Carrara Challenge #55 - The Seasons - Last Minute Entires

DesertDudeDesertDude Posts: 1,235
edited December 2020 in Carrara Discussion

Welcome to Carrara Challenge #55 - The Seasons!

Season bring change: physical change via the weather, planetary change / transitions / emotions

Seasons invoke different moods

Seasons bring about different festivities which involve different or special foods / dishes / decorations

Seasons have different light  - longer days / shorter days

Seasons bring about renewal of life / death or hibernation

Different colors are associated with different seasons in nature and fashion. Different clothes are used in different seasons.

Do other planets in our solar system have seasons? Can you invent a season that doesn’t exist here on Earth using your imagination and Carrara?

How about allegories of the seasons? Many gods and goddesses are associated with the seasons, along with fantastic and mythological creatures.

These seasonal renders don’t have to be ‘outdoors’ - many aspects of seasons are indoors. Escaping the brutal heat of the summer or the comfort of a warm cozy house in the winter. Sometimes there are themes in life of “Summer in the Winter” or “Winter in the Summer”.

Show us your creative interpretation of any Season, or as many as you wish. Show off the limitless capabilities of Carrara!

The Rules:

All entries must be rendered using Carrara (any version) or using one of Carrara’s external plugin rendering engines.
Entries for this challenge must be previously unpublished works.
At least one screen grab of the Carrara workspace must be included in the WIP thread. Explanations of how you used Carrara’s tools and / or plugins are encouraged as these friendly challenges help us all to better understand Carrara’s vast and powerful toolset.
Plugins written for Carrara are welcome.
Use any and all content that is allowed under the Forum Terms of service. Any content that is used should be credited in the Entry Thread.
Post work is welcome, but please explain how or what was done to the image in post so we can all learn.

The 1st place winner will become the host for the next Carrara challenge, decide the theme and set the rules. If the 1st place winner is unable to host, then it falls to the 2nd place winner, and so on. If none of the winners are able to host hopefully someone will volunteer.

Prizes:

1st Place: $70.00 towards DAZ3D owned item(s)
2nd Place: $50.00 towards DAZ3D owned item(s)
3rd Place: $40.00 towards DAZ3D owned item(s)
4th Place: $30.00 towards DAZ3D owned item(s)
(Can only win once)

Dates to Remember:

Work In Progress thread opens: Today!
Entry Thread opens: Friday December 11
Entry Thread closes and Voting Begins: Sunday December 27
Voting closes: Sunday January 3 at midnight DAZ Utah Time

Really looking forward to everyone's awesome images and use of Carrara!

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  • DesertDudeDesertDude Posts: 1,235

    If looking for inspiration, here are some links

    Season: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Season
    Winter (season): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter
    Spring (season): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_(season)
    Summer (season): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer
    Autumn (season): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autumn
    Seasons In India - Different types of Seasons in India with months: https://gupshups.org/seasons-in-india/

    Seasons of the Year: https://seasonsyear.com/  

    Weather: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather

    Deities and personifications of seasons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deities_and_personifications_of_seasons

  • StezzaStezza Posts: 8,054

    awesome theme.... now I have it in my head I shall share it... yes

  • StezzaStezza Posts: 8,054

    Indigenous Australia info on seasons Eastern Australia

  • DartanbeckDartanbeck Posts: 21,564

    ...and eggs just taste Wrong without Seasons!!! 

    ...oh, wait....

  • seasonings greetings would be a salt

  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,602

    Now to get the thinking cap on !!!

  • DesertDudeDesertDude Posts: 1,235
    Stezza said:

    Indigenous Australia info on seasons Eastern Australia

    Cool, thanks for the link!

    Diomede said:

    Haha, good one Diomede

    ...and eggs just taste Wrong without Seasons!!! 

    ...oh, wait....

     

    seasonings greetings would be a salt

    laugh

  • Bunyip02 said:

    Now to get the thinking cap on !!!

    +1 yes

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,987

    great choice @DesertDude :) looking forward to seeing what comes up!

