Carrara Challenge #50: A Special Carrara Anniversary Celebration - Results Announced

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  • AlbertoAlberto Posts: 1,436

    Entry:  # 31
    Title: In the woods
    Artist: Alberto

    Category:  1

    WIP Links: 

    https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5292226/#Comment_5292226
    https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5292246/#Comment_5292246

    Products used: HowieFarkes' arboretum (1 or 2), Vyusur's Leon, Anything grows, LightX and Fluidos II plugins.

    Notes: Multipass rendering, postwork to adjust colors and shadows.

     

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  • UnifiedBrainUnifiedBrain Posts: 3,588
    edited January 2020

    Entry:  #32

    Title:  Why You Should Never Build a Resort on Sacred Ground

    Artist:  UnifiedBrain

    Category:  Garden

    WIP Links:  https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5292276/#Comment_5292276

    Products Used:  All Carrara native content/plugins.

    Additional Notes:  Got to use a lot of Carrara's main features - Hair (grass), Plant modeler, Vertex modeler, Clouds, Text.  Plugins included Blimps and Cutouts, Ivy, and GMIC.  No postwork.

    Post edited by UnifiedBrain on
  • DesertDudeDesertDude Posts: 1,235
    edited January 2020

    Entry:  #33

    Title: "Over The Hill"

    Artist: DesertDude

    Category:  Wild

    WIP Links: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5291916/#Comment_5291916

    Additional Notes: Almost everything was made and rendered in Carrara with some post work separating the foreground from the background and processing the background. Crown on the top of the flagpole is a Text object, a 'C' using "Brush Script" with an Aura added to it. Flag text was done in an external editor.

     

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  • UnifiedBrainUnifiedBrain Posts: 3,588
    edited January 2020

    The Entries part is now CLOSED.

    Voting is OPEN! 

     

    Here are the basic instructions:

     

    The Usual

    A.  Anyone with a Daz account can vote.

    B.  Anonymous voting is allowed if you feel you have a good reason (e.g. forum moderators who don't want to give an impression of favoritism). Please PM me your votes if that is the case. 

     

    The Different (a bit)

    There are 5 votes - 4 general and 1 specific.  Please vote for your four favorite images, in no particular order.  There is no need to rank or categorize them.  In addition, please vote for the single image that you think is the funniest.  This can be one of the previous 4, or a different one.

     VOTING ENDS MIDNIGHT FEBRUARY 2, 2020 DAZ TIME

     

    Categories and prizes

    Many thanks to Daz for once again sponsoring the Carrara Challenge!   heartheartheart  And thanks to PhilW for judging and providing the PA prize.  heartheartheart  And thanks to Misty for adding the "funniest" prize.  heartheartheart

     

    Best Participation (most total votes):  $50 in Daz Originals

    Best Render of Garden:  $50 in Daz Originals

    Best Render of "Fifty" - $50 in Daz Originals

    Best Wild Card Render - $45 in Daz Originals, $5 gift certificate.

    *Note, an artist can win only one Daz category prize.

    Funniest Render - $10 Gift Certificate from Misty

    PA prize - Phil Wilkes is the PA sponsor, and he will award a prize from his store for the render that best exemplifies Carrara!

     

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    Entry #42

    Title:  Slaughter on Garden Avenue

    Artist:  Nature Boy

    Comment:  The green blood made me want to puke!

    Funniest render number and title:  #42, Slaughter on Garden Avenue

     

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  • Entry #2
    Title: First Garden Gift
    Artist: Diomede (Ted Murphy)
    Comment: Nice plants!


    Entry #10
    Title: Burn, Burn, Burn
    Artist: Stezza
    Comment: Very poiniant image!


    Entry #15
    Title: My Garden
    Artist: Vyusur
    Comment: Beautiful idea, beautifully crafted!


    Entry #19
    Title: Hobbit Home
    Artist: Varsel
    Comment: Tranquility itself!


