IMPORTANT EDIT: THIS IS AN OLD CHALLENGE.
Please enjoy reading through this thread as an archive, but it is closed to new posts. You can still download the old models and also post your entry in order to ask for feedback here
Thanks to everyone who participated in this challenge. You can continue working on the scene and post here for feedback but your images will not be considered for entry into a gallery
This challenge features a carnival scene. The deadline for this challenge was [b]April 30th, 2010[/b].
Your objective is to create one or more images from these themes:
Bright Night
Child's Fantasy
Abandoned
Tale of Horror
The scene was modeled by Dan Konieczka so please credit them if you post renderings on your website or place any work on your reel. Here's a quick render of the scene:
[img]http://www.dockay.com/CGTalk/LightingChallenges/Lighting_Challenge_22_Carnival/thecarnival.png[/img]
The scene is available here, if anyone has more file formats they've converted, please PM me:
http://www.3drender.com/challenges/index.htm
MIRROR
BLENDER
FBX
MA
OBJ
Posting your work earlier as a reply in this thread is suggested so you can get feedback. Feel free to share any info about you software and/or techniques.
As always any changes to the scene are allowed as well as any lighting and rendering techniques. If loading the FBX or OBJ you will most likely need to adjust you camera's far clip plane.
Happy lighting!