March, 2007: Alien Pet

[A.Alvarez]

Ok... here is the theme for March: Alien Pet.

cute, cuddly, menacing, playful, evil, friendly, unusual, animal, vegetable, feathered, slimy, floating, shy, curious, hyper, sleepy...

Good luck and have fun! :)

edit: winners announced!

So here are the winners for the March contest! Beautiful work all around... was a difficult judging for sure. Congratz!

http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/alex_stuff/misc_forum_posts/GW_mar2007_winners.jpg

Winners will be contacted via PM or email... or you can contact Lily Feliciano at GW:
lily@gnomon3d.com / 323-978-0800

Thank you to all who participated... Judging these contests is truly one of the highlights of my month! There is nothing I enjoy more than looking at great imagery, and this month was really superb. :)

-Alex

[nelu]

lovely theme :p

[sulas]

good luck everyone:)

[chandro]

is 3d and 2d will be judge seperately?
Alex mention
"as it is clear that while 2D artists can execute a finished piece in a matter of hours, 3D is an entirely different beast. While the February contest will follow the same rules, for March we will likely switch."

[engelik]

hehe.. nice theme! lots of weird creatures this month (i hope), i will try to participate. :)

[gkjeane]

This is my creature.

http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs9/i/2006/023/d/c/Misguided_Legs_by_gkjeane.jpg

[A.Alvarez]

chandro: Yes, I know... but thats why I picked a theme that didn't give much of an advantage to the 2D artists... Thanks to Zbrush/Mudbox, I hope that we will see a lot of 3D entries this month! :)

So to clarify, yes, 2D + 3D are judged together....

-Alex

[Andrew Bina]

Can we enter different submissions in both 2D and 3D?

Ready to rock!

[ipranawake]

What a cool theme Alex ........ All aliens will come to play before the end of MARCH ........ there will be so many cool entries this time.....

since modelling is my favourit part .... Im defenitely in ...... ... Im gonna use MAYA,Z-brush and after effects ......

Hope to do my best ......wishing Good luck to all the others too .........

[daddymack]

Daddymack is in for sure... What a great theme

I look forward to playing with you guys here on this one:)

[BadG3r]

im in. 3d.

get ready to welcome a very poor creature. aliens are NOT good pet holders, but i think its due to the lack of tamagotchis on their planet ;)

[mike0006]

Hehe, I remember those tamagachis. They were soooo cool back in elementary school. Gotta rock it old school! :D

[foxymophandlemama]

Hello from Portugal! A friend of mine told me about this challenge and the theme! Well... I'm in! 3D!

[firankedul]

Count me in the 3d. This is the first contest I have entered in...hoping to learn.

http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/7638/alienpetom9.jpg

Comments are welcome :)

[DRaven]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/ravend/alienpet3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/ravend/alienpet4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/ravend/alienpet1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/ravend/alienpet2.jpg

[jascore]

Never really used zbrush but i'll give it a try. new here..

[mojoman]

This is made with Z-Brush and composited in photoshop.
517

[eltavo]

Here is my entry, I maded this image some time ago. I post in the forum section but now I think it would be here in this month entry.

[BadG3r]

mojoman, I just love it. the dull face expression telling me "You're not the one with a s**t-face is awesome.

great.

[cyberdox]

helloo..nice theme this one..im in 3d, just for fun and to practice..this is my skecth , just a reference to start modeling..i hope to find time to finish it..good luck to all

[mojoman]

mojoman, I just love it. the dull face expression telling me "You're not the one with a s**t-face is awesome.

great.

thx BadG3r, he reminds me of Snoopy as a vulture and Max from the Grinch.

[BadG3r]

Ok since im in 3D for less then 3 month (self-teaching after works) and suck in texturing plus times running out. I decided to post anyway and to describe my idea behind it.

so this is a fishlike animal that just fits into his bowl. besides being a fish in a bowl is a drag this one has nothing to laugh. Really nothing.

To make him even more hating his life a pack of fish food is standing right in front of him.

the rest is.. i dont know. just realised that the comp is nearly over and i need a gnomon texturing dvd.

first one is the submission other one are different angles.

[knight_stalker_designz]

Im an avid Maya user. Learned it the Hard way by trial and error and still learning on my own. I was wondering for this contest do we post our 3D aliens in this thread or do you have another thread to post in? What dimentions do we post it up as? When is the deadline? Thank you for your time.

[Tempest126]

Hey all, First-Time poster, thought I'd give this contest a shot. I havent been modelling too long, and while looking for tutorials online I came across this site that has some impressive tutorial DVDs. So I decided to give it a shot and hopefully snag a DVD so I can learn even more about this wonderful world of 3D Graphics :) Hope you like it, Open to suggestions and comments.

You can find a larger view of the image here:
http://img262.imageshack.us/my.php?image=alienpetwp8.png


My creature is an alien version of a Hampster I suppose.. hehe.

[celiksert]

Hey all, i modelled this mermaid punk a few days ago. It's not really an alien pet but it's not human too :)

It's Some sort of angel with ray swords.
http://i11.tinypic.com/2dacci9.jpg

[Rasclatt]

I don't have Z-brush, and learned Maya on my own with some online tutorials and such and such, so don't be too harsh! Just kidding, critique away. Anyhoo, thanks for lookin'.

Cheers

http://webpages.charter.net/visualunderground/gallery/alienPet.jpg

Here's a higher res image of just the pet:
http://webpages.charter.net/visualunderground/gallery/img_wormobg.jpg

[celiksert]

celiksert;

I envy the ability that created this modeled punk mermaid. Needless to say, I like it.

Oracle

thnks man u r too kind

[Gina]

Hi, this is my alien dog. This model is created in Maya with subdiv surfaces. :)

[foxymophandlemama]

Ok, here is my alien pet in a Pets day at School!

Done in 3D Studio Max and Photoshop.

http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/3170/66caa8.jpg

close
http://img479.imageshack.us/img479/1205/53avro7.jpg

[foxymophandlemama]

Sorry...double post! Anyway, some nice works here!!

[mike0006]

Wow, I love the texturing you've done on this piece, Foxy.

[Cecil Bienfang]

Great entries everyone! Awesome image, Foxy. :eek: Between you and JakkaS from the 2d entries, it will be tough to decide a winner. :confused: Anyway, here's my first attempt:

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/7820/alienpet01web01ya4.jpg

ZB + PS.

The concept is simply an alien petting a lifeform before abducting and placing it in a jar.


Wish I had access and knowledge of more highend soft like Max and vray. Bit of a bummer only being able to use ZB, and its "renderer". Must save more pennies. Or, better yet, learn to paint for real.

Anyway, thanks for looking.

[Cecil Bienfang]

And here's my second entry:

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/410/alienpet02web02ly7.jpg

The concept here is an alien egg crashes into a distant planet, and is gathered by a group of nasty beings living in the woods. When it hatches, and the alien closely resembles a chicken the disgusting woodbeings decide to raise it into a champion cock fighter, feeding it only gummy worms to make it fat and vicious. Here, we see it breaking away from its rusty chains, while leaping for its breakfast. Perhaps it will peck out the eyes of its persecutors. :D

The background clouds and trees, of course are a photograph, composited in photoshop. Everything else is made in ZBrush.

Thanks for looking at this one too.

[HFix]

Really Awsome Concepts Cecil....i love the bird one! its way cute :)

[Cecil Bienfang]

HFix,

Thanks!

You're Beast squashes the green goo out of my aliens, though. The demonic snake tongue is fierce. :D

[Nordavind]

Creating with 3d studio Max..

http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/8093/alien3hs8.jpg
http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/4152/asda11qv3.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/1908/asda12ta9.jpg

[foxymophandlemama]

mike0006, Oracle, thank you both!

Cecil Bienfang, Thank you! your second entry is awsome!

[smeagol]

Hi

first time posting , my Alien pet is inspire by Miles Teves .

hope you like it :p

great contest

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/1492/fleshballscolormap27df5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[knight_stalker_designz]

I must say smeagol... What a concept of FLESH BALLS... Extreemly awesome work and texturing you did. And lighting. Great flesh tone. All I can say is wow... his balls are hangin....:D

[knight_stalker_designz]

FOXY you have beautiful Work up here. OS far this is becoming an awesome contest. I think Im going to have to learn more and step it up a notch to meet your guys'ez work. Simply great stuff up here.

[Diabolos]

Here is my pet.......There are a lot of great entries this month.

*edit* this entire line was missing: (I wish laptop makers would make a sliding cover to go over the touchpad when not in use) ..anyway - The image is based on a concept painting from Meli Hitchcock. I tried to make my own concept (50 sketches laying on my home office floor), but this one was stuck in my head and I just had to model it. BUT, I just had a creative moment in the car this morning on the way to work - so lets see if I can get it on CG before the 31st.

Time - several days
Software - Maya

Color
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m34/diabolosgermany/alienPet.jpg

Wire
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m34/diabolosgermany/alienPet_wire.jpg

[waugh]

Hi,
congratz all some really nice entries
:clap: :clap:

Diabolos, i really like the character but not sure of the environment.

smeagol, love it mate, i really wanna see the full body :D

Cecil, hehehhe really funny character, nicely done : )

foxy, really nice work, good work on the texture, congratz.

celiksert, i'm not sure you fit the theme, except that it's a nice piece.

Rasclatt, really funny : )

mojoman, congratz, it's really good in my opinion... nice model, nice rendering style, nice expression.... one more time congratz :clap:

eltavo, i've already seen this work on some other forum, really good texturing and rendering.


have a nice day, waugh.

[daddymack]

Ok, here is my alien pet in a Pets day at School!

Done in 3D Studio Max and Photoshop.

http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/3170/66caa8.jpg

close
http://img479.imageshack.us/img479/1205/53avro7.jpg


That's a great image foxy... it has a truly unique illustrative feel to it

Congrats

[foxymophandlemama]

knight_stalker_designz, waugh and daddymack, a big thank you!! :)

[knight_stalker_designz]

Daddymack, I gotta say I love it. That is just awesome.

[bouncingsouls]

Here is my entry for this contest hope everyone enjoys :)

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/zerorhythm22/pet.jpg

[slyer]

Hi !!!

Here is my entrie ....
Model & textures done with ZBrush, render in Maya ans the final touch in photoshop.

Crtitics and comments welcome.

Sly.

http://www.sly-art.com/DIVERS/MOF%20creature%20AP.jpg

http://www.sly-art.com/DIVERS/Alien%20pet.jpg

[waugh]

Hi guys!
here's my entry for the march contest. Done with 3ds max, zbrush, vray & photoshop.

http://waughpersistance.free.fr/alienpet/alien-pet.jpg

Thks for feedback, and good luck everybody :D


waugh.

[Mitko]

Wow :) i hope it's not too late to participate :)
I'll make it a speed 2 days :)

[radialpulse]

2days? wow! good luck mitko. hope you can finish in time for the deadline :)

[radialpulse]

i really like that green creature up there, waugh!
and...
another nice concept and execution, bouncingsouls! :) great job, dude!

[daounin]

Hi,
here's my entry called "crepito la crepite"....
thks for your comments ...............................

http://waughpersistance.free.fr/danoune/Alien_crepito_pet.jpg


daounin....................4................pak.pa k.pak

[daddymack]

Hi guys, here's my wee entry... I've learned stacks putting this together, hope you like...

It's titled STAY!

Thanks Alex and the crew for a great challenge and theme:D I really enjoyed nutting this one out

here's my final entry lo res image

http://www.mack3d.com/misc/STAY!_RobMack_960x600.jpg

You can download the full (1920x1200) version from here (http://www.mack3d.com/misc/STAY!_RobMack_1920x1200.jpg)

Thanks guys for an awesome challenge

Cheers
Rob

[joshhardy]

Great work everyone.....its cool to see all this stuff going up over the last few days. Lots of creative stuff here. This is my entry. I wish I could have spent some more time on it. I didnt find out about this contest until this past weekend, and I'be been busy at work. Theres definately stuff I would like to fix but this is what I have for now....

http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/3603/skimpyfinal04ve5.jpg

[daddymack]

Daddymack, I gotta say I love it. That is just awesome.

Hi Knight Stalker, I love it too but it aint mine, that's foxymophandlemamas deadly entry... I was quoting it

[Neon Nose Hair]

Waugh,

:eek: I saw your entry from last month too. You're ability to render photorealistic materials and lighting in 2d and 3d must have you grouped among some extremely elite artists. What gaming company do you work for? Valve?

Daddymack,

The expression on the pet is beautiful, and perfectly compliments the dynamic pose of the blue being.


joshhardy,

:cool: Even if you only spent the weekend, I think your bulldog is also in the running for best in show. If you're still editing it, have you tried moving the spotlight to the creature's face and head, rather than it's abdomen?

Also, the creature's body texture is fairly constant, atm. Maybe some discoloration on its underside, or makings around its eyes and shoulders can break up the uniformity. Just my unqualified opinion. Please ignore with a vengeance if you're already satisfied with the image. :) Also is this a Modo render?


Gawd I wish I had more time to participate. Your entires have me inspired. Thank you for sharing. :cool:

[gregp]

Just taking the giant alien caterpillar for a stroll in the park.
I'm not totally happy with my image, but theres no more time, so it will have to do:
http://www.users.on.net/~gjpetch/gnomon/gn_s.jpg

Large image:
http://www.users.on.net/~gjpetch/gnomon/gn_l.jpg

Shaded view:
http://www.users.on.net/~gjpetch/gnomon/shade.jpg

Wireframe:
http://www.users.on.net/~gjpetch/gnomon/wire.jpg

[daddymack]

Oracle.. Thanks, they were both great fun characters to knock out

Neon Nose Hair.. Much appreciated, I was trying to get a clear relationship communicated, I drew inspiration from my young daughter and the way she dominates our very powerful but submissive dog. Very glad to hear that it works for you:)

gregp.. I assumed the rest of the scene (all bar the creature) was a photo until I looked at your wires... Fark that's a sweet render!.. Congratulations

[joshhardy]

gregp: great render....cool concept as well.

Oracle: thanks so much for the crit

Neon Nose Hair: thanks for your advice.....I had some time at lunch today so i reworked the image a little bit. check out the new version on page 6

[Diabolos]

waugh | oracle - thank you for the comments/crits.

waugh - very nice entry, well done.

The rest of you are also putting in some excellent entries. I think the 3D entries finally outrate the 2D one this time (even though there are also some nice images over there).

D,

[josephine99uk]

Hi guys,

first attempt at this competition, don't stand much chance given the standard of some of the entries...but you have to give it a go, right?

[zerorhythm]

I decided to enter, so here it is.

http://members.cox.net/zerorhythm/alienpet.jpg

[radialpulse]

oh my! that is one very interesting concept. I think it's very unique and imaginative.
great work, man! :cool:
I should work on my skills so I can join pretty soon.

[Mitko]

Well this looks more like a finished work so I think I can call it an Entry :)
Used Photoshop for the stars and glow.
My PC is slow so this one rendered for 5h :o

http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/4508/finalcopywm9.jpg

Oracle thanks alot for the comments :) and btw UV mapping is not that hard.
I'm not a pro but the way i do things is :
Add a checker map to the object, then select the faces of the part of the object that i want to map and decide how it will be best so i can paint on that part later in Photoshop, then decide the best projection for it ( planer, cyl., sphere and so on), then do a relax of the UV in the editor and place it on random location, then scale the UVs so that the checker pattern looks the same on the spot i'm mapping.
I repeat that for the entire object and i get all the parts with evenly spaced quads.After that i decide which parts to glue together so it will be easy to paint on them in Photoshop, and to do that i use the Move and Saw UVs and then do i relax again :)
Mapping all the parts takes time but compared to moving 100000 UVs with a single projection or auto projection it's totaly nothing :D

[radialpulse]

Oh well it looks cute ;)
you did what you can with the time left and that's what's important and there's always the next challenge you can show your best work right? :) keep it up!

[Neon Nose Hair]

joshhardy,

Looks tight! The render has a professional glow to it. :cool:

I know I feel like I'm never finished with anything I do, no matter how much work I put into it, and one change or addition makes me feel like I need a dozen more, LOL. :D With that in mind, I'd think, if you have the time, the transition from the floor to the chain is too even -- the links and the tiles seem to share the same value. Maybe mask off the links in photoshop and mess with their curves and levels. Also, did you change the teeth at all? They seem a bit softer or something. Maybe run the liquify tool in PS and nudge the tips more to a point.

Also, since I failed this month to actually finish an entry, please don't take my comments too critically. I simply enjoy examining great work, and seeing if there is any way to push it that much further, which you've definitely accomplished here. Just keep going until the last possible second. :D

[texas1835]

Wow, hope i'm not late for this one.:D
Everyone here got very cool looking stuff, good luck to everyone here!!!

http://myweb.cableone.net/noknsean/AlienPet.jpg

[joshhardy]

thanks for the crit neon. Its been great to get feedback from you. I made the chain pop a bit more and I adjusted his teeth ever so slightly. I agree the changes definately make it look better. Thanks again.

[zayacoon]

Hi, well thats my entry. I found that thing somewhere on a trip in the mountains.
It was smaler at this Time. But you now it became our Pet and the children love it.:)640

[attman]

They promised an Alien pet for it's birthday, and they found a really weird one. The child was delighted! :D

http://pmatic.darumanstudio.com/images/AlienPet-800.jpg

Such many entries this time and a very good ones too. Congrats to all!
And wish you the best of luck also!

[Mitko]

Oracle, radialpulse,
Thanks for the comments :) they are very apriciated :)
The pic is updated to a more finished ( wierd ) look :D

Forgot to add - Great work everyone :) i think i'll enjoy staying on the forums.

[cyberdox]

http://cyberdox.com.sapo.pt/alienPETfinal1.jpg
helloo...this is my final post

[zayacoon]

Oracle;
thanks for the comment. it is the first time that i post in a forum. :o i need time to find out how every thing works.

[dipaola]

Great work everyone! The pieces look really good. It's nice to see some 3D stills going on-

[dubbilan]

So here's my entry for this month. You know how pet and owner often grow to look alike... ;)
I've been pushing myself quite a bit and fairly pleased with the result, it never gets perfect and I could keep on tweaking and fiddling with painting extra light for decades...in the end I removed most of it.
The medium is Zbrush with a dash of Painter (minimal), and there's a view of the pet from the top straight from Zbrush, no eyes there yet... ;)

Enjoy and good luck to all! :)

http://www.dubbilan.net/pics/alienpet_dubbilan.jpg

http://www.dubbilan.net/pics/alienpet_fromtop_dubbilan.jpg

[JohnConstantine]

I started the little alien pet yesterday and did not have time to finish it so i am putting the momentary version up...! i already like it although it's not really skinned and the texture was just a try to give it a little better look for the upload...

could really need some zbrush dvd's...! but there are much better entries...... thumbs up and big respect to every artist here...........

GREAT WORK EVERYONE - EVERY MONTH :-)....

Greetz from Switzerland...... ;-):cool: :D ;) :rolleyes: :eek:

Gnomon rulez...

[zerorhythm]

oracle, radialpulse- thanks for the comments! :)
it encourages people to keep going and keep on getting better.

