FXWARS 41- 3 Day Challenge: Vote!

#1 
                                           [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:
The Next Challenge will be…

Anyway, let get on with the voting!

We will vote for
Best Visual Effects
To vote, just post a REPLY to this thread with selections for each category.

[ul]
[li] Miron Blocki : LINK[/li][li]Christopher Bischoff:LINK[/li][li]Boban KrsmanovićLINK[/li][li]Ishan Shukla [LINK](http://forums.cgsociety.org/Ishan Shukla)[/li][li]Kjetil Molteberg LINK[/li][li]Vinson Anthony,LINK[/li][li]Mesrig LINK[/li][/ul]I am looking forward to see who wins.

-R

#2

FXWARS Challenge: 41 - 3 Day Cinematic Challenge! SPRINT-1 “ICE”
NAME: Miron Blocki (mironeczek)


WIP THREAD http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=139&t=1212962
DESCRIPTION: Scarlet Hailstorm - an freezetime animation cinematic - made in 3 days from Saturday morning till Monday end! Models are made from scratch as well as animation, scene setup, lightning and rendering. Music by Koke Nunez Gomez - Soul_of_Warrior was downloaded from Jamendo (great Thank You - Koke Nunez Gomez by the way!).
Thank You for reading this!

ANIMATION LINK:
//youtu.be/BDF9A03cfr0

MIRROR:

Respects!
Miron

#3

SPRINT 1

NAME:

Christopher Bischoff

STILL:

WIP THREAD:

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=153&t=1212646&page=1&pp=15

DESCRIPTION:

This was mainly done to test my current workflow and pipeline. I really wanted to teach myself more about After Effects, focusing on camera effects (dof, blur, grain, CA, etc) and tracking.

It was also an exercise in creating dynamic camera moves - I know that ‘Shakey Cam’ is very done these days - but it was fun to try and simulate those styles directly in CG instead of adding it in post.

I also didn’t use GI and tried to use as many tricks as possible to get everything rendered at 720p on time!

And finally, my overriding goal was ‘DIGIC on a shoestring budget’ - trying to get as close as possible to those styles of shots in 3 days with one person. I know I fell WAY short of the mark - but I enjoyed the challenge non-the-less, and learned a LOT. I know that I will be applying all of these lessons to my future projects!

ASSETS AND PROGRAMS

The assets were from DAZ, some custom modeling and extra detailing. Animation was through Mixamo.
3DSMax, Vray, DAZ, After Effects, Final Cut.

ANIMATION LINK:

//youtu.be/nGsxTQrxE7M

-Chris

#4

NAME:
Boban Krsmanović

STILL:

WIP THREAD:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=153&t=1212732

DESCRIPTION:
A forgotten hero, who’s enemies thought she’s dead. She is preparing for revenge, but something distracts her.

ANIMATION LINK:
[VIMEO]104411316[/VIMEO]

MIRROR:

//youtu.be/5z1s27Uq2Kw

#5

NAME: Ishan Shukla

STILLS:


WIP THREAD: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=153&t=1212592

DESCRIPTION: The Skyrim DLC you’ve all been waiting for is here!

Although the final resolution is low, and there are a thousand things I want to tweak, but this is all I could do. Hope its enjoyable. I had an incredible time with fellow challengers who continually pushed me to do better with their updates :slight_smile:

The exciting GPU renderer Redshift & the handy Mixamo were crucial to finish this in 3 days.

ANIMATION LINK:
[VIMEO]104289933[/VIMEO]

MIRROR:

//youtu.be/4DN19M2KIuo

#6

3 Day Cinematic Challenge!: <<Sand >><< mesrig>>, <<Deep Blue Sand>>,<<Hybrid>>

SPRINT 2
NAME: mesrig
STILL:
WIP THREAD:
DESCRIPTION: An underwater journey to find the hidden crystals.

ANIMATION LINK: http://youtu.be/HTXkUsHcmO0

//youtu.be/HTXkUsHcmO0

Stock video and audio provided by Video Blocks.

#7

Ok, I’m done.
Will update with stills and more description after work tomorrow,
but now I need rest!
Was hard, but learned a lot by doing this, well worth it in its own way.