    Funniest render number and title: #33, Over The Hill

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,158
    edited January 2020

    Entry: # 6
    Title: Wintry Garden
    Artist: Cbird (Christine)
    Category:  Garden


    Entry: #15
    Title: My Garden
    Artist: Vyusur
    Category: 1


    Entry:  # 30 (UPDATED)
    Title: Alien (Garden)
    Artist: FENgari
    Category:  1

     

    Entry:  # 22

    Title: Apollo 13

    Artist: Headwax

    Category:  50

     

    Funniest

    Entry:  #8
    Title:  60 Bottles on the Wall
    Artist:  Misty
    Category:  50

    Post edited by Diomede on
  • StezzaStezza Posts: 8,046

    Entry: #2
    Title: First Garden Gift
    Artist: Diomede (Ted Murphy)
    Category: Welcome to My Garden

    Entry:  # 16
    Title: 1950 Studebaker
    Artist: Bunyip02
    Category:  50

    Entry:  # 19
    Title: Hobbit Home
    Artist: Varsel
    Category:  Garden

    Entry:  # 22
    Title: Apollo 13
    Artist: Headwax
    Category:  50

    Fun Render
    Entry:  #7
    Title:  In The Beginning
    Artist:  UnifiedBrain

  • VarselVarsel Posts: 574

    Entry:  #1
    Title:  A Golden Challenge
    Artist:  UnifiedBrain
    Category:  50

    Entry:  #10
    Title: Burn, Burn, Burn
    Artist: Stezza
    Category:  Garden

    Entry: #15
    Title: My Garden
    Artist: Vyusur
    Category: 1

    Entry:  # 20
    Title: The Gate
    Artist: headwax
    Category:  Garden


    Funniest render
    Entry: #5
    Title: 50th Jubilee Cake Pinup
    Artist: Diomede (Ted Murphy)
    Category: 50

  • DartanbeckDartanbeck Posts: 21,522
    edited February 2020

    Entry: # 6

    Title: Wintry Garden

    Artist: Cbird (Christine)

     

    Entry:  # 20

    Title: The Gate

    Artist: headwax

     

    Entry: #15

    Title: My Garden

    Artist: Vyusur

     

    Entry:  #26

    Title:  Zero Hour

    Artist:  UnifiedBrain

     

     

    Funny

    Entry: #5

    Title: 50th Jubilee Cake Pinup

    Artist: Diomede (Ted Murphy)

    Post edited by Dartanbeck on
  • VyusurVyusur Posts: 2,235
    edited January 2020

    Entry:  # 19
    Title: Hobbit Home
    Artist: Varsel
    Category:  Garden

    Entry:  # 18
    Title: Live Long & Prosper
    Artist: Bunyip02
    Category:  Wild

    Entry: #3
    Title: Vicky in a Garden with Two Plantmen
    Artist:  Diomede (Ted Murphy)
    Category:  Welcome to My Garden
    Nice brocoli men! The funniest entry

    Entry:  # 30
     Title: Alien (Garden)
     Artist: FENgari
    Very artistic.

    Entry:  # 21
    Title: Moon Garden
    Artist: Headwax
    Category:  Garden
    It would be perfect without replicated thorns on the ground.

    Post edited by Vyusur on
  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,558

    Entry # 10

    Title: Burn, Burn, Burn

    Artist: Stezza

    Category:  Garden

    Comment: Very poignant for our Aussie Summer this year

     

    Entry # 15

    Title: My Garden

    Artist: Vyusur

    Category: Garden

    Comment: Love the concept, modelling, and colour

     

    Entry # 19

    Title: Hobbit Home

    Artist: Varsel

    Category: Garden

    Comment: Can I get the building plans for it ?

     

    Entry # 22

    Title: Apollo 13

    Artist: Headwax

    Category: 50

    Comment: Another classic by Headwax !

