FXWars! Winter Kingdom: VOTE!

[JB]

NAME: Joseph Baker
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http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/7118/fxwarsstillri6.jpg
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WIP THREAD: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=139&t=709633&page=1&pp=15
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DESCRIPTION: This is a Narnia style white witch castle from the first Narnia movie.
It's mostly matte painting camera mapped to simple geometry.

Software used, Photoshop, Electric image, Vue, and composited in Commotion pro.
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ANIMATION LINK: http://www.mediafire.com/file/umweydjnyny/JB_FXWARS%28720x405%29.mov

[marlontorres]

NAME: Marlon Torres & Martin Romero
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STILL: http://www.torresstudios.com/images/winter_kingdoms.jpg
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WIP THREAD: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=139&t=712136
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DESCRIPTION: A stylized winter kingdom completely done in 3d in the style of teaser movie trailer. Software used are 3dsmax, Vue, After Effects, Photoshop, Final Cut Pro
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ANIMATION LINK: http://www.torresstudios.com/films/winter_kingdoms.mov

[reinhart82]

NAME: reinhart82

STILL:
http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/33/winterkingdom2iu2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/8885/winterkingdomwc4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

WIP THREAD:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=139&t=722376

DESCRIPTION:
Shot will start off outside a cave. Then slowly pan inwards until total darkness. An ice castle will be revealed deep in the cave.

Sofware used: 3ds max, After Effects.

ANIMATION LINK:
http://www.4shared.com/account/file/84677039/dd0f5100/WinterKingdom_Final.html

[druigant]

NAME:
Gabriele Chiapponi DRUIGANT
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STILL:
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/5451/fantasmaexplo113gq0.jpg
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WIP THREAD:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=139&t=722063

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DESCRIPTION:
In this kingdom, every winter a war begun.

I wanted to create certain effects, flames, smoke, floor, the door and wall that is frozen,.... and an explosion, it is my passion. I perhaps overstated the amount of this effects.

I hope you like it, however,I wanted to create a small moment, the first defense of the castle from the attack.


Software used: 3dsmax,fumefx,combustion
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ANIMATION LINK:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khABlUaHlOo

http://www.4shared.com/file/84896588/72b1c2c2/Druigant_VFXWars_800457.html

(the video is uploaded but is temporaly in "processing time" , and youtube need some hours vefore publish this)

[Stefan-Morrell]

NAME: Stefan Morrell
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STILL: http://stefan-morrell.com/fxwarpic.jpg-
WIP THREAD: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=139&t=710781
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DESCRIPTION:Freeform fantasy style castle,Software used 3dsmax,Photoshop,After effects
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ANIMATION LINK: http://stefan-morrell.com/FXwarWinter_Morrell.mov

[brunowerneck]

NAME:
Bruno Werneck, John Juarez, Dan Segarra

STILL:
http://www.filmpaint.com/post/winter_kingdom/winter_kingdom_still.jpg
WIP THREAD:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=139&t=719057


DESCRIPTION:
story:

Over the past centuries hundreds of cargo ships have mysteriously disapperead in the freezing waterrs of the North Atlantic. Last Intercepted radio transmission revealed crew hypnotized by a light emanating off a distance. Rescue team experts believe they were hallucinating due to extremely low temperature.

Sailors think otherwise...



shot breakdown:

John Juarez - Scene Layout for Animatic, Ships / props Modeling and Texture in Softimage and Photoshop. 3D Particles in Softimage.
Bruno Werneck - Concept Art, Matte Painting and Texturing in Photoshop. Lighting and Rendering in 3DMax. 2D Particles, Editing, Compositing and Sound Mixing in After Effects.
Dan Segarra - Intro / Synopsis Writing, Previz and Final Camera Animation in Maya.

