What is the deal with politics on theese things? Could for instance have a chained animal symbolising the poor enslaved parts of this world pulling the rich masters of the same? Or would that provoke you too much?
Challenge issues resolved in this thread
razhel
#42
- should carry trinkets, suited by owner (ie. artifacts, insignia’s)
is it really necessary to have trinkets or is it optional?
I had planned to have my beast hauling a wood box and closed bags on his back.
lildragon
#44
lude: this is fine, but keep in mind it may spark some interesting situations, you can go ahead and do it, just don’t over do it, political issues are a very touchy subject and if we see it getting out of hand we’ll have to take measures, remember this is a CG forum… 
Also keep in mind no humans
razhel: It is necessary, it has to look like it’s owned by an individual.
urgaffel: I see no problem, just as long as it’s a beast, mainly organic in nature in preferable
a su salud
aary
#46
hi, new to the whole cg challenge, coming up with my drawing atm.
I got a simple question.
Can we use alpha/transparency in the final render for stuff like hair on the back of the neck? or is that considered a texture?
JulianS
#47
I dont have a scaner to scan my progres is that a problem can i just show the progres on my 3d model :bounce:
JinMTVT
#48
isn’t that an heavy load ?
shit…my first challenge i wanna participate in…but i’m sooo ZERO in drawing and thinking about stuff like this that i can’t even get my mind set on 1 idea …
looking from the threads in here, people are really talented!! it’s something to seee 
lildragon
#50
aary: Welcome to the board, to answer you question, yes it’s considered a texture
Julian S: It’s fine, but I would recommend finding a scanner or using a friend’s, because we would like to see the whole process… the reasons for this are apparent later on…
JinMTVT: if you meant “any” then yes
ZAPATAFABIO: Welcome to the board… I’m just curious did you read the rules? In particular number 9?
a su salud
lildragon
#52
How do you figure? The only challenge I can remember that even had that much was the PA challenge… and even if we had 200 entries it won’t matter, why put a limit on creativity? If I’m willing to do the work, does it matter? I think not ;). Also I’m going to make and announcement, cause it seems most don’t know we’re creating a new challenge site, simply dedicated to the challenges, with automated submissions, way better voting, bigger thumbs, archives, gallery for past winners, interviews, how to’s, EVERYTHING challenge related will be there. All we ask is for patience
a su salud
ZrO-1
#54
@ Lil’d: The challenge site sounds fantastic! Will it still be a part of CGchannel (like CGtalk is now); or will it be more autonomous?
hypercube
#55
Didn’t the enchanted forest have 150 or something insane? I think aside from going crazy trying to keep up with them all and still contribute to your own thread, and work, and sleep, and read the rest of the site, and have a semblance of a life, and…deep breath :insane: there’s no problem. 
And as said, a lot of things sort themselves out down the line, people drop, change, etc.
Cool about the dedicated challenge site…onward and upward. If it’s a seperate site, are ‘we’ going to be carried over? That’d be the only downside I think, if everyone had to start over.
P.S. On a tech question, since ‘insignias’ are mentioned as a type of trinket, would those be allowed as maps for presentation? I want to make a draped canvas part of the harness with a painted-on symbol, it’s going to be difficult to model as it is without having to somehow build-in the icon.
lildragon
#56
I just posted and announcement regarding the challenge site, take a read
ZrO-1: Actually I can’t answer that just yet but nevertheless it will be something great.
hypercube: You know it very well might be, heh I didn’t even realize and yeh by doing all those things, you won’t have a prob :D. As for being carried over, no because the forums stay right here, where all the magic started… the challenge site is more for umm organizational purposes
As for your other question, that’s fine, but remember you can use bump maps
a su salud
toxichimp
#57
First of all, I’d like to say that I think the cgchallenge idea is great. I read the announcment and just can’t wait to see the results
Got a bunch of questions about it though, if you don’t mind me asking
#1 Does this mean the whole forum system will be gone? Because that’s what I love about these challenges, to see the process of other artists and discus them while their being worked on.
#2 Will there be diffrent categories for every month? So animators, texture artist, 2d artists etc etc will be able to join in the same month.
#3 More of a suggestion really, a little too ambitious perhaps but wouldn’t it be kewl to have a team challenge Perhaps 3 to 5 people, from concept artist to animators. I think it would really simulate real company work.
Again, I love the idea of the whole cgchallenge site. Sounds like fun
moujot
#58
howdy,
i know that textures aren’t allowed, still can we use a solid color 2-sided material (applied to all objects then) ?
thanks !
moujot
Wiro
#59
Yes, in accordance with rule 10) you can use solid colors.
But personally I’d rather like to see one overall color on the model. Colors distract and shouldn’t really have to be used in a modelling challenge
Wiro
moujot
#60
thanks for the fast reply, Wiro;
indeed i mean to use one single color for the whole scene then, what i’m looking for here is really the 2-sided, to avoid “holes” in some hollow models…
still, thinking about it, wouldn’t it be a little cheat, since we’re in a modelling challenge ?
moujot
Wiro
#61
I think it should be ok to use 2sided materials. If you’re modelling a piece of paper there’s no need to blow polys on giving it thickness.
The texture rules are only there to keep people from beefing up their models with colors when it’s modelling that’s the focus.
Anything else done with materials that have to do with the structure of geometry (bumps, displacements, opacitymaps, 2sided maps, etc) are okay I think because they’re a part of the modelling process.
Wiro
JulianS
#62
lilidragon i am really sorry about this question but i need to ask --HOW DO I GET ONE OF THOSE BOXEX TO POST MY PROGRES WHERE DO I HAVE TO GO OR CLICK—SORRY I AM NEW AND THIS IS MY FIRST TIME—
I GOT MY PIC SCAN JUST LIKE YOU SAY BUT I DON’T KNOW WHERE TO POST THEM
THANK YOU 