Carrara Challenge 42 – PIONEERS – Dedicated to Eric Winemiller - Winners announced
Pioneers challenge
This is a Carrara Challenge to Eric Winemiller, founder and owner of Digital Carvers Guild (http://www.digitalcarversguild.com/), a true pioneer of the Carrara plugins.
In his owns words:
Winemiller E. 2004. Plug-Ins and the SDK. 3DXtract.com. 2 [may 2004]: 18-19
Many of us have worked with these plugins. Now, as anybody here knows, recently, Eric has generously released DCG plugins as open source, thus all carrarists could make use of theses fantastic tools.
You can develop the theme of the Challenge 42 as your imagination would allow!
Rules:
- You may enter up to three images. Images must be made for this challenge specifically. Votes will be on a per image basis. Each voter may vote for four images, one vote per image. An artist may only win one prize. Final images must be posted in the Entry thread to be considered. Voting is open to anyone with a DAZ 3D account.
- You must use at least one of the Digital Carves Guild plugins for Carrara, you can choose which one.
- Other plugins are allowed. If you do use a plugin, please let us know how you used it in the WIP thread.
- When the entry thread is opened, you must link to at least one of your WIPs from this (WIP) thread in your entry. The WIP should contain your scene set up, or lights, or some other major scene component.
- Renders and scene set up must be done in Carrara. The renderer could be the native one or a third part using a Carrara plugin, such as Octane or Lux, in which case a description of the process is required in one of the WIPs.
- Postwork is allowed. If postwork is used, you must post a before and after render, and a description of the postwork that was done in one of your WIPs.
- Pre-made content is allowed. Content should be listed in the entry when the time comes. Links would be great, but not required.
- An artist can only win in one place. There are four places and an honorable mention. The first place is for the image with more votes, and so on.
- The winner of the Challenge becomes the next Carrara Challenge host, and sets the rules for the next competition. But should the winner decline this honor, the 2nd place winner will then get the opportunity to step forward and fill the role.
- Entry thread opens - Sun 23, 2018, Midnight, Mountain Standard Time, US.
- Entry thread closes, voting begins - Sep 30, 2018, 23:00, Mountain Standard Time, US.
- Voting thread closes - Oct 7, 2018, 23:00, Mountain Standard Time, US.
WIP thread is here https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/273521/carrara-challenge-42-pioneers-dedicated-to-eric-winemiller
Prizes:
1st place: $75.00 towards DAZ 3D owned item(s).
2nd place: $50.00 towards DAZ 3D owned item(s).
3rd place: $40.00 towards DAZ 3D owned item(s).
4th place: $30.00 towards DAZ 3D owned item(s)
Honorable Mention: One item of PA sponsor store, DimensionTheory.
Special thanks to DAZ 3D and DimensionTheory for sponsoring this challenge!,
Voting thread opened
Rules:
- Anybody with a DAZ 3D account may vote.
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You may vote for up to three entries. You may only vote for an entry once.
The format for voting is:
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Artist:
Comments: (optional)
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This is the template for entries:
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Additional notes:
Entry: 1
Title: colonising Atlantis
Artist: th3Digit
WIP Links: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3953576/#Comment_3953576
DCG products used: shoestring Shaders Super mixer, Terrain tools Surf
Additional notes: Rendered in Octane Carrara plugin after baking the results with Inagoni Baker
Entry # 2
Title: Momma said it was manifest destiny
Artist: UnifiedBrain
WIP links: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3935191/#Comment_3935191
DCG products used: Fake Fresnel on text and (some) terrain
Additional notes: This is a bit of a kitbash. Characters are both V4. Wagon is a rendo freebie, and the V4 apron skirt is from sharecg (both very nice). The V4 adult top is the Courageous tunic, and the child's dress is a modified Valiant Tabbard. The steer is an amazing freebie I just discovered, but old-timers likely already know it well. I looked at several muskets, but nothing could touch the one at rendo from dante78 (a terrific artist).
Native processes include Carrara Realistic sky, Carrara terrain, Carrara Volumetric clouds, Carrara text, and aura. I didn't create anything in the modeling room, but I modified virtually everything in the scene there. GMIC provided the canvas texture, and some contrast.
No postwork.
Entry: #3
Title: Dick Smith Aviator
Artist: Stezza
WIP Links: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3904496/#Comment_3904496
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3905151/#Comment_3905151
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3910081/#Comment_3910081
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3910321/#Comment_3910321
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3912606/#Comment_3912606
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3913051/#Comment_3913051
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3913056/#Comment_3913056
DCG products used: wireframe using DCG's ToonWire Pro
Additional notes: In 1982–83 Smith successfully completed the first solo helicopter flight around the world. His flight began in Fort Worth, Texas, on 5 August 1982, in a newly purchased Bell Jetranger 206B. On 19 August, the 50th anniversary of James Mollison's solo crossing of the Atlantic, he arrived at Balmoral Castle, United Kingdom where he met Prince Charles. From there he flew to London, where, later that day, the first stage of his flight ended, after 11,752 km. The second stage of his flight started in London on 13 September, and finished in Sydney, Australia, 3 October 1982, 23,092 km later. On 25 May 1983 the final stage of the flight started. Not being granted permission to land in USSR, he arranged to land on a ship to refuel. His journey ended on 22 July 1983, the 50th anniversary of Wiley Post's solo aeroplane flight around the world on 22 July 1933.
Entry: #4
Title: Sir Douglas Mawson Explorer
Artist: Stezza
WIP Links: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3913486/#Comment_3913486
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3913591/#Comment_3913591
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3923206/#Comment_3923206
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3923441/#Comment_3923441
DCG products used: ToonLine Pro
Additional notes: Antarctic achievements
While undertaking a doctorate at Sydney University, Douglas Mawson joined Ernest Shackleton’s 1907–1909 Nimrod expedition as a geologist, his first Antarctic experience. Along with his mentor Professor T.W. Edgeworth David, Mawson completed the longest Antarctic man-hauling sledge journey of 122 days. Coping with hunger, hidden crevasses, frostbite and exhaustion, they received a hero’s welcome on their return.
Entry: #5
Title: Marvin meets Curiosity
Artist: Stezza
WIP Links: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3976081/#Comment_3976081
DCG products used: Star Bright
Additional notes: Curiosity is a car-sized rover designed to explore Gale Crater on Mars as part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission. Curiosity was launched from Cape Canaveral on November 26, 2011, at 15:02 UTC aboard the MSL spacecraft and landed on Aeolis Palus in Gale Crater on Mars on August 6, 2012
Entry: #6
Title: The Gaseous Greenhouses of Planet 101025SE315
Artist: Diomede (Ted Murphy)
WIP Links - https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3983446/#Comment_3983446
DCG Plugin Used - Toon Pro
Additional Notes - Brash Lonergan and Moxie Espinoza are custom figures modeled and rigged in Carrara. Brash is a space marshall protecting peace and order of space pioneers as humans colonize the Galaxy. Moxie is a Treasury official and usually does not do manual labor, but these greenhouses have to be finished before settlers arrive. Rendered using DCG's Toon Pro, but also with a GMIC cartoon color filter applied using Philemo's plugin. Mix of DCG Toon Pro render (80%) and the default Carrara photoreal render (20%).
Click to see full size.
Entry# 7
Title: Getting Ready to Populate Proxima Centauri B.
Artist: evilproducer
WIP Links:
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3925166/#Comment_3925166
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3925656/#Comment_3925656
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3926081/#Comment_3926081
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3935831/#Comment_3935831
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3943026/#Comment_3943026
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3977676/#Comment_3977676
DCG Plugins used: Light Mangler and Fake Fresnel.
Additional Notes: I saw the great theme for this challenge and immediately thought of, "Space, the final frontier..." I didn't want to do a Trek render, so instead thought of colonists. I played around with the idea of big colonist ships and what they might look like. I even went so far as to check into NASA and other real science based ideas for the ships. The thing that struck me though was the size these multigenerational ships would have to be. I really wanted to portray a human scale and I wanted a sense of intamacy and wonder. In the end, I decided a view out the bridge window focusing on a couple and their destination was the way to go.
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Entry: #8
Title: Silent Pioneer, Buster Keaton
Artist: Diomede (Ted Murphy)
WIP Links.
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3973836/#Comment_3973836
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3986966/#Comment_3986966
DCG Plugin Used: shader plugin for tire treads.
Additional Notes: Credits include the Slapstick character and clothes for G2M by Oskarsson and the AM 1936 Automobile by Daz O. And one of the buildings and one of the cars came from the Carrara object browser. Buster Keaton was a pioneer of silent comedy. He was famous for a deadpan expression and for performing his stunts. I heard in an interview with him that he felt the comedy should be visual. As a result, he says his silent films had only 1/3 as many placards (word cards) as typical of the time. This image is an homage to one of his most famous scenes, in which he tries to escape by climbing on back of a car and clutches the spare tire, only to have the car drive off with him crouching on a tire stand.
Title: Burke & Wills
Artist: Bunyip02
WIP Links: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3938856/#Comment_3938856
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3940816/#Comment_3940816
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3943576/#Comment_3943576
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3962366/#Comment_3962366
DCG products used: Digital Carvers Guild - GROUND CONTROL - http://www.digitalcarversguild.com/plugin.php?ProductId=7
Digital Carvers Guild - Toon! Pro - http://www.digitalcarversguild.com/plugin.php?ProductId=15
Other products used: Arboretum Volume 2 - HowieFarkes - https://www.daz3d.com/arboretum-volume-2
Tim Payne Lightdomes Vol.1 and Realistic Skies Vol.1
24 Fantasy Terrains for Bryce 6 - karanta - https://www.daz3d.com/24-fantasy-terrains-for-bryce-6
Rough Rock Bundle - dglidden RuntimeDNA - https://www.daz3d.com/rough-rock-bundle
Ground Litter Series - Pebbles Vol 1 - RuntimeDNA Traveler - https://www.daz3d.com/ground-litter-series-pebbles-vol-1
Ground Litter Series - Pebbles Vol 2 - RuntimeDNA Traveler - https://www.daz3d.com/ground-litter-series-pebbles-vol-2
Grassy Grounds Megapack - esha - https://www.daz3d.com/grassy-grounds-megapack
Deadwood - Caisson -
My Camel Camelia HD - Luthbel Luthbellina - https://www.daz3d.com/my-camel-camelia-hd
Eagle 2.0 - https://www.daz3d.com/eagle-2-0
RavenEagle - Lynes Birds - http://www.lynescreations.com/eaglemor.htm
Michael 4 - DAZ3D - https://www.daz3d.com/michael-4-base-male-3d-model
Boots and Pants - German Infantry - tannenbaum - Renderosity
Shirt and Hat - Air Cav M3 (converted to M4) - Poser World
Menswear 1930 for M4 - Ravenhair - https://www.daz3d.com/menswear-1930-for-m4
Stylin For M4 - Ryverthorn - https://www.daz3d.com/stylin-for-m4
SAV Famous Hat Collection for M4 - StudioArtVartanian - https://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/sav-famous-hat-collection-for-m4/66816
Shane Hair - Propschick - https://www.daz3d.com/shane-hair
Baker Rifle - Bob65 -
Water bottle - Desert Rats - Cybertenko - Renderosity
TT33 Pistol Holster - Vietcong_Combat Gear-M3 - Helgard and panko - Vanishing Point - vanishingpoint.biz
Additional notes: Burke & Wills was an Australian expedition in 1860-61 that was to travel from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria, a distance of 3250 km / 2000 miles. Only one man out of 19, John King, crossed the continent with the expedition and returned alive to Melbourne.
