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Title: Tri-Monthly Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Dec 31th 2014) UPDATED
Post by: darkmanx_429 on October 16, 2014, 12:20:16 PM
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**The contest has been adjusted in scale to ensure max participation from members.

A coffin, sometimes referred to as a casket, is a funerary box used for housing the bodies of the deceased. This is usually in preparation for burial in a cemetery or crypt. Coffins are often used by vampires to protect them during the daylight hours when they are forced to rest for fear of being exposed to the ultraviolet radiation of the sun. Tradition holds that a vampire must line his or her coffin with a layer of soil from their native land. The vampire lord known as Dracula maintained his coffin in the bowels of his ancient castle fortress nestled in the mountains of Transylvania.

We should take volunteers on who would like to be judges for this contest the same way we did the sprite contest

RULES: Participants of the 1st Annual Dungeon 3-D Art Contest will create a single prop of Dracula's Coffin using Autodesk Maya, Zbrush, 3DS MAX, Blender or whatever 3-D or what modeling/sculpting program that works for their theme.

Contest starts on October 17th, 2014, PM Pacific Time (PT)

Deadline for entries is December 31st, 2014 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time (PT)

Winner's will be announced and posted on the dungeon by January 7th, at 11:59 (PT)

Judges will be able to judge: January 1st - January 6th

There will be awards for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place.

There will be no teams allowed for this month's contest. (Mods, my suggestion is for us to make some of the alternate entries in the sprite contest into Team Awards since we will have multiple awards for Teams in the future

There are no poly-count, style, or art limits.

Participants are free to choose any iteration of Dracula's Coffin from any game in the Castlevania series provided the prop is in full 3-D.

All scenes will be fully textured and lit with light sources.

All props can be in low or high poly meshes.

A WIP (work-in progress) thread must be made and maintained in the contest. ( Feedback and critiques from members is encouraged.)

All final renders will include screenshots from multiple perspectives or real-time video in high resolution that best shows the angles of your prop.

The art submitted must be originally made for this contest. No existing art work will be accepted.

Artist participating must be a member of The Castlevania Dungeon. Registration is free.

Please Note: Judges are encouraged to participate, but entries will not be counted during a contest.

JUDGES:
1.) Darkmanx_429
2.) ZeroSaberGreen
3.) Uzo

FREE MODELING TOOLS ON THE NET:
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/25-free-3d-modelling-applications-you-should-not-miss/ (http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/25-free-3d-modelling-applications-you-should-not-miss/)
To view your models in realtime online in 3-D: https://p3d.in/ (https://p3d.in/)

Entries

BMC_Warmachine:
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Aelfwine:
https://p3d.in/Bu2h1 (https://p3d.in/Bu2h1)
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C.Belmont:
https://p3d.in/T3yEw (https://p3d.in/T3yEw)
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Darkmanx:
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Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Nov. 30th 2014)
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on October 17, 2014, 12:33:07 AM
I like this idea.

I think some of the non winning 2d award sprites can be converted into awards for this contest.
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Nov. 30th 2014)
Post by: darkmanx_429 on October 17, 2014, 06:29:34 AM
Thanks for the re-post Shiroi.

Any volunteers for judges?

The contest officially starts today.
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Nov. 30th 2014)
Post by: uzo on October 17, 2014, 02:18:15 PM
I'm not sure I'm qualified to judge something like this. I don't have any real experience with 3D modeling, just a little with programming 3D rendering.

