge)

All Great models here... I should have done this one though I didn't really get the drive to start, that and I really couldn't decide what I would have done in time to do anything... I was going to try and make a model in the last week, but I had a few things come up.



Another model in here that I was hoping would be in here is the Mountain Lion by Gra7. This one was a great model that I would have liked to have seen finished but I guess that will be for another time... infact I was going to do a Cougar to rival this one...

[HappyCalaveras]

Wow! Every single one of these entries was great, all of you who were able to complete your entry should be very proud of your work. I found it really difficult to decide my votes, but here they are (sorry, I don't have time to go through the WIP threads to vote for that category):

* Best Interaction Between Animals: pixelranger
* Most Accurate Likeness: Quadart
* Most Expressive Model: pixelranger
* Best Overall Entry: Quadart

[nickmarshallvfx]

My apologies for not having time to look through all the WIP threads. Here are my votes:

Best Likeness - Bill Melvin
Best Interaction - André Mikal Hitsoy
Most Expressive Model - André Mikal Hitsoy
Best Overall - Bill Melvin

It feels like a crime not to have given a vote to some of the other entries, but that is just how my vites went, sorry guys. Awesome work everyone!! Looking forawrd to next contest!

Nick

[animastur]

Best Interaction Between Animals: pixelranger
Best Environment: Nemoriko (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=212519)
Best WIP thread: KrakenCMT
Most Accurate Likeness: Quadart (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=261352)
Most Expressive Model: KrakenCMT (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=244794)
<LI>Best Overall Entry: Quadart (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=261352)
Good work guys!! I learned a lot with this challenge.
:thumbsup:

[RaymondSalter]

Best interaction: pixalranger
Best WIP Thread: Quadart
Most Accurate Likeness: Quadart
Most Expressive Model: Quadart

[RobertoOrtiz]

I am posting the results TONIGHT at midnight.

So if you wish to vote you have 12 hours from the Time of this post.



-R

[Gary3fx]

Best Overall: Quadart
Best interaction: pixalranger
Best WIP Thread: Quadart
Most Accurate Likeness: Quadart
Most Expressive Model: Quadart

[RobertoOrtiz]

I would like to thank all who participated in the latest Hardcore modeling challenge.

It has been a great experience, and we will have the next micro challenge soon.


Ok drumroll please, here are the winners!



Best Environment
Best Environment: Dennis Graf (Nemoriko)-8

WIP THREAD: Shark vs Octopus (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=208&t=529343)
SOFTWARE: 3DSMax, ZBrush, PhotoshopTurntable : HERE (http://www.bogengang.de/wushu/svo_turntable.mov)
BEAUTY RENDER (high): HERE (http://www.bogengang.de/wushu/svo_final.jpg)


BEAUTY RENDER (low):
http://www.bogengang.de/wushu/svo_final_low.jpg


Best WIP thread
Christopher Tackett (KrakenCMT)
GREYHOUNDS TURNTABLE ANIMATION (http://www.loadedbrush.com/Challenges/Greyhounds/GHMov1.mov)

1200 x 1600 BEAUTY RENDER (http://www.loadedbrush.com/Challenges/Greyhounds/GreyhoundImages/GreyhoundsLarge3.jpg)

BEAUTY RENDER LO RES: (Front & Back views)
http://www.loadedbrush.com/Challenges/Greyhounds/GreyhoundImages/GreyhoundDoc5.jpg


Most Expressive Model,Best Interaction Between Animals
Most Expressive Model: André Hitsoy (pixelranger)
Lion attacking a Wildebeest
NAME: André Mikal Hitsoy
WIP THREAD (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=208&t=529126&page=1&pp=15)
SoftWare: LightWave 3d 9.2, Maya 8.5, Zbrush 3.0

Beauty render 01:

http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/4186/beauty01smmt3.jpg

Click HERE (http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/6603/beauty01lrgtk6.jpg) for larger version.