     

    Funniest render number and title:

    Entry:  #33

    Title: "Over The Hill"

    Artist: DesertDude

  • SileneUKSileneUK Posts: 1,975
    edited January 2020

    Too too many to choose from... it was great to see so many entries! heart Silene

    Entry: #2
    Title: First Garden Gift
    Artist: Diomede (Ted Murphy)
    Category: Welcome to My Garden
    I am a sucker for inventive use of hair!

    Entry:  #10
    Title: Burn, Burn, Burn
    Artist: Stezza
    Category:  Garden
    This made me weep :(

    Entry: #15
    Title: My Garden
    Artist: Vyusur
    Category: 1
    Amazing garden medusa head and hair!

    Entry:  #26
    Title:  Zero Hour
    Artist:  UnifiedBrain
    Category:  Wild
    3 generations of vickies still shine through!

    Funniest

    Entry:  #7
    Title:  In The Beginning
    Artist:  UnifiedBrain
    Category:  Garden
    ROFLMAO

    Post edited by SileneUK on
  • UnifiedBrainUnifiedBrain Posts: 3,588

    As a reminder, you get 4 regular votes and 1 funniest vote.  There is no need to list the category, except on funniest.

     

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  • HoroHoro Posts: 10,611

    Not that anybody thinks these are the only good entries. You guys have a way to make live difficult for judges.

    Entry: # 15
    Title: My Garden
    Artist: Vyusur
    Category: 1

    Entry: # 19
    Title: Hobbit Home
    Artist: Varse
    Category: 1

    Entry:  # 21
    Title: Moon Garden
    Artist: Headwax
    Category: 1

    Entry:  # 32
    Title: Why You Should Never Build a Resort on Sacred Ground
    Artist: UnifiedBrain
    Category: 1


    Funniest

    Entry:  #8
    Title:  60 Bottles on the Wall
    Artist: Misty 
    Category: 50

  • Wow. Beautiful Entries here again...

    Here's my voting:

    Entry # 8

    Title:60 Bottles on the Wall

    Artist:Misty

    Categorie: 50

    Comment: very special, nice done.

     

    Entry # 10

    Title: Burn, Burn, Burn

    Artist: Stezza

    Category: 50

    Comment: very well done.

     

    Entry # 15

    Title: My Garden

    Artist: Vyosur

    Category: 1

    Comment: very nice.

     

    Entry # 32

    Title: Why you should never build a Resort on sacred Ground

    Artist: Unified Brain

    Category: Garden

    Comment: very special, and very well done.

    Funniest render number and title:

    Entry # 3

    Title: Vicky in a Garden with two Plantmen

    Artist: Diomede

    Category: Welcome to my Garden

    Comment: very funny, and a nice work.

     

    Good Luck to you all.

  • 3dcheapskate3dcheapskate Posts: 2,719
    edited February 2020

    Responding to the request for voters - it just so happened that 5 images jumped out at me:

    Entry:  #11
    Title: Carrara Banana
    Artist: Stezza
    Comment: laugh

    Entry: #15
    Title: My Garden
    Artist: Vyusur
    Comment: Medusa's green-fingered sister ?

    Entry:  # 19
    Title: Hobbit Home
    Artist: Varsel
    Comment: Looks very cosy

    Entry:  # 20
    Title: The Gate
    Artist: headwax
    Comment: The gateway to the garden of a well-to-do ice-cream vendor ?

     

    Funniest render number and title:  #7, "In The Beginning" (UnifiedBrain)

    Post edited by 3dcheapskate on
  • Really fantastic work here. Was a very difficult choice.

    Entry: # 15
    Title: My Garden
    Artist: Vyusur
    Category: 1

    Entry: # 20
    Title: The Gate
    Artist: headwax
    Category: 1

    Entry: # 19
    Title: Hobbit Home
    Artist: Varsel
    Category: 1

    Entry: # 22
    Title: Apollo 13
    Artist: Headwax
    Category: 50

    Funniest:

    Entry: # 11
    Title: Carrara Banana
    Artist: Stezza
    Category: Wild

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    is a torture of indecision  but have to vote before too late
    all the entries fantastic, unable to narrow vote list  surprise

    Entry: # 6
    Title: Wintry Garden
    Artist: Cbird (Christine)
    Comment: pretty

    Entry:  #33
    Title: "Over The Hill"
    Artist: DesertDude
     - lol, i looking down that hill,  + grover

    Entry: #5
    Title: 50th Jubilee Cake Pinup
    Artist: Diomede (Ted Murphy)
    -- looking at the wip, seeing how much this evolved 

    Entry:  # 19
    Title: Hobbit Home
    Artist: Varsel
    --hobbitses 
    the spray of purple looks good against the green + zed  depth

     

    funniest:

    Entry:  #7
    Title:  In The Beginning
    Artist:  UnifiedBrain
    - apple-ade kiosk run by snake lollll biblical humour

  • AlbertoAlberto Posts: 1,436

    Entry: #15
    Title: My Garden
    Artist: Vyusur

    Entry:  # 19
    Title: Hobbit Home
    Artist: Varsel

    Entry:  # 20
    Title: The Gate
    Artist: headwax

    Entry:  # 30 
    Title: Alien 
    Artist: FENgari

    Funniest:

    Entry:  #7
    Title:  In The Beginning
    Artist:  UnifiedBrain
    Category:  Garden

     

  • HansmarHansmar Posts: 2,919

    Entry:  # 28
    Title: My (Garden) - Planet Earth's Rapidly Eradicated Tree Population...
    Artist: FENgari

    Comment: Highly original

     

    Entry:  #10

    Title: Burn, Burn, Burn

    Artist: Stezza

    Comment: Not funny at all, but very well made and convincing render.

     

    Entry: #15

    Title: My Garden

    Artist: Vyusur

    Comment Wonderful portrait, nice gardenhair.

     

    Entry:  # 20

    Title: The Gate

    Artist: headwax

    Comment: Just beautiful

     

    Funniest render number and title:

    Entry:  #11

    Title: Carrara Banana

  • CbirdCbird Posts: 493

    So many great entries, I wish I could vote for more, lol

     

    Entry # 8

    Title: 60 Bottles on the Wall

    Artist:  Misty

    Comment: so imaginative 

     

    Entry # 10

    Title: Butn, Burn, Burn

    Artist: Stezza

    Comment: haunting 

     

    Entry # 19

    Title: Hobbit Home

    Artist:  Varsel

    Comment: captures the feeling of home

     

    Entry # 23

    Title: Golden Swamp

    Artist: Headwax

    Comment: love the light and reflections

     

    Funniest render number and title: #7 In the Beginning--so funny

  • DesertDudeDesertDude Posts: 1,235

    As usual, these are fantastic entries with wonderful variation. Thanks UnifiedBrain for hosting, great job! The WIP thread is full of more great Carrara info and explorations.

    Here are my votes:

    Entry: #3

    Title: Vicky in a Garden with Two Plantmen

    Artist:  Diomede (Ted Murphy)

    Category:  Welcome to My Garden

    Comment: Those plant/tree beings are so fun. So expressive.

    Entry:  #9

    Title: Wacky 50th Partaaaaaay

    Artist: Stezza

    Category: 50

    Comment: I love that explosive, celebratory composition.

    Entry:  # 19

    Title: Hobbit Home

    Artist: Varsel

    Category:  Garden

    Comment: Very lush and peasceful. Beautiful tranquil render with beautiful lighting.

    Entry:  # 20

    Title: The Gate

    Artist: headwax

    Category:  Garden

    Comment: Great sense of atmosphere and a great picture to explore

    Funniest render number and title:

    Entry:  #7

    Title:  In The Beginning

    Artist:  UnifiedBrain

    Category:  Garden

    Comment: The snake wearing that...hat, lol!