Though in general I wonder, given the large amount of work involved, do you think the turnout will be any good? Not to put the idea down, just seems like in comparison to sprite work 3D modeling takes an insane amount of time to be doing casually, especially if you want any degree of quality. Starting off with the Castle Keep may be overshooting the barrier to entry, at least for the first contest.
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Nov. 30th 2014)
Post by: darkmanx_429 on October 17, 2014, 03:08:18 PM
***Contest has been adjusted.***
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Nov. 30th 2014)
Post by: uzo on October 17, 2014, 03:17:12 PM
Rather than push the deadline back, I'd recommend picking something with a smaller scale. Just a little warm up to get things started. This may not be a completely appropriate example, but something maybe like, bring into 3D a classic Castlevania item, like the Whip Upgrade, one of the Sub Weapons, or a Potion, etc. Hearts are too easy though, I'd disallow them as an entry.
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Nov. 30th 2014)
Post by: darkmanx_429 on October 17, 2014, 03:52:18 PM
Quote from: uzo on October 17, 2014, 03:17:12 PM
Rather than push the deadline back, I'd recommend picking something with a smaller scale. Just a little warm up to get things started. This may not be a completely appropriate example, but something maybe like, bring into 3D a classic Castlevania item, like the Whip Upgrade, one of the Sub Weapons, or a Potion, etc. Hearts are too easy though, I'd disallow them as an entry.

***Contest has been adjusted.***

1st post has been modified.

The contest has been scaled down to just a single prop which for this month is Dracula's Coffin.

Thanks Uzo!
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Nov. 30th 2014)
Post by: uzo on October 18, 2014, 04:38:47 AM
No problem. The theme you chose is really good too. We haven't seen one of those in a long time. Very fitting for the season. I'm expecting to see some badass designs.
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Nov. 30th 2014)
Post by: darkmanx_429 on October 18, 2014, 07:21:18 AM
Hey guys we still need judges!

Who wants to judge?

We need 2 more.

I'll help judge this contest as well for this month.
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Nov. 30th 2014)
Post by: Dracula9 on October 18, 2014, 12:58:02 PM
This is severely limiting to those of us who either have no modelling experience or don't have access to the tools.

Just a thought.
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Nov. 30th 2014)
Post by: darkmanx_429 on October 18, 2014, 06:41:19 PM
Quote from: Dracula9 on October 18, 2014, 12:58:02 PM
This is severely limiting to those of us who either have no modelling experience or don't have access to the tools.

Just a thought.

Not really. Ever tried Blender? It's free and on the net.

Hell, I got my bud Warmachine started using Zbrush in less than 30 minutes by text and he never even picked it up before.

Here are a bit of free modeling tools to start looking at:

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/25-free-3d-modelling-applications-you-should-not-miss/ (http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/25-free-3d-modelling-applications-you-should-not-miss/) (Updated 1st post.)

All you have to do is with like anything else is play with them. You only have to make 1 small prop. More than a month is plenty of time for you to learn the tool enough to get something made. That's why posting your WIP is very important. That way you can get feedback and questions answered promptly without wasting too much time researching stuff. Don't overthink it dude.You definitely don't have to be a master to be in these contests! That's also the other intent of these contests to get people into doing 3d stuff that never tried it before, nothing wrong with that!
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Nov. 30th 2014)
Post by: Dracula9 on October 18, 2014, 10:41:03 PM
I own all the Autodesk software. Learning to do this shit well is not a two-day task. I still don't know how to use the shit and I've tried more times than I care to acknowledge.
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Nov. 30th 2014)
Post by: darkmanx_429 on October 19, 2014, 04:39:35 AM
Quote from: Dracula9 on October 18, 2014, 10:41:03 PM
I own all the Autodesk software. Learning to do this shit well is not a two-day task. I still don't know how to use the shit and I've tried more times than I care to acknowledge.

Ever tried Digital Tutors.com man? I am sure you could you could do tutorials on there to get you started. Some of those tutorials are only a few hours and they are broken into manageable smaller chunks that you can work at your leisure.

Try that out bro, they work wonders!
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Nov. 30th 2014)
Post by: Ofthenight on October 23, 2014, 03:49:23 PM
Hope this happens, love to see some more fans get into 3d stuff. Great idea Darkmanx
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Nov. 30th 2014)
Post by: darkmanx_429 on November 03, 2014, 05:37:03 PM
Is anyone even interested in this contest because if not, I am going to cancel doing 3D contests and just keep the 3D section.... :'(
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Nov. 30th 2014)
Post by: BLOOD MONKEY on November 03, 2014, 05:45:27 PM
I'll be a judge. :D
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Nov. 30th 2014)
Post by: darkmanx_429 on November 03, 2014, 06:00:21 PM
Quote from: ZeroSaberGreen on November 03, 2014, 05:45:27 PM
I'll be a judge. :D
Now we're cooking. I volunteer this month as well.

