Steampunk CGChallenge :: Winners!

[sandsekh]

Congratulations to all the winners - Inspiring works!

-Sandeep

[Creeto]

fantastic work guys. congrats! :thumbsup:

[Erigo]

nothing to say great job people ! :applause:

[erilaz]

The challenge gets better and better every time. Well done to all!

[DaddyMack]

Easily the greatest work I've ever seen in these challenges

Huge props to all the winners and honorable mentions:buttrock:

[AUMAKUA]

Congratulations to everybody! Great challenge once more :applause:

[AJ]

Congratulations!

Some really great work in this one.

[Gunilla]

Outstanding work this time - congrats all!

[daw]

so many great entries and awesome winners! - congratulations to everyone!

[Pyke]

Amazing work guys. Congrats to all the winners! All very well deserved!

[walrus]

Congratulations to everyone who participated in the challenge, regardless of prizes: Hope you all got something worthwhile out of it. (I sure did!) But especially congrats to the award winners. Wonderful work!

[JurajMolcak]

What? What? What?

I think CG challenges don´t need rules, themes and special categories anymore! Enough said!

[NinjaA55N]

Impressive work all the way! Congratulations to all winners and honorable mentioned artists!

[PavelPetrenko]

Congratulations to all finalists. :thumbsup:
Great job!

[Mardukk]

Where are Lighting, Digital Painting and Landscape/Matte painting category?

[Intervain]

beautiful work everybody - congrats!:buttrock:

[inky2]

So interesting that my opinion conside with judges decision :)
I was supported for Fabricio Moraes and Guillaume Dubois.

My big respect to this stunning artists!:applause:

[medunecer]

Congratulations to all the winners and participants. Great jobs!

[leigh]

Congratulations to the winners, and congratulations also to everyone who took part! There were so many fantastic images this time around, I think everyone deserves a congrats for their hard work.

[JurajMolcak]

What? What? What?

I think CG challenges don´t need rules, themes and special categories anymore! Enough said!

To make my feels a bit more clear for you folks, here are some of my thoughts.
I don´t want to say that there is no room for some of the awarded entries, but I found this challenge and results controversial at least.
You provided very detailed instructions about what the Steampunk Culture is about. It has certain feel, certain elements. There was a very good research about it in many entries as well. That´s the first thing I am going to point at here. I found Tyson Ibele's entry great in many ways but it has big lack of Steampunk in it. So I can say about "Concept Art Award entry" and "Art Direction Award". "Image Excellence Award" - well, lucky one from the amount of great image entries, but I believe I saw more steampunk in other with great finish. I feel very sorry for artists that took the importance of Steampunk elements as a must to meet the rules what was very timeconsuming because of details and design and especially the video category had only 2 weeks over the image category, what sound now even more crazy then during the challenge.

I have overall doubts about "Team Entry Excellence" since I read somewhere around rules that character animation and storytelling is far more important then technical aspect.

I am very dissapointed about importance of WIP in this challenge in connection with special categories. What the hack is "Sculpture Award" about? Basic 3D model with textures to look good in low rez render? "Best Character", "Animation", "Modeling" - Why we had to submit all the wip work with all the concepts and things that are just hidden in final entry when it seems like non of the judges is going through them? Why such rush with announcing the winners? Take your time, the prizes can´t run away...

You went too far with the way of judging and overall run of CG Challenge and I have to say 200.000 in prizes can't solve this issue. Too much of subjectivity and laziness in it.

[leigh]

Oh, look. It only took one page before the bitching started. It usually only starts around page 3 or 4.

Well done. I can smell the sour grapes from here.

[JurajMolcak]

Oh, look. It only took one page before the bitching started. It usually only starts around page 3 or 4.

Well done. I can smell the sour grapes from here.

Oh, look. Yet another claver way of suppressing a diffrent opinion. Make me look a whiner so that you don´t have to take responsibility for your actions. Well done.

[adib]

Where are Lighting, Digital Painting and Landscape/Matte painting category?


Yes! Good Question!

