Challenge issues resolved in this thread

#21

Hi, I am new here and I have read the rules, and all I can say is - confusion -

2D challenges will have the handicap of adding depth by shading their characters/contraptions, you should make a model sheet

What? You mention that you need to show concept art with your 3d entry as well, so are these two things together, or will 2d entrants have there own voting page? And if they do, Are they allowed to color it, for I don’t quit understand what the shading handicap meens?? Does shading their characters mean taking the 3d image and adding lights or . . . ??

I am sorry to ask these questions, but since I would like to join the 2d section, I would need some more information as to what is expected there. Really sorry:blush:

#22

This is my first time doing this so i hope i will do well, i can’t wait to start designing the concept art and to start seeing other peoples ideas this is going to be fun, and poly modeling is the thing i love so is perfect for this challenge.-------Good Look To Everyone

Ps: if any one has some references than can help i will be very thankfull.:bounce:

#23

this is my first time doing this so is there a problem if I Don’t have a scaner can i just post the proses of the character??? thanxxx:hmm: :hmm: :hmm:

#24

The idea behind the challenge is great, although I disagree with a particular element of it - having to rig the model. I don’t have much experience rigging characters, let alone fantasy creatures. The ones that I HAVE rigged are completely and utterly horrible. Is t here a way that we can avoid that aspect for the modeling people in this challenge?

Perhaps make textures required and have no rigs? something…please :wink:

#25

Originally posted by Wiro
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The mention of a rig is just there so nobody simply models a default pose. Like Lildragon said you can of course also just model it posed.

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I think that may end up being a better option for a lot of people, especially the more complex it is with harnesses, chains, ropes, etc. at work…starting to figure out how all that will or won’t work on mine now… :argh:

Of course it limits what you can do it with ‘later’, but for creating a set piece that seems absolutely fine.

#26

So the bottom line. What all is to be submitted?

  1. Artwork behind the character design
  2. Rendered output

That’s it, right?

What are the dimensions prefered? Sorry to ask you all this. I’m new to this.

Thanks in advance!:wavey:

#27

1)Is fur allowed???

2)can we make the vehicle(cart) aswell???

3)is it necessary that we should make our own sketch and do that, otherwise can we simply mold a premade concept/sketch into a mesh???/

and yeah about the second pic…i know it’s somewhere from my country 'coz the people are wearing “Shalwar Qameez”(our national dress), and yeah i see tons of these sort of things everyday…from my balcony, outside on the road and at many other places…

#28

Naaahaaa! I got no time! howl
That theme is realy cool! …and I’ve got so much to so :surprised

#29

Rigging: Rigging can be as simple as a few bones in the model in order to pose it, it’s not a requirement, but your model MUST be posed for the final, if you choose to model it posed that’s fine but it really limits use later on…

come on guys “challenge” yourself, I did in the PA challenge and NOT once regretted modeling the details on Kar, rigging was also tough but fun…

Carny rigged his wasteman which was unbelievable, he did it on a VERY slow machine, wiro rigged his snow dude, I thought THAT was impossible, but he did it, remember in cg guys nothing is cheating.

Stop making excuses and just try it, you might be surprise, there’s so many awesome stories that result from these challenges

erilaz: You can make as many as you wish, but only use one thread

Apt Pupil: Hi, welcome to the forum, if you’ve been following the challenges, you’ll notice that 2D art is separate from 3D just for fairness. Basically the handicap for 2D means you get to give “depth” to your sketches by shading them, hence basically “rendering them”. Don’t concern yourself with the 3D side of things.

erakesh: yes, I’ve also updated the rules to state that you need to show the progress of your work in your thread, hence the name of the challenge WIP

sarfarazsoomro:

  1. no fur is allowed, unless it can be turned into geometry, you can of course change this after the challenge if you wish to something more practical, but not during.
  2. Yes it’s stated in the guidelines
  3. Yes it is necessary, even a doodle will do, keep in mind these challenge are basically geared towards getting yourself an awesome porfolio…
#30

Also keep in mind guys, all of these guidelines pertain to this challenge run time, after the challenge you can do whatever you want to your model, to make it more practical, just not during… these challenges will bring some awesome opportunites in a few months time…

Just wait till the challenge website goes up :wink: you guys will have a field day… exposure and recoqnition in the industry will be fruitless… Take this for example…
http://www.cgchannel.com/story.php?story_id=1165 pm/email and ask Carny about his sucess stories :wink:

Can’t wait to unviel what we have cooking for you guys…

a su salud

#31

Thanks Lildragon for the swift response:thumbsup: I took the time to check some of the earlier submittions and I got a pretty good idea now excited Thanks.

As for that link you showed us, OH my GOD, that looks very interesting. I remember seeing his entry, but the interview does not list what place he came in anywhere, nonetheless, that’s not important, the model is sooooooo cool anyways:)

#32

can we have two people work on one entry? I would like to do the concept art for a friend of mine that is a modeller. Also…would it be acceptable if once he modelled the character, i could use the final renders as referance for a 2d illustration?

#33

I don’t see why not, BUT you need to put both your names in the thread title… it would be considered a collab entry, like we had in the PA challenge, they went fine…

cheers

#34

I haven’t red all the posts in this thread but I have a little question of my own.
I wanne participate in this one.
My question is this.
Is a Centaur considered a Humaniod? Because it’s not actually a biped … :shrug: (and what if he’s undead?)
If someone could please clear this one up for me.

#35

I think it depends on how you want to depict it. Remember the guidelines…it’s supposed to be an animal. It must belong to someone (indicated through the trinkets) and haul something heavy. A Centaur is an intelligent being. They never belong to anyone but themselves and I would’t consider them to be animals. And we’d rather like to see something original than an “existing” creature.
But you can bend the rules! If you can make it appear animalistic and different then feel free to do what you want to!

Wiro

#36

Wiro:
Thanks for the comments.
Hmm, undead is almost in any case made undead and thus owned by some sort of overlord and it’s not all that dificult to make a Centaur look un-intelligent, brutisch and animalistic.
You are certainly right on the originality.
I haven’t really decided anything yet, I’m just thinking of some concepts, that was one of them.

#37

This is about the thumbnails.

I don’t really have a website where I can upload a thumbnail. Can’t I attach a thumbnail, 100x100 in the thumbnail thread??

#38

Hello folks,

well i’d like to participate, and i have a question (sorry if this kind of question has already been discussed or anything, this’d be my first challenge !)…
can original design/concept of the beast be taken from someone else’s ? not that i could not design my own burden beast, but reading the challenge guidelines just gave me the want to model a specific creature as a beast of burden (a Feng Zhu design).
I hope this does not sound foolish or anything, anyhow it won’t be just a copy/paste :slight_smile: i will add details of my own and turn the beast in burden one, adding carried thing and suchs…

thanks !

moujot

#39

Synergy: yes that’s fine, most do :wink:

moujot: if you have the artists permission to use his/her concept in the challenges, then yes that’s fine

a su salud

#40

What are we supposed to do if we don’t have an external host for our thumbnail, should be just attach it to the post?

[edit] sorry I just read the other thread above.