Just need one more judge to step up.
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Nov. 30th 2014)
Post by: C Belmont on November 07, 2014, 05:41:41 AM
It's not much to look at yet but I decided to make a start on my entry today.
(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi260.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fii35%2FOverking1%2FDraculacoffinWIP2_zpse9a2d802.png&hash=9e6063029ad8f73f9142624f29cce304)

I plan on keeping it low poly and putting most of the detail in the the textures.


Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Nov. 30th 2014)
Post by: darkmanx_429 on November 07, 2014, 05:55:46 AM
Quote from: C Belmont on November 07, 2014, 05:41:41 AM
It's not much to look at yet but I decided to make a start on my entry today.
(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi260.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fii35%2FOverking1%2FDraculacoffinWIP2_zpse9a2d802.png&hash=9e6063029ad8f73f9142624f29cce304) (http://s260.photobucket.com/user/Overking1/media/DraculacoffinWIP2_zpse9a2d802.png.html)

I plan on keeping it low poly and putting most of the detail in the the textures.

I am already liking it and the idea for your workflow. You have a dynamic view going on there that already brings it out alot.

I would just suggest don't forget to set your scene, i.e podiums add alot!

Looking forward to seeing further progress so keep us updated!
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Nov. 30th 2014)
Post by: darkmanx_429 on November 24, 2014, 09:52:25 AM
Any progress reports for the contest?

Don't forget the deadline is this Sunday!
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Nov. 30th 2014)
Post by: uzo on November 24, 2014, 10:12:25 AM
Still down a judge? I'm not really familiar with 3D modeling but I'm willing to take a stab at judging it.
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Nov. 30th 2014)
Post by: darkmanx_429 on November 24, 2014, 10:16:07 AM
Quote from: uzo on November 24, 2014, 10:12:25 AM
Still down a judge? I'm not really familiar with 3D modeling but I'm willing to take a stab at judging it.

Thanks Uzo!

You are officially a judge!

I know a few people are working on entries, so hopefully we get the bulk of them this week!
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Nov. 30th 2014)
Post by: BMC_War Machine on November 24, 2014, 04:06:25 PM
Im sure i'll get some slack by submitting here and not putting more into my game (which i just started back up so no worries :) )
but here's my stab at 3D - keep in mind im a total noob when it comes to 3D art but im happy with how my first real attempt turned out:

1st primitive:
(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi61.tinypic.com%2Fqqy0kj.jpg&hash=74cf9867c13926a0e4750bf072e3311f)
2nd primitive:
(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi62.tinypic.com%2F2hfhq8x.jpg&hash=2c1f8a8db9c33b1f0b5398e1a3e1858c)
3rd primitive:
(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi62.tinypic.com%2F2ngqzwj.jpg&hash=81c65f126376bc1598fd2a1c7f66bd62)
4th primitive:
(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi62.tinypic.com%2F2rc9852.jpg&hash=d948692899ba056929574d9aa4ba82e0)
5th primitive:
(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi59.tinypic.com%2F13z7k3b.jpg&hash=f8ae9dc0fb39f7c8dda810b308751277)
6th primitive:
(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi58.tinypic.com%2Fw2ipg2.jpg&hash=723b1d8f35631424347976c80ed2054e)

And finally the finished work with different angles and more detail  ;D
(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi61.tinypic.com%2Fa2wsog.png&hash=e917b24602af9e06445cc7fb5c1686b1)
(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi57.tinypic.com%2F359e98h.png&hash=a8391d5baa4daf5ba17e5db0b9f7d2c3)
(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi60.tinypic.com%2F2vuwmtd.png&hash=90c9b1cbadd567bcfe21d412c0457dc7)
(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi58.tinypic.com%2F10glq41.png&hash=53eca4e9db9c008de7cfbc9ed7204614)
(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi58.tinypic.com%2Faakk92.png&hash=4acd547a7b3ea8d7760fd4f547a2b2bf)
(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi59.tinypic.com%2Fviib9i.png&hash=3b813022e45c0ceb00fc7ca8081b7a7c)

hope you guys enjoy!  8)
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Nov. 30th 2014)
Post by: Lelygax on November 24, 2014, 04:17:19 PM
I like what I see, very good for your first attempt, looks like something that someone with a minimum of 1 month of training would do.
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Nov. 30th 2014)
Post by: darkmanx_429 on November 25, 2014, 08:23:38 AM
Good job Warmachine.

I love the scratches on the top of the coffin the most!

Seems like something the hordes of darkness would do.
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Nov. 30th 2014)
Post by: Aelfwine on November 28, 2014, 03:21:52 AM
Here's my WIP
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Nov. 30th 2014)
Post by: C Belmont on November 28, 2014, 04:31:47 AM
I'm running quite a bit late on completing my entry but here is a second progress update, the models are unwrapped and all I need to do now is start painting the textures.

Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Nov. 30th 2014)
Post by: darkmanx_429 on November 28, 2014, 06:41:55 AM
Due to the nature of the contest, let me know if anyone needs an extension.

Let me know before the deadline just be aware I can only give you a couple of extra days so we don't go over until the next contest.
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Nov. 30th 2014)
Post by: Aelfwine on November 28, 2014, 10:26:18 PM
Texturing progress. Still a lot to go before it's finished.
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Nov. 30th 2014)
Post by: Aelfwine on November 29, 2014, 12:01:20 AM
more progress. The cross is just a place holder, I was going to have a normal map and bake the lid detail from a higher poly coffin but  but I've decided to just go with flat shading now.
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Nov. 30th 2014)
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on November 29, 2014, 01:44:15 AM
@darkmanx: Don't you think it would be better if the 3d contests are held every quarter? This one can be extended til the end of December to give more time to the participants. Once more people with experience join in, then the length of the contests would start to shorten.
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Nov. 30th 2014)
Post by: darkmanx_429 on November 29, 2014, 06:58:31 AM
Quote from: Shiroi Koumori on November 29, 2014, 01:44:15 AM
@darkmanx: Don't you think it would be better if the 3d contests are held every quarter? This one can be extended til the end of December to give more time to the participants. Once more people with experience join in, then the length of the contests would start to shorten.

You just read my mind and I just got a PM.

This contest is extended till the end of December

I'll have to think about the quarter thing. Back in the day in college, we were making full environments in 3 months time span so I think it will depend on the contest type.

Let's just go by contests type and then decided in real time on the fly.

I can already tell you January's contest will be another small prop, so 2 months for those kinds of contest I think is more than reasonable.

March will mostly likely be a full environment and that will be a 3 month contest. I am also scheduling the contest types in a way that you can also use the single props for previous contests to populate your scene in the new environmental contest.

If anyone else has any ideas or suggestions for me let me know!
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Dec 31th 2014) UPDATED
Post by: darkmanx_429 on November 29, 2014, 07:04:20 AM
Quote from: Aelfwine on November 29, 2014, 12:01:20 AM
more progress. The cross is just a place holder, I was going to have a normal map and bake the lid detail from a higher poly coffin but  but I've decided to just go with flat shading now.

Go ahead and add your extra maps if you want the contest has been extended another month. ;D
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Dec 31th 2014) UPDATED
Post by: darkmanx_429 on November 30, 2014, 08:45:40 PM
(click to show/hide)

Since the contest is extended till the end of December, I guess I have time to do a piece to for fun.

Here is the beginning of my workflow.
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Dec 31th 2014) UPDATED
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on November 30, 2014, 08:49:42 PM
NICE! I can't wait to see the final result.

As of now.... It looks like a milk chocolate cake.... nom nom nom.
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Dec 31th 2014) UPDATED
Post by: Aelfwine on December 01, 2014, 02:53:40 AM
Nice start, darkmanx_429.

Did you use an alpha for the cross and bat?

You're probably already familiar with this artist but you can see some really nice methods for doing cool details here: http://www.youtube.com/user/gmagno2000/videos (http://www.youtube.com/user/gmagno2000/videos)

I think he draws a mask and uses inflate to get something to start with but if you've unwrapped your lowest subdivision I think you could also use a texture and convert that to a mask and do the same thing.

Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Dec 31th 2014) UPDATED
Post by: darkmanx_429 on December 01, 2014, 06:43:47 AM
Quote from: Aelfwine on December 01, 2014, 02:53:40 AM
Nice start, darkmanx_429.

Did you use an alpha for the cross and bat?

You're probably already familiar with this artist but you can see some really nice methods for doing cool details here: http://www.youtube.com/user/gmagno2000/videos (http://www.youtube.com/user/gmagno2000/videos)

I think he draws a mask and uses inflate to get something to start with but if you've unwrapped your lowest subdivision I think you could also use a texture and convert that to a mask and do the same thing.

I'll check them out. Thanks!

And thanks to everyone for the kind comments.
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Dec 31th 2014) UPDATED
Post by: darkmanx_429 on December 05, 2014, 08:10:19 AM
What do you think about using these awards for the 3D Contest?

1ST: (https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FtdncLng.gif&hash=80bccefd998a5fcfa170f8165bbbdb0d)

2ND: (https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FfsJNSUZ.gif&hash=71ea7613b1295839905e9f9243459ecb)

3RD: (https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FGS3lVnr.gif&hash=4a76f876687e03e697fa05ea1b5631d4)
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Dec 31th 2014) UPDATED
Post by: uzo on December 05, 2014, 11:06:38 AM
Honestly, as I said in the awards contest, they don't look anything resembling awards at all. Maybe ask Plot Twist to make another set? Or use Plot Twist's for all contests?

Or have someone 3D model some? (Spinning coffin of Alucard's SotN save room?)
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Dec 31th 2014) UPDATED
Post by: darkmanx_429 on December 05, 2014, 11:25:51 AM
Quote from: uzo on December 05, 2014, 11:06:38 AM
Honestly, as I said in the awards contest, they don't look anything resembling awards at all. Maybe ask Plot Twist to make another set? Or use Plot Twist's for all contests?

Or have someone 3D model some? (Spinning coffin of Alucard's SotN save room?)

We already have different awards for the music contest it would be nice to have different awards for the this contest as well.

I'll think about about asking The Plot Twist, but I was trying to just use awards from October's sprite contest...

I also liked Jop's awards as an alternate....
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Dec 31th 2014) UPDATED
Post by: uzo on December 05, 2014, 01:23:13 PM
The LOS ones? Would make sense, given they're 3D entries in the franchise, and they at least look like awards.
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Dec 31th 2014) UPDATED
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on December 05, 2014, 02:34:09 PM
You guyz should've had a "3D Award GIF" contest prior to the other contests, hahahaha. :P
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Dec 31th 2014) UPDATED
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on December 05, 2014, 08:13:48 PM
Let's just use the golden bat for all art contests.
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Dec 31th 2014) UPDATED
Post by: uzo on December 06, 2014, 04:58:15 AM
Agreed. They look the best and will be nice and consistent.
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Dec 31th 2014) UPDATED
Post by: darkmanx_429 on December 06, 2014, 06:01:03 AM
Ok, then it's decided that we will use the GoldBat icons for all the art contest! ;D
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Dec 31th 2014) UPDATED
Post by: Belmontoya on December 06, 2014, 09:52:23 AM
You guys may as well have the plot twist re-create all of the past awards as well if he is willing to.

None of them really look like awards compared to his golden bat. In fact, a lot of the entries that lost to the plot twist look more like awards than some of the pre-existing ones. For example the music fanatic award. They're just cropped sprites of characters, not really award looking at all.

The whole thing should be overhauled for consistency IMO.

Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Dec 31th 2014) UPDATED
Post by: Belmontoya on December 06, 2014, 09:59:01 AM
Which also brings me to say that entries that Uzo said don't look like awards, such as Kaonstantines, actually match what has been used for awards on this forum so far (cropped images of characters) more than the winning entry. Kao was probably just trying to match the look of what is already being used.

I thought about that before, and just wanted to mention it now while we're on the topic of the awards.
I hope I'm not coming off as bitchy or annoying.
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Dec 31th 2014) UPDATED
Post by: uzo on December 06, 2014, 10:08:34 AM
Oh, something I noticed: You labeled the thread "1st Annual". I'm not sure if you're aware but that means the contest is only held once a year, and that this is the first of them.
Title: Re: 1st Annual Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Dec 31th 2014) UPDATED
Post by: darkmanx_429 on December 06, 2014, 10:19:33 AM
Quote from: uzo on December 06, 2014, 10:08:34 AM
Oh, something I noticed: You labeled the thread "1st Annual". I'm not sure if you're aware but that means the contest is only held once a year, and that this is the first of them.

Good catch.

Tri-monthly..maybe?
Title: Re: Tri-Monthly Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Dec 31th 2014) UPDATED
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on December 07, 2014, 02:48:54 PM
Quote from: Belmontoya on December 06, 2014, 09:52:23 AM
You guys may as well have the plot twist re-create all of the past awards as well if he is willing to.

None of them really look like awards compared to his golden bat. In fact, a lot of the entries that lost to the plot twist look more like awards than some of the pre-existing ones. For example the music fanatic award. They're just cropped sprites of characters, not really award looking at all.

The whole thing should be overhauled for consistency IMO.



No offense, but no.
The "Contest" awards should resemble real awards, like the Grammys or Golden Globes or whatever.

The current 'awards' are awards in name only, with no true competition placed behind them, and were also created mostly by fans early on.  They are superfluous and should be entirely different than contest awards.  In fact, in the Awards plugin for the board, I have them into different categories for that same reason.  Some are just 'for fun', while these last few competition-based ones have been 'for glory'.

I really should play less Super Smash Bros...
Title: Re: Tri-Monthly Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Dec 31th 2014) UPDATED
Post by: Belmontoya on December 10, 2014, 06:36:08 AM
Ahh that's a good point Jorge. I see it differently now.
Title: Re: Tri-Monthly Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Dec 31th 2014) UPDATED
Post by: darkmanx_429 on December 19, 2014, 12:15:13 AM
Just a reminder 12 days remaining for the contest before judgement begins.

Does anyone have any updates to show?

You guys should be pretty far at this point.
Title: Re: Tri-Monthly Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Dec 31th 2014) UPDATED
Post by: Aelfwine on December 28, 2014, 04:34:20 AM
Prooooogress! I suppose I should try and finish this pretty soon. :P
Title: Re: Tri-Monthly Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Dec 31th 2014) UPDATED
Post by: darkmanx_429 on December 28, 2014, 06:39:09 AM
The Deadline is the 31st guys, I hope you are wrapping up your entries!
Title: Re: Tri-Monthly Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Dec 31th 2014) UPDATED
Post by: Aelfwine on December 29, 2014, 03:00:24 AM
Almost ready to call this finished.
Anybody know of a way I can put this up to view in 3D so that a person could rotate it and check it out from all angles?
Title: Re: Tri-Monthly Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Dec 31th 2014) UPDATED
Post by: darkmanx_429 on December 29, 2014, 06:31:14 AM
Quote from: Aelfwine on December 29, 2014, 03:00:24 AM
Almost ready to call this finished.
Anybody know of a way I can put this up to view in 3D so that a person could rotate it and check it out from all angles?
Try using: https://p3d.in/

Be sure to post some good screenshots though.
Title: Re: Tri-Monthly Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Dec 31th 2014) UPDATED
Post by: Aelfwine on December 30, 2014, 03:48:57 AM
Done.
Thanks for the link, darkmanx_429.
Here's the model:

Dracula Coffin (View in 3D (https://p3d.in/Bu2h1))
(https://p3d.in/model_data/snapshot/Bu2h1) (https://p3d.in/Bu2h1)
Title: Re: Tri-Monthly Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Dec 31th 2014) UPDATED
Post by: Aelfwine on December 30, 2014, 04:18:31 AM
screenshots
Title: Re: Tri-Monthly Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Dec 31th 2014) UPDATED
Post by: Aelfwine on December 30, 2014, 04:22:56 AM
and texture
Title: Re: Tri-Monthly Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Dec 31th 2014) UPDATED
Post by: C Belmont on December 30, 2014, 05:53:22 AM
It's a bit of a downgrade from my last update but here is my final submission.
Dracula coffin (View in 3D (https://p3d.in/T3yEw))

Title: Re: Tri-Monthly Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Dec 31th 2014) UPDATED
Post by: BLOOD MONKEY on December 30, 2014, 09:09:23 AM
Alright guys! One more day! Hurry up.!
Title: Re: Tri-Monthly Dungeon 3D Art Contest (Deadline for entries Dec 31th 2014) UPDATED
Post by: darkmanx_429 on December 30, 2014, 09:47:33 AM
Quote from: ZeroSaberGreen on December 30, 2014, 09:09:23 AM
Alright guys! One more day! Hurry up.!

Get em' Zero...lol

Awesome entries guys! Remember, you still have 1 full day to make any adjustments that you feel fit.

I will post the next contest up shortly so you guys can get started if you wish! It's a good one!
Title: Re: Tri-Monthly Dungeon 3D Art Contest RESULTS R UP
Post by: darkmanx_429 on January 04, 2015, 05:48:44 PM
First Place Winner
C Belmont

Second Place Winner
Aelfwine

Third Place Winner
BMC_Warcmchine


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Due to the great disparity in poly count and rendering, it is hard to determine if the intent of the contest was to make a prop you would see in a game or not. Luckily that factor was not necessarily to clarify for me to make my judgement. I examined each piece for consistency within itself.

1st Place: C Belmont
I picked this entry as the top winner because you went the extra mile and made the interior to your coffin. In addition there were no actual defects or high points of criticism heavy enough to outweigh that. The gold work on the lid and the handles on the side are pretty well done. They add a good amount of variety to the piece, even if they are somewhat plain. That said everything seems really consistent with it’s own style which is a big plus and a crucial aspect of art. Dracula would fall asleep soundly in the nice interior of this coffin.

2nd Place: Aelfwine
What kept yours from taking the top spot was mostly not having gone the extra mile to do an interior. I might have picked it for the top depending on how that came out if you did it. I think your texture work on the wood is superior and looks overall better. The cross design and the monster hand design for the handles gives it a little bit of a unique twist. Some of this does feel inconsistent though. While the wood texture is nice, the cross itself looks as if it is not up to the same level of realism. It looks really plasticy. The hands also seem to be much higher in detail, mainly noticeably higher poly count, than the rest of the coffin and it’s details.

Also while I did not deduct any points for this, since I’m sure ti would have never been shown in any scene the prop would be a part of, the wood texture on the bottom of the coffin is grossly out of proportion with the actual size of cut wood. Perhaps it’s not meant to be seen, but I’d imagine you’d leave that part essentially blank as C Belmont had.

3rd Place: BMC_Warcmchine
The lack of texture use is really what set the higher placing entries apart from yours. It feels like a work in progress, or a prototype/’3d sketch’ to use as a reference for a future piece. The intention and amount of detail your piece contains could have potentially overtaken them if you had continued to work on it into a final piece. The blood splatter was a nice touch, and the presumingly marble stand looks pretty neat. Overall, it feels almost like a plastic model or a clay sculpture. The whole thing looks in a way lumpy. Noticeably edges, ridges, scratch marks, etc are all rounded and unnatural looking. More like they were hand shaped out of clay, not cut into stone or metal, or wood.


Did Not Place: DarkmanX
Obviously disqualified for being a judge entry, but of course it’s meant just for fun anyway. Would have easily swept the competition away, but I’m sure you knew that going in. The engravings were handled really well. CUts into the coffin are clean and nothing looks muddied or infringed on by them. WHat is clean cut is clearly clean cut, and what is curvy is clearly curvy. It is certainly a tomb the Dark Lord would be font to rest in.



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1st Place: C. Belmont - This is an fantastic entry.  Aesthetically your color choices are solid and the design is simple yet effective. I checked your wireframe in p3d and it has perfect edge flow and no n-gons. This would be a game ready model. Nice hand-painted textures. The scale of your textures is excellent too. The only suggestion I have for you is to add a bump/height map to your models in the future. This model could benefit from the Bump map to bring out the texturing in your wood and the difference in the texturing of the inside padding. The height map would bring out the inside of the coffin plus your side handles and cross and trim on top.

2nd Place: Aelfwine - Good entry. I like the overall design and the cross looks cool. Those side handles are really well done and bring out the model. (I am a sucker for the smaller details like that.) Good wireframe, no n-gons, and solid edge flow. You could definitely use a spec map on your model. That would bring out way the light bounces on the metal parts of your side handles from the way the light comes of the wood. (Yes, the wood would also have some spec but not as much as the handles. You could also benefit from a height map, for the etching on the top. They would give the illusion of the “Simon Was Here” really itched in the wood. And you could also use a Bump map to really bring out your wood. Be aware about the scale of your textures in the future in relation to your model, particularly the back of the model. You also have a couple of sections where you have seams in your texture and it doesn’t look seamless. particularly the top of your model. You need to smooth that out in the future.


3rd Place: BMC_Warcmchine - Good design choices, especially the damage design in this piece. I know that you are still a novice to 3d modeling/Zbrush but you are getting there. What really sells your piece is the damage. Artistically, great texture treatment went into there. Areas for you to work on would be your coloring. Everything is too grey scaled in your piece, even if you would of added some coloring in the erosion of the top of the coffin (maybe some browns/greens)it would of made a nice contrast to the other colors. Also be wary of the scale of your texturing particularly the ground textures. The scale of those pieces are highly noticeable in relation to your coffin (which should be your focal point). Also those ground pieces could have benefited from some different texturing than everything else even if it was grass, mud, etc. Definitely keep up the edge build up and such in your textures, games love grime and damage in their props and assets so you are on the right track there!


Did Not Place: Darkmanx -Nothing too serious only a couple of hours of work went into this piece. Mostly a study in some edge work and damage design in Zbrush.The texturing was made with some hand painting and custom alphas in Zbrush. Just practice, the entry doesn’t count anyways. I could have smooth the etching out in the coffin top alot more. That’s the only major gripe I have. Maybe, i’ll do something with this piece in the future and finish it up..

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1st Place: Aelfwine -The attention to detail in this piece is amazing. With the way you have the textures, nothing looks completely flat either. The handles really bring this piece out. I also like the way there aren’t too many scratch marks, but just enough to make it look not-brand-newish. “Simon waes her” made me laugh.

2nd Place: C_Belmont -I really like this piece. What could have really brought this piece out though would be more polygons. It looks like the handles are stuck to the sides, and the padding looks like stone. The design itself is really good. The texturing is good, although it looks brand new (?).

3rd Place: BMC_Warmachine -I really hate to put this piece at third place, but it looks completely unrealistic. Everything looks like a bad plastic-rubber sculpture. The lack of color doesn’t help either. Although it looks like you put a lot of time into it. The scratch marks make it look really cool though. I’d suggest a sharper model.


Did Not Place: Darkmanx -This peice is REALLY good. The only reason I didn’t place it because you’re a judge, and that would be unfair for a judge to place in a contest.