ANIMATION LINK:
medium size quicktime ( 800 x 340 65 megs ) (http://www.filmpaint.com/post/winter_kingdom/winter_kingdom_800.mov)
medium size quicktime lower quality ( 800 x 340 32 megs ) (http://www.filmpaint.com/post/winter_kingdom/winter_kingdom_800_low.mov)
small size quicktime lower quality ( 600 x 255 14 megs ) (http://www.filmpaint.com/post/winter_kingdom/winter_kingdom_600_low.mov)

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[TerryTrefry]

NAME: Terry Trefry
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STILL: http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t230/6dollarman/th_TERRY_TREFRY_FXWARS800x450.jpg (http://s161.photobucket.com/albums/t230/6dollarman/?action=view&current=TERRY_TREFRY_FXWARS800x450.flv)
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WIP THREAD: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=139&t=725853
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DESCRIPTION: This piece was done in Maya, textures photoshop, and pieced together in VirtualDub. A journey from frigid water to an icy desert finally reaching the ice castle.
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ANIMATION LINK: http://s161.photobucket.com/albums/t230/6dollarman/?action=view&current=TERRY_TREFRY_FXWARS800x450.flv

[JonathanFreisler]

Best Visual Effects: Stefan Morrell.

good job to all! Amazing entrys.

[Artbot]

Best VFX: Stefan Morrell

Awesome job, Stefan. Just add another 119 minutes and you have yourself an epic! This is probably the first FX Wars entry (ever) where I was truly disappointed there wasn't more.

[jigu]

wow great job Stefan morrell..

My vote goes to Stefan Morrell..

Great works everyone!

All the best!

[adib]

Best VFX: Stefan Morrell.

GREAT WORK MAN!

[DoubleSupercool]

Best FX: Stefan Morrell

[Helgi]

There are a lot of great entries in this challenge, great stuff but my vote goes to:

Best VFX: Stefan Morrel.

That was just epic and, I agree with Artbot, I was disappointed when it ended. I wanted more.

[tool2heal]

Best VFX - Stefan Morrell
You would'nt think it but the flags blowing in the wind really added a sence of realizm to the shot that I did'nt think they would.

[djart73]

Best VFX- Bruno Werneck, John Juarez, Dan Segarra

Best WIP Thread- Bruno Werneck, John Juarez, Dan Segarra

While watching the short, i hoped for the flash light at the end.

Greets rasher73

[Silverwing]

Best VFX: Stefan Morrell.

Wow very Epic! I loved to hear the Dark Knight soudtrack on it. Its fitting very nicely.
Amazing rendering and great compositing!

My 2nd Place goes to Bruno Werneck, John Juarez, Dan Segarra
Very cool mood! I liked the end a lot where the tower begins to glow!

[ivanisavich]

Best FX: Stefan Morrell

Outstanding entry dude!

Great job everyone else too :D

[SergioSantos]

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Stefan Morrell

Congrats!

amazing works!

[irwit]

Any chance of some youtube uploads? I cant view a lot of these. I did however see Stephans and it was excellent!

[TerryTrefry]

Best FX: Stefan Morrell

Best WIP: Stefan Morrell

I really enjoyed watching this piece.
Stefan's WIP was also quite informative.
Great work by everyone.

[nickmarshallvfx]

Best VFX: Stefan Morrell

Best WIP Thread: Stefan Morrell

Great work everyone. My vote goes to Stefan, as all his elements just came together perfectly - matte painting, 3d, cloth sims, particle work, music etc. Brilliant stuff, really great!

Nick

[dementol]

Best VFX

Stefan Morrell

That's a very good job. itv very nice and well done.-

[TAVO]

Best VFX Stefan Morrell

Amazing quality dude, i really love your work.

[Airflow]

Lots of good entries but my vote
Best Visual Effects: Stefan Morrell
Stefan is the new Obama :)

[torpedob]

Best VFX: Stefan Morrell!!

[DerrickG]

Best VFX: Stefan Morrell
Very Dramatic! You built it up nicely!

Well done to everyone else :)

[maxspider3000]

I stopped on the entry of both Stefan Morrell and Joseph Baker

but I guess my vote ends to Stefan Morrell :)nice work everyone ...

[idahopotatis]

Stefan Morrell. Goody

[Tranimatronic]

Best VFX shot - I was bowled over by all entries, but Stefan's to me was the overall winner. The soundtrack added to it alot.

Best WIP - Stefan Morrell interesting WIP too.

Nice work everyone !