The final model depicts a wildebeest (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildebeest) being taken down by a lion. The model is showing them as they are tumbling on the ground after the lion has jumped it during a high speed pursuit.

I really wish I'd had much more time on this, but it was a very fun challenge. I learned alot about Zbrush, anatomy and about sculpting. This was achieved both by trial and error, but also by following the other threads in the challenge. Alot of great work were the outcome of this challenge.
Thank you for your comments everyone and good luck on the next one ;) I'm really looking forward to it.

And the Winner..
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b216/robertoortiz1/cgtalk/17.gif




Best Overall Entry, Most Accurate Likeness, Best WIP thread ,Best Environment
Bill Melvin
Kudu Charge

WIP THREAD (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=208&t=533990)

Software used:
Cinema 4D: Base mesh modeling and rendering.
Modo: Base mesh modeling continued.
ZBrush 2: Sculpting and texturing.
Photoshop: Texture creation via the ZB2 ZApplink plugin.

LARGE BEAUTY RENDER (http://billmelvinart.com/client3/kudu/Finallg.jpg)

TURNTABLE ANIMATION (http://billmelvinart.com/client3/kudu/kudu1.mov)

Here is the small version of the Beauty Render.

http://billmelvinart.com/client3/kudu/finalsm.jpg

Here are the orthographic views and the wire.

http://billmelvinart.com/client3/kudu/ctop.jpg
http://billmelvinart.com/client3/kudu/cbtm.jpg
http://billmelvinart.com/client3/kudu/csidel.jpg

_________________________________________________________________________

Vote count:
Best Interaction Between Animals
Best Interaction Between Animals: André Mikal Hitsoy-16
Best Interaction Between Animals: Pixelranger -8
Best Interaction Between Animals - Dennis Graf (Nemoriko )-2
Best Interaction Between Animals :Christopher Tackett
Best interaction: André Hitsoy
Best Interaction Between Animals: animastur

Best Environment
Best Environment: Dennis Graf (Nemoriko)-8
Best Environment: Bill Melvin (Quadart) -8
Best Environment :Juan Fernández Muñiz-2
Best Environment - André Hitsoy (pixelranger )-2
Best Environment: Marcus Reed(reedomatic) -2


Best WIP thread
Best WIP thread : Christopher Tackett (KrakenCMT) -11
Best WIP thread: Bill Melvin (Quadart)-8
Best WIP thread: Felix Lahme (TheRazorsEdge)-4
Best WIP thread: André Mikal Hitsoy (pixelranger)
Best WIP thread: Felix Lahme (TheRazorsEdge)


Best Overall Entry
Best Overall Entry Bill Melvin (Quadart ) -14
Best Overall entry - Christopher Tackett (KrakenCMT) -4
Best Overall: André Hitsoy (pixelranger ) -4
Best Overall Entry: Felix Lahme (TheRazorsEdge)
Best Overall Entry: Ben Halling

Most Accurate Likeness
Most Accurate Likeness: Bill Melvin (Quadart) -22
Most Accurate Likeness: Felix Lahme (TheRazorsEdge) -4
Most Accurate Likeness - Christopher Tackett (KrakenCMT) -2
Most Accurate Likeness: NoirQ

Most Expressive Model
Most Expressive Model: André Hitsoy (pixelranger) -13
Most Expressive Model Christopher Tackett (KrakenCMT) -12
Most Expressive Model:Juan Fernández Muñiz-2
Most Expressive Model: Quadart -2

[Antropus]

Impressive models, anatomy and poses. Well deserved winners. Congrats everybody :thumbsup:

-Kris

[MrPositive]

If they don't call Bill Melvin for Chronicles of Narnia 2, then they have lost their minds.

[RobertoOrtiz]

We are live!

HCR MINI-Challenge #11: HALLOWEEN MONSTERS (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=208&t=547204)

[CGTalk Moderation]

This thread has been automatically closed as it remained inactive for 12 months. If you wish to continue the discussion, please create a new thread in the appropriate forum.