2009 Challenge no. 1 FINAL ENTRIES [Archive]

Suirebit-3DT

03-03-2009, 10:41 AM

Please post only your final images here. For discussion and details please go here: http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=64705

When posting your final image please upload it on an external server (imageshack.us preferably) and use the image tag.

Please include the following in your post:

Your name
Short description of the image
Technical details (how long it took, what software did you use etc.)
(OPTIONAL) A link to your WIP thread if you created any

Don't forget that the minimum accepted width/height is of 1024!

Looking forward to see your artworks :)

MatejaPetkovic

23-03-2009, 01:44 AM

Hi,
this is my final entry

My name is Mateja Petkovic, i am from Belgrade, Serbia

I imagine this one as a castle build in rocks itself, very old and moody.
Some knight, after a long battle came to rest, to enjoy in good vine and food :)

It took 4-5 days to finish it. I did it in pscs3 with regular brushes, nothing fancy.

Here is link to wip tread
http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=65850

...and final images
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc179/sqezavela/threedy2Final-2.jpg

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc179/sqezavela/threedy2nightFinal.jpg

Thanks for critics, and to forum leaders who organise this challenge, it was fun

M

hulahuga

23-03-2009, 06:52 AM

Mateja - that looks really nice :). On the day pic, that arch seems a bit off. But that might just be me.

Suirebit-3DT

24-03-2009, 06:39 AM

come on people , where are your entries? :D Don't be lazy, take Mateja's example who finished in 5 days :D

MatejaPetkovic

24-03-2009, 06:12 PM

... or i'll get all prizes ;)

jfmgraphics

25-03-2009, 03:22 AM

Uhh...I'm still working on lighting. Real life is making it difficult. Feel free to move on without me, as the quality of mine isn't nearly as good as some of the others. I'll keep working on it, and hopefully have an entry.

kaustavsinha

28-03-2009, 12:43 AM

Hi Suirebit, :)

When is the deadline for submission of the final entries?

Btw, I have been very busy for the past few weeks, so could not really post an update to my WIP thread! Now, it seems, I must start working on my matte & post the final entry asap! :)

Very nice matte Mateja! :)

eyecon

29-03-2009, 07:53 AM

Hi kaustav... sadlly its on the 31st... I too might not have time to finish my own matte... sad days, sad days...

kaustavsinha

29-03-2009, 08:06 AM

Hi kaustav... sadlly its on the 31st... I too might not have time to finish my own matte... sad days, sad days...

Hey Eric,

Thanks for the reply! Well, 31st is just a couple of days away; but I am sure, you will finish your matte! I'll try to finish mine by 31st!

By the way, there's just 1 entry so far! I guess, there will be a last minite rush! :D

Suirebit-3DT

29-03-2009, 08:09 AM

there's only one entry cause noone actually seen the new deadline :( There are about 20 entries in the wip but i have no idea how to tell them...

kaustavsinha

29-03-2009, 08:17 AM

there's only one entry cause noone actually seen the new deadline :( There are about 20 entries in the wip but i have no idea how to tell them...

Hi Suirebit, :)

I'd suggest to send a PM/e-mail to all of them! :)

There are some really cool entries in the WIP threads!

Suirebit-3DT

29-03-2009, 08:35 AM

I don't have time to pm them all, there too many :(

kaustavsinha

29-03-2009, 09:22 AM

I don't have time to pm them all, there too many :(

Hi Suirebit, :)

I'll try to PM/e-mail them, when I have time! :)

trainfender

29-03-2009, 11:16 AM

guys, count my work in too - it's almost finished :)

Suirebit-3DT

29-03-2009, 11:33 AM

Hi Suirebit, :)

I'll try to PM/e-mail them, when I have time! :)

that would be very appreciated :)

snwbrdr

29-03-2009, 07:33 PM

No need to PM me, I've seen the deadline, but I just got a new toy (upgrade from CS2 Design Standard to CS4 Design Premium) so I've spent my time on Flash this weekend which is quite new for me. (But it had a little to do with matte ;-)) Promise to finish my matte in the coming 2 evenings though.

guitarsimo80

29-03-2009, 11:51 PM

Guitarsimo80
medieval night
PS Cs4 + Vue Infinite
here's my W.I.P. thread http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=64880
and here's my final composition
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/5830/medievalcompositionnigh.th.jpg (http://img9.imageshack.us/my.php?image=medievalcompositionnigh.jpg)
hope you like it !

