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Carrara Challenge #58 - It's a Kind of Magic - WIP thread.

HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,987
edited July 2021 in Carrara Discussion

It’s a kind of Magic... Carrara Challenge #58

 

Magic… we all have our own idea of what the concept of  ‘Magic” means.

For some of us it’s as simple as the illusion of pulling a rabbit out of a hat. Or sawing a pretty woman in two.

For others it might be a reference to The Magi (think about the name) who visited Christ in Bethlehem.

For some Christians Magic means Paganism (for example Simon Magus). For some Pagans it represents the life blood of the planet.

For people like Tolkien (and many others) it could be both good and evil. 

Whatever your feelings on the idea of Magic there’s no denying that ‘life’, regardless of how much of it we take for granted, is Magic.

Life … being able to feel the wind in your hair, to hold a child in your arms, to smell a flower, to walk on a beach, to be aware of the curve of the Earth, to run our fingernails over a rock older than the beginning of  time  –  all of these things, are Magical in one way or another.

That said, for this Challenge the Concept is “Magic” - in any guise you like. 

 

Different...

 

I hope to make this one slightly different.  

One of the ideas of the challenge is to share ideas - so I will start a thread where we can share scenes or objects or whatever that we have made for others to explore or use.

What might be good is lighting setups (as an example). 

Also in the entry thread when it comes up you’ll be given a chance to say your entry is not for inclusion in the ‘judging’.

That way the concept of competition (or threat of having to host a challenge!) is removed for those artists who wish it so.

Nitty Gritty

 

  • Dates_ to be announced _ I'm thinking to open the entry thread in about three weeks. 
  • Sponsors and prizes – to be announced.
  • Entries – up to 4 entries per artist.
  • Renders done in Carrara or one of her Render Plugins - eg Octane (A scene grab is handy but not a requirement.)

 

Looking forward to seeing what Magical renders and concepts come out of this!!

 

EDIT PRIZES ANNOUNCED!

Once again Daz has kindly offered to support our challenge!

There is a total of $195 total prize which is divided into four parts ($50, $50, $50, $45) based on total participation, best render, and the two runners up in these categories. As usual, one artist can only win one prize.

 

EDIT - TIME LINE ANNOUNCED

 

IMPORTANT  DATES

Entry thread opens circa Saturday 19th June

Entry THread Closes/ Voting Begins Saturday 10th July 

 

 

 

 

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  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,987

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  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,987

    A few random references 

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowley

     

    https://www.pinterest.ca/loreliemichaud/magical-images/

     

    https://repeatreplay.com/songs-about-magic/

     

    https://www.daz3d.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=magic

     

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Kind_of_Magic_(song)

     

    Category:Magic symbols - Wikipedia

  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,585
    edited May 2021

    Lets get this ball rolling - Magic Caster WIP 1

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  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,585
    edited May 2021

    Magic Caster - raw render

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  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,987
    edited May 2021

    Bunyip02 said:

    Magic Caster - raw render

    that's magicl! thanks for getting the ball rolling - terrific narrative of opposing forces:)

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  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,165

    Fun theme.  Freebie thread is a magical idea.

    Bunyip - snake staffs and sparklies are definitely magical.  Way to start us off!

  • mschackmschack Posts: 337
    edited May 2021

    Nice idea Headwax!

    When I saw 'magic' for some reason I immediately thought of a butterfly.  Just trying lighting out here, final will probably we very different, I have more ideas for it.  Right now the butterfly is just wings but looks pretty good for how simple it is.  Oddly it only took about 20 minutes to model and texture the butterfly, then 3hrs playing with lighting and rendering lol... as usual...

     

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  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,585

    mschack said:

    Nice idea Headwax!

    When I saw 'magic' for some reason I immediately thought of a butterfly.  Just trying lighting out here, final will probably we very different, I have more ideas for it.  Right now the butterfly is just wings but looks pretty good for how simple it is.  Oddly it only took about 20 minutes to model and texture the butterfly, then 3hrs playing with lighting and rendering lol... as usual...

    Looking good !!!

  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,585
    edited May 2021

    Magical Golden Dragon. Flys through space to different planets.

    WIP

    Render

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  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,585
    edited May 2021

    Fly like an Eagle

    WIP

    Render

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  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,165
    edited May 2021

    Thank you, Wendy and UB.

    Here is one more try.  frown

    https://odysee.com/@diomede01:7/diocrystal01mp4:c

     

     

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  • UnifiedBrainUnifiedBrain Posts: 3,588

    We have a winner!  Looking good.

    The same process "should" work on the other hosting services too.

