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S68
25-Sep-02, 11:29
As pointed out by theeth this contest would have superimposed with Blender on the Haunt contest if this latter were to be issued.

There was the general thinking that this would not have been the case but, luckily, Blender on the Haunt is out there.

Being On the Haunt an historical Blender contest it has precedence, of course.

Since the theme is not so different, orange and I are arranging to hold both the contest together, on the same site, with appropriate voting systems.

The previous rules to this contest will hold as long as they do not interfere with the On the Haunt contest rules, so... STAY TUNED!!!

Stefano




Living Mechanics contest is next to the end :) So time is to think to amother long term contest.

GOAL: Create an artistic representation of the Gates of Hell. (How unoriginal am I, look at BgDM's ttp://www.elysiun.com/viewtopic.php?t=761 )

RULES (Much similar to previous):


1 Modelling AND rendering must be completely done in Blender.

2 Texturing can be done both with Blender built in procedurals or with images/plugins/whatever, but images will participate into two separate categories.

3 Post Processing is allowed only to re-scale the picture and get better anti-alias.

4 Entries must be in JPEG or PNG format, in a resolution not more than 1280 x 1280 YOu must host images on your own site and guarantee that images will remain visible throug all voting process.

5 You can reuse objects, but the main part of your entry should be new, as in not finished at the time of the launch of this contest.

7 You can NOT submit more than one entry.


DEADLINE:

The contest will start accepting entries November 1st and the last entry must be sumited before midnight (Elysiun Time) November 30th.

TEAMWORK:

Team work is not allowed.

VOTING:

Entries will be judged by the public in the two categories (Pure Blender, Blender+externally produced textures) with a voting system where people award points to entries. The score of each entries in these categories is the average of all the points score they were given by all the voters. (I strongly hope in using the same method of the LM contest :P )

Votes will be awarded for:

- Modeling: Judged on model quality
- Materials: Judged on quality of material/textures used
- Lightning: Judged on lightning quality
- Mood: Judged on the mood of the scene
- Originality: Judged on the originality (should I explain everithing?)

Average of these 5 will produce the overall vote.

Special award might be considered...

PRIZES:

Glory

Entries will be tumbnailed on an appropriate page which I will host. To get the feeling her's the (english) translation of the most famous description of that gate:


1 Through me the way is to the city dolent;
2 Through me the way is to eternal dole;
3 Through me the way among the people lost.

4 Justice incited my sublime Creator;
5 Created me divine Omnipotence,
6 The highest Wisdom and the primal Love.

7 Before me there were no created things,
8 Only eterne, and I eternal last.
9 All hope abandon, ye who enter in!

10 These words in sombre colour I beheld
11 Written upon the summit of a gate;
12 Whence I: Their sense is, Master, hard to me!

[size=9]Dante, Divine Commedy, Canto III: Lines 1-16
http://www.divinecomedy.org/divine_comedy.html

Have fun.

Stefano

SGT Squeaks
25-Sep-02, 11:38
This sounds like a great contest!!! :D I dont really like rule number 5 though, I think everything should be made from scratch after the starting date. You know, to get more practice. :D oh, and where is rule number 6?

hannibar
25-Sep-02, 11:53
Nice contest! I'd love to enter.

theeth
25-Sep-02, 11:56
maybe you could postpone you contest Stefano, since it will be exactly at the same time as On The Haunt III

Cool contest though

Martin

SGT Squeaks
25-Sep-02, 12:01
I thought on the haunt 3 was canceled. Orange said he couldn't do it this year. He said it in this thread. http://www.elysiun.com/viewtopic.php?t=5392

BgDM
25-Sep-02, 12:31
COOL!!! I will definitely do this one. I wil also do a new model as well, (/me thanks Stefano for mentioning my WIP, that I never did finish BTW).

BgDM

Timonides
25-Sep-02, 12:36
As far as I know, yes On the HauntIII has been cancelled by orange!!!!! :(

Too bad :( because I was counting on that contest as an official premiere for my work ( ;) )

Hey Stefano!!!!! Just a proposition.....

Could it be possible and make some changes about the Theme of your contest proposal so it would be some kind of a replacement of OTH III????
A lot of people were dissapointed by it's postpone.........

Anyway, even if you leave it the way it is right now, I'm definetely in!!!!!

I'll open the Gates of HELL for you............... 8)


skontar.

S68
25-Sep-02, 12:38
Martin,

I didn't realized Haunt III would superimpose... But SGTS pointed also that post... so I will wait a little before changing deadlines :)

Stefano

BgDM
25-Sep-02, 13:19
Here is the image that S68 wanted to show. This was a WIP that I abandoned, because I went on to other stuff and I didn't like the way this was turning out.

http://mysite.iptic.com/bgdm/hell-web.jpg

BgDM

Idgas
25-Sep-02, 13:39
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valarking
25-Sep-02, 19:00
i'd like to enter, but im christian and it just doesnt feel right to participate. sorry. :(

Idgas
25-Sep-02, 22:24
me too valarking thats why I am posting that pic try to get people to think twice about the fantasy of HELL!!! But that is for a different thread.

P.S. please tell me what you think everyone.

S68
26-Sep-02, 03:39
i'd like to enter, but im christian and it just doesnt feel right to participate. sorry. :(

/me too is Christian, valarking, and of the Catholic flavour, and the poem I cited is a XIII century poem of a very Catholic guy in a very Catholic late-middle-ages Italy...

Sorry you don't feel like participating :(

Stefano

pofo
26-Sep-02, 06:45
But hell don't need to have anything to do with religion. Not anymore than Elysiun has to do with greek mythology ;)

Why not make the gates to your own little personal hell?

8) pofo

Timonides
26-Sep-02, 06:59
...........................
Why not make the gates to your own little personal hell?

8) pofo

No!!! No!!!! That would be too horrible...... :o

skontar.

Xampersand
26-Sep-02, 08:08
My own personal hell...

How should I go about rendering my in-laws moving in permanently? :D

bl@stzone
27-Sep-02, 15:21
well im not christian and i have no qualms about going all out on this one count me in this is gonna kcik some severe rectum!!!

S68
28-Sep-02, 02:44
I dont really like rule number 5 though, I think everything should be made from scratch after the starting date


This is the only question on the rules. Up to now.

I feel like keeping it since you are not obliged to reuse your old models but you may use some small details you have already ready.

If at least other 2 people from here to monday 30th agrees with SGTS I will change the rule.

No changing of rules after October 1st.


oh, and where is rule number 6?

Who needs rule number 6? :)

(Rule number 6 was: It is forbidden to use a compter monitor of wichever type in the modeling/rendering process)

Stefano

humphrey
29-Sep-02, 08:26
Man there seems to be a lot of Christians using this forum!!!

I too am a Christian and was brought up in a Catholic church (S68), even though I am now protestant :-?

Anyway

me too valarking thats why I am posting that pic try to get people to think twice about the fantasy of HELL!!! But that is for a different thread.

God gave us all gifts, and why not use our abilties in 3D to show people the truth? How scarey hello REALLY is. I'm sick of a red Devil Satan walking around with a pitch fork... Let's make peoples hair stand on end when they see 'The gates of Hell"??

valarking
29-Sep-02, 14:10
Man there seems to be a lot of Christians using this forum!!!

I too am a Christian and was brought up in a Catholic church (S68), even though I am now protestant :-?

Anyway

me too valarking thats why I am posting that pic try to get people to think twice about the fantasy of HELL!!! But that is for a different thread.

God gave us all gifts, and why not use our abilties in 3D to show people the truth? How scarey hello REALLY is. I'm sick of a red Devil Satan walking around with a pitch fork... Let's make peoples hair stand on end when they see 'The gates of Hell"??

I think the forum is very rounded out in that aspect.

I just think that participating is making light of hell. :(

humphrey
29-Sep-02, 19:22
mmmm..... I dunno anymore... Luckly I've got until november to decide whether I'll enter or not...
As for ideas, I was thinking more along the lines looking out of the gates from the inside??? Anyway... Back to finishing Year 12 I guess.

Humphrey

jordanH
30-Sep-02, 23:32
Sounds like a great contest, I will definately start on this one, get frusterated, and quit. :P

mrmunkily
01-Oct-02, 14:51
by yourself or your loved one a

get out of Hell free card (tm)

TODAY!

cause who knows what tommoro might bring...


that even distrubed me..... Sorry but I love taunting satan.

CubeFan973
03-Oct-02, 19:26
Great idea... can we be a little sarcastic and make the gates of hell be Brimhall Junior High? Don't ask why, I just feel like being a jerk and confusing you guys at the same time...

S68
04-Oct-02, 02:40
RULES UPDATED * READ FIRST POST

phlip
18-Oct-02, 12:04
I'll give this one a go, if I can find time between studying (:o) for the HSC

I'm a christian, but I see no reason why I shouldn't participate. If God exists (and I believe he does), He must have a sense of humour.
Just look at the platypus.

Who knows? Maybe all these scary pictures of hell will shock a few athiests into religion, eh?

EnV
18-Oct-02, 12:25
I know of religious people (preists) who paint and sculpt of hell and demons.
It is just only a paint or a sculpture (or a cg image...).

Env

sonix
24-Oct-02, 01:17
8) Gates of hell eh, yeah well up for that one, first contest, should be good.

Never seen the gates me self but I got a good idea......................... ;)

9
08-Nov-02, 06:49
The sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840-1817) has already entered the contest:

http://161.58.208.54/artchive/r/rodin/gates1.jpg

Modelled in bronze
20 years rendering (1880-1900)
original full size render can be seen at Rodin Museum

He guesses he's in "Open" category...

S68
08-Nov-02, 07:25
*ROFL*

Stefano

9
18-Nov-02, 06:52
hm... stupid question :D : Is the contest still running? Where are entries to be posted? Since the story with "OTH" I don't get it very well!...

Thank you
@+

Hughes

JD-multi
20-Nov-02, 17:39
I really want ot join the contest but I doesn't have enought time because i've got some projects on school, so 30 november is too close I though something like 30 december or 1 january. N=But I've also got 1 question, when I render it in blender is it allowed to edit a bit in photoshop??? :)