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Winners of April-May 2009 competition

Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 6:41 pm
by OnoSendai
Hi all,
We are pleased to announce the winners of the April-May 2009 Indigo Competition.
The task for the competition was to model and render a water jug.

You can view the entries here:
http://www.indigorenderer.com/forum/vie ... =14&t=5707

Thank you to everyone who entered - there were some amazing entries this competition.

1st Prize - Schosch

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I really like the natural lighting in this image, and think it's fantastic that it's from a home-made HDR image. The jug itself is very nicely modelled with interesting reflections and refractions evident.

2nd Prize - zeitmeister

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A great technical render here, with bubbles, dispersive glass/water, and light-transmitting lemon slices. The composition is also very professional and stylish.

3rd Prize - suvakas

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Another great piece of modelling and composition, with nice bubble streams and reflections and refractions.

Once again, thank you to everyone who entered.

Re: Winners of April-May 2009 competition

Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 7:31 pm
by Doug Armand
Must say that I agree with the winning entry created by Schosch - has a lovely feeling to it. Congrats


Doug

Re: Winners of April-May 2009 competition

Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 8:40 pm
by zeitmeister
Thank you very much! :oops:
Congrats to Schosch, his technical impeccable rendering gave me a nice feeling of a warm summer picknick... I totally agree with his first price!
And congrats too to suvakas, your image has such great fresh colors!

Re: Winners of April-May 2009 competition

Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:59 pm
by suvakas
Thanks guys and congrats to everybody!

Ps. It's my first 3D price ