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Draise · Post by **Draise** » 02 Dec 2011, 19:48

Fell absolutely free to post any jargon, talk, chatter, banter, chat, comments about your Crazy Christmas Critters! I'd love to hear the discussion. =)

Draise · Post by **Draise** » 02 Dec 2011, 20:05

Ah, the prize you can win for the best Christmas crazy critter has images collected from Deviant Art, other prortfolio websites and Tumblr; among other random sources. Themes include science fiction, cg pinup girls and illustrations, fantasy, landscapes and cityscapes.

I take no credit or ownership of other peoples art, and simply wish to promote them.

Hope you win!

Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 02 Dec 2011, 22:30

Good topic! I'll see what I can dream up for this challenge...

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 08 Dec 2011, 03:42

Good topic. Probably too busy but maybe I can do something.

Draise · Post by **Draise** » 08 Dec 2011, 15:10

Yay! Hope you can compete Finis, you're good at this stuff. =)

I have a question. Since i'm hosting the SMC, does that mean I can't compete? Or can I compete and just not vote for me?

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 08 Dec 2011, 15:44

You can do what you want to. (It is like the TV show Lost. You are in charge of the island and have the power.)

Prodigy didn't enter when he won SMC's because his ability is so awesome that he won all the time.

Some make an unofficial project that isn't entered in the poll.

I don't do an entry when I run a challenge. When I'm a contestant I will vote for my entry if I honestly think it is the best.

Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 08 Dec 2011, 17:59

I always try to enter a rendering if I'm running a MMC or SMC but I let it be known that it cannot win. If it does receive the most votes then second place gets to run the next one.

Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 09 Dec 2011, 02:18

My SMC WIP will be at this location:
vi ... 145#p31145"

I plan on continuing beyond the SMC to create my Christmas Card for this year.
Now you can all follow along! So get out the eggnog, put a log on the fire and roast your
chestnuts cause Steinie's comin to town!
(insert Holiday singing here)

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 19 Dec 2011, 16:45

Everyone enter the SMC.

In hopes of increasing participation in challenges lets try just one challenge at a time to funnel all participants together. No MMC for a while*. The idea is that the winner picks the theme and makes the rules, as usual, and now also sets the type of the next challenge (like an MMC or an SMC or a texture challenge, lighting challenge, etc.)

Draise: If you agree with beginning a single challenge system with this SMC (you are SMC king right now so it is up to you) then modify your rules to note that the winner also determines the nature of the next challenge.

I suggest it be called the U3DA Challenge starting with the next one ... as long as there is just one anyway.

Steinie: put your entry in the main SMC thread.

*If we do this then the winner of this SMC could make the next challenge MMC-like if he wants.

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 20 Dec 2011, 04:12

I entered. Urban Chameleon is a wild creature suited to urban life. He can change color and partially change shape to blend in.

The model started from an eight sided cylinder. Point editing added legs and modified the head. Textures are made from the photos. I clone brushed a sign out of the background photo and added a stop sign from another. The urban chameleon was rendered with a white background and a shadow catcher and layered onto the image in Paint Shop. I separated the shadow and adjusted it to better blend with the image.

bitkar · Post by **bitkar** » 20 Dec 2011, 10:36

lol, urban chameleon :DDD

Draise · Post by **Draise** » 20 Dec 2011, 20:07

LOVING THE ENTRIES! Hurrah! I will change the rules a little but the prize remains the same!!!! Be in store!!!!

Draise · Post by **Draise** » 26 Dec 2011, 15:50

It is time for the votes to begin! The entries were satisfactory! I am looking forward to the dual!

Ok, now I gotta figure out how to make polls.

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 26 Dec 2011, 16:55

Draise wrote:Ok, now I gotta figure out how to make polls.

The first time I won a challenge on the old Caligari forums I made a poll like this vi ... 67&p=11128" to practice making polls. It got a few laughs.

jeffroig · Post by **jeffroig** » 26 Dec 2011, 16:58

Does the critter have to be a animal/insect or can it be a person?

froo · Post by **froo** » 26 Dec 2011, 17:31

Finis, that is sooo damn cool! Well done on your model as well Steinie!

Draise · Post by **Draise** » 26 Dec 2011, 17:50

lol, thanks for the poll advice! I figured it out I think!

Yeah.. I mean.. well a small annoying person could be a critter I suppose!

jeffroig · Post by **jeffroig** » 28 Dec 2011, 03:37

Here is my submission for the SMC.
I modeled everything you see here.
The main portion of the figure was done earlier this year.
I had to add 8 different morph targets to the face to get the right look.
The jacket, pants, hat, bucket and can I modeled tonight and added the hair.
The morph targets to the face were also don tonight.
I will post the images showing the production of all the other items tomorrow.
For now here is our friendly Santa after a hard days work as a bell ringer for the Salvation Army.
I guess I was a little late in providing a submission, my bad didnt realize that it had already ended.

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 29 Dec 2011, 00:12

Yeah time's up for this one Jeff. Great character though!

Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 29 Dec 2011, 02:06

Let's just say you got caught with your pants down...

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 30 Dec 2011, 05:14

Vote here vi ... =21&t=3184"

Steinie wrote:Let's just say you got caught with your pants down.

jeffroig · Post by **jeffroig** » 30 Dec 2011, 11:45

Steinie I think you have been drinking too much spiked eggnog.
Put that glass down and get back to work...LOL

Draise · Post by **Draise** » 31 Dec 2011, 14:43

Crikey! The votes are about to end, and they came out with equal votes! Harsh dual!!!

Also, tho late, we have another entry! WHAT TO DO!?!? Can we redo the votes with the new entry? Just for fun? I don't know who the winner should be..... And I gotta get my prize ready!

So, with 3 entries, and a second shot for the prize, shall we vote again?

Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 31 Dec 2011, 15:57

Sure...
The new guy is going to be pants!!!

jeffroig · Post by **jeffroig** » 31 Dec 2011, 16:03

I am going to pluck that cherry noise off your reindeer and make you wear it like a Bozo badge...

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 31 Dec 2011, 17:06

A re-vote is fine with me since Jeffroig's entry can be included.

jeffroig · Post by **jeffroig** » 31 Dec 2011, 17:35

I really did not expect a re-vote as it was my fault for not paying attention the the date.

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 31 Dec 2011, 23:35

I see 5 votes for Steinie and 3 for me. Maybe the poll ran longer than when you checked. If there is a second vote I think it should be between Jeff and Steinie since I was eliminated in the first round (and I voted for Steinie).

Draise · Post by **Draise** » 01 Jan 2012, 01:25

Finis wrote:I see 5 votes for Steinie and 3 for me. Maybe the poll ran longer than when you checked. If there is a second vote I think it should be between Jeff and Steinie since I was eliminated in the first round (and I voted for Steinie).

You're right! I got the time wrong! I'm so used to 24 hour clocks that I thought it was ending 10 am here! not 10 pm!! Ooops...

Ok, so I would still love a redraw for SECOND PRIZE!!! A pack of 20 of my favorite CG illustrations! The winner will get the huge mega pack of 50 of my favorite CG illustrations of this year!

Draise · Post by **Draise** » 02 Jan 2012, 20:35

The winner is Steinie with RUDY!!

Congratulations! In a few days you will receive the prize of a mega pack of 50 of my favorite CG illustrations!

PS. @Steinie, please send me a personal message with your email to receive your prize!

The winner is entitled to the next competition, stating theme, conditions and other aspects of this month's competition.

A second vote for second prize between a late new contestant and the runner up will comence in general discussion in the link below:
vi ... f=4&t=3203

Second prize is a smaller pack of the similar images to that of the winner! But with Only 20! But 20 is some!

Have fun!!

Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 03 Jan 2012, 15:12

Hey this is the first SMC I've ever won!!
(I won a few MMCs, so my talent is really working long hours trying to hide the mess I made modeling incomprehensible polys into some ambiguous idea no one gets...)(I just wanted to clear that up)

I'd like to thank Roman for his software regardless of the fact he no longer visits or supports trueSpace like we do...cough cough.
(Was it just monetary to him? hmmmmm)
I want to thank all of YOU the U3DA fellow artist who are the true trueSpace pioneers
(Donner Party now seating...)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_Party"

I also want to thank Draise for awarding cool prizes and adding fresh enthusiasm to our group.

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 05 Jan 2012, 01:13

Steinie wrote:ambiguous idea no one gets

I didn't even get "color wheel" on your motor cycle until you mentioned it.

Congratulations!

Remember that I'm not starting another MMC, for a while, as an experiment to have a mono-challenge (starting from the SMC) to concentrate participation in a single challenge. If you choose to then make your challenge the first U3DA Challenge, or whatever, by also choosing its nature (MMC, SMC, texture, whatever you think of).

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 08 Jan 2012, 03:53

The restless mob lit torches and brandished pitchforks. They crowded around Steinie's Castle chanting, "challenge, challenge".

Draise · Post by **Draise** » 23 Jan 2012, 17:13

HEY! I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT THE RUNNER UP VOTE! looks like it went down and FINIS! YOU WON THE SECOND PRIZE! Let me know what your email is! And you'll soon recieve a smaller package of the images!

Enjoy!

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 23 Jan 2012, 17:28

Thanks!

Email PM'd.

I voted for Steinie in the main one and Jeff in the runner up one. Their's ... theirs' ... theris ...their entries were as good or better and on topic while mine was a crazy critter but not Christmasy.

theuns · Post by **theuns** » 07 Feb 2012, 06:59

Congrats Steinie

froo · Post by **froo** » 07 Feb 2012, 07:22

Yeah! Congratz Steinie!
Sorry for the delayed response. So much on the plate the last few months.
But Congratz again!

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