  • ed3Ded3D Posts: 2,170
    edited February 2020

    Entry:  #9

    Title: Wacky 50th Partaaaaaay

    Artist: Stezza

    Comment:

    Entry:  # 18

    Title: Live Long & Prosper

    Artist: Bunyip02

    Comment:

    Entry:  # 19

    Title: Hobbit Home

    Artist: Varsel

    Comment:

    Entry:  # 21

    Title: Moon Garden

    Artist: Headwax

    Comment:

    Funniest render number and title:    #33 "Over The Hill"
     

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  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,983

    hi sorry been away again just got bacl late last night will vote asap

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,983
    edited February 2020

    Brilliant all round, thanks for another superbly run challenge UB

    Entry:  #1

    Title:  A Golden Challenge

    Artist:  UnifiedBrain

    Brilliant literally and metaphyiscally

    Entry:  #10

    Title: Burn, Burn, Burn

    Artist: Stezza

    Comment: Poignant, great viewpoint and compostion

    Entry: #15

    Title: My Garden

    Artist: Vyusur

    Comment: Medusa meets the ABC gardening show.

    Entry:  # 30 (UPDATED)
    Title: Alien (Garden)
    Artist: FENgari

    Comment: eyecatching, loved the luminosity

    Funniest render number and title:

     

     

    Entry: #3

    Title: Vicky in a Garden with Two Plantmen

    Artist:  Diomede (Ted Murphy)

    what ccan you say about Ted's soh?

    Post edited by Headwax on
  • Voting is now closed.  Results announced soon!

  • DartanbeckDartanbeck Posts: 21,522

    Was a tough call. So hard to pick four faves plus one.

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,983

    thanks again UB - wonderful subject you picked and eggsellently run

  • Thanks to everyone for participating in the Carrara 50th Challenge!  I learned a lot, and I hope that you did too.

    There were some especially superb Garden images.  It was by far the most hotly contested category, as a whopping 76% of the main category votes went to those images.

    Without further ado, the winners are:

    Overall  - Headwax.  It seems somehow fitting that he wins the 50th.smiley  His 4 renders got just enough total votes to put him on top.

    Garden - Vyusur.  A popular choice.  At times it appeared to be a runaway, but she barely squeezed past Varsel (by a single vote).

    50 - Stezza's Wacky Party.*

    Wild Card - UnifiedBrain's Zero Hour.*

    Funniest - UnifiedBrain's In The Beginning.

    (*There were ties in both the 50 and Wild Card categories.  The fairest way to break the ties (to me) was to consider the overall number of votes in the 3 main categories (not including funniest).  In the 50 category tie (a 3-way), Stezza had more votes in all categories.  In the Wild Card category tie, I did).

    PA award for "most representative of Carrara" render - #9, Wacky 50th Partaay by Stezza.

    PhilW commented on his selection process - "It was extremely difficult - there are at least half a dozen images that I consider worthy of the prize (all from different artists), and by the time I narrowed it down to three, I was really struggling with which one to choose.  In the end my choice for the PA Prize is image #9 - Wacky 50th Partaaaaaay by Stezza. I chose it because it has real impact as an overall image, it conveys a party atmosphere really well and links to the 50th Carrara competition in an original and amusing way. And with all of the objects and complexity modelled in Carrara, it is a very impressive achievement and a great advert for what can be done in Carrara.  But all of the artists who contributed should consider themselves as winners as the standard was very high."

    Thanks to Daz for supporting us once again, to Phil for picking and awarding the PA prize, and to Misty for the suggestion of funniest render and for supporting with a GC. heartheartheart

    Congratulations to all.yes  I will PM the prize-winners soon.

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,158

    Congratulations, winners.  Well deserved.  Inspiring challenge, UB.  Thanks to Daz for resuming sponsorship, thanks to PhilW for the PA prize, and thanks to Misty for the funny category.  Two enthusiastic thumbs up.

    yesyes

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