  • StezzaStezza Posts: 8,054
    edited November 2020

    get the ball renders rolling

    Modelled, boned & morphed all the models in Carrara

    Used the surface replicator and the replicator for the Carrara texts 0 and 1 

    Postwork was done in PSE20

    Title - Codebreakers Season one

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  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,602
    Stezza said:

    get the ball renders rolling

    Modelled, boned & morphed all the models in Carrara

    Used the surface replicator and the replicator for the Carrara texts 0 and 1 

    Postwork was done in PSE20

    Title - Codebreakers Season one

    Excellent - bugs in the system !!!

  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,602
    edited November 2020

    Storm Season

    Carrara setup

    Used Topaz Adjust in post work to bring out the details

    Render after Post work.

    Added some scene fillers !

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  • VyusurVyusur Posts: 2,235
    Stezza said:

    get the ball renders rolling

    Modelled, boned & morphed all the models in Carrara

    Used the surface replicator and the replicator for the Carrara texts 0 and 1 

    Postwork was done in PSE20

    Title - Codebreakers Season one

    You're a genius! I like this interpretation of the theme. Life made sense.

     

  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,602
    edited November 2020

    Lambing Season

    Carrara Setup

    Raw render

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  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,602
    edited November 2020

    Santa Season

    Carrara Setup

    Topaz Adjust for Postwork, HDR - Pop used to make it Pop !

    Postworked Render

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  • DesertDudeDesertDude Posts: 1,235
    Stezza said:

    get the ball renders rolling

    Modelled, boned & morphed all the models in Carrara

    Used the surface replicator and the replicator for the Carrara texts 0 and 1 

    Postwork was done in PSE20

    Title - Codebreakers Season one

    Awseome creatures and concept Stezza! I love all the variations of the eyes.
    Agree with Vyusur- great use of 'season'!  yes

  • DesertDudeDesertDude Posts: 1,235
    Bunyip02 said:

    Storm Season

     

     

    Cool lightning strikes Bunyip! I think that cow is looking to get the heck out of there...

     

    Bunyip02 said:

    Lambing Season

    Awwwwww.... smiley
    Nicely posed lambs and I like the sunny lighting.

     

    Bunyip02 said:

    Santa Season

    Nice sense of serenity in this one Bunyip. And that filter does make the image 'pop'.

  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,602
    Bunyip02 said:

    Storm Season

     

     

    Cool lightning strikes Bunyip! I think that cow is looking to get the heck out of there...

     

    Bunyip02 said:

    Lambing Season

    Awwwwww.... smiley
    Nicely posed lambs and I like the sunny lighting.

     

    Bunyip02 said:

    Santa Season

    Nice sense of serenity in this one Bunyip. And that filter does make the image 'pop'.

    Thanks !!!

  • StezzaStezza Posts: 8,054

    get the ball renders rolling

    Modelled all the models in Carrara

    Used the surface replicator and the replicator for the Carrara texts 0 and 1 

    Postwork was done in PSE20

    Title - Codebreakers Season one

     

    Vyusur said:
    Stezza said:

    get the ball renders rolling

    Modelled, boned & morphed all the models in Carrara

    Used the surface replicator and the replicator for the Carrara texts 0 and 1 

    Postwork was done in PSE20

    Title - Codebreakers Season one

    You're a genius! I like this interpretation of the theme. Life made sense.

     

    thanks for that .. I wish my teachers in high school thought so as well lol angel

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,168
    edited November 2020

    Great start, Stezza and Bunyip.

    The attached is not an entry.  For many years, on December 15th, I had a beer across from this fountain.  It is the Temperance Fountain, in honor of America's experiment with prohibiting alcohol sales.  Won't be having my toast for repeal of prohibition this year.  sad

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  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,602
    edited November 2020

    Trial to see if image would upload - it didn't angry

     

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  • SileneUKSileneUK Posts: 1,975

    Diomede,  My dad worked at L'Enfant Plaza for Comsat and I was working in the National Press Building the day the riots of 68 broke out. I walked from 14th & F down to dad's office trying to get home. He wasn't there, had gone to the Clarksburg Labs. A colleague of his took me to his family's home for the night.  I remember that statue!  

    crying  Silene

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,168

    @Silene

    Great story to be able to tell.  But glad I didn't live it! 

    The fountain was moved after that.  Here is the Wikipedia account.

