Good Afternoon Everyone.
Attached is my first WIP, please tell me what you think. It’s the clean plate with the set extension. There are a few tiny people in the background but I am pretty sure I am putting some devastation directly over them. So now that I have a clean plate, I think I am going to start destroying the city tonight. LOL Please let me know what you think.
-Beth
Dear Beth,
Thank you very much for your participation. To enter the competition, could you please create a new thread here
http://forums.cgsociety.org/forumdisplay.php?f=370 with the DATE of challenge and name such as: “May 2015 - Beth Matias” and post your WIP as well as final entry there?
Thank you again.
Best Wishes,
Milan
The judges are going to have a seriously hard time picking the top three winners this month.
Hi all,
I know may is ended, but i am joined and i want finish my second dmp for my pleasure 
Csaba Kemeri
first wip
Sorry it took us longer to do this than anticipated for this month. And the winners for May 2015’s challenge are…
1st: Andrew Burles
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=370&t=1277693
Milan’s comments: Good job on winning this. Here are a few pointers in case you wish to
push the image further. I think the scale of the car closest to us
could be bigger. While you’ve done a great job with the shadow play,
pay attention to how much bounce light you add in the mid-ground,
especially on screen right on the dark side. One has to be really
nit-picky going through this image because your technical execution is
quite good. Creatively, I’d recommend not having the large glass
surfaces draw so much attention. It helps if you decide early on where
you want us all to be looking at and then manipulating the scene in a
way which aids your goal. At this point it’s just going into
brainstorming and the longer you look at it, the more ideas you
develop. Putting yourself into the moment is really the key.
Especially with such a familiar landscape, where it’s easier to
imagine yourself on site as opposed to Middle Earth.
David’s comments: Coming Soon!
Brenton’s comments: Coming Soon!
2nd: Jonathan Tan
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=370&t=1280012
Milan’s comments: Great job, Jonathan. I find your entry to be the most creative. Some
of the technical execution appears to have more of a concept art flair
to it but that can be remedied. Think about what elements you want
sharp and where you don’t want any attention drawn towards. Contrast
is a form of this. Dirty big clean walls a bit to make them fall out
of sight, and such. Integration, as well as matching the colour
temperature of materials, is important, otherwise you end up with bits
and pieces having different tints and looking somehow off. Some wonky
perspective thingies going on here and there which make stuff not sit
perfectly, as well. Nonetheless, very creative visual storytelling,
and you’ve hit most of your marks.
David’s comments: Coming Soon!
Brenton’s comments: Coming Soon!
3rd: Tibor Nadas
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=370&t=1278212
Milan’s comments: I like the teal and orange grade on this. I’m not fond of the
saturation of some elements. Especially the three different red spots
in the frame. It’s a real effort to get out of the little triangle
they create, in order to take in the rest. You have good ideas and an
understanding of how to achieve a final image but it seems as if the
overall picture would have been lost, or not really thought through.
The buildings in the background are not quite finished and look almost
like cut outs here. Also check your sky blue against the atmospherics
and the reflections. You must concentrate on attention to detail while
maintaining an overall balance. The bottom line is that you are on the
right track and if you love what you do, you’ll get there. Good luck,
and keep it up.
David’s comments: Coming Soon!
Brenton’s comments:Coming Soon!
The winners will be getting:
1st Prize: 1 x CGWorkshop, 1 xCGTOD, 1 x Ballistic Book of Choice, 1 Year of CGSConnect Membership
2nd Prize: 1x CGTOD, 1 x Ballistic Book of Choice, 1 Year of CGSConnect Membership
3rd Prize: 1 x Ballistic Book of Choice, 1 Year of CGSConnect Membership
Honorable Mention: 1 Year of CGSConnect Membership
Congrats to all! Thanks to everyone for joining. We will now be taking a sabbatical and will hopefully resume our DMP challenges some time in the May. Hope you all had a great time this past year!!
I thanks you for all and above I thank so much for making me discover a new world … I will continue . Good sabbatical ! ; )
Congratulations Jonathan and Tibor!
It was great to see such creative entries from everyone this month.
Thankyou David and Milan for hosting these competitions, they really help me push myself and stay motivated. I look forward to hearing from you guys again in the new year, good luck with the Workshop. 
Congrats to Andrew and Jonathan! Each work are fantastic one
I would like to say thanks David and Milan that you were opened and manage this contest. It is very useful and it helps to increase skills. We are going to meet on September, Have a great summer!
Congratulations to the winners! Stellar work. It was great seeing every bodies progress over the course of the challenges. Looking forward to their return!
I just saw the result ! Congratulation Andrew and Tibor, your work are fantastic ! But even more thanks for David, Brenton and milan, we all know that managing a Challenge + working + your own life it is really not an easy task, so Big thanks for you guys too ! See you everyone in September for new matte paintings !
Congrats everyone! Some really nice entries and you guys deserved it!
Thank you David and Milan for hosting these workshops(although I’ve only joined one of them, I’ve been lurking here for some time).
Congratulations Andrew, Jonathan and Tibor! Very good works!
See you soon in the next challenge…
Daniele + ASC
Awesome work from the winners!
Congratulations to all!
I look forward to hear back from the forum!
Kinds regards,
Felipe Izidro
Hi guys, well, i am motivated on the summer for finish this late DMP job and through on the whole process… so i am posted here with add some alien form from the ground, cheers,
its my 2nd Matte in my art career…
re
Csaba
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