Contests
(version September 16, 2007)
Of interest to the users of the tools in the 3D Animation Lab. A chance for you to show your stuff and get noticed. Take a look. Keep us posted about how you do.
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External Gallery Contest (trueSpace from Caligari) [08-06-2007
DAZ 3D and Acclaim Game Programmers [07-30-2007
- [08-06-2007] EXTERNAL GALLERY CONTEST (trueSpace from Caligari). This contest opens in August 2007. See the website here. Quoting from that page: Contest just announced, making August 2007 the first month to enter - be the first winner!
The External Gallery contest aims to publicise and promote those artists who have had success on websites outside of Caligari's own community.External Gallery Contest
Welcome to the External Gallery contest! All the winners below were selected as the best submissions using a Caligari product to an external gallery or website during that month.
If you've won a contest, posted well-received images to other galleries, written up a tutorial on another forum, had work published on the web someplace, or anything else that has seen your images, animations, or models being given exposure outside of the Caligari community, then simply enter this contest and you could win yourself $100 to spend on a future Caligari purchase, plus promotion to Gold Ambassador status*!
1. All registered owners of a Caligari product are eligible to enter.
2. All postings to external galleries, contest results, etc must have appeared during the month when you submit your entry.
3. To enter, simply email egallery@caligari.com and include links to where your work has been shown. You can email multiple times each month if more links appear in that month, and you can include multiple links in each email. Please send your entry from the email address which you used to register your Caligari product, so we can verify your product registration.
4. Judging Criteria: The criteria for choosing the winner is left open to the judges, but some guidelines are:
i) A contest win
ii) A piece that receives exceptional reviews and comments
iii) Many postings of high quality artwork to many locations (quantity alone will not be enough)
iv) Any postings of exceptional artistic merit
v) Any projects of special interest or achievement
5. An entry may be submitted to the regular Caligari monthly Image or Animation galleries as well as to the External Gallery - entering or placing in one will not affect the chances of placing in the other.
- [07-30-2007] DAZ 3D AND ACCLAIM GAME PROGRAMMERS . First ever community-designed game project, according to the DAZ 3D
Web site. Bring your ideas and original designs to this contest. A variety of artwork is needed in 2D and 3D, including creatures, riders and NPCs, track environments and functional track elements, cards, weapons, armor, items, effects, and various user interfaces, to quote the contest Web site. DAZ Studio is available as a entirely free download from http://www.daz3d.com/i.x/software/studio/-/? as well as in the 3D Animation Lab. The DAZ Web site has tutorials to get you started, and a user community who can help with technical issues. If your 3D skills are still too new, but you can draw, paint or sketch, try your hand at 2D art. Artweaver gives you many of the functions found in Adobe Photoshop, but Artweaver is a free download. With the DAZ project you can get involved early on in the discussion about the game design. Becoming an active participant in the 3D community will help you along the way to learn more about 3D, modeling, project design. Your contacts in the 3D community will bring you ideas and help sort out your questions and issues.
DAZ is also making version 5.5 of Bryce available as a free download. Bryce will give another perspective on 3D design and modeling. We like the buil- in trees which offers a huge range of choice in designing scenery. Bryce and DAZ Studio can be used together to expand your skills and give you new choices. Learn both programs while working on the contest.
Check all the contest details and rules at the Contest Web site, especially since there may be changes in details over time. This is a new project and it will move very past-paced. Become a part of it. Free Registration at DAZ is required, and this will also put your name on some useful mailing lists. The Acclaim Game Site is http://www.acclaim.com.