Suirebit-3DT

30-03-2009, 08:16 AM

uuuu 2 entries. Nice one :)

trainfender

30-03-2009, 11:10 AM

http://trainfender.indee.ru/threedy/threedy_small.jpg
Hi, my name's Nikita [trainfender] Buyanov and I'm from Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
This challenge was great experience for me. I finally started to paint from scratch :)
this work's done in about 25 hours with the help of photoshop cs2, 3dsmax 2009 and V-Ray.
here's WIP thread - http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=66038
and the fullsize picture - http://trainfender.indee.ru/threedy/threedy_final.jpg

jfmgraphics

31-03-2009, 06:40 AM

Name: Joe Melton

Description of image: Nighttime image of medieval street, gateway to castle courtyard. Had to rush the lighting/shadowing toward the end...real life got in the way of my plans for this one.

Technical details: I created the image entirely in Photoshop CS3, with the assistance of my Wacom Intuos 3 tablet.

WIP Thread

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/455/medievalsetextensionjfm.jpg

snwbrdr

31-03-2009, 07:52 PM

Well, time's up, so here's the final:
http://www.haraldschipper.nl/images/threedy/final/medieval_final_800.jpg (http://www.haraldschipper.nl/images/threedy/final/medieval_final_2000.jpg)
(Click image for 2000px wide version)

Hope you like it, thanks to all who replied in the W.I.P. thread on this forum (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=65590) and thus helped creating this image.

I used several images which were released under the Creative Commons license and learnt a few things on the road. (Amongst others: Make a sketch before you start!)

Hope you enjoy the final result as much as I did making it.

kaustavsinha

31-03-2009, 10:22 PM

Hi Everyone, :)

My name: Kaustav Sinha

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/4259/medievalsetextensionkau.jpg

Short description of the image: Being a huge fan of LOTR trilogy myself, I tried to give an epic feel to this mattepainting! Here, a warrior is seen staring at this massive castle, where he was destined to travel to find something precious!

Technical details: It took me approximately 10 hours to complete this digital matte painting! I have used Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended software to do it. I always do my mattes using a mouse; no graphic tablet!

WIP link is here (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=64874)

Wishing all the contestants best of luck for the results! :)

jfmgraphics

01-04-2009, 12:45 AM

Kaustav, looks like you're missing the majority of the gate...

Suirebit-3DT

01-04-2009, 02:59 PM

yes kaustav, where's the gate? Any late entries or I close the thread? It's a shame cause we had so many guys in wip :(

eyecon

01-04-2009, 04:52 PM

Hi suirebit... I apologize too... I wish i could finish mune but so far I'm so full now... I can't do anything not until the weekend...sorry man...

kaustavsinha

01-04-2009, 07:30 PM

yes kaustav, where's the gate? Any late entries or I close the thread? It's a shame cause we had so many guys in wip :(

Hi Suirebit, :)

Wait wait! I'm going to edit it within few hours time! Have been very busy!

Suirebit-3DT

01-04-2009, 08:16 PM

Does anyone has anything against prolonging this until Monday? maybe we get 3-4 more entries? (and eyecon can do his :P)

snwbrdr

01-04-2009, 08:33 PM

Fine with me, might tweak my own a little more then this weekend if that's no problem.

kaustavsinha

01-04-2009, 08:35 PM

Does anyone has anything against prolonging this until Monday? maybe we get 3-4 more entries? (and eyecon can do his :P)

Hi Suirebit, :)

Sure! I too, will get some more time! :D

MatejaPetkovic

01-04-2009, 08:59 PM

It's fine with me also. Maybe you can extend whole week because all those people who have good wip's. You should pm them

M

jfmgraphics

01-04-2009, 09:15 PM

I don't have the time to do any more work on mine, and I rushed it to get something entered before the 31st.

In the interest of fairness, I think we all had the same deadline. However, in the interest of having more entries I guess it makes sense to extend.

eyecon

02-04-2009, 01:50 AM

as for me (I will hate myself for this) do not want this prolonged. I think it will be unfair to those who rushed their work and really took the time to finish it. But whatever the general consensus would be then that would be great. And if its extended, then I may be able to send my entry.

Suirebit-3DT

02-04-2009, 07:36 AM

That's why I called for a vote, so for now there are 3 for extending and 2 for not.

eyecon

02-04-2009, 11:26 AM

No problem suirebit... that was a good call you made. And I (though I was not favorable to it) am glad that it will be extended. Deep inside I wanted it to be extended :D

Suirebit-3DT

02-04-2009, 12:25 PM

Ok, I'm prologing this until April 10th. To make this fair, those who got their entries ready on time will receive a bonus prize and may edit their entries further until then.

Looking forward to more entries (hopefully) :)

I mean come on guys...it depends on you whether we will have more challenges in the future or not...The plan was to have in the future an uber challenge sponsored by nvidia and others, but if we have such low participation, it will be done for other techniques and not matte painting :(

thee

02-04-2009, 01:07 PM

sorry i was on vacation, hope to complete my entry soon.
Thee

eyecon

02-04-2009, 01:17 PM

MatejaPetkovic

02-04-2009, 01:38 PM

.... to suport this :)

M

kaustavsinha

02-04-2009, 06:21 PM

I mean come on guys...it depends on you whether we will have more challenges in the future or not...The plan was to have in the future an uber challenge sponsored by nvidia and others, but if we have such low participation, it will be done for other techniques and not matte painting :(

Hi Suirebit, :)

NVidia-sponsored Challenge? That's great! :) Plz guys, come-on, participate in large numbers & make this future challenge possible! :)

I assure you Suirebit, you'll surely have my entry for this future challenge (though I dunno how good my entry will be :D)! I just love the art of Digital Matte Painting very much & Challenges! :) Can't see it not getting priority! :(

jfmgraphics

02-04-2009, 06:52 PM

Well April 10th is good. I might have some time to do some additional work on mine. Either way, it's my first time entering a contest like this, so I'm not expecting much. :)

voil

03-04-2009, 10:52 PM

Hi my name is Przemysław Drzewicki and I'm from Poland.
This is my first challenge in this site and I had a lot of fun when I do this image.
All picture was create in photoshop 7. It take my a one week to finish image.
This is my WIP thread : http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=65392
and the fullsize picture (day) : http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/2291/morningday.jpg,
and night : http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/2310/morningnight.jpg.

MatejaPetkovic

04-04-2009, 06:32 PM

I see wip, but i can't see those hi res images

M

eyecon

04-04-2009, 06:35 PM

to voil, same here... no hi-res images for me to see... can you repost

kaustavsinha

08-04-2009, 02:22 AM

Hi Suirebit, :)

I've updated my Final Entry! Can you kindly have a look at it & tell me weather the gate is now alright or not?

Suirebit-3DT

08-04-2009, 07:36 PM

kaustav it's ok now :)

eyecon we're waiting for you! :P

kaustavsinha

08-04-2009, 08:21 PM

kaustav it's ok now :)

eyecon we're waiting for you! :P

Hi Suirebit, :)

Thank you very much for the reply! I may still make some additional changes to the matte, until April 10th!

Yes!!! I am waiting for Eric's entry too! :D I'm sure that, he will come-up with a big surprise!

jfmgraphics

09-04-2009, 01:47 AM

I'm not waiting for eyecon. His work is too good. ;)

kaustavsinha

09-04-2009, 04:06 AM

I'm not waiting for eyecon. His work is too good. ;)

Haha...! :D I witnessed Eric, creating fantastic matte-painting in just a duration of 2 days, & winning the first prize! You gotta reserve a seat in the Top 3 spots, if he is participating! :D But, having him as a contestant, makes the challenge much more interesting & competitive! :) I'm waiting for Eric's entry!

eyecon

09-04-2009, 03:33 PM

Hi guys, as much as I want to join this challenge, sadly I no longer can. One huge reason is that I'm stuck to my current work, which, to my dismay is harder than I have expected. Somehow my supervisors just don't want to let me go. Oh well... I have a rough done but I can't finish it today since I'm stuck here at the office. Yeah kaustav, I simply can't finish a matte in a day, that seems to be just too much.

so guys enjoy! I will try next time. Work can be hell, but then again I love my work. :D

p.s. I sooooooo wanted to join dagnabit!

kaustavsinha

09-04-2009, 04:46 PM

Hi Eric, :)

Oh! It's very unfortunate that you are not in a position to submit your Final Entry! :( In fact, I guess, the deadline was extended by Suirebit, keeping your entry in mind (and we too were waiting to see your brilliant artwork)! But...! :wall:

Yeah, 1 day is not at all enough to complete a matte! I hope that, you'll participate in the next challenge! :)

eyecon

09-04-2009, 06:08 PM

kaustavsinha

09-04-2009, 08:15 PM

Hi kaustav,

Yeah, and I feel soooo bad right now. Worst part is, I think I have to stay in the office overnight today to finish some renders so :wall:

Once again I apologize to all the guys especially suirebit. But sometimes work takes precedence over pleasure no matter how stingy that would feel. I wish I could just turn back the time and said no when this task was assigned to me...:ugh: The matte I'm doing sadlly will stay on WIP stage until I get some extra time off work... like a 2 months from now...DANG! Anybody knows how to clone yourself? PM me please....

Hi Eric, :)

I can understand your situation! There's no need to apologize!

Hehe...LOL! :haha: I know cloning in Photoshop, do not know how to do it in real-life! If I knew, I'd have surely told you! :D By the way, it would have been great, if cloning would have been possible in reality! ;)

Suirebit-3DT

09-04-2009, 09:55 PM

kaustavsinha

09-04-2009, 10:02 PM

So I guess this is it. Thanks to all who participated, I hope you had a great time and I'm sorry for all those wip entries that never got into finals :( This challenge started out good.

I'm gonna come back with comments and critique on all submissions, as well as announcing winners and prizes for everyone.

Bear in mind that because of this low participation, we might not have another challenge here for a while :(

Hi Suirebit, :)

It's sad to hear that, you will not conduct any more challenges for a while! :( I was getting a good practice and enjoyed the challenges very much! :) Thank you very much, for organizing such a wonderful challenge! :)

jfmgraphics

10-04-2009, 02:59 AM

This was the first challenge I participated in, and it won't be the last. Just let us know when you're ready for another one. :)

copain

10-04-2009, 07:14 AM

So I guess this is it. Thanks to all who participated, I hope you had a great time and I'm sorry for all those wip entries that never got into finals :( This challenge started out good.

I'm gonna come back with comments and critique on all submissions, as well as announcing winners and prizes for everyone.

Bear in mind that because of this low participation, we might not have another challenge here for a while :(

ohh Damn,
Was looking forward to one, as I just started learning matte painting.

snwbrdr

10-04-2009, 11:59 AM

I'm sorry to hear there are not enough entries to have another challenge straight away, I really liked my first one here. I think it's better to state a definitive deadline from the beginning, this motivates people to finish their work in time, now I think that everyone that started their projects didn't feel they had to keep at it and when a project is put on hold it's simply not motivating to return to it and finish it. This way it will never come further than beeing a WIP.

Well, just wanted to say that I would enjoy another challenge, maybe even a friendly one without prizes, just for the fun of it.

Didn't do any more work on my painting, so I'll keep it with the one already posted in this thread. I recently updated my Creative Suite so have been playing around with Flash last week, new toys are always fun! ;)

Looking forward to your critiques, hope to learn from this.

Thanks

Lynette-3dt

16-04-2009, 01:11 PM

Hello!

Just wanted to mention that we are working on plans for a new challenge 'system' for Threedy, which will involve monthly and bi-monthly deadlines and tie all challenges in together (in a way), meaning everyone will know where they stand in terms of deadlines and be able to follow other challenges in the other forums on Threedy as well for added inspiration and motivation. It's gonna be fun! Challenges will remain as they are for a while until we get ourselves sorted (so much to do!), but I think our ideas for the challenges on Threedy will be very encouraging for all - I imagine this will be put into practice later on this year (but don't hold me to that - things have a habit of changing) :)

Big thanks to Tiberius for running all of these matte painting challenges alongside what I know is a very busy work schedule. Thanks Tiberius, we do all appreciate everything you do here at Threedy :)

Suirebit-3DT

16-04-2009, 05:01 PM

Thanks Lyn :) Can't wait to see the new system, it will be much easier for me to keep these challenges, and also for the guys to know the deadlines.

Alrighty, here's the results of this challenge:

Firstly, everyone who participated gets a free e-book of their choice.

No.1: Mateja> While i have some picks with the day version, the night one works very well and the light is right on the spot. The abandoned boat adds a nice feeling. Take care of the left distant areas (those seen through the stone arch), they seem too bright and wrongly lit (they are lit from right).

Mark: 8/10

No 2: Guitarsimo> A bit too bright and the light is off in some areas, but this one is quite a pure matte painting, bravo! Would fit very nice in a set with actors. Just take care of the light and it will be a portfolio piece.

Mark: 7/10

No.3: jfmgraphics> If not for the bad texture quality (looks like you upsampled reference), and the too saturated blues, this would've been quite a nice matte...it's not bad, really, you should just go in and put some proper texture on those walls, also make it more bright where light is (right now it's very dark) and it will be a 7 piece :)

6/10

AND

snwbrdr> This one reminds me of assasin's creed for some reason. I like the concept and idea, also the mood of the image however the light is too uniform and coming from different angles (why are there hard shadows near the castle, to the left? if it is overcast then there should be no shadows at all)

Mark: 6/10

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Comments for :

kaustav> I appreciate your effort, your matte is not bad, but the guys above took you. The blue you used is too saturated and uniform, even though it's night there should be variations, look at mateja's piece for instance. Good job and looking forward to see more from you.

5/10

voil> this is not a bad matte, but not really a night scene...the day one is ok though. I'm really sorry I can't give you more than the participation prize, you should however refine this image, it can be a nice one :)

5.5/10

jfmgraphics

16-04-2009, 05:12 PM

Thanks for the great critique Tiberius. Looks like I need to calibrate my monitor, because I didn't see the oversaturated blues. I do, however, see that it is quite dark when viewed from my laptop.

It's my first attempt at completing a matte painting, so I'm happy to have received some recognition in this contest. I'll be sure to enter future contests as well. :)

snwbrdr

16-04-2009, 05:51 PM

Thanks for the comment, I see your point here about the shadow. Will keep that in mind in my next paintings. Lighting this scene proved to be harder than expected with the snow and night thing goning on.

Congrats to MatejaPetkovic, Guitarsimo and jfmgraphics and hope everyone will go for it again in the next challenge.

guitarsimo80

16-04-2009, 06:14 PM

Thank you Suirebit!
Congrats to Mateja & jfmgraphics, and the other guys too!
I hope there will be another challenge here!
I'm not satisfied about my composition and I don't spent enough time to finish because a new work took away all my free time, but anyway, this is a great result for me, I hope to win the first prize the next time!!
Thanks 3D Total to help me improve my techniques !

MatejaPetkovic

18-04-2009, 08:00 PM

Oooo, nice.
Thanks for good critics and comments, i realy enjoy while working on this matte painting.
Congrats to all contestants and thanks to people who organize this challenge.

M

kaustavsinha

23-04-2009, 08:07 AM

Comments for :

kaustav> I appreciate your effort, your matte is not bad, but the guys above took you. The blue you used is too saturated and uniform, even though it's night there should be variations, look at mateja's piece for instance. Good job and looking forward to see more from you.

Hi Suirebit, :)

Thank you very much for the precious comments & critiques! :)

Congratulations to Mateja, Guitarsimo, jfmgraphics & snwbrdr! :)

It was a great learning experience for me! Thanks Suirebit, for organizing this awesome challenge! :) Will hope to participate in future matte-painting challenges, here at 3DTotal!

Btw, how will I get my free e-book, Suirebit?

Suirebit-3DT

23-04-2009, 08:15 AM

e-mail chrisp@3dtotal.com , mention this thread and the prize of your choice

trainfender

23-04-2009, 08:45 AM

hey, guys
congrats to all winners
but can i have some comments too? i feel lost :(

kaustavsinha

23-04-2009, 09:18 AM

e-mail chrisp@3dtotal.com , mention this thread and the prize of your choice

Hi Suirebit, :)

Thank you very much for the reply! Sorry to bother you again, but just wished to know, what are the prizes to choose from?

hey, guys
congrats to all winners
but can i have some comments too? i feel lost :(

Also, I'd really like to request you very much, on behalf of trainfender, to kindly post a comment about his work, if you can! :) Can't just see him missing out from your very precious comments! :(

trainfender

23-04-2009, 09:44 AM

thanx Kaustav :wave:

Suirebit-3DT

23-04-2009, 11:53 AM

sorry if I missed you, I thought I commented on everyone...i'll get back to you later

MatejaPetkovic

27-04-2009, 09:13 PM

e-mail chrisp@3dtotal.com , mention this thread and the prize of your choice

Hi, can you tell me what are prizes?

Thanks

M

Lynette-3dt

28-04-2009, 12:09 PM

Hi, can you tell me what are prizes?

There's a thread here with prize info: http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=53531

Can you email your prize selection to jo@3dtotal.com, please, as Chris is very busy working on DAMv4 and getting the May issues of our magazines ready this week :)

Suirebit-3DT

28-04-2009, 12:47 PM

I've edited that thread to reflect current prizes, please re-read if needed, we have more and better options now :)

Suirebit-3DT

28-04-2009, 12:58 PM

one more thing:

From now on, winner of previous challenge gets the choice to be a judge in the next one, so MatejaPetkovic can choose to be next guest judge!

also check this: http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?p=712399#post712399

MatejaPetkovic

28-04-2009, 12:59 PM

12 month subscription to the 2DArtist magazine sounds very good.

I'll send you email

A judge, ha ha, nice, i would love that(but someone needs to explain me what are my duties :) )
Thanks

M

Suirebit-3DT

28-04-2009, 01:08 PM

not a big deal, just look at final entries and pick 3 which u will e-mail me :) And also give critiques if possible. You can do this for up to 3 challenges, after which you can participate again.

MatejaPetkovic

28-04-2009, 01:37 PM

Is it possible to participate in this challenges, but without entering my work in "final entry thread"?

M

eyecon

28-04-2009, 02:44 PM

Mateja, if you ask me as a judge I would not join, simply because your work might influence the others on how to proceed, being that you are one of the deciding body. Besides you had your chance to shine :D its our chance this time.... :D

MatejaPetkovic

28-04-2009, 02:57 PM

Ha ha, i understand that, but i wanted to participate because i want to improve my work and to build portfolio but
you are right, i can do it but without posting.

M

eyecon

28-04-2009, 04:44 PM

Yeah dude, I understand... If I was in your position I would really love to do the same... These precious little comments are really important. I suggest though, some other offsite forums that we can critique each other, I can name 2 right now, PM me and I'll add a few more on the list... we can talk there and share critiques... you on me and me on your work... that sound good?

Lynette-3dt

28-04-2009, 05:41 PM

that kinda defeats the object of using Threedy as a community though if you go to another forum to talk about a challenge on Threedy. hmmm. I don't see why you can't work on an image and show people here without posting your final - why would that be a bad thing? I can only see it would help others - that's the whole point of these challenges, so that people work together, share their work, their thoughts, their processes ... We learn from one another - that's the whole point of Threedy! no need to be so competitive: yes, it's a challenge, but you can still help each other, and others.;)

Suirebit-3DT

28-04-2009, 07:56 PM

i have nothing against for you to make an entry, but obviously it wont enter the challenge :)

MatejaPetkovic

28-04-2009, 08:54 PM

Lynette and Suirebit,
Yeah that was my point, to share my work with other people and to learn for them.
Eyecon, i think we can comment our works here, like Lynette sad, or anywhere else,
it's all about learning and enjoying in creating new mattepaintings.

Btw when and what is new topic?

M

Lynette-3dt

28-04-2009, 11:08 PM

Eyecon, i think we can comment our works here, like Lynette sad, or anywhere else,
it's all about learning and enjoying in creating new mattepaintings.

You've hit the nail on the head - have some fun, and learn along the way :D

eyecon

29-04-2009, 01:26 AM

You've hit the nail on the head - have some fun, and learn along the way :D

Thats amazing new! I always thought the challenges where for challenge entries only (due to the lack of a mattepainting thread) and judges were somehow not allowed to join.... but with this update I am pretty excited! Thanks guys thats really awesome. :dance:

Mateja, this would be cool dude... its like total freedom and yes! We can post out work here no problem! (now to clear my schedule....) :haha: