Soon my son,
soon.
-R
TOPIC SUGGESTIONS
RobertoOrtiz
#103
Ok wrirting the rules…I hope to launch this on Friday.
Ok some rules
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[li]Two weeks[/li][li]And we will alternate between organic and non organic models…[/li][/ul]Feel free to suggest topics & ideas on this thread.
-R
RobertoOrtiz
#104
If you have any ideas of good topic for the next HARDCORE Modeling challenge please post them on this thread.
We are having two princial types of objects.
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[li]ORGANIC[/li][li]ARTIFICIAL[/li][/ul]
Thanks,
-R
zem
#108
Dali: Swan reflecting elephants
Level of difficulty: Extreme
Link: http://www.planetperplex.com/en/img.php?id=91
Multiple image: Wife and mother-in-law
Level of difficulty: Hard
Link: http://www.planetperplex.com/en/img.php?id=297
Organic: AL Capone
Level of difficulty: Hard
Link: http://www.mugshots.com/IMAGES/PPPP__al-capone.jpg
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NC
Level of difficulty: Medium
Link: http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/19th/met1895.jpg
T-Ford
Level of difficulty: Easy
Link: http://www.bridesvisited.co.uk/images/Carriages/vintage/BV%20Model%20T%20Ford.jpg
Of course all suggestions can be made into extreme diffuculty versions by limiting the time. Also, I have no real basis for the difficulty level.
zem
#110
More suggestions:
More Statues:
# Thinker statue by Auguste Rodin
# Discus thrower by Myron Discobolus
# Venus de Milo by ???
Paintings:
# The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli
# Coronation of King George III by Allan Ramsay.
Other:
Moon landing. Model this# T-rex. It’s a classic. Remember good old Jurrasic Park?
[](http://www.people.virginia.edu/%7Ejlc5f/charlotte/georgecoro.jpg)
MrPositive
#111
Wow this challenge has really taken off! I can’t believe it’s popularity on the site already. I just hope somebody delivers a great model…just one would be super sweet.
As for things to try, I would say anything Dali just screams for the 3D treatment. Heck any master portrait created in 3D would be a neat challenge. Especially if we are all helping each other.
Rod_Seffen
#112
The only problem with more sculptures is the availability of reference material.
We were lucky with David by having the scanviewer. Wthout that, it’s going to almost futile trying to recreate a great sculpture with only a couple of grainy references to work from. It’ll be all guesswork.
With paintings it’s different, since they are 2d to start with, so you only need one reference, and any attempt at a 3d version has to be guesswork by definition.
fx81
#114
i like the above suggestions
i dont think doing more sculptures are a problem. the fact that there might not be enough reference for a certain sculpture/painting is i think a good thing. if we are working with less reference the challenge will be more fun and artist will have to rely more on their observation and creative skill. i like the idea of creating 3d versions of 2d master pieces.
my suggestion:
MC Escher Google Search Link
Rod_Seffen
#115
I dont’ agree about the sculptures. If we only had reference pictures of The Daivd, then we wouldn’t have had any shots of the back (I haven’t seen any, they’re all from the front) so what we’d have to do it just model a generic anatomically correct human male at the back, and since we have no closeups of the feet, just model generic male feet etc - in that case, the challenge may as well have been ‘model an anatomically correct human male’.
If he challenge is model to it the way a great master sculpted it, then we have to be able to see the way he sculpted it.
I really like the idea of converting paintings to 3d though.
MY vote would be a Vermeer. Most of his paintings are perfect for 3d conversion.
I’d sugesst ‘The Milkmaid’, it’s a beautiful picture, and would make a hell of a challenge as well…
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/V/vermeer/milkmaid.jpg.html
fx81
#116
one of the reference posted here has the back view:
http://vlsi.colorado.edu/~rbloem/david.html
some other close ups:
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/micheldavid/david.html
without many references it just takes more observation and anatomy research.
if we cant do sculptures because someone didnt scan them then we might as well rule out 90% of all sculptures.
anyways, i had a question
are we sticking to 3 week deadlines?
if not we can make shorter challenges and model smaller items like ancient artifacts such as the death mask of Tutankhamen
rasmusW
#117
what about plants or trees? -could get some quite intresting things out of this imo.
-real animals or the ones from humandescent.com
-r
RobertoOrtiz
#118
TWO WEEKS TO GO! (MAY 15th):Hardcore Modeling Challenge: THE DAVID!
Just a reminder
-R
MrJames
#119
I remember reading that the challenges would rotate between organic and hard body work. How about modelling a famous building or landmark.
Or to cross between the two, Nelsons column would be a fantastic challenge. Although very time consuming thinking about it due to all the side panel and lion details, but then again it is a challange and you could just model part of it…
This statue at Traf Square is begging to be modelled although again someone would probably have to go down there to get some better referance pics…
The Discus Thrower:
RobertoOrtiz
#120
[ul]
[li]Trafalgar Square[/li][li]Saint Peter Square[/li][li]Tutankhamen Mask[/li][li]Statue of Liberty[/li][li][color=white]Golden Gate Bridge - Wikipedia[/color][/li][li]RMS TITANIC[/li][li]EMPIRE_State Building[/li][li]Triumphal arch Paris[/li][li]Taj Mahal [/li][li]The Pieta[/li][li]The Kiss[/li][li]The Creation of ADAM (Mural)[/li][li]Mona Lisa[/li][li]Vitruvian Man[/li][li]Venus de Milo[/li][li]Winged Victory of Samothrace[/li][li]Mount Rushmore[/li][li]Mother Motherland (Volgograd )[/li][li]Lincoln Memorial[/li][li]Discus Thrower[/li][li]The Santa Maria[/li][li]THE US Capitol[/li][li]The White House[/li][li]The Birth of Venus [/li][li]Coronation of King George III[/li][li]Moon landing. Model this[/li][li]Ferrari 250 GTO[/li][li]Lamborghini Countach[/li][li]1958 Chevrolet Corvette roadster[/li][li]Leaning Tower of Pisa[/li]
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