FXWARS Challenge:37 - KBoom!: Winner!

#1

I am very impressed with the GREAT of entries we got.
and I hope you all will join us for our next mini challenge
The 4 Seasons

Ok we have one big winner:

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Brent Droog

Still

WIP THREAD: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthr…f=139&t=1091868

DESCRIPTION: Cartoon Boom Software used: 3ds Max RayFire Pflow FumeFX Vray After Effects

ANIMATION LINK: http://vimeo.com/brentdroog/cartoon-boom

Here are the results of the vote:

Brent Droog 12 Votes
Wirginia Romanowska 7 Votes
Nicholas McElmury 6 Votes
Rob Fiduccia
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Legacy post:
[b]
The FXWARS challenge was established to push the boundaries of what can be done in CG with a insanely limited amount of time.For a discussion of the next challenge 

  [b]Click here:

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=139&t=1095093&highlight=seasons[/b]
Anyway, let get on with the voting!

  [b]Please vote for :[/b]
   
  [b]We will vote for [/b]
 [b]Best Visual Effects[/b]
 [b]To vote, just post a REPLY to this thread with selections for each category.[/b][/b]

[ul]
[li]Rob Fiduccia[/li][li]Nicholas McElmury[/li][li]Wirginia Romanowska[/li][li]Brent Droog [/li][/ul][b]
-R

  [b]Good luck to all.[/b]
 [b]Here are the finished entries: (click names ) [/b]

Please post:[/b]

[ul]
[li]NAME: [/li][li]STILL:[/li][li]WIP THREAD:[/li][li]DESCRIPTION:[/li][li]ANIMATION LINK:[/li][li]MIRROR:[/li][/ul]Good Luck.

-R

#2

NAME: Rob Fiduccia

STILL:

                     [b]TITLE:  [/b]Secret Garden

             [[b]WIP[/b]](http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=139&t=1092500)

                  [b]DESCRIPTION:  [/b]One sunny day, on a tree top hill, strange bombs begin to appear.  Who, or what, is behind these secret bombs?

SOFTWARE: 3ds max, Thinking Particles, Particle Flow, FumeFX, Vue xStream, gw ivy, optical flares

                       [b][b]ANIMATION LINK: [/b][/b] [https://vimeo.com/63036635](https://vimeo.com/63036635)
#3

Name: Nicholas McElmury

Still:

WIP Thread: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=139&t=1091233

Description: A pirate sleeping in his hammock is awoken by the sound of his impending doom!

Made with 3DS Max, Thinking Particles, FumeFX, Realflow, Mental Ray, Final Render, Fusion, After Effects and Photoshop.

Animation Link: https://vimeo.com/63070237

Mirror: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwKj-la5-I4

#4

NAME: Wirginia Romanowska

STILL:

WIP THREAD: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=139&t=1092990

DESCRIPTION: Try to find the Easter egg (I’m not joking - it is there)

ANIMATION LINK: https://vimeo.com/63143512
MIRROR: http://youtu.be/TYBRiMx9jJM

Made with amazing software: Maya, 3ds Max, FumeFX, Krakatoa, Frost, Vray, Photoshop, After Effects, and a lot of coffee…

I will post post-mortem in my WIP thread later.

#5

NAME: Brent Droog

Still

WIP THREAD: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=139&t=1091868

DESCRIPTION: Cartoon Boom Software used: 3ds Max RayFire Pflow FumeFX Vray After Effects

ANIMATION LINK: http://vimeo.com/brentdroog/cartoon-boom

#6

I vote for Wirginia R.
Nice work! The fluid smoke has nice turbulent motion, it looks like smoke even with no texture or shaders.

Also it’s the only piece that actually followed the brief of creating a “Cartoon Explosion”. While the other pieces are very good and a lot of effort is evident in the end results, I don’t feel they fall within the original brief.

Good luck to all though… some very good work in this challenge. :slight_smile:

#7

I vote for Wirginia.
Nice composition and effort to capture cartoony explosion.

#8

I vote for Nicholas McElmury.

Great work everyone :stuck_out_tongue:

#9

Wirginia . I LIKE IT

#10

I vote for nmcelmury. Simply its a great little story.

#11

I vote Wirginia and I agree with the above posts.

#12

My vote for Wirginia.

All were great entries!

#13

Bd7 has my vote.

Definitely the most polished entry. Simulation is very clean and is presented the best. Great work to everyone!

#14

All entry’s were Amazing!!!

my vote is for Brent Droog

#15

Bd7 for my vote!

#16

i give my vote to brent

#17

Wirginia Romanowska takes the cake for me, love the style.

#18

Brent Droog was spot on for me. Good work everyone!

#19

bd7 all the way, multiple simulations working perfectly together

#20

All great entries, though I have to give my vote to Bd7 (Brent Droog)