May 2008 - Carnivorous Plant!

[Lynette-3dt]

Welcome to the SUPER Stylised Monthly Challenge – Sponsored by 3DTotal.com and 3DCreative Magazine . Please post all images & questions in this thread.

So what is this challenge all about?
Each month we will select a title for the SUPER Stylised Challenge, and we'll post some images for you to use as reference. The title is there to be interpreted as and how you wish. All you have to do then is to think up your concept, model it, and create a final 3D image of this in your own way!

This regular monthly challenge is designed to bring in some great content for 3DCreative Magazine – in the form of final images from the Top Ten and Making Ofs from the top 3 winners – as well as some great prizes and exposure just for you!

What are we looking for?
Funny and humorous entries which interpret the title of the SUPER Stylised Challange however you see fit. We’re pretty much leaving everything open for your interpretation and stylisation!! All we ask is that the title of the SUPER Stylised Challange is instantly recognisable in your final image! All you have to do then is to render your stylised/abstract/cartoon masterpiece and you’re away!

What are the timeframes and requirements?
The rules are pretty laid back: please submit 1 x 3D Final Image. If you want to have a background or include some graphical elements or text on your image, it's entirely up to you. Image posts should be around 800 pixels across, but please work at a much higher res as the top 10 will be featured in 3DCreative Magazine .
There will be 1 challenge per month, with the deadline being the end of the month GMT. A 'VOTING' thread will also be created at the end of the month. For a valid entry, just make sure your final image is posted in the WIP thread by the end of the month, and then post your final image in 'VOTING' thread before the 8th June 2008. Voting will take place from the 8th June to the 15th June 2008, when the winners will be announced!

Everyone has to post their FINAL image in the WIP thread before the end of the month deadline, as well as their WIPs during the month. You then have to post it (exactly the same final image) again in the VOTING thread. This means there is a very clear deadline: no-one can work after the end of the month and the VOTING thread still exists as before, as this is a nice clean thread with final images only which is used for the judging only.

We require the top 3 winners to submit 'Making Of' overview articles that will be shown on either 3DTotal or in 3DCreative Magazine ; these need to show the stages of your creation, different elements and some brief explanation text of why, and how, you did what you did. We will format this into some nice-looking pages to give you some great exposure, and us some quality content. This will serve as some great exposure for you which, along with your prizes, is a pretty cool incentive to get involved!

Posting Works in Progress
Each challenge will have one thread that starts with this info and the brief at the top. This is where all entrants post all WIPs, give feedback, and generally laugh at the crazy ideas that are emerging each month!

Please don't start any new threads – just reply to this one already set up!

Prizes!!
1st Place Any 3 items from the 3DTotal Shop. We sell lots of items these days, such as our book , Design Studio Press books, textureCDs, Shorts DVDs, lots of training DVDs, and 12 month subscriptions to 3DCreative Magazine and 2DArtist Magazine .

2nd Place
Any 2 items from the 3DTotal Shop.

3rd Place
Any 1 item from the 3DTotal Shop.

We do unfortunately have to limit prizes to 1 book per winner per challenge, due to high postage costs for heavier items.

Judging
Everyone who took part can cast a vote of their top 3 in order, and the 3DTotal/3DCreative team will also cast their votes. We will award 3pts for a 1st place vote, 2 for 2nd and 1 for 3rd. Then we will add them up and ship out your prizes!

This month we have chosen CARNIVOROUS PLANT!


©iStockphoto.com/Jonathan Maddock

Here is a selection of Images from a simple Google search to give you some good references for this month’s brief!
carnivorous plant 01
carnivorous plant 02
carnivorous plant 03
carnivorous plant 04
carnivorous plant 05
carnivorous plant 06
carnivorous plant 07
carnivorous plant 08
carnivorous plant 09
carnivorous plant 10

Please don't start new threads: all design sketches, WIPs, feedback should go in this thread! Final Images should be posted in the 'VOTING' thread, which will be created at the end of the month.





Lynette

[DaddyDoom]

Muaaahh! Fantastic theme this month!
Looking forward to start

DD

[Shahin_fj]

Interestig Topic..
I drew a concept related to this topic few month ago.. but I'm not sure to follow this one... but anyway here it is:

[Lynette-3dt]

cool concept! ah go on, join in Shahin - why not?

[GARBO X]

This time I am in and I am going to finish this.

[Siege]

Good Loarhd!!

What is this??? Looks like it will decapitate its victims.

Carnivorous Plant 10

[Lynette-3dt]

hahaha, YESSS! it's great isn't it? I meant to put a comment for you all to check that one out - it's so bizarre, you've gotta love nature!

[DaddyDoom]

Geez... that number 10 aint no Perfect 10... What an ugly, yet fascinating creature... thing... plant...


Shahin_fj, that concept pic is the coolest dude. Go for it

DD

[dwiseman]

This one should be fun. I've been wanting an excuse to create a Triffid for a while, here's a sketch of what I have in mind:

[DaddyDoom]

Did this fast concept sketch on paper, then some color in Photoshop.
Might stick to this or not. Let's see if something better pops up

DD

[penguins]

Ahh so many challenges Sculpting, animating, and now this great one. I hope I can make time to join in.

[Slashmore]

Hi everybody, i am new to the forum. I want to introduce myself. My name is Eloy, I am from Chile and I am currently studing arquitecture. I am always looking at the forums cause I think that the posts are very interesting, and there are lots of very talented people. Well, i am a beginner at 3d studio (only Autocad), but i also have som photoshop knowings. I hope that I could compete at June's challenge, so as to have may for practicing on my free time. Congratulations to everyone for your works and sorry for my english cause i am not a native speaker (I speak spanish )

That's it!
Be seeing/reading you

Slashmore

[chubu]

hello Slashmore - welcome. now lets see what youve got
DD - i didnt quite get it what fell from his mouth. is that a ring, a toy?

Shahin_fj - that is a great concept and a great sketch - if you dont do it, i will!

[Shahin_fj]

Shahin_fj - that is a great concept and a great sketch - if you dont do it, i will!

hei hei!! It has copyright ! (just kidding!)
thanks for the kind words Lynette, DD & chubu. I think I have to start modeling a.s.a.p

btw I thing it's a cat tail that fell from his mouth in DD's concept.. am I right DD?

[DJdude]

if i participate heres my idea for the scene. the owners has left for a few days, theres a sign on the chain link fence reading beware of dog. theres some bloog on the grass and theres a leash and chain with no dog. theres a giant carnivorios plant who somehow grew really big and ate the dog. its just an idea.