Congruatulations to all winners and honorable mentions!:buttrock:

[mr_carl]

:applause: Big congrats to all the winners, outstanding work from everyone :applause:

[khendar]

Every challenge has its controversies, whether its regards to the rules, the entries, or the judging. There was no reason to suspect that this one would be any different. Rest assured that the decisions made by the judges were not made lightly, and a great deal of discussion was had behind the scenes with regards to how the rules should be interpreted and how the entries were to be evaluated. To suggest that the decisions were "rushed" or "lazy" is an insult to the people who put their time and effort into making this thing possible.

[adib]

There are 3 more categories without an winner:Lighting, Digital Painting and Landscape/Matte painting .


What happend?

Thanks!

[leigh]

Oh, look. Yet another claver way of suppressing a diffrent opinion. Make me look a whiner so that you don´t have to take responsibility for your actions. Well done.

I'm not taking responsibility for my actions? When I put my name on the judges roster, I took responsibility for my actions. Don't come with your high and mighty attitude because you'll fall right off that self-made pedestal.

And this isn't about you having a "different opinion". You've come into a thread that is meant to congratulate the winners, and you're complaining about the results. This is not only extraordinarily gauche, but also insulting to everyone involved in the challenge. It also makes you look like a bad loser - and believe me, that's not a good look.

If you want to talk about different opinions, then take your own advice. The judges had a different opinion to yours. Mystery solved.

[deadrockboy]

Congrets to all winners!

Many of them missed the theme. The teme was "Myts and Legends", not "Fairy Tales and Novels"... But I guess most of the entrys fail in that field, so there was no point in disqualifying majority...
Not fer to other entrys thou...

[JurajMolcak]

To suggest that the decisions were "rushed" or "lazy" is an insult to the people who put their time and effort into making this thing possible.

My suggestion is based on one simple fact - 3 weeks are not enough to judge so many entries with heavy WIPs. This challenge is theme based challenge, every wrong interpretation of it should cound. This challenge is WIP challenge, every bit of work done for it should count.
Anyway, thanks for your feedback I appreciate that you didn´t call me silly and you considered my words.

[MiguelAngeloCBT]

Congratulations guys! :buttrock: Really amazing works!

Kuddos to Tyson Ibele (really awesome work dude!) and to Laurent Pierlot (one of my favorite Digital Artists out there).

Hope to finish my entry next time...

[Quadart]

This challenge displayed an impressive amount of very impressive work.

Congratulations to the winners.

[JurajMolcak]

I'm not taking responsibility for my actions? When I put my name on the judges roster, I took responsibility for my actions. Don't come with your high and mighty attitude because you'll fall right off that self-made pedestal.

Responsibility is not only putting your name somewhere but also taking the time to explain if someone have doubts and ability to discuss reasonably. While you are only being harsh.

And this isn't about you having a "different opinion". You've come into a thread that is meant to congratulate the winners, and you're complaining about the results. This is not only extraordinarily gauche, but also insulting to everyone involved in the challenge. It also makes you look like a bad loser - and believe me, that's not a good look.

I clicked the link "Discuss this article".

If you want to talk about different opinions, then take your own advice. The judges had a different opinion to yours. Mystery solved.

Yes, and you presented yours opinions so I did mine.

[vampeta]

:beer: Congratulations! :beer:

To all participants, winners and the CgSociety team
Really awesome entries this time and great challenge!

-Alex

[AIR]

Congrat's guys!:buttrock:nice challenge overall!

[djart73]

I am a little broken and sad about not beeing an offical winner but, i won a lot of experience and i could push my boundaries very far ;-)

CONGRATULATIONS to all the winners, you gave us some to enjoy! and thx to the makers of this contest.

Maybe next time :-)

Best Regards, Dieter/ djart73

[Duque]

Parabens Pafricio (Fabricio Moraes)!!!
Congrats! Amazing Job!

[ihamid]

Congrats to the winners and all the participants :applause: .

[leigh]

Responsibility is not only putting your name somewhere but also taking the time to explain if someone have doubts and ability to discuss reasonably. While you are only being harsh.


If you wanted to discuss this "issue" you could have contacted the admins privately. Instead, you came and complained repeatedly in this celebratory thread. It's like going to someone's birthday party, and when they all start singing Happy Birthday, you start running around and shouting that the person doesn't deserve a party. I am all for discussing things, but there is a time and a place for that. And this isn't it. What you've done is gauche, and it's disrespectful.

