Attention all AVATAR participants! SUBMISSION GUIDELINES!

[Lynette-3dt]

Attention all AVATAR participants!

Please read the following guidelines on how to submit your artwork to the jury. To submit your final images, you should:

1) Register on the official website
We have set up a special gallery section on the CGArtAward.com website for final artwork submissions. But before you can submit your images, you need to register at: http://www.cgartaward.com/gallery/register.php. When registering, please make sure to include the following info:

Username - your username on the Threedy forums (or creaturedesign.org or cgfight.com)
Artist – your name
Country – your country
Email Address – your email

To confirm your registration, an email will be sent with a link to activate your account.

2) Upload your final image and WIP sheet
First, login to the gallery using your login and password information (which you specified during the registration), and then click Upload file and upload the final image and WIP sheet. Your files should not exceed 1024 KB in total. For the judging stage we accept submissions as .JPG files at 72dpi - screen resolution - at approx. 800-1000 pixels wide. DO NOT send original, hi-res 300 dpi files. In the description please make sure to include:

Album - 2D, 3D or Comic(Cartoon) Style Category
Image Title - the title of your work (for a collage add the WIP), for example:
Avatara (final image)
Avatara WIP (work in progress stages)
File description - description of your image and link to your thread on Threedy forums (or creaturedesign.org or cgfight.com)
Software Used in Creation of Image - program(s) used for creating your illustration

Looking forward to see your final works!

Best regards,
AVATAR Team
www.cgartaward.com

[mr_carl]

Great, registered so now I just have to finish my image :)

[Lynette-3dt]

best of luck mr_carl :)

[FireSunFox]

Just submited!!^^

Good Luck everyone!!^^

[Lynette-3dt]

yup, good luck to all :D

[Lynette-3dt]

Hi everyone! Just a quick note about the deadline:

You can upload work on the 8th March until midnight. Entries uploaded from 00.01AM (9th March) onwards will not, however, be accepted.

Good luck! :)

[Jibberwocky]

Just submitted mine. If I had the time to work on it right up until that last second I would. Gotta cut the cord sometime, though.
Good luck everyone.

[POSEIdOON]

I made my registration,
but i have one question:

Can i already upload my wip sheet, or i should upload my wip sheet
only when my final image is ready?

Thanks:)

[decosouza]

It's done. I have posted the High_Res Final image here in my thread. Please tell me if it's not right. Thank you!

[cobaltblue]

just submitted, thanks for the infos :)
Ive noticed there some works WIP and Final Image are not besides each other.. will that be a concern? thanks.

[BiG ToE-3DT]

I made my registration,
but i have one question:

Can i already upload my wip sheet, or i should upload my wip sheet
only when my final image is ready?

Thanks:)

do it all at the same time.

[mr_carl]

Finished my image and wip collage, just in time pfffiu :hmm:

[FireSunFox]

So near to the end now. I just wanted to say how great the competition has been, Thanks all!!
Good luck!!

[POSEIdOON]

Finished uploading just now, to the last minute:)
Great competition and i've seen great art here.
Thanks you all:D

[miycko]

I think I need to learn to pace myself, oh well, Upload Done.

[Jibberwocky]

So whats up with the judging? I haven't seen any new updates since before the 8th over at cgartaward. Come to think of it, I haven't seen anything at all that mentions anything after the deadline. Am I missing something? (I usually do miss something, so facepalm if you need to.)

[mr_carl]

I don't think you have missed something, I haven´t seen anything at all ether, but as mentioned before it´s the first time so it will perhaps take a little more time than usual but I´m glad to be proved wrong.

[Jibberwocky]

Very true. I'm mostly just wondering because they never actually gave an estimate or anything.. How are we supposed to know when to send the bribes?

[Daniela Blanco]

Well........I think it's just supposed to make us feel ansious.......:P........hahaha
I'm just kidding!
Congrats to all who participated........everyone made a great work.....
And let's wait together :]

[Lynette-3dt]

Hey guys, I'll email the AVATAR organisers to see if they have some estimates. The judging panel is huge (see the other Sticky thread about this) so I should imagine it will take a while for this process - especially as this is their first year running the challenge. I'll get in touch anyway - see what I can find out :)

[Lynette-3dt]

Hiya! Here's your update:

We're planning to finish the judging process before March 25th. This is an estimate date since we're depending on the judges' schedules.

Hope this helps! Best of luck everyone:)

[decosouza]

Thanks Lynette...it helps a lot!!

[Jibberwocky]

Sweet, thanks!

I'll send the bribes around the 20'th, then.

[mr_carl]

So I was just wondering if it´s OK to show of the work on other pages until judging is finished?

[xeni]

Good luck to all of you.

when do we now about the winers?

tc

http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=64569

[BiG ToE-3DT]

mr_carl: it's your art, go crazy with it.

[mr_carl]

LOL thanks

[Lynette-3dt]

They're planning to finish the judging process before March 25th. This is just an estimate as there are so many judges, and they're relying on the judges' schedules, so it could be sooner - could be slightly longer. As soon as I hear anything, I'll let you know!

By the way, remember to claim your free issue of 2DArtist and 3DCreative ;)

[spartan118]

Okey then i'm puting my avatar into my portfolio (its kinda empty right now). Good luck to everyone here.

[NinthJake]

Hey Lynette.

I kinda have a problem.
I go to the register page but then I get a message saying that I don't have permission to access the page.

Any help?

[dyb3k]

Lynette-3dt - I don't understand it. So if I have sent my entry for Avatar challenge then I get free issue of 2DArtist and 3DCreative?

By the way it was a great competition!

[Jibberwocky]

Hey Lynette.

I kinda have a problem.
I go to the register page but then I get a message saying that I don't have permission to access the page.

Any help?

Yeah, I get that too. I guess it's just because registration is closed, but seeing as that was the only way into the gallery it kinda sucks. Ah well. I imagine the whole process will be much smoother next year. Better submission site, more entrants... I'm already looking forward to it.

[Lynette-3dt]

http://forums.3dtotal.com/awards.php

That's correct - you just need to email avatar@3dtotal.com to claim your free issues (we do have a list of all final entrants to check the requesters of magazines are valid)
I guess it's just because registration is closed, but seeing as that was the only way into the gallery it kinda sucks. Ah well. I imagine the whole process will be much smoother next year. Better submission site, more entrants... I'm already looking forward to it.
I think you're right. With any new competition, there will always be teething problems to start with, and I imagine the next competition run by these guys will be much better organised. They have the great prizes and the great judges nailed, so with a little better organisation and these little areas of confusion better explained for all, the next challenge should be a blast!

[NinthJake]

I see, well its a shame but thank you for the information then ^^

[xeni]

HI i got the free issues it looks kool. really like it thanks for free issues. tc

good luck in the competition.
tc

[cobaltblue]

wow, I also just claimed my free mag yestrday and I must say Im very happy w/ it :smug: thanks to the sales team and Lynette.
inside d mag was very cool stuffs!
to all d other avatar participants dont forget to claim them.
thanks again.:)

[spartan118]

Oww ya, forgot about the magazine's, i'll claim mine streight away.

These guys sure take there time Judging, anyway it was a awsome competition really helped push the creative skill a step further.

[Lynette-3dt]

These guys sure take there time Judging

Yup, but then there are a lot of judges, so you can understand why it's taking a while. But at least you've got some real pros judging - can't be a bad thing! ;)

[spartan118]

Yup, but then there are a lot of judges, so you can understand why it's taking a while. But at least you've got some real pros judging - can't be a bad thing! ;)

Well can't argue with that.

[Lynette-3dt]

Hello everyone, I had an update yesterday from the AVATAR guys: they're just waiting on 2 3d judges', and 8 2d judges' votes - once them have them all in, they can make an announcement of the winners of the categories, so shouldn't be too long now. As the judging panels are so big, it's taking a while to get everyone's votes in - perhaps next time they'll go for a slightly more modest list of judges to reduce time at this stage :)

[outlander]

any news?

[Lynette-3dt]

any news?

as soon as i know, you'll know ;)

[Lynette-3dt]

Just chased this up for you: they're just waiting on 3 2d judges' votes, which they expect within a few days. So not long now! As soon as I have news, I'll post in in this forum. Thanks for your patience everyone!

[miycko]

Cool. It wont be long now!

[Lynette-3dt]

Cool. It wont be long now!

Hopefully just a few days. Promise to post in these forums as soon as I know anything :)

[Lynette-3dt]

Cool. It wont be long now!

Hopefully just a few days. Promise to post in these forums as soon as I know anything :)

[Lynette-3dt]

Update!

I have been chasing this up for you, I promise; I've just heard back from the AVATAR guys and I'm told that I should have the list of final winners soon. Corel and Wacom are also being asked to select a "sponsor's choice" award, so this is what they're waiting for now (I have told them that they should perhaps cut the number of judges down for their next challenge to avoid making you all wait so long; I think keeping the quality of the judges, but reducing the quantity, would be the way to go - I hope you and they agree).

By the way, they've also told me that they've posted some information on the cgartaward.com website, so it might be worth heading on over to check that out while you wait to hear the final info from me.

Fingers crossed for all Threedy entrants!! :)

[Jibberwocky]

Thanks much for the update. And yeah, I definitely agree. I'm itching to see how Washka and Mr Carl did, their pieces are awesome.

[washka]

That's really nice Jibberwocky, but there was so many awesome pieces, amazing contest!

[washka]

Some news? Next week it will be the 25 of april, schedule was 25 of march, we're waiting since nearly one month...
Sound like a joke.
But it's my first contest, is the judging process always like that? Or it's just because there are too many judges?
Maybe they forgot about this...

[mr_carl]

I think it´s because there are many judges and it´s the first time for this challenge.
I will probably go allot smother the next time, and even better the next time after that.

[Lynette-3dt]

I think it's because it's their first contest and they got carried away and asked so many judges. On top of that they have also asked Wacom and Corel for votes - trust me when I assure you that I have tried to hurry them along, and even suggested that they give the results weeks ago and accept the loss of some votes simply to prevent you all waiting so long. I hope for their next challenge that they do not ask so many judges - it's all well keeping judges and the sponsors happy, but in doing this they have caused upset in the people the challenge is for - you - and I think this could affect participation in their next challenge because of this lack of attention to you all. I am frequently chasing them up, so please be assured of that - all is still in process and getting there, they're now just waiting on the votes from Corel and Wacom (which I think are unecessary but sometimes people get carried away and they'll have to learn from their mistakes I guess). I'm sorry you've all had to wait so long, I'll let you know as soon as I know anything else.

[washka]

I would lie saying that I'm not impatient, that's youth's privilege.
But sometimes I'm myself reaaally slow when I evaluate or choose something, so in someway I can understand the judges's slowness.
And there is also 130 entries for 25 judges, and those are quality judges (I think), I've been looking the half part of the entries (I know there is a lot) and I've seen some really good ones, so it makes the sentence more interesting than one from a low numbered judge panel or from a low entries contest, so I can't really complain...
But I agree with you, maybe they should have annouced a preview selection without waiting on the vote from Corel and Wacom, but maybe they can't, (sponsor's stuff...) I don't know... But if they take too much time, it won't be a good publicity for them, you're totally right about that.
I don't know about reducing the judge's panel, I've never organized a CG contest, maybe It's just some organisation problem or lack of time, but I'm quite sure you right.
And don't worry, I'm convinced you're hurrying them, I won't reproach you anything because I know you're also waiting, just like us. :)
Maybe after the 25 april I'll make a thread asking the avatar's participants to make their own judgment (to choose one of the 130 entries other than theirs) because it's also interesting to get their point of view, with your permission can I? Or maybe it wouldn't be a good idea?

[Lynette-3dt]

Let me email them again today washka and I'll see if we'll have to wait any longer than 25th April. It is a nice idea to set up a thread to discuss the finals - perhaps just for the Threedy entries? Let me see if we can get the results before the 25th and then we'll consider doing something like you've suggested to keep interest going here :)

[Lynette-3dt]

Good news everyone, the results are in ... but they're in Russian (d'oh). They're going to be translating the final results article and sending it to me tomorrow in English, so ... fingers crossed everyone! We wish you all luck! :)

[mr_carl]

Yiiiiipppieieiei

[xeni]

good news, good luck to all of you.
tc

[Jibberwocky]

Sweet. Thanks much for being so persistent, Lynette. Somehow I think the results would have come in next month without that.

[washka]

Nice, we'll see tomorow...:smug:

[Lynette-3dt]

Yup, good luck to all who entered *fingers crossed for some Threedy finalists* :)

[Lynette-3dt]

Final results can be found here: http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=66669

:)