    The Temperance Fountain was originally placed at a prominent location: Seventh and Pennsylvania Avenue, across from Center Market and near to "Hooker's Division" (now the Federal Triangle). The message was to drink water, not whiskey, as there were so many saloons along the Avenue to tempt passersby. This was near the halfway point between the Capitol and White House. For many years after National Prohibition, it ironically sat in front of the Apex Liquor Store, which operated in the ground floor of the Central National Bank Building.

    Washington's Temperance Fountain (lower right corner) for years sat in front of the Apex Liquor Store, housed in the Central National Bank Building.

    In 1987, it was relocated about 100 feet north during the renewal by the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation, since the statue was regarded as undesirable from the start. The PADC created Indiana Plaza, and the Temperance Fountain swapped locations with the monument to the Grand Army of the Republic, which was considered historically more significant.

  • StezzaStezza Posts: 8,054
    Bunyip02 said:
    Stezza said:

     

     

    Excellent - bugs in the system !!!

     

    Stezza said:

     

    Awseome creatures and concept Stezza! I love all the variations of the eyes.
    Agree with Vyusur- great use of 'season'!  yes

     

    Diomede said:

    Great start, Stezza and Bunyip.

    The attached is not an entry.  For many years, on December 15th, I had a beer across from this fountain.  It is the Temperance Fountain, in honor of America's experiment with prohibiting alcohol sales.  Won't be having my toast for repeal of prohibition this year.  sad

    thanks Carrarians wink

    how strange @diomede 

    Weird History ~ would be good to have a beer ( just one ) with you at that place... and chat 3d stuff and other things laugh

  • StezzaStezza Posts: 8,054
    edited November 2020

    some may not get this one.... so, have accompanying video  wink

    Oh! What a Night

    basic scene setup used Catoon and Daz Dog morphed .. props from Daz and HW3D postwork in PSE20

     

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  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,987
    edited November 2020
    Stezza said:

    some may not get this one.... so, have accompanying video  wink

    Oh! What a Night

    basic scene setup used Catoon and Daz Dog morphed .. props from Daz and HW3D postwork in PSE20

     

     

    heh heh very funny Stezza, love the chook with it's neck wrung and the expression on the daug, used to dance to this one - well not in public anyways :)

     

    Diomede said:

    Great start, Stezza and Bunyip.

    The attached is not an entry.  For many years, on December 15th, I had a beer across from this fountain.  It is the Temperance Fountain, in honor of America's experiment with prohibiting alcohol sales.  Won't be having my toast for repeal of prohibition this year.  sad

    would do girls witrh beer tankards always look so sexy? must be the shape of the t ankard i am guessing - nice render Diomede :)

     

    Bunyip02 said:

    Santa Season

     

    Carrara Setup

     

    Topaz Adjust for Postwork, HDR - Pop used to make it Pop !

    Postworked Render

     

    and pop it does, will make a great chrissie card :)

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  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,987
    Stezza said:

    get the ball renders rolling

    Modelled, boned & morphed all the models in Carrara

    Used the surface replicator and the replicator for the Carrara texts 0 and 1 

    Postwork was done in PSE20

    Title - Codebreakers Season one

    ha ha again that front character has a load of err 'character' !! wonderful body language as well

     

    Bunyip02 said:

    Storm Season

     

    Carrara setup

     

    Used Topaz Adjust in post work to bring out the details

     

    Render after Post work.

    Added some scene fillers !

    lightning is very effective - applied on planes as transmapps?

     

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,987
    edited November 2020

    this is winter using that rain thingy I made last year - some of the larger raindrops are bit harsh , might have to dull them down - i was suprised how well the splashes turned out

     

    thread here if you missed the car file - sorry the how to images have vanished - pita  Carrara Rain Storm - Free to Carrara Users - beta released (updated) - Page 2 - Daz 3D Forums

    i used vwd to drape the cloaks and add a little wind effect

     

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  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,168
    edited November 2020

    Wow, @Headwax, the ground in the rain scene looks amazing.  Thank you for that rain. 

    Thanks for the comment.  Regarding the beer server, I've noticed a trend that etsablishments that directly cater to the public often hire attractive sales and customer service employees.  It is not universal, but is very common.  While I have never been to central Europe, all the Bavarian and Czech tourist pictures show off mountains and valleys.  smiley

    @Stezza, you are nailing this challenge!  Another terrific render.

     

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