And as for your accusation about the judges not taking the time to look at the WIPs: I followed this entire challenge from the day it started (hell, I was involved from the very conception of the challenge, months before it even launched). I then took an entire day out of my busy schedule to look at all the final works. It's presumptuous, and downright insulting, for you to sit and pass judgement on the judges when you have no idea how much time any of us spent looking at the work. Assumptions, as they say, are the mother of all screw ups.

Now, I don't expect you to agree with all the winners. But the least you could do is have the good grace to leave this thread alone as a place of celebration, not disgruntlement.

[adib]

There are 3 more categories without an winner:Lighting, Digital Painting and Landscape/Matte painting .


What happend?

Thanks!

GREAT WORK EVRYONE!Congruatulation again!

[khendar]

There are 3 more categories without an winner:Lighting, Digital Painting and Landscape/Matte painting .


What happend?

Thanks!

They're right there on the third page:

http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=4936&page=3

[filda]

Congratulations everyone! :D

[alancamara]

Congratulations to the winners.

I really I loved this contest, all works showed here are greats.

And to you Fabricio, I just wanna said three words to you - I hate you!.

Dude, I really happy for you, very well deserved.

Alan

[JurajMolcak]

Now, I don't expect you to agree with all the winners. But the least you could do is have the good grace to leave this thread alone as a place of celebration, not disgruntlement.

Again, I clicked the link "Discuss this article on CGTalk"... it is sitting there right after the Honorary Mentions list. Never heard about this "congratulations only" thing before. If you wanted to have this thread celebratory, there should be a mention about it somewhere.

I took the time to explain my thoughts about what was wrong from my point of view, it was not empty bitching. I remember you involved in FAQ and some of the entries from the begining. That´s why I don´t understand the way you wrote your reply. Take it however you want I know why I had to write what I did. And after all the competitions I have done around here I am standing behind my words and you didn´t give me the reason to change it or to change the place where I did write them.

[ArsXC]

Great challenge! Congratulations to the winners! It was very interesting to participate and watch work of other masters!

[undoz]

wow, such an amazing display of work

congrats to everyone who put time into this competition

[adib]

They're right there on the third page:

http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=4936&page=3


Thanks! I didn seeit!

Well deserved! Good Work everyone!
With every challenge we see more cool stuf,movies and illustration,and is geting biger and better.To be in the competition make you do more new works and style and with every challenge you got more experiance and I m happy to see here in CGSociety I found alot thinks to learn and with every contest I m improving my work and that is more than a prize.

Thanks for this Challenge!:applause:
We wait for more!

[scho81]

I took so much time competing in the 2d category that I never really looked through the video part of the contest. All I can say is "WOW" I was blown away. Much respect to all the winners of this competition, excellent work to say the least.

Looking forward to the next competition to push my skills even more. That's what I really got out of it. Thanks to all the judges and everyone involved in making these gears turn on this challenge.


-Mike Inscho

[Mirzoyan]

Congratulations and thanks to everyone!

[David-J]

Amazing work everyone. congrats to the winners and thanks to the sponsors and CgTalk for hosting this awesome event.

Cheers everyone.

[Pufferfish]

Congrats to all winners! Well deserved. :buttrock:

[Womball]

Woohoo! A lot of the ones I liked won! Especially pinochioo (sic). Fantistic quality even in the runnerups.


I did not know there was a Golem animation. That was news to me. I was even considering a similar design... Will have to change that. Rediculous quality too. I'd like to see a full length movie.

[Heozart]

Congrats to all the winners and everyone who participated. Very inspiring!

[angel]

Congratulations to everyone, great work!

[AK86]

Congratulations to all the winners and participants from me too. It was a great time with interesting results. So lets chink glasses and say "Cheers!!!" looking forward to new challenges. :)

[BaronImpossible]

Well done to everyone who took part and especially well done to all the winners :thumbsup: I honestly didn't expect so much amazing work to come out of this contest, it was quite humbing... not to mention that it made judging really, really difficult! Having said that, despite the amount of effort it took, it was never a chore because there were so many excellent pieces and videos to view.