I would have done more to it but because of the workshop, this is what I can finish.

congrats to all for bringing in a lot of good entries in 3D!

[Rumblefish]

Here is my entry. Ran out of time to do something nice because of my final project being at school being due. I graduate this Quarter. Woo! Hoo!
Some of the other entrys look so good I am kind of embarassed to post my entry. Good luck to all.

[kary]

Some really amazing entries in here. A lot of you managed to work in both humor and great technique, congrats all round :)

Heres mine:
http://www.karyblack.com/wip/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/alien-pet-challenge.jpg

I was working from a basic backstory of a man/dog relationship with the intelligent partner being the quadruped... didn't quite get to articulating that, but had a lot of fun doing this. Learned a ton too, looking forward to reviewing Alex's skin shader tutorial shortly, there are a lot of options in MR's SSS ;)

[phil_p]

hi everyone,

here is my entry ..
the creature is inspired by a clay sculpture.

[Schnapadragon]

Hey everyone, first time posting here so I'm probably doing this wrong!

I'm not sure if I made the deadline, but here is my image for the Alien Pet contest....

Thanks,
T.http://www.torrancehurd.com/CG/AlienPet_v1.jpg

[Mitko]

Rumblefish - looks very creative ! :)
Schnapadragon - awesome ! Lights, texture, atmosphere everything looks like one peace :) great job !

[dipaola]

last min- entry

Phew!!! I really hope I made it! Put a lot of work into this still, I hope you like it. So this is my alien pet- cute in an ugly way, mischievous, playful, but basically friendly.

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/1834/dipaolagnommar07alienpesx5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[ipranawake]

Hi guys ....... I dont know ... maybe its too late now .... but im going to submit anyway ......

I spent too much time on modelling and texturing ......

Lets say .... ."This is a newly married alien pet couple .... and one my friend keeps them ...." ... hows that ..???

Hope you like it guys ....... !!! Thanks .... See you alll in April contest .....


Wonderful theme and wonderful contest .... many thanks to Alex ..... !!

[waugh]

Hi,

oracle, radialpulse, diabolos , thks guys : )

Neon Nose Hair, glad you like my works ^^ I'm not in a gaming company, it would be great but... maybe one day :D


daounin, pak pak pak bro ca defonce !!! congratz : )

daddymack, nice expression ; )

gregp, really realistic render.

josephine99uk , hehehe love the pet, really good :clap:

zerorhythm, wooow!! i wanna see this model textured :)

kary, original creature.

Schnapadragon, congratz, love it !!!

Good luck all :)

[Rumblefish]

Thanks Mitko,


But from the looks of some of these entries I have my work cut out for me on the next contest. Hopefully I will have more time now that I am out of school.
Even if you don't win, allot of these images really inspire you to want to do better and I guess that is what it is all about.

[Mitko]

No problem at all :) always and everyone welcome if i can help with something :)
And speaking of challenges ? Where is the April one ? :D

[daounin]

waugh:
pakpakpak 4 you bro c oit ki defonce

Oracle,
thank you for your comments.

gregp,
you can be happy... it's one of the 3D entries I prefer ....

Schnapadragon:
very nice entry ....

mojoman:
good sens of composition and humour ... i like ...

@+.............?0...........pak

[junthi]

I guess you 3d guys are going to clear the prize table this time! Cool work everyone!

[A.Alvarez]

Hello Everyone! Ok, time to stop posting entries as we have begun judging. The winners will be posted on Tuesday (tomorrow).

Thanks to all for participating! great stuff. :)

-Alex

[3D-J]

waugh; Looks great, like the skin texture and the movement of the pet. Good luck.

[joshhardy]

nice work everybody......great to see this much participation.

Anyone know if the winners are still going to be posted today?

[radialpulse]

This was posted yesterday. I'm hoping one of the students will alert us as to who won if they know already.

Oracle

I'm waiting for it, too :D

[A.Alvarez]

So here are the winners for the March contest! Beautiful work all around... was a difficult judging for sure. Congratz!

http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/alex_stuff/misc_forum_posts/GW_mar2007_winners.jpg

Winners will be contacted via PM or email... or you can contact Lily Feliciano at GW:
lily@gnomon3d.com / 323-978-0800

Thank you to all who participated... Judging these contests is truly one of the highlights of my month! There is nothing I enjoy more than looking at great imagery, and this month was really superb. :)

-Alex

[Diabolos]

congrats all, some excellent pieces of artwork this time round.

D,

[daounin]

congratulations,

hard to choose the winners
hard to choose the DVD 4 the winners
astonishing to see waugh's entry not placed ---------:(
great to see beautiful entries-----------------------------:D

finally the level is growing and the judge's task too


daounin 4 PAK

[gregp]

Oh wow! I put a lot of effort into my entry, but I'd convinced myself that I wasn't going to place at all. Thanks so much guys!
Congrats to everyone who entered, I really liked a lot of the images, inspiring stuff!

[Mitko]

Congrats to the winners ! :)

I just want to add that the true winners of such contests are we the noobs :)
Seeing such great artwork gets me inspired and willing to push my limits for the next contest !
40 DVDs is nothing compared to a guideline for what you can improve in your work :p
See you in next month contest :p

[daddymack]

Oh wow! I put a lot of effort into my entry, but I'd convinced myself that I wasn't going to place at all. Thanks so much guys!
Congrats to everyone who entered, I really liked a lot of the images, inspiring stuff!

Dude, your entry was a stunner... Proper respect for finishing it in such style and congrats for the recognition

All the winning entries have their own individual coolness and polish, big congratulations to you all

Thanks for inspiring me to push harder and further guys... after the last battle with you all I'm in for the long haul here

Cheers Alex and crew, that was mad fun:D

[waugh]

Hi guys !!!
Congratz to all the winners :clap: :clap:, you deserve it.

Oracle & daounin, thks guys but the winners have done better works, better interpretation...
congratz everyone & see you on the next challenge :D

have a nice day,waugh.

[radialpulse]

I have high respects to the judges because for sure, they are the authorities in the field but yeah I kinda agree with oracle, no elaboration needed.

Anyway, congrats to everyone for doing a great job! And waugh, I think you rock!
I liked zerorhythm's too. Thing is, you need to put up a finished work, man! ;) Hope to see you post your textured pet here someday. :)

Another job well done to everyone and to Alex! Respect.

[dubbilan]

Congrats to all the winners!
The suspense in the end was terrible :)
It must be a hard job indeed, but all in all I think the selection was great... killer pets :D

[Arcaine]

I would imagine the judges have their own criteria, their own preferences just like everybody else does. I know I wouldn't want the task of having to choose a winner from all of these amazing artists.

For my part, I'm just appreciative that they are so willing to even offer such a contest. We're talking about $4000.00 in prizes here. The last thing I'm going to do is start challenging their rulings.

Better luck next time.

[Schnapadragon]

Hey everyone! Sitting here very shocked and excited right now!

First off... huge thanks to Alex for running this awesome contest and a very big congratulations to all participants. Everyone's work was so creative and personal... it was a delight to behold. My favorites had a sense of scale or told a story, two things which I regret not having time to include in my image.

Oracle: I agree with the late entry note... sorry about that. I think it was midnight PST when I posted, but I really have no idea what the rules are with respect to timezones!

But I think you are making an important point about last minute entries... this is a community forum contest, and it's a lot more sporting to post one's entry early so you can participate in critiques and give people a chance to see what you are upto. Ironically enough I was getting ready to post a version when I saw gregp's entry and I figured I had better go back to the beginning... :)

Thanks again to everyone and kudos!

[A.Alvarez]

Hi all...

Waugh! So here is the story... When I went through the threads and pulled all of the images, for some reason your image did not load and we never saw it! Only once I saw the comments about your image today that I looked through the thread and this time your image did load.... very cool indeed.

Since the judging is over I can't go and change placement, so I'd like to offer you a deserved prize... let's call it 7th place then and you can get a DVD. :)

email Lily Feliciano, lily@gnomon3d.com, and I will notify her of your win!

congratz again to all.

-Alex

[kary]

It is good of you guys to put up some contact info as well, some of last months winners were giving up hope ;)

Gratz to all involved, some very nice work produced :)

[Mitko]

A.Alvarez :)
Can't you guys build some rules for the postings of final images or something ?
This way it will be easy for you to hunt final images down and the problem of not displaying images will be evaded ?

Like in this bulgarian forum when you post a final image it is required to make an additional "code" or "quote" writing like this :


Artist name : Alex

Image : http://blabla.com/myimage.jpg
Software : Maya



Artist name : Alex

Image : http://blabla.com/myimage.jpg
Software : Maya

I see the "code" thing will not work good here :p

Ah well :)
Maby coloring a link or something :)
Figure it out :p

[joshhardy]

Great work everyone. looking forward to this months contest. When does it start :)

[daddymack]

I tried to pm this to you Alex but you're full

Hi Alex, I just want to say thanks firstly for all you've done and continue doing for all who wish to learn cg :beer: Cheers

Also, I noticed your post to waugh and just wanted to make sure that my image loaded and was judged among the others in the challenge as it was on the same page as his...

I'm definitely not after a prize, I just want to ensure that my entry was effective so that I know whether or not to use the same posting method next time...

http://www.mack3d.com/misc/STAY!_RobMack_960x600.jpg

Does this look familiar?

Again.. Humble thanks for all you do, your work reaches so many

Respect!

Rob

[mike0006]

Wow, very cool of Alex to do that.

I thought alot of the posts this month were great, especially in the 3d forum. Also, what was really inspiring is that the posts that weren't so great still showed huge improvements. Congratulations to all who participated.

I think the amount of 3d submissions were much higher than normal this round because of the topic, I hope to see more subjects like this in that respect.

[ipranawake]

Hey guys .... This month was wonderful and so exciting ....... It wa so inspiring to see those entries .......

I hope Alex would give a great theme like this for April too ....(And eagerly looking forward to it ...... )

Its great and so happy that the number of entries increased too ..... Hope to see more than 250 in the next contest ........ He HE Heeeee .... Cmon guys ... lets give Mr Alvarez a tough time ........

And .... Great work by wauhg .... Many thanks to Alex about doing him a justice ..............

Great contest this month everyone.... And Huge congratz to the winners ..... Hope they would achive the knowledge of those DVDs and do an amazing better job ........

[x_istenz]

congrats to all... a didn't had time to make an image for march, but i'll try april!
this march contest had the best 3d entries... hope this calls more people to participate in the next chalenges!
However... i think that judging 3d and 2d artwork together is a litle unfair, the technics are too diferent!
but now i'm just waiting.... apryl theme:D ;apryl theme:D ;apryl theme:D .......

[Lou]

Hello Alex! This is my first time as a member of a forum and I believe I will learn a lot from all the talent posting here. So, when will you annouce the theme for April ? I can't wait to get started!

[gregp]

By the way, I just received a big box containing 40 DVDs, thanks SO much to everyone at gnomon for putting on such an awesome contest!

[Stalsby]

nice work everyone!!! very inspirational!

[Wicked]

hey Rasclatt !
Really cool looking alian pet :D

[yann.moalic]

hihi.. nice theme! lots of weird creatures this month (i hope), i will try to participate.

[horn22]

ohhh i saw the work its really nice one.....i was just a member of this forum..today i appear here after a long time due to exams...and i saw a great work realated to pets....last time when i was working on paintings....i was working on pets.pet portraits (http://www.paintyourlife.com/galleries/pet-portraits.asp) ..and now i am serioulsy going to start a 3D work,.,....its seems so natural..well can anyone help me just define differentiate between 2D AND 3D EFFECT????