Challenge #6 Voting - CLOSED

[ectizen]

This week’s theme: nature.

Pure Entries
DreamMaster[list:06a94865a1]Can’t get that water to look right, but the deadline is here! I’d call this picture, “Magical Nature.”
Pure entry (used zglow plugin)

http://www.dm7.net/nature5.jpg

imgranpaboya couple of cool cats loitering by a govt fence, no doubt waiting to buy crack from the regular dealer…
Pure getting the uvs right was hard, and had to resort to a bit of photoshop editing to hide them ugly seams =D

http://spevack.net/blengine/velociraptor.html

ectizenAs seen in fine nature documentaries everywhere…
Pure Apart from the background image (taken from the 'net), everything is new and only blender.

http://www.ectopia.net/safi/nature.jpg

bogbeanNature - The new shampoo from Laboratoire Bogbean. Pure and natural.
Pure

http://mysite.iptic.com/bogbean/forum-pics/naturefin.jpg

HosWhomp – here it is:
The most importantest thing to remember in nature:
Pure

http://www.ualberta.ca/~cwant/blender/temp/important-nature-tip2.jpg

bg3Dwow, I’m tired too, well, here is your rookie’s attempt at lving up to the hype. vote for the under dog! 8)

http://mysite.iptic.com/bg3d/images/naturefinal.jpg

pofoHere it is!

http://w1.185.telia.com/~u18510119/nature.jpg

@ceThis is my contribution to the nature scene :it’s pure…I hope you like it

http://home.wanadoo.nl/lidia.zagorska/NatureWChallenge.JPG

bassewell, this was just a scene I had to make…

http://pasila.lib.hel.fi/~basse/g/blender/show.php?db=misc&kuva=nature_weekend6.jpg

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Non-Competing Entries
NEO[list:06a94865a1]ack im’ out again, my idea turned sour, i need to get better at rendering and putting 10,000 trees in my scene. But i’ll finish the pic and post it in the forum in the next week or so, i should have it done by then.
thought i’d leave the hyenas here for your entertainment hehe.

http://crazy.codetroop.com/randimg/imgs/glad_hund.jpg
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I dare you try picking a winner!

Note to self: start building this message at least half an hour before entries close - fifteen minutes is not enough…

[LohnS]

lol why am i in non-competing entries

oh well, those heyenas are cool

[ectizen]

You’ve got great looking trees, grass and fur - all desirable features in a blender-built nature image

[Oso]

DreamMaster,

I gotta know: What’s the secret to those realistic looking rocks? I was trying to do something similar and it looked… well, I’d rather not say what it looked like.

[anon81202127]

sheesh…some really good stuff this week 8) … ectizen, thanks again for hosting this contest, its somehting cool to look forward to each week =)

[LohnS]

yeah weekend challenges are the best thing since sliced boolean operations.

I could tell by his great idea’s and quick wit that ectizen was an aussie 8)

[DreamMaster]

Argh! I can’t look!!! I must tell, I won’t be here on Wed. when this voting ends. In case if I win… for UNEXPECTED reasons, I’d like to have my theme as…

“Magical/Fantasy”

Good luck everyone… now I am going gone… I can’t look at it anymore!

About that rock, you just need to find a good rock texture and open a shpere with low poly counts… then push ‘w’ and click on subdivision fractal… play around with it

[ectizen]

I’m really having fun doing this - even if it does mean occassionally waking in the middle of my subjective night to announce a theme or process votes…

I’m constantly amazed by the entries. I don’t know how it is for other entrants, but I’m also surprised by my own attempts - every Tuesday, I ask myself “So, does the you from last week think you could’ve made something like what you did?”, and every week the answer is “No way!”
I hope the other people competing are also suitably pleased with their own work

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DreamMaster: your nickname is very appropriate!

imgranpaboy: my ants’ll take on your lizards any day of the week! There’s a reason why the ants are taking over the world and dinosaurs are extinct!

bogbean: I hope you won’t take offense, but something from a company called “Laboratoire Bogbean” is not touching my hair.

Hos: Umm… Okay…

bg3D: excellent rookie attempt!

pofo: yeah, a snake ate my rabbit ears, too…

@ce: very nice! I think I’ve been there.

basse: also very nice, but I don’t think I’ve been there - looks too cold.

[IngieBee]

DreamMaster, I like your rocks too, but it’s the knarly tree/bush that got my vote! Great job, hard to choose though, I liked the eat greens, and all the others. I tried to do something this weekend, but it didn’t turn out

However, I’ve decided to give it a try every weekend, and if I don’t get it finished, I’m still being motivated to work on something, and that’s fun!

Thanks, lots of good stuff! Ingie

[anon81202127]

what the heck…@ce should be beatin us…his should win, its the best here, whats going on? is this rigged? @ce!!! noooooo!!! why only 5 votes so far…::confused and suspicious:: :-?

[digitalSlav]

sorry imgranpaboy most people seem to differ. although ace did a wonderful job on effects and foliage his entry fell short on the background. no forground is complete without one with more vegitation and some more interesting trees ace would have much more influence. best of luck next time around ace i know you have it in you

[anon81202127]

maybe we could witness an amazing comeback by @ce!!! its not impossible… :-?

background u say? dm didnt have a background, though a great pic, just clouds… soemtimes u cant always add a bg…i think hes got a good one though…i agree though, more vegetation would have been great, still, i think its the best here

[rixtr66]

all the entries are excellent! for me i have to choose between dreamaster and imagrandpaboy…hmmmm,this is right up my alley,but i was away and missed this one good luck to all !!

rixter

[hannibar]

Wow, so many good (or even fantastic) entries.
@ce : you rock, thats one of the best pics i’ve seen lately!

[Hos]

I really liked the mood in DM’s pic. @ce’s is also excellent.

As for backgrounds, dm’s pic seems to be viewing the top
of a hill so it seems natural to have clouds in the
background. @ce’s seems to be looking down at the ground
so the clouds in the background give it a bit of a “you have
reached the end of the earth” look.

The only thing missing from both of these pics that would make
them perfect is a couple of dinosaurs and some high voltage
fencing, which I’ve come to expect in nature pictures. =p

Chris

[anon81202127]

which I’ve come to expect in nature pictures. =p

am i detecting sarcasm(seriously, i couldnt tell)? =( since when arent dinos and grass and trees nature? the fence is just showing the modernization of this “nature”… meh

@ces pic has mountains and water in the bg, what do u mean, reached the end of the earth, go scale them mountains!

chris

[Hos]

@imgranpaboy

am i detecting sarcasm(seriously, i couldnt tell)? =( since when arent dinos and grass and trees nature? the fence is just showing the modernization of this “nature”… meh

Sorry – just meant that to be a good-natured ribbing! I think your
dino pic is absolutely fantastic, but dinosaurs don’t really spring
to mind when I hear the word “nature”. (but on the other hand,
neither does Renfrew, the “How-to-Wipe-Your-Bum-in-Nature”
Beaver, but, oh well!)

Chris

[ectizen]

Envelope, please. Thank you.

And the winner is…

DreamMaster

Congratulations to all who entered! Thanks to all those who contributed to the record number of votes!

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Hos: I couldn’t figure out if Renfrew was telling to bring my own paper, or use nature’s paper equivalent.

[acasto]

Imgrandpaboy… you should have made the dinos eating cute little fuzzy bunnies. Then you would’ve won for sure!!!

[Hos]

@ectizen

Hos: I couldn’t figure out if Renfrew was telling to bring my own paper, or use nature’s paper equivalent.

Then you better stay out of the forest!

Chris