[Giap]

A vote for Stefan Morrell. I just love how the snow lie on the terrain and stuff.

[WyattHarris]

Best VFX-Bruno Werneck, John Juarez, Dan Segarra

[BenCole]

Stefan Morrel!

[Burtram]

Best VFX - Bruno Werneck, John Juarez, Dan Segarra

That gave me chills, it was kinda creepy and awesome.

[RobertoOrtiz]

OK guys, here are some youtube mirrors I just posted:

Fxwars Winter Kingdoms, Marlon Torres & Martin Romero (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAbTOWc9y0g)
FXWARS Winter Kingdom (Joseph Baker) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqdHQYKcqe0)
FXWars Winter Kingdom(Stefan Morrell) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtFPnOXImYM)
FXWARS (reinhart82) (http://www.4shared.com/account/file/84677039/dd0f5100/WinterKingdom_Final.html)
Gabriele Chiapponi DRUIGANT
FXWARS Winter Kingdom (Bruno Werneck, John Juarez, Dan Segarra) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1jBPCsVVIc)

[bloodframe]

My vote goes to Stefan Morrell (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=5665129&postcount=6) great work!

[uchiharuin]

Best VFX: Stefan Morrell.

:thumbsup:

[BeeLand]

Best VFX: Stefan Morrell.

[JohnPGiancarlo]

my vote goes to Stefan Morrell

[toufik]

the best vfx and wip and all Stefan-Morrell (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=64489) good work

[Digital-I]

Best VFX - Stefan Morrell - I SO want to see the rest of that film!

Cheers!

[VanillaChicken]

Bruno Werneck, John Juarez, Dan Segarra for best VFX

[LosPescados]

Best VFX: Stefan Morrell.
Best WIP: Stefan Morrell.

Awesome work dude! Love"d watching and will watch again !

[captainchet]

Best VFX: Bruno Werneck, John Juarez and Dan Segarra

Awesome job! Fantastic work all around, really :buttrock:

[kiboSVK]

Best VFX-Stefan Morrell
Best WIP-Stefan Morrell

Morrell rulez

[zymn]

Best VFX: Joseph Baker

i dunno, but there's something about it that makes me think "whoa".

[RobertoOrtiz]

I will be adding the votes tonight..

You guys got 24 hours from the time of this post to vote.

-R

[DestinedForTheOne]

Another vote for stefan morrell! Amazing work...

2nd place - Bruno Werneck, John Juarez, Dan Segarra really enjoyed that too :)
(http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=5665407&postcount=7)

[RobertoOrtiz]

Ok we have a winner for the FXwars challenge:


I am very impressed with the GREAT of entries we got.
and I hope you all will joing us for our next mini challenge
TESLA (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=139&t=724425)
AND COMING SOON:
THE Albert Whitlock Tribute (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=139&t=727582)



Here is the WINNER!

BEST WIP & BEST VFX:
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b216/robertoortiz1/FXWARS/cupfx.gif

Stefan Morrell (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=5665129&postcount=6)

STILL: http://stefan-morrell.com/fxwarpic.jpg-
WIP THREAD: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthr...?f=139&t=710781 (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=139&t=710781)
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DESCRIPTION:Freeform fantasy style castle,Software used 3dsmax,Photoshop,After effects
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ANIMATION LINK: http://stefan-morrell.com/FXwarWinter_Morrell.mov

-Roberto


Best VFX: Stefan Morrell! 30 votes!


Bruno Werneck, John Juarez, Dan Segarra - 5 votes
Joseph Baker-1 Vote

Best WIP Thread: Stefan Morrell - 3 votes

Bruno Werneck, John Juarez, Dan Segarra-1 Vote

[JB]

Congrats Stefan! well done :)

Hey 1 vote, awesome! that's 1 more vote than I've ever gotten before :thumbsup:

[Stefan-Morrell]

many thanks for all the votes guys!!..much appreciated :thumbsup:
looking forward to the Whitlock tribute.

Cheers
Stefan

[Brainsample]

Congrats Stefan on a well deserved win.

[reinhart82]

Grats:) really very nice job there:thumbsup:

[olly]

Love the low angle and cinematic feel to it. Amazing!

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