Jan 2008 - Dragons - VOTING

[Lynette-3dt]

Hi Everyone!! :)

Now has come the time to start posting those fantastic final images!! :) Please post your Final Images in this Voting thread!

800 or 1024 sized images are fine. Please post all entries before 8th February 2008 10:30AM GMT.
Only entries posted in the 'Jan 2008 - Dragons - VOTING' thread before this date will be eligible for Voting.

Voting will then start immediately afterwards and will run until 15th February 2008 10:30AM GMT.

We will post to commence the Voting on the 15th. Voting will be the same as last month, with each voter putting forward their top 3 entries, in order: 3pts for a 1st place, 2pts for 2nd, and 1pt for 3rd. This means that we will all have to choose very carefully!

Please feel free to give reasons for your selection, as it will be good feedback for everyone!

Thanks again for the great work that you have all put in. We look forward to this month's entries! Good luck, everyone!

Many thanks for all your hard work! :)


Lynette-3dt

[al3x]

first ^^

http://www.postimage.org/aV2etY_J.jpg (http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=aV2etY_J)

[Nocturn8]

Hello everyone, Here's my entry - thank you all for the support, crits and comments. Good luck to all and God bless.

CYD: the DRAGon RACER

[lythtis]

It'll do..... Good luck everyone!

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/8836/dragcopyau9.jpg

[stiderotte]

Well, here's my entry...

[LionFox]

Hi,

My entry!

[cmarcus]

Hello all, my entry

http://creamstudio.free.fr/dragon/drag02.jpg

Good luck everyone!

[penguins]

Here is my entry.
Had a frantic rush at the end, so busy, but I made it.
Hope you like it.

http://penguins916.googlepages.com/finalcomp.jpg

[Noviski]

Here's my entry:

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee104/noviski/Challenge/dragon_rider_final04.jpg

Thanks for everything, people, and good luck! :wave:

[Siege]

Aah...this was definitely a fun project. So sad that time is up.

http://www.lumaxart.com/siege/Dragon/RedDragon001.jpg

[DaddyDoom]

Great entries so far.
Siege, that's gotta be a winner.
I haven't seen Strogtank's entry yet..
Great great work dude!

[grafixsuz]

Here is my entry. I never had time to do this one properly so I guess this is all I can do for this month.
Title: Gonna have a bad day...
Great work seige:dance:

110253

Good luck everyone!

[silvaticus]

Here it is, finally:

[mies]

heres my first entery ever that i finished, wish u all good luck on the voting and gotta say, great work and thank you al for ur tips, thoughts and ideas.

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii153/misaelbroertjes/finaldragon.jpg

[evolution]

Here's my entry for the month! Don't ya just hate it when you step on a pest and it gets stuck to ya :) Lots of great entries this month, its good to see new faces in the competition as well! Good luck to everyone as always its been a great month!

[mape]

Hello it is my work

[Shirro]

This is my Dragonian, a "not-so-traditional-dragon". More related to the Komodo dragon. And yeah, he uses the same airbrusher as the "300". Fun to see so many entries. And he's a bonehead...

Modeling, unwrapping, rigging: 3dsmax 7.
Lighting, rendering: V-Ray
Texture painting: Photoshop

[toolZ]

Fly High or Die Free...

[Lynette-3dt]

Hello!

Posting of the final entries has now ended I'm afraid, so time to start casting those votes!!
Good luck everyone.;)

Remember: you have until the 15th Feb @ 10.30AM GMT to cast your votes!!

Cheers,
Lynette-3dt

[Rich-3DT]

1. silvaticus
2.al3x
3.Cmarcus

[Tom-3DT]

super stuff entrants!! Here's my favourites :)

1. Silvaticus
2. Noviski
3. Mies

[Shirro]

hard call, but:

1.Silvaticus
2.cmarcus
3.Siege

[Nocturn8]

My Votes:

1 Noviski
2 Silvaticus
3 siege

[Siege]

1) Silvaticus - Saw your post on ZbrushCentral...Great stuff!
2) Stiderotte - Really loved this one at first glance...great character, funny setting.
3) Noviski - Another great job...

[Norman Anderson]

1 - Silvaticus
2 - Stiderotte
3 - al3x

[EvilKnight]

1 - Silvaticus
2 - Stiderotte
3 - al3x

[DaddyDoom]

Not much time to write my reasons, sorry:
#1 > Silvaticus
#2 > Siege
#3 > Novisky
#4 > Mies (the cutest little thing :))

Everyone else, great work.

