#29 - Jim Henson’s Unemployment Office (character)

[BiG ToE-3DT]

Low Poly Mini Contest #29(character)
Subject – Jim Henson’s Unemployment Office
ALL WIPS AND CONCEPTS ARE TO BE KEPT IN THIS THREAD.

With the way the word’s economy is these days, everyone is getting fired and in need of a new job. No one is safe, and that includes the creatures created by Jim Henson. Big bird, Cookie Monster, Elmo, Miss Piggy, Kermit. They all need jobs. Willing do to anything for money, theses desperate one time child heroes of the television need your assistance. If you know of an occupation ideal for one of these down in the dumps clumps of fur and stuffing, please speak up. Anything is better than nothing. Don’t hold back, keep in mind, these leaders in learning are used to having hands up their butts, so nothing is beneath them.

Judging: You will pick what you believe is the top 3 entries. First place gets 3 points, 2nd place 2 points, 3rd place 1 point. The person with the most points when the voting is over wins. Remember, if an entry does not fill the requirements, do not vote for them.

DUE DATE: July 12th, 5 weeks and a few days from today! 11:59 pm GMT - SUNDAY

Idea:
Take a Jim Henson creation and give them a job. This job should fit the characters personality. So keep that in mind when choosing.

Poly limit:
6,000 Tris Total. You can do whatever you want with these, just don’t get carried away and don’t exceed the 6,000 Tri Limit. Remember, the limit tells you where to stop, there is no minimum, so use as much of the limit as you see fit.

Textures:
(2) 1024 x 1024 texture. This means (2) 1024 for color, (2) 1024 for bump, (2) 1024 for normal, (2) 1024 opacity, so on and so forth. You can chop it up into whatever you want, but you still need to go all out in your texture.

Textures can be hand-painted or you can use photographic sources. Do what you do.


Pedestals/Stands:
You do not have to create one, but if you do, understand that there is no texture or tri limit. You can go as crazy as you want, or keep it basic.

Prizes: (only available with 6 or more final entries)

1st Place gets the following:
- 12-month subscription to the 2DCreative magazine
- 12-month subscription to the 3DCreative magazine

2nd Place gets the following:
- 12-month subscription to the 3DCreative magazine

3rd Place gets the following:
- 6-month subscription to the 3DCreative magazine

Final Pictures:

Required In The Final Post (1 post per entry):

- 1 x Winning shot. This image should consist of your character depicted in its most awesome angle.

- 1 x Beauty shot of your character. Feel free to put multiple angles of your character or just one big version or your character on this page. Even better, try to composite a nice art piece similar to the ones in the Winners' Gallery. Be careful how you do this though, simple is often better. It’s up to you.

- 1 x wire frame shot of your character. Feel free to put multiple wire frame shots or just one big wire frame shot on this page. It is up to you. Must have polycount included.

- 1 x texture sheet that includes all your used sheets squeezed into "one" sheet.

- Concept Sheet (if you have one)

A Final Entry Thread will be up and waiting around the end of the third week/beginning of fourth week. Don’t forget to submit your work by posting it in the final thread.

Good luck everyone!
BiG ToE.

[Darbruce]

genius ToE, genius. very current. is it 6K or 8K limit?

Poly limit:
6,000 Tris Total. You can do whatever you want with these, just don’t get carried away and don’t exceed the 8,000 Tri Limit. Remember, the limit tells you where to stop, there is no minimum, so use as much of the limit as you see fit.

[BiG ToE-3DT]

it's 6,000, I'm tired.. I upped it from the 4,000 we all talked about earlier, to give some slack for accessories.

[Darbruce]

rgr that. this is going to be LEGEN... wait for it ...... DARY!

[silverflame]

hmmm I've got my eye set on an oscar the grouch garbage man with a orange uniform and carrying a garbage can. I'll get some concepts up over the next couple of days

[Tank[NL]]

ANIMAL ^^

oh man, i cant wait to get started

[DeadlyFreeze]

In before obvious oscar the grouch / garbage man...

[vicban3d]

Hmm does a homeless Cookie Monster begging for cookies on the street(possibly playing a musical instrument) count as a job?

[BiG ToE-3DT]

some would say, begging is a full time job.

[Darbruce]

Swedish Demolitions Engineer = sold.

[Joseph Pomeisl]

...keep in mind, these leaders in learning are used to having hands up their butts, so nothing is beneath them.

Ah ha ha...greatness. And, indeed begging is a fulltime job, it just doesn't pay very well and earns you only scorn and loathing in everyone's eyes.
This should be a fun one.

[lampshadehead]

And, indeed begging is a fulltime job, it just doesn't pay very well and earns you only scorn and loathing in everyone's eyes.

True, begging may not pay well, but you can still make more in a day than most people do working for minimum wage.

I'm going to try and finish this one with Kermit the Pimp.

[Zlatovous]

Great topic :-) But as I am not so much into Sesame Street (you know, Czech Republic, we've got a little bit different TV shows in here), I don't know any of the muppets. For instance, how is called the one in the right lower corner with guitar on BiG ToE picture? So I can do my research :-)

Thank you and see your entries soon!

[liquidbear]

you should never say no minimun lol some one could enter a plane with a picture on it ...... trust me stuff like that happened lol someone im my college did it when he had to model his room in 3d he took a pic and put it on a plane and he passed cause tachnically he was in the rules

any hoo i cant wait to start this is going to be so much fun
can we model the worm oscar use to be friends with ....... (joke lol)


just one thing anyone else notice the muppet ghosts in the top of the pic lol

ps ...... here is a link for people who dont know the muppet characters

http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/A...8/puppets.html

there should be more i think but its a start lol

[Darbruce]

you should never say no minimun lol some one could enter a plane with a picture on it ......

well technically one could just tessellate the **** out of said plane and still be within the rules, no matter what you lay down as ground work someone will find a loop hole. its really down to which artists are actually trying to hone skills and keep sharp and which are just doing it to do it.