Title: 78 Years
Artist: Bunyip02
WIP Links: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3962616/#Comment_3962616
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3979326/#Comment_3979326
DCG products used: Digital Carvers Guild - Toon! Pro - http://www.digitalcarversguild.com/plugin.php?ProductId=15
Other products used: Wright Flyer - BVR Flyer - http://www.sharecg.com/v/31900/browse/11/Poser/1903_Wright_Flyer
Michael 4 - DAZ3D - https://www.daz3d.com/michael-4-base-male-3d-model
Menswear 1930 for M4 - Ravenhair - https://www.daz3d.com/menswear-1930-for-m4
CapM4 - Mostdigitalcreations
Bicycle - Old military - http://www.sharecg.com/v/60999/browse/11/Poser/Bicycle-Old-military
Hut - native Carrara content
Space Shuttle - RPublishing - Renderosity
Night and Day City - PhilW - https://www.daz3d.com/night-and-day-city
C-135r - native Carrara content
Additional notes: https://aerospaceengineeringblog.com/from-wright-flyer-to-space-shuttle/
Title: Horespower rivals
Artist: Bunyip02
WIP Links: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3979346/#Comment_3979346
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3979521/#Comment_3979521
DCG products used: Digital Carvers Guild - Toon! Pro - http://www.digitalcarversguild.com/plugin.php?ProductId=15
Digital Carvers Guild - Wireframe Pro - http://www.digitalcarversguild.com/plugin.php?ProductId=16
Other products used: Country Lane Hedgerow - HowieFarkes - https://www.daz3d.com/country-lane-hedgerow
1924 Ford Model T Runabout R2 - Miryre.com/Meshbox.org - miryestore.com
Michael 4 - DAZ3D - https://www.daz3d.com/michael-4-base-male-3d-model
Menswear 1930 for M4 - Ravenhair - https://www.daz3d.com/menswear-1930-for-m4
Michael 4 Business Suit - Diane Predatron - https://www.daz3d.com/michael-4-business-suit
SAV Famous Hat Collection for M4 - StudioArtVartanian - https://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/sav-famous-hat-collection-for-m4/66816
Millennium Horse - https://www.daz3d.com/millennium-horse
Equus Magica - Solarisonline - Renderosity
Charger Fantasy Tack - https://www.daz3d.com/charger-fantasy-tack
Fantasy Tack Millennium Horse Conversion - Bloodsong - http://www.3dmenagerie.com/
click on Goodies, click on Poser, then go down the page to find the item
Additional notes: Henry Ford mass produced the Model-T car, being credited with (or blamed) for mass production and consumerism.
Entry: # 12
Title: In honour of Alfred P. Southwick (1826–1898) inventor of the Electric Chair
Artist: Headwax
WIP Links: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3967661/#Comment_3967661
DCG products used: Weave for the Fabric and Wireframepro for the ghostly bits
http://www.des-web.net/html/weave.html
I rendered it out with a spherical camera to get that distortion. The wireframe pro doent obey carrara's spherical cameras so I used it in a different kind of overlay than I expected.
The electric chair is from sharecg made by Evil Clown - modified in places to get things to fit.
https://www.sharecg.com/v/32511/related/11/Poser/The-Chair
There's no pic of the car file because of unfortunately it crashed
Other products used: Bunch of M4's and electric chair from CG
Entry: # 13
Title: Tomb Raiders - Sir Alfred Moorcroft Raids The First Tomb in The Valley of The Kings
Artist: Headwax
WIP Links: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3987416/#Comment_3987416
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3948681/#Comment_3948681
DCG products used: Anything Goos to get the floor and walls all bumpy and add extra detail
Used Digital Carver's shader gel - that's a great tool - for the torch lights by copying the torches shader to light bulbs
Nik plugins plus FilterForge PhotoDonut and Topaz plugins - Affinity pro liquify brush to ad some bent bits to the walls and the pot at the left - good to dirty up a render
Title: Self
Artist: LightofHeaven
WIP Links:
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3952986/#Comment_3952986
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3981846/#Comment_3981846
DCG products used: StarBright, oonPro
Additional notes:
Entry 15
Title: Appalachia
Artist: Diomede (Ted Murphy)
WIP links: this link also links to the others. https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3992626/#Comment_3992626
DCG Product Used: Anything Grooves
Additional notes - Everything modeled rigged etc. in Carrara. (head model UVs ajusted to accept Michael 6 texture map)
Click to see full size.
Entry 16
Title: Michael Faraday - Inventor of the Party Balloon
Artist: Headwax
WIP links: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3992966/#Comment_3992966
DCG Product Used: Toon Pro
I rendered out a whole series of shadow pass and primitif pass with different lights and combined
them in post
Entry 17
Title: Bruce Lee -- Like Water
Artist: LightofHeavem
WIP links:
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3907416/#Comment_3907416
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3992941/#Comment_3992941
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3995596/#Comment_3995596
DCG Product Used: Shoestring Shaders
Entry thread closed
Voting thread opened
Rules:
You may vote for up to three entries. You may only vote for an entry once.
The format for voting is:
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Before I vote, just want to express my deep gratitude to Eric Winemiller for the DCG supplements to Carrara over the years. Always amazing. Special thanks for the recent decision to make so many plugins free and open source. Alberto, your choice to make DCG plugins central to this challenge inspired great results. Appreciate your time and effort.
As always, choosing was very difficult. My votes are:
Entry: 1, Title: colonising Atlantis, Artist: th3Digit
Entry: # 12, Title: In honour of Alfred P. Southwick (1826–1898) inventor of the Electric Chair , Artist: Headwax
Entry 17, Title: Bruce Lee -- Like Water, Artist: LightofHeavem
Entry: #1
Title: colonising Atlantis
Artist: th3Digit
Comments: Love the colors and the magical details. Busy scene, but the whole somehow shines through.
Entry: #3
Title: Dick Smith Aviator
Artist: Stezza
Comments: Tour-de-force from Stezza. The helicopter model he created is terrific, but how he uses it (and the other elements) in the render is even more terrific.
Entry: #12
Title: In honour of Alfred P. Southwick (1826–1898) inventor of the Electric Chair
Artist: Headwax
Comments: Distinctive characters, wonderful shaders and postwork. As usual, it made me stretch boundaries to fully appreciate.
Entry: 9
Title: Burke & Wills
Artist: Bunyip02
Entry 15
Title: Appalachia
Artist: Diomede (Ted Murphy)
Entry 7
Title: Getting Ready to Populate Proxima Centauri B.
Artist: evilproducer
but I also liked this as much so a hard choice, they are all so worthy I hate to choose
Entry: 4
Title: Sir Douglas Mawson Explorer
Artist: Stezza
Entry# 7
Title: Getting Ready to Populate Proxima Centauri B.
Artist: evilproducer
Entry: # 13
Title: Tomb Raiders - Sir Alfred Moorcroft Raids The First Tomb in The Valley of The Kings
Artist: Headwax
Entry 15
Title: Appalachia
Artist: Diomede (Ted Murphy)
Entry: #8
Title: Silent Pioneer, Buster Keaton
Artist: Diomede (Ted Murphy)
Entry: #4
Title: Sir Douglas Mawson Explorer
Artist: Stezza
Entry# 7
Title: Getting Ready to Populate Proxima Centauri B.
Artist: evilproducer
Entry: #6
Title: The Gaseous Greenhouses of Planet 101025SE315
Artist: Diomede (Ted Murphy)
Entry# 7
Title: Getting Ready to Populate Proxima Centauri B.
Artist: evilproducer
Entry: # 12
Title: In honour of Alfred P. Southwick (1826–1898) inventor of the Electric Chair
Artist: Headwax
Entry: # 9
Title: Burke & Wills
Artist: Bunyip02
Entry: #5
Title: Marvin meets Curiosity
Artist: Stezza
Entry# 7
Title: Getting Ready to Populate Proxima Centauri B.
Artist: evilproducer
Entry # 2
Title: Momma said it was manifest destiny
Artist: UnifiedBrain
Comments: I like the poster-like quality
Entry # 8
Title: Silent Pioneer, Buster Keaton
Artist: Diomede (Ted Murphy)
Comments: Must choose this one in honour of the great silent pioneer
Entry # 12
Title: In honour of Alfred P. Southwick (1826–1898) inventor of the Electric Chair
Artist: Headwax
Comments: Though I do not think we should in any way honour someone who invented something as ghastly as the electric chair, I really like the render with the figures in three forms (direct, shadow and wireframe). Very well done!
Entry No 1
Entry No 10
Entry No 17
Jay
Entry: 1
Title: colonising Atlantis
Artist: th3Digit
Entry: #3
Title: Dick Smith Aviator
Artist: Stezza
Entry# 7
Title: Getting Ready to Populate Proxima Centauri B.
Artist: evilproducer
Entry # 2
Title: Momma said it was manifest destiny
Artist: UnifiedBrain
Entry # 4
Title: Sir Douglas Mawson Explorer
Artist: Stezza
Entry # 12
Title: In honour of Alfred P. Southwick (1826–1898) inventor of the Electric Chair
Artist: Headwax