[Munkybutt]

im so ashamed that I didn't get to finish this was really enjoying it too but had too many other things on the go!
Great work here by all. but id have to say:
1st: silvaticus
2nd: Noviski
3rd: al3x

[ianchaos]

# 1. Silvaticus
# 2. Noviski
# 3. Mies
great work all

[aby arty]

hi my choices are
noviski
siege
mies
nocturn08

[jizrik]

My votes

1) cmarcus
2) Silvaticus
3) Siege

[lythtis]

1) silvaticus
2) noviski
3) cmarcus

excellent work everyone

[Nato_VanDookie]

1:Silvaticus
2:Noviski
3:Siege

[Warin-3DT]

DaddyDoom and Aby Arty -as you both voted for 4 candidates which are totally fine but I just want to make sure just only voting # 1,# 2,and # 3 will be counted :)

[DaddyDoom]

Yeah yeah. I just needed to mention #4 because he deserved it.

[al3x]

1.noviski
2.mies
3.silvaticus

[thee]

1-Al3x
2-silvaticus
3-Novisky

[MiVaDeBo]

1-silvaticus
2-Mies
3-cmarcus

Great work guys (I mean by everyone ofcourse)!

[sat_mha13]

1.silvaticus
2.cmarcus
3.Mies
very nice work...n Best of luck u all...

[Rooky]

#1 - Silvaticus
#2 - Siege
#3 - evolution

Good luck to all of you! :)

[mies]

1e - siege
2e - noviski
3e - mape

[BiG ToE-3DT]

1. al3x
2. silvaticus
3. Siege

[capitan_popo]

here r my votes:
1- Silvaticus- awesome character design, modeling, texturing and render, F***ing GREAT entry
2-Siege- Like the modeling and the render
3- Novinski- Great design as well!

[TonyClifton]

what a trip this time!

#1 silvaticus_fly away! excellent scene and humor!
#2 penguins_this is how silvaticus's dragon is gonna see the world after picking those mushrooms. straight forward style, why not?
#3 toolz_and after all that riding comes the emptiness. i like the atmosphere of your image very much!

great work everyone!

[grafixsuz]

Great work everyone, this was an awesome contest and difficult to vote on, but, I will cast my vote.

1) Noviski: great style, simple in execution and funny as hell.
2) Silvaticus : Loved your style, and your speed was incredible. Great job!
3) cmarcus : Dude I loved your render and composition on this one. Your style was simple, but I couldn't stop looking at it. 5 stars if I could give them to ya!

I know we are only allowed 3 votes but al3k had a great concept and nice render. This was difficult to choose.

[Aniboomer]

1. Noviski
2. cmarcus - sweet!
3. silvaticus

nice work , all

[mies]

when will the voting be closed and the winners anounced?

[jizrik]

it will be closed 15th February 2008 10:30AM GMT.

first post of this thread ;)

[Noviski]

It's very hard to make choices here. All works are amazing, but I'm not voting for "render-quality-plugins". I'm voting for those images who's "telling" me something, like beauty, humour or any emotions. So, my (difficult) choices are:

1. Mies
2. silvaticus
3. stiderotte

A lot of good works here, but some entries are missing the point when trying to make a "stylized" animal, IMHO. And here's my hint: try to spend more time on your concept, to create one image with some content, instead wasting hours rendering your work.
Cheers! :wave:

[marzlp]

1) siege
2) mies
3)noviski

[mr_lemon]

It's a lot of time that i don't post here,i really loved that week
1) Siege - Totally love it,texture are simply great
2) silvaticus - you end up with a great render and model,remember me Gon in some way...:)
3) Noviski - as usual totally good from start to finish,but maybe you could work a little bit more in composition and rendering (me too :wall: )

Great work from everyone else!!

[chubu]

1. silvaticus
2. stiderotte
3. siege

[stiderotte]

1. Silvaticus
2. Noviski
3. Siege

I agree with Noviski that it's supposed to be a stylised animal challenge and also I would think that if a concept is put forward, it should not be repeated by someone else. At least that's what I try to do. If my idea has been done first, I'll try to change my concept just to be original...

[Nocturn8]

looks like somethings up here. wonder what that is?

[lythtis]

wonder if my entry looks like i spent hours rendering it?? If it does then im happy. i just threw it together just for an entry.

[Noviski]

Please, don't get me wrong, folks. I just wrote that trying to justify my vote. That's why I call it MY opinion. (@stiderotte, thanks for your support).
I allways try to follow the rules of the Challenge (that's include a concept), and also respect the opinion, critics and suggestions from everyone. But, as I said before, some entries are missing the point when trying to make a "stylized" animal, in some cases is just a static animal with a spetacular rendering! I miss the humour, the fun or the emotion of the jobs. If I can't catch it, I believe many of artists are not enjoying the contest (once again, IMHO).
I'm not in the "God Mode" here, but the Challenge could be more enjoyable, don't you agree? So, let's try to make more stylised and funny images!:haha:
Cheers!:wave::dance:

[DaddyDoom]

I skip the concept most of the times for two main reasons:
1. No time for sketching.
2. I have the concept in my head, and it often goes through changes during the process.

But I agree with Novisky.

[Siege]

Well, I agree with Noviski.

I entered into this contest wanting to do a dragon. I hoped to turn the dragon into something. Unfortunately I didn't have enough free time.

