First, I’d like to respond individually to the amazing array of images we’ve been blessed with yet again in a great challenge:
Fulip: That is some powerful image, and one that speaks to the inevitable victory of imagination and innocence over a all too worldly world. Very well done!
3dnotguru: I enjoy the realism, viewing angle, and compositional layout of this piece.
purbosky: Great to see some floppy disks put to some new use! Nice colorful treatment, too!
fcharr: This is very thought-provoking and yet another fine example of how imagination can really help to repurpose destructive things into constructive things.
kr4st: Great idea and nicely done! I like the whole setup and how you were able to work in all the primatives here. I had a funny thought when I noticed something placed to the right of your image (paraphrasing Swayze’s famous line from the movie “Dirty Dancing”): “Nobody puts Suzanne in a corner.” LOL!
YAFU: Very funny and very well done! Poor R2, though, right? I could just hear C-3PO off camera, looking on and saying, “Oh dear…”
polyboy: The juxtaposition an electric versus an oil-based lamp is a very cool concept, and you realized it wonderfully with great materials!
caz747: After seeing YAFU’s image, I’m now thinking of Star Wars and imagining Chewbacca somehow holding this =) Very creative and well done!
fdo: The realism in this piece, particularly concerning the shaders, is admirable!
RayVelcoro: Very cool! And another Suzanne sighting! Always a welcome thing =) Love the other Blender allusions you fit into this piece as well!
str11: Very creative and realistic this is! That came out very Yoda-ish Nice idea with the water bottle dispenser! People can “refuel” without getting up =)
Miatpi: I’m so glad your entry made it in time! I voted for it, and I love the way this came out. The background and foreground realism elements come together perfectly. Now I’m just wondering where the balloon is going off to…
Aki049: This is such a fun and creative piece – and that it’s also a character you designed (and a happy one at that!) makes it even more enjoyable. Congratulations on completing your first challenge! I look forward to seeing more of your work.
OLG: Wow, that is very realistic, pretty much photorealistic, and very well done. I don’t drink, but I at least know realistic glass when I see it =)
Helge: Another fun and creative entry. That could very well be a cousin or a friend to Nemo or Dory =)
Photox: Perfectly executed realism balanced with a figurative and literal artistic approach. Superb stuff!
YAFU: I like your idea about the lines!
Miatpi: Thank you very much! I go by feeling, most of the time, and I had the lasting sense it needed some more attention, but, as I’m also currently learning Cycles after spending most of my Blending years with Blender internal, I know the materials and stylistic treatment could have been pushed further.
I revisited this project since the close of the entries and got a little closer to what I was hoping for
I was able to work in my Cycles Toon Experiment (from the entry thread) to get closer to what I was hoping to achieve here stylistically.
For more on that, if anyone’s interested, please see my Cycles Toon Render Shader Experiment post (with two free .blend files) in the entry thread for this challenge.
Congratulations and thanks again to all our participants! You are all winners!
RobertT