And for those whining about the judging bear in mind the results reflect the overall consensus of a dozen judges and it's unlikely any one person's views match this consensus 100%, whether they be judge, participant or observer. That's pretty much the concept of having a panel of judges.

So well done to the winners again and have fun with your new toys :)

[XminusOne]

Nice work and congrats to all!!! So many entries, I would've hated to be a judge.

[MR]

congratulations!!
i hope i`ll see you all next time.

[grantmoore3d]

Amazing work everyone!!

[richardrosenman]

Stunning results - congratulations to all.

-Richard

[ivanisavich]

Congrats to everyone! It was a really fun challenge to partake in, and a blast to see all of the other incredible entries!

[ragdoll]

the one competition i wish i could've participated in...but didn't...oh well...congratulations to all! very inspirational work all around! well done! :applause:

[Antropus]

Congratulations everybody, specially Fabricio Moraes. Your work was my favorite by far. A ton of character and charisma in this piece.

-Kris

[MartinNielsen]

Yes, congrats to everybody :beer: These challenges are really fun to be part of, and I will surely return for another one :)

[wowbaggin]

thanks to everyone for sharing their great work. and thanks to the site for hosting!

[RogerNobs]

When I look at the other honorary mentions, I feel honored indeed.

Congratulations to all the prizewinners (Fabricio was my favorite to win from early on), and to all those who finished.

It was a great experience. Thank you once again to everybody who spurred me on and gave me advice.

[syrez-one]

Congratulations to all the winners! Learned a ton through the challenge, and got to know new friends!

[Istmo]

A great Bravo for all of you and a great Congrats for all the winners. It´s a pleasure to watch these artworks;)

[SilverCity]

I love that "Steamnocchio" illustration! I hope we can see a more in depth tutorial later on.

Congratulations to everyone who entered.

[mdavid]

Once again I'm amazed by the brilliant high standards of the challenge winners and so many other entrants who did not make it this time. Looking at the winners' work is as much pure fun as it is inspiring (and humbling), and that says a lot about the caliber of these challenges.

And many thanks to the organisers and judges, yet again, for making these things possible. I imagine that events like these must take an enormous amount of behind-the-scenes time and energy. Great job, folks

[salmonmoose]

I took so much time competing in the 2d category that I never really looked through the video part of the contest. All I can say is "WOW" I was blown away. Much respect to all the winners of this competition, excellent work to say the least.

Yeah, we're constantly blown away by the time put into the video categories. It'd almost be a little depressing if they weren't so awesome.

[anandpg]

Brilliant, brilliant work!!! :buttrock: Congratulations to all winners! :applause::applause::applause::applause::applause:
:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[ertacaltinoz]

I didn't win, but I'm really happy for all winners.
It was a great journey with all of you; thanks to all entrants. On the other hand we all gain lots of experience. We all experienced what it means to be in a tough challenge.
CONGRATS to all winners!:buttrock:

[StefanoTsai]

Fantastic works, everybody!

Congratulations for all of winners:bowdown:
those final results are just speechless...they are all Brilliant!

[irwit]

Great work ever but I can only see the stills ?

Does anyone know why I cant view the full videos on cgtalk.

The flash movies play for between a second or 10 seconds and stop as if its fully downloaded and wont download anymore, but it hasnt finished downloading the whole movie. Even if I click download movie it will only download the parts thats downloaded, not the whole thing. This happens on pretty much all cgtalk movies?

[mdavid]

I'm not taking responsibility for my actions? When I put my name on the judges roster, I took responsibility for my actions. Don't come with your high and mighty attitude because you'll fall right off that self-made pedestal.

And this isn't about you having a "different opinion". You've come into a thread that is meant to congratulate the winners, and you're complaining about the results. This is not only extraordinarily gauche, but also insulting to everyone involved in the challenge. It also makes you look like a bad loser - and believe me, that's not a good look.

If you want to talk about different opinions, then take your own advice. The judges had a different opinion to yours. Mystery solved.

Leigh, I think you're being unnecessarily rough on Juraj.