I always vote with the theme in mind. My dragon has no theme. But with the work I did put into it I do want to finish what I can. I personally posted the image so I qualify for the free magazine download. I love this magazine. I have bought every issue or received a free download with this...I am trying to keep my collection going.

So I am with Noviski, I always look for the humour and the style in these contests. I also hope for large participation, and enjoy reading the post of people who are designing and also helping those that design. More participation please. If the image fails to meet the criteria of the contest, so be it, that is where the voting decides it.

[stroggtank]

didn´t make it this time, but thanks to all for the nice comments!
a lot of cool work here!

1. cmarcus: that´s what I call styllized!!
2. silvaticus: excellent from the tip of the nose to the end of the tail!! (maybe the "resin figure" look...not my type..just me... not a big deal really ;) )
3. mies: what can i say? cute!, hehehe

and some of my favourites: novisky, stiderotte, nocturn & etc!... well, hard to pick just three :S & excellent work to all!

[Noviski]

I always vote with the theme in mind. My dragon has no theme. But with the work I did put into it I do want to finish what I can.
And your dragon is the best dragon of all, really. Unfortunately, it's not a stylised dragon, that's why I didn't vote on him. But, believe me, your job is one of my favorites. Thanks for undertanding my vote.:wave:

As stroggtank says, it's hard to pick just three. By the way, we're miss your job, stroggtank, I hope you find some time to finish it and put on the gallery.

And, speaking about time, forum members, this Challenge is an excellent excercise for our professional skills, because it has deadlines! Or your clients don't mind if you take an eternity to create a character for them? Huh? Huh? Huh?;P;P;P
Think about it...:haha:

Thanks!

[lythtis]

Alrighty then. Once again, Great job everyone. :)

:dance: it's peanut butter and jelly time:dance:

[Nocturn8]

Noviski is right. besides, we might be forgetting the real idea of this competition. it's not just about winning... it's about the challenge and progress as we come along with our final image. We might get hurt sometime but the fact is without true critic, there's no real progress. I, myself realized an error in my "dragon" work (which took only 6.5 minutes to render in mental ray)upon my submission(admitting the fact that it would't score)that's why i tried to adapt a more comical aspect to the challenge in the start of the "Bull in china competition".I think We owe each other a lot of thanks. Good luck to all and hope to see everyone in the competitions that will come.

[silvaticus]

1.Cmarcus- I like the atmosphere of the picture, it has an eerie, supernatural feeling
2.Noviski - nice modeling, the movement looks quite natural, the composition could be a little bit better. I`m not talking about fancy 24 hours renders but a better arragement of the pieces
3.Stiderotte- same feeling as Cmarcus` work but I don`t like the dragon, it may be the Chinese thing, I`m not a big fan of those

I also liked mies` cute little dragon but it`s a bit too simplistic for my taste.

Thanks to everyone who voted for my work!

[Chrisp-3DT]

Here are my votes:
1st: silvaticus
2nd: cmarcus
3rd: al3x

[GARBO X]

1st Noviski
2nd Silvaticus
3rd Siege

[toolZ]

My votes:
1 - Silvaticus
2 - Noviski
3 - Evolution

Hard to choose, anyway.

[Lynette-3dt]

Hi Everyone,
Voting has now ended!
I'll be back shortly with the results.:)
Good luck to all!

See you soon...

[DaddyDoom]

Lynette, did you get my mail?

[Lynette-3dt]

Hi again! Here are the results:

Winner: silvaticus - well done!
2nd place goes to: Noviski
3rd place taken by: Siege
Well done all!

And congrats to all the following who will also have their work featured in the March issue of 3DCreative (http://www.3dcreativemag.com)magazine:

4th: cmarcus
5th: mies
6th: al3x
7th: stiderotte
8th: evolution
8th: penguins
9th: mape
9th: toolZ
Well done! :)

Remember: We can publish an email address or a website with each of the top voted for images in 3DCreative Magazine. Please contact me - lynette@zoopublishing.com - with the following info to make sure you get your web/email address featured in the magazine with your image, and to also make sure you get your free issue!

Threedy name:
Real name:
Email Address:
Website:

Finally, can the top 3 winners - Silvaticus, Noviski and Siege please contact me as soon as possible so we can discuss prizes and the Making Ofs for 3DCreative Magazine (http://www.3dcreativemag.com)? I shall be waiting for your emails... :)

Thanks everyone for another fantastic challenge! See you in the 'Bull in a China Shop' thread...

Take care


Lynette :)

[DaddyDoom]

Congratz everybody!

[Lynette-3dt]

Hi DaddyDoom,
I have your email - sorry for the delay with a reply, I'm pretty snowed under at the minute, but I promise I will see to it all as soon as I can and will of course get replies out to you ASAP.:) Thanks for your patience with me! Hope you enjoyed this month's challenge.:)
Speak soon!
Lynette

[Nocturn8]

congratulations to the winners and to everyone!!:)