This contest will be totally different! Will be liberal, I'll try to maximize the fun and the entries, at the end of the post I'll explain each change and action I made.
Theme: Completely free, do whatever you want.
Start: now
End: 27 MARCH 2010 -> EXTENDED! 27 APRIL -> EXTENDED! 27 of MAY. All animations which are submitted until the end of this day are in the contest, before 23:59 in your country. I'll check it on http://www.poodwaddle.com/clocks2.htm"
Kidding...THESE ARE THE RULES (JUST) FOR THIS CONTEST:
- No software restriction for modeling, animating, post processing, rigging, texturing, etc.
- WIP is required even for small and fast animations! If you don't do a WIP at least explain in your entry post how do you did and where did you collect things as models and textures, also which software did you used.
- Any model, ie, you can download models... but only those free and also you need to explain in your WIP in which site are you collecting the models
- Motion or Facial capturing is allowed
- No restriction in length but it should be a resolution above 320x240
- upload your final animation onto youtube and present it here OR upload it anywhere else in a "normal usable" codec like XVID/DIVX or MP4 so that anybody is able to see it
- You can post any unpublished animation, I mean by it that... you can post a animation you didn't published yet, or a animation that you heavily modified and didn't published yet, but you need to post the WIP of it, if you don't have it then you can't put it here. Ex: Marcel can entry with B.O.T 4. Please guys respect this rule, post only if you didn't published it really and if you have a WIP.
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Explaining the decisions:
It will you be free to do whatever you want, but maybe some will not join due to the lack of ideas but please GET AN IDEATheme: Completely free, do whatever you want.
Some guys thinks is better to use some other softwares they are good at and using only truespace would make the results worst... what I want to see is beautiful animations and not beautiful animations created in Truespace even if I prefer the second. The only con of it is that good softwares as Vue, 3D max and Maya that many couldn't afford would be used and since they are better than tS in animation it would make it a bit unfair.- No software restriction for modeling, animating, post processing, rigging, texturing, etc.
First because we need it to be able to do another thing that is be able to use any software and post unpublished animations... but also because it's better to all know about it and also I think nobody wants to keep secret of your animation, well, now if you want, you can't anymore.- WIP is required even for small and fast animations! If you don't do a WIP at least explain in your entry post how do you did and where did you collect things as models and textures, also which software did you used.
Normal decisions on Animations contests.- Any model, ie, you can download models... but only those free and also you need to explain in your WIP in which site are you collecting the models
- Motion or Facial capturing is allowed
- No restriction in length but it should be a resolution above 320x240
- upload your final animation onto youtube and present it here OR upload it anywhere else in a "normal usable" codec like XVID/DIVX or MP4 so that anybody is able to see it
This one would attract guys that are already engaged in an animation and don't want to start another just for the contest. Also is good for continuous projects where you keep going with the animation. I'm sure that because of it we will see many other entries. I know maybe it's a bit unfair with who is just joining it now, but we can extend it for one more month (I'll do a poll 5 days before the end of the contest to see if anyone wants to extend). Also use and abuse of the possibility of download models, this would help if you want to do a super production animation.- You can post any unpublished animation, I mean by it that... you can post a animation you didn't published yet, or a animation that you heavily modified and didn't published yet, but you need to post the WIP of it, if you don't have it then you can't put it here. Ex: Marcel can entry with B.O.T 4. Please guys respect this rule, post only if you didn't published it really and if you have a WIP.
I hope to see many enters and also that you have lots of fun doing it!
Please be a fair player and obey the rules to have a fair competition, they are there just for it and nothing else, I know that are a lot of ways to cheat in this competition because is by far too liberal but I trust in this community because is small and cool,
Thanks and let's go!
PS: Concerned with some point, didn't like a action? Post here and I'll see what I can do. Also be free to discuss anything related to the contest here, in this topic.
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Oh well. Good luck everyone. Looking forward to watching this.