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,987

    mschack said:

    Nice idea Headwax!

    When I saw 'magic' for some reason I immediately thought of a butterfly.  Just trying lighting out here, final will probably we very different, I have more ideas for it.  Right now the butterfly is just wings but looks pretty good for how simple it is.  Oddly it only took about 20 minutes to model and texture the butterfly, then 3hrs playing with lighting and rendering lol... as usual...

     

    terrific piece of lateral thinking , picking up the theme beautifully

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,987
    edited May 2021

    Bunyip02 said:

    Fly like an Eagle

    WIP

     

    beautiful scene - dare I( say it, it's Magical :)

    Render

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  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,987
    edited May 2021

    Sorry triple post!

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  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,987

    Diomede said:

    Thank you, Wendy and UB.

    Here is one more try.  frown

    https://odysee.com/@diomede01:7/diocrystal01mp4:c

     

     

    great it worked!! :)

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    wip
    a lil Magic of a lil Faerie.

    spend alll day  clicking and ticking tick boxes to figure out how to make layered make up work.
    couldnt have been more surprised the moment it worked.  hoorah.  hazzar 640

    Rynne 8 carrarified
    took her hair off to show her ears.

    i want to put her in a fluidos setting, but i forgot how to do it.  for another day.  at the end of a carrarathon,  eyelids crashing

     

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  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,165

    Very cool eye makeup and ear morphs, Misty.  Thanks for the expkanatory screen shots of the shader.

    I asked the Mods to delete my posts about my troubles with getting my animation uploaded to Youtube or otherwise loaded.  Thank you, Mods, for helping to clean up.  The WIPs of magical Carrara should be easier to follow now.

  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,585

    UnifiedBrain said:

    We have a winner!  Looking good.

    The same process "should" work on the other hosting services too.

    Great !!!

  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,585

    Looking forward to the end result Misty !!!

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,987

    Mystiara said:

    wip
    a lil Magic of a lil Faerie.

    spend alll day  clicking and ticking tick boxes to figure out how to make layered make up work.
    couldnt have been more surprised the moment it worked.  hoorah.  hazzar 640

    Rynne 8 carrarified
    took her hair off to show her ears.

    i want to put her in a fluidos setting, but i forgot how to do it.  for another day.  at the end of a carrarathon,  eyelids crashing

     

     

    hurrah back at you thanks for those settings - patience is the key - Old Arab proverb says - "The time that a man or a woman spends tinkering in three de is not removed from the sum total of the hours of their life:

     

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,987
    edited June 2021

    Fiodlling with glare settings, discovered there was a Glint Option.

    Most of the lightin on the boy is from Caustics - I set a light to only light up the water plane so that it would reflect into boy's face

    DFiscovered something interesting with caustics (I think) in that if you set a light to light up only another bulb or a camera it seems to contrubute light to the scene - I think - obviosuly a bug but it could be useful ? not sure bears investigating 

    Glare seetings attached plus pre glare image 

     

     

     

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  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,585

    Headwax, looking great !!!

    Glare is a newbie for me - where is it hidden and how is it activated ?

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,987

    Bunyip02 said:

    Headwax, looking great !!!

    Glare is a newbie for me - where is it hidden and how is it activated ?

    tanks , :) if you select scene in the instancies its on e of the things top right .... filters ? , where aura and toonpro etc is .sorry on ipad will check tommorow !

  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,585
    edited June 2021

    Headwax said:

    Bunyip02 said:

    Headwax, looking great !!!

    Glare is a newbie for me - where is it hidden and how is it activated ?

    tanks , :) if you select scene in the instancies its on e of the things top right .... filters ? , where aura and toonpro etc is .sorry on ipad will check tommorow !

    Thanks - found it, always learning something new with Carrara !!

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  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,165

    Great tip, HeadWax.  I want to jump in and play around with the scene filter.  yes

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,987

    Pleasure Bunyip02 et Diomede - yes it bears experimenting with. Apologies for the garbled answer Bunyip, I was half asleep !

     

     

  • StezzaStezza Posts: 8,050
    edited June 2021

    wowsers!!

    some very cool images already...

    this one I used all the models & one image freebie available in the freebie thread as of today's posting date and came up with this image

    Bush Magic

     

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  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,987

    Stezza said:

    wowsers!!

    some very cool images already...

    this one I used all the models & one image freebie available in the freebie thread as of today's posting date and came up with this image

    Bush Magic

     

    just so good Stezza, feel good. Your work makes me laugh - in a good way!

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,165

    Stezza, that is brilliant.  I especially like the sun.  So cool.

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