SAND
NAME: Kjetil Molteberg

WIP THREAD: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=153&t=1214491&page=2

DESCRIPTION:



//youtu.be/iI8FletuMZk

Thanks,

#8

Name: 3 day cinematic challenge: Sand, Vinson Anthony, Sand Stone, VFX

I posted the final shot in the WIP it took a bit longer than 3 days.

WIP Thread: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=153&t=1216447

Still:

Description: Its the Sand Stone… the final shot is in the WIP it took longer to complete.

Animation Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxoDgh2Cvug

//youtu.be/vxoDgh2Cvug

#9

For best visual effects I would have to say that Miron Blocki’s one is excellent! Love the concept and the slow reveal!

My favorite entry is Ishan Shukla’s tho. Love the voice over and the wonderful soft feel to it.

So:

Miron Blocki
Ishan Shukla

Helpful eh? :wink:

#10

I understand the challenge ran under FX Wars, but it’s very hard to vote based on Visual Effects. I suppose the challenge was about finishing a whole cinematic in 3 days. Vfx is just one of the aspects :shrug:

My favorite overall entry is
Christopher Bischoff

That was LOT of work man!

#11

Bravo to everyone who finished. Massive undertaking to complete in 3 days.

I’m going to have to vote for Ishan Shukla.
With Christopher Bischoff being a close close second.

Great work everyone.

#12

Come on guys… vote! :buttrock:
I know we are all very busy sometimes to participate in the challenge, but voting takes one minute.

My vote goes to Ishan Shukla, and as WyattHarris mentioned, the Christopher Bischoff did also a great job (the only thing that prevailed for me, is because Christopher maybe (over)composited some stuff a bit too much (too much aberration, for example…).

Honorable mention to Miron Blocki, and his very nice visual slow motion cinematic.

I though the exact same thing, when I saw this thread. I am mostly specialized in visual effects, but for me, that was a never goal here. The idea is (as I get it) to create cinematic, trailer, or anything that behave “on it’s own”, and that could be done without any visual effects.

#13

Great work all!

Christopher Bischoff have my vote.
Honorable mention to ishan shukla, Boban Krsmanovic :applause:

#14

  1. Kjetil Molteberg

  2. Miron blocki

  3. Boban Krismanovic

I liked all of the submissions but I think Kjetil Molteberg just incorporated all of the elements of the challenge the best with great use of the topic, prop, color and optional use of the poem.

#15

REvenge of the knee!

#16

Really hard to decide, as every entry has something exceptional that could potentially change the ranking. Really great work!

  1. Christopher Bischoff
  2. Ishan Shukla
    And a honorable mention to Kjetil Molteberg and Boban Krsmanovic!
#17

Ok guys I am closing the voting thread in 24 hours…

#18

I’m going with myself!
but…not sure if that counts since I’m going with myself all the time regardless of the result.

So in that case, I would have to go with Ishan Shukla on this one.

#19

[font=Verdana]:[/font]Keep an eye out for our next challenge:FXWARS 10 YEARS

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Ok we have a winner for the FXwars challenge:

I am very impressed with the GREAT of entries we got.

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Ok we have one big winner:

[font=Verdana]I am very impressed with the GREAT of entries we got.[/font]
[font=Verdana] and I hope you all will join us for our next mini challenge
[color=darkorange]FXWars 10 YEARS

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[/font] Ok we have one big winner:

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NAME: Ishan Shukla

STILLS:


WIP THREAD: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=153&t=1212592

DESCRIPTION: The Skyrim DLC you’ve all been waiting for is here!

Although the final resolution is low, and there are a thousand things I want to tweak, but this is all I could do. Hope its enjoyable. I had an incredible time with fellow challengers who continually pushed me to do better with their updates :slight_smile:

The exciting GPU renderer Redshift & the handy Mixamo were crucial to finish this in 3 days.

ANIMATION LINK:
[VIMEO]104289933[/VIMEO]

MIRROR:

//youtu.be/4DN19M2KIuo

VOTE COUNT

Miron Blocki

Ishan Shukla
Ishan Shukla.
Ishan Shukla.
Ishan Shukla,
Christopher Bischoff
Christopher Bischoff
Christopher Bischoff
Kjetil Molteberg

#20

Thanks to the fellow challengers & everyone who voted :slight_smile: