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The September Carrara Challenge : Just Say NO to Flat 3D

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  • DustRiderDustRider Posts: 2,739
    edited December 1969

    Woohoo!! We had a couple of new entries today!

    Roygee submitted his first WIP, which will be using G2F, but he doesn't have Carrara 8.5. In his first WIP post, he details the process used to export G2F from DS to Carrara. His very informative post can be seen here: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/45561/P131/

    Bunyip02 gave us a quick glimpse of another great challenge entry. For this project much of the setup will be done in DS, then completed in Carrara! You can see Bunyip02's first challenge WIP here: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/45561/P132/

    diomede64 just gave us a better look at his Jack and Jill challenge entry. He has a very unique Jack character, you can see his latest update here: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/45561/P133/

  • DustRiderDustRider Posts: 2,739
    edited December 1969

    We just got another entry in the challenge!

    DADA_universe entered the challenge with a project that was inspired by PhilW (the creator of the tutorials that are part of the prizes for the challenge). Included in this entry is a really cute" AI bot " that DADA_universe modeled about three years ago. You can find the entry WIP here: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/45561/P138

    If you have an idea for the challenge, there is still plenty of time to enter!!

  • DustRiderDustRider Posts: 2,739
    edited December 1969

    Things are getting really interesting now, we have two more challenge entry's!!

    Marcus Severus has an awesome first WIP post with a great spin on the challenge theme! The first WIP by Marcus Severus can be found here (also a first time Carrara challenge paticipant - very impressive): http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/45561/P142/

    Philemo has entered the challenge as well with a great start. In the first WIP post, Philemo states "The “Vicky in a Temple/Tomb with a Sword” (in my case a spear) idea is new to me, but why not." - from the first WIP entry it sure doesn't look like a "first time"! Philemo's entry WIP can be seen here: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/45561/P143/

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,168
    edited September 2014

    Roygee continues to integrate Genesis and 3rd party content from ShareCG seamlessly in a pre 8.5 version of Carrara. Love the river that he is texturing with a picture of water that he took. Looks to be a beautiful pastoral scene - well, if an amazon with a sword can be pastoral. His description of how he is putting it together is here.

    http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/45561/P150/

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  • evilproducerevilproducer Posts: 9,050
    edited December 1969

    Wow! Hard to believe we're on page 12 of the challenge!
    http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/45561/P165/

    It's good to see so many new faces (or at least avatars ;-) ) joining the challenge.

    I know that dustrider will now have some competition using the Octane plugin for Carrara in this challenge as one of the new faces is using it as well.

  • DustRiderDustRider Posts: 2,739
    edited December 1969

    Another new entry by Dievans, and he is our second entry using the new Octane Render plugin for Carrara! You can see his entry post here:
    http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/45561/P158 . He added this post later after a bit of quick shader work: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/45561/P169

    EvilProducer gives us a better look at how he will use his Hermitt figure for the challenge here: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/45561/P171

    Varsel shows a bit more of his challenge entry with some great vertex modeling here: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/45561/P174

    Roygee shows a very interesting WIP update for his challenge entry here: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/45561/P153

    Diomede64 shows us how he added vegetation to his hill for "Jack" and "Jill" here: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/45561/P155

  • DustRiderDustRider Posts: 2,739
    edited December 1969

    The Sept. Carrara submissions thread is now open! Be sure to drop by and see the final entry's!

    You can find it here: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/46190/

  • DustRiderDustRider Posts: 2,739
    edited December 1969

    We now have 4 very interesting final entries in the submissions thread (http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/46190/) They are:

    Vicky in the Courtyard with a Really Big Battle Axe (and a big lance too)! (by me)

    Mrs. White in the Ballroom with a Candlestick (by Diomede)

    Jill on a Hill with a Pail of Water (by Diomede)

    Vicky on a Zeppelin, Making Out with a Puppet (by EvilProducer)

  • DustRiderDustRider Posts: 2,739
    edited December 1969

    We got a couple of new challenge entries today!!

    Tim_A has a really interesting entry with a spiral staircase. Well, sort of a square spiral, check it to se what I'm talking about here: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/45561/P195/ and here: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/45561/P201/

    Jonstark posted his first WIP with some outstanding Carrara dynamic hair here: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/45561/P198/

    Bunyip also gave us a great update on his concept car project here: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/45561/P197/

  • DustRiderDustRider Posts: 2,739
    edited December 1969

    We also have 3 new final entries in the submissions thread (http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/46190/) They are:

    Vicky in the Photo Studio with a chai ......... DONUT???? (by me)

    Appleseed in the country thinking of a kiwi fruit (by Stezza)

    Genesis on a boat with a Monster (by Kashyyyk)

    This is turning out to be a great challenge with extremely well done renders, and some very creative (and fun) ideas! Be sure to check out both the WIP thread and the Submissions thread. If you have Carrara - there is still time to enter the challenge to get a shot at some outstanding prizes, and have some fun too!

  • evilproducerevilproducer Posts: 9,050
    edited December 1969

    Wowzers! Would you believe the WIP thread is up to page 16!
    http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/45561/P225/

    There's been some awesome new WIPs as well as some great discussion on lighting tricks and methods. Plus some cool ways to simplify the lighting process by using glow shaders and GI, as well as editing many regular lights at once using Carrara's Master Light feature. You should check it out!

  • DustRiderDustRider Posts: 2,739
    edited December 1969

    I go MIA for a couple of days and come back to tones of great new WIP posts!! I looks like everyone is having a great time with this challenge.