You've come into a thread that is meant to congratulate the winners
Huh? I would prefer to believe people (including me) are congratulating the winners because we want to, not because that's the only thing allowed in this thread.

In my thread you were quick to get angry at people who did not see things your way and you called people 'obtuse' and so on. I got so fed up by your rudeness that I got quite disillusioned and lost interest in the challenge and it was only the warm-hearted and generous encouragement of other entrants that brought me back.

Please understand that when you dish out the personal criticisms your status as a judge and moderator amplifies whatever you are saying. I respectfully suggest that maybe you are unaware of how you come across when you call people whiners, gauche, a loser, falling of self-made pedestals, obtuse and other inflammatory words.

So please show some courtesy to Juraj even if you don't agree with what he says. In a mature community like this one, I don't see the need to be overly aggressive. Remember the guidelines around here:

Before posting, please review the following:

Be courteous and polite. Show respect to the opinions and feelings of others. Use of the forums is a privilege, not a right.
Engage your brain before your mouth. You are responsible for your own words and any harm they may cause.
Don't dilute the forums with irrelevant and unnecessary fluff. CGTalk is a professional, moderated forum. It's a place to talk about all things related to computer graphics.
Critiques and responses to images are to be constructive and related to improving the quality of the artwork.

As someone who has apparently seen those guidelines more than 20,000 times, perhaps you might be well served to have another look at them ;)

[ivanisavich]

Great work ever but I can only see the stills ?

Does anyone know why I cant view the full videos on cgtalk.

The flash movies play for between a second or 10 seconds and stop as if its fully downloaded and wont download anymore, but it hasnt finished downloading the whole movie. Even if I click download movie it will only download the parts thats downloaded, not the whole thing. This happens on pretty much all cgtalk movies?

Yes...some other people (including myself) have had problems with CGSociety's flv server. My entry can be viewed on Vimeo:

http://vimeo.com/3117336

[jigu]

thanks T for posting on vimeo. Even I was unable to download flv file.
now I can view full video instead of half.

Are other videos also uploaded somewhere else?

[Pyke]

Here is mine. Honorable mention, but I'd like to think its still worth a look. :D

CHARON - The Ferrymaster (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?1abomhi1mcz)

I think if you look through the threads, there are a few entrants who posted direct download links, or re hosted at other sites.

[AdamTSC]

Congratulations to all the winners! :beer:

[irwit]

Yes...some other people (including myself) have had problems with CGSociety's flv server. My entry can be viewed on Vimeo:

http://vimeo.com/3117336


Thanks for the link and uploading to an alternative source. Your animation was excellent! A well thought out plot and very good twist at the end, a much deserved win! :applause: :applause: :applause:

[visionmaster2]

Congratulation to all !:applause::beer:

here is mine, in pal format.
save target as : http://www.hollywoodpocket.com/animaticflash/720540.mpg



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[Aire7]

Congratulations winners, there's some fantastic work here! :applause:

[atd]

I have problems to see ALL the videos, thanks for mirrors !!

[MikeRhone]

Wow... simply amazing work from everyone who submitted. Top level stuff!

[ThE_JacO]

Sincere congratulations to all the winners.
AFAIC this challenge has been one of the best I've seen here in a long, long time; the results are outstanding, and if you won something, or recognize the quality of the winners' work, ignore those few trolls who really can't seem to understand that there's a time and a place for everything (and this isn't the time or the place for whinging).

Take the weak arguments that dress this sour grapes salad some would serve as further complimenting on the quality of your work :)

Geppetto on one of the winning entries makes it to that very rare condition of "****ing priceless look on his face" :)

[paperclip]

The winners are as I suspected. :D A couple of small surprises there, but I think all were well chosen. Congrats to everyone! :thumbsup: :bounce:

[SimonDarmstadt]

Congratulations to all participants and especially to the winners!
Taking part at this challenge and watching all the amazing entrys was real fun and I am looking forward to the next challenge :D

Our video can be found on youtube: Atlantis - An inconvenient truth (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT0lCwGNZQ8)

[marciowski]

Sincere congratulations to all the winners.
AFAIC this challenge has been one of the best I've seen here in a long, long time;

This is true!

And congratulations to the boys from Brazil. You rUleD!

[MrPositive]

Congratulations to all those who won some prestige and awards, but don't forget that just being involved in a wonderfully run competition and community is a win in it's own right. I just got to watch Ivanisevich's piece and after watching I said, "wow that was awesome", so I'm in big agreement there, which is good enough for me! His piece really exemplified storytelling. I figured the stills category would be a nightmare to judge, as there were about +20 pieces that looked like professional work. Just to be in that honorable mention is still world class, as the judging could go many different avenues depending on who is involved, which is what makes a subjective competition fun in the first place. Wow, just some astonishing pieces all the way around, top to bottom. I'm not sure this challenge can ever be topped.

[fgdf]

Good job peoples and see you next time!

[CuriousLobster]

Congratulations to all winners!! :applause:

[Maxter]

Congrats to all the winners and participants. Great work everybody!:thumbsup:

[WillBellJr]

Congratulations to all involved - OUTSTANDING work!

-Will

[mdavid]

I'd like to add how impressed I was with the storytelling side of the ivanisavich film. To get across a story and a twist in such short time takes real skill. There is no doubting the high standards in all other areas and in the other entrants, but an extra 'Bravo' from me for his story

[Maxim_311]

If you wanted to discuss this "issue" you could have contacted the admins privately.

I have to take issue with this, I'm sorry, I tried to get in contact with admins before about a discussion I started that was closed for no justified (or in my opinion justifiable) reason. Last I tried, all the admins I checked had personal messages disabled and all my inquiries into the other official channels went unanswered.


As far as the competition goes I have nothing but praise for the winners, great work indeed. And congratulations as well to those who entered and finished their entries for the competition. As anyone who has done personal projects knows simply finishing is many times a huge hurdle.

[LOTK]

Congratulations to everyone, awesome work!!

Stills, animations and concepts, all worth the work done

Keep up the good work guys!

LOTK

[fabmoraes]

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this challenge and for the winners. I saw so many amazing works with outstanding quality. It is hard to believe I really won.

It is a great honor to win in my category.
Thanks everyone for the amazing support and thanks for all CG Society team.


:buttrock:YOU ARE GREAT ! :buttrock:

[Ivy00]

I have no idea how the judges were able to pick winners from this challenge. There were more fantastic entries for this than I can count.

Congrats to all of the winners and a special congrats to Musi *hugs my dear I am so HAPPY for you and your team :):bounce: :bounce:

[nobby1]

Many of them missed the theme. The teme was "Myts and Legends", not "Fairy Tales and Novels"...

I'm suprised to read that only one other person picked up on this. Alice in Wonderland and Pinnochio are Not myths or Legends. They're fairly modern children's stories.

This is absolutely no comment on the talent and skills of the winning artists and I'm not trying to whip up a hornets nest of a debate. I'm just a little taken aback that so many entrants have been allowed to skirt around certain rules set in place at the competitions inception. I'd assume that most people entering this competition are used to working to professional briefs. It wouldn't be acceptable to a client to change the brief so why has it been allowed here?

This is a very personal point of view, and is not intended to offend any one involved in the competition. I will however be reluctant to enter another CG competition on this website. I entered it as a personal challenge outside of my usual working practice and proud that I managed to deliver it on time. This has been tarnished by the fact that I worked very hard towards a brief that in the end turned out to be fairly irrelevant.

[AUMAKUA]

Actually, I've also been wondering about this "brief switch" seen on lots of entries..

[leigh]

I'm suprised to read that only one other person picked up on this.

You're not the first person to mention it.

It was covered in the FAQ right when the challenge started.

[khendar]

I'm suprised to read that only one other person picked up on this. Alice in Wonderland and Pinnochio are Not myths or Legends. They're fairly modern children's stories.


It was decided fairly early in the piece as part of the discussion in the FAQ thread that "Myth and Legend" was to be expanded to include "Fable and Fairytale". While the theme is important to the challenge, in the end there's always a little wiggle room, and a well done piece which is slightly off theme will likely win over a poorly done piece which stuck tightly to the theme.

[deadrockboy]

You guys are really going on my nerves...

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