[mtmckinley]

Lighting!

For this challenge, lighting, atmosphere, and mood are the main judging points. Texturing is not a requirement.

The theme of this challenge is "Fear and Loathing".

1) Show concept drawings! Show your progress!

2) BONUS goal(s): As a bonus goal, texture your scene.

3) Label your thread thusly:

July/Aug - Norm or Noob - Your name

Choose to classify yourself as a Normal or Noobie class entry. Whichever class you choose is the class your final submitted entry will compete against! A winner will be chosen from both classes.

4) Mods and Admins can enter, but are inelligible to win and do not count toward the Grand Prize consideration of 3 entries mentioned below. If a mod chooses to participate, choose "Mod" class rather than Norm or Noob.

5) If 3+ Normal entries and/or 3+ Newbie entries finish among the 3 Simply sites participating (SM, SL, SMax), a Grand Prize will be rewarded to the class! VIP point prizes will be awarded to both a Normal and/or Newbie winner, if the Grand Prize criteria of entries is not met for that class.

6) Final entries must be posted into a Final Entry thread that a mod will create in the last week of the challenge.

The due date of the challenge is August 31st!

Normal Grand Prize -

Wacom Intuos3 A4 Tablet!

Newbie Grand Prize -

any 2 DVD's from any Simply site!

And guess what? The minimum entry requirement is lowered to be 3 or more! This means at least 3 people need to FINISH the challenge to award the prize. Shouldn't be a problem.

Feel free to ask any questions here. The winners of the previous challenge will be posted as soon as the mod's judging completes.

[Zeeman]

sounds like an interesting challenge Mike!

So basically, we have to create some kind of a "scary" scene that we're afraid of?

[mtmckinley]

Not necessarily. Whatever the theme means to you. Scary, suspense, paranoia, whatever.

[Fallenswordsman]

Lighting? Noooooooo! I have difficulty enough buying the right kind of lightbulb from Robert Dyas (screwcap, bayonet cap, screwcap, bayonet cap - can't remember!) let alone lighting a scene. Should be an interesting challenge though - best of luck to all those who enter :beer:

[colto]

you forgot to sticky this thread

edit: ok you got it now.

[Sharp]

question about rules.

can you use other software in it like zbrush to make a normal map.

[mtmckinley]

for a normal map, specifically, yes, you can.

[Ritual]

Hi, everyone this my first post here, this sounds like cool contest count me in. do I have to do any thing to regester?

[mtmckinley]

Just make yourself a thread in the challenge forum and get crackin'

[CrazyMerlin]

Hey guys, this will be my first pic on the site.

I do most of my progress work on paper, so do I have to scan and submit these, or can I just submit a couple of 'ideas' that lead to the final render?

thx!!

~~CM!

[mike_heinz]

hello,

is it a requirement that we show progress and stuff? i never make concept drawings, but would love to enter this contest...

[mtmckinley]

we understand not having a scanner or digital camera or something, so concepts aren't necessarily required, but we would prefer that progress be posted now and then.

[digitalshow]

I am new here. Is this for an animation or a single rendered frame?

Thanks
Tony B.

[mtmckinley]

single frame

[DuoDreamer]

What rules are there regarding use of characters? Must we create totally unique characters for this scene, or can we model well-known characters?

Is there a specific resolution for our final rendering?

Also, are we allowed any post-processing effects, tweaks, etc?