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,168
    edited December 1969

    Finally got around to adding this challenge to the collection. Some great tips and tricks in these threads, which can be found here.

    http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/45254/

  • DustRiderDustRider Posts: 2,739
    edited December 1969

    diomede64 said:
    Finally got around to adding this challenge to the collection. Some great tips and tricks in these threads, which can be found here.

    http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/45254/

    Thanks Diomede, it's great to have all the challenge WIP information collected in one location.

    We also have two new challenge entries in this months challenge from Antara (http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/45561/P256/) and shlomi laszlo (http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/45561/P267/).

    The quality of the information being posted in this challenge is outstanding!!!!

  • DustRiderDustRider Posts: 2,739
    edited December 1969

    We have 5 more final entries to the submission thread! (http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/46190/)

    Roygee with "Geraldene Relaxing by a River with Sword"
    Roygee with "Mike Coming off His Bike in a Forest
    Philemo with "Rookie night"
    Kashyyyk with "Sushi on a plate with a Cellphone"
    EvilProducer with "Cheesecake in a Studio with a Nearly Nekkid Vicky".

  • DustRiderDustRider Posts: 2,739
    edited December 1969

    The WIP threat is now up to page 19!! (http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/45561/P270/)

    SukyL and Antara both added some very detailed explanations on their shader setups!! There is a lot of great information that I’m sure I’ll be able to put to good use, and I would imagine it will be extremely useful to many other Carrara users as well

    Varsel put 14 fully clothed characters in a single scene! He has great interaction between the characters, and modeled the environment the are in with Carrara a well.

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,168
    edited December 1969

    If you have an unfinished idea or a new inspiration, you still have until Sunday Daz time get an entry in. Lots of help generally available if you questions.

  • DustRiderDustRider Posts: 2,739
    edited December 1969

    The challenge thread is up to page 23!!

    Like Diomede noted - there is still time to get an entry in, the prizes are definitely worth the effort!

  • evilproducerevilproducer Posts: 9,050
    edited December 1969

    Plus there's some damned fine information in the WIP thread. Quite a bit of the information given in the WIPs could be used in other programs, such as tips on lighting, modeling, etc. The mechanics of the methods are all Carrara, but the principles can apply to almost any app.

  • DustRiderDustRider Posts: 2,739
    edited December 1969

    We had 20 entries, yes twenty, for the Sept. Carrara Challenge - Just Say NO to Flat 3D - Spinning a Popular Theme!

    Please help us by dropping by and voting for your favorite 3D images!!

    The voting thread can be found here.

    You can find out more about how each entry was created by visiting the WIP thread.

    We had several people enter the challenge this month that have never entered a Carrara challenge before, we had few entries done with the new Octane plugin for Carrara, and we even had some people that are new to Carrara enter!

    There are some oustanding entries, and a lot of creative and fun spins on the theme. Please help us by stopping by and voting for your favorite images. It only takes a vfew minutes, and really helps give our small Carrara community a big boost to know that others enjoy our final works as much as we enjoy making them.

  • evilproducerevilproducer Posts: 9,050
    edited December 1969

    Very well said dustrider!

  • evilproducerevilproducer Posts: 9,050
    edited December 1969

    I voted!
    http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/46190/

    Dustrider, if it helps, I wasn't above changing the title of the thread I maintained in The Commons to shamelessly beg for votes! ;-)

    Pity is a strong motivator, and the kind folks that post here took pity on me and came on over to vote, for which I am eternally grateful!

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,168
    edited December 1969

    I voted.

    I would encourage visitors to view the entries at full size.

  • sukyLsukyL Posts: 251
    edited December 1969

    I voted.

    Look! I have a button.

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  • evilproducerevilproducer Posts: 9,050
    edited December 1969

    I want to steal your button! That's a great idea!

  • sukyLsukyL Posts: 251
    edited September 2014

    Please do. I made it in Carrara. I can send you the .car file too if we can make attachments somewhere.

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  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,168
    edited September 2014

    Just a reminder that anyone with a Daz account can vote in the Carrara challenge. Would love to have visitors participate.

    http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/46190/

    Here is the way Dustrider described this month's theme.

    For this month’s challenge I’m keeping it simple and going back to the basics. It will focus on using your own lighting with optimized materials/shaders to create the best real 3D render you can. To help focus your creativity and keep you project “simple” we will use a spin on the popular theme of “Vicky in a Temple/Tomb with a Sword”.
    Now I can already hear grumbling in the background – “I’m not doing any Vicky in a Temple/Tomb with a Sword renders!!!” HA! You aren’t supposed to, you get to make your own spin on the theme! Think of it this way, your render will be of ________ in/on _________ with a ________.

    If you like doing still life renders your spin on the theme could be “An apple in a bowl with an orange”, or maybe you like to render toons, you could do render “A (toon) rabbit in the garden with a carrot”, or if you like SiFi you could render “Aiko in the (SiFi) corridor with a laser gun”, or if you prefer photo studio style renders you could render “Victoria 6 in the studio with a chair”. The combinations are limitless, and can easily pique the interest of just about anyone. Spinning just three elements/subjects will help keep the scene simple, allowing you to focus on creating the best lighting and shaders/materials to really make your render pop in 3D.

    And if you have Carrara but haven't fired it up in a while, consider joining the fun next month.

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  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,168
    edited December 1969

    and I stole a button ;-)

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  • evilproducerevilproducer Posts: 9,050
    edited September 2014

    A few more people voted! Thanks!

    You don't have to use Carrara, or make an entry to vote! Voting is open to anybody with a DAZ 3D account, so basically, if you can post in the forum, you can vote. I did!

    P.S. Thanks for the button Suki!

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  • sukyLsukyL Posts: 251
    edited December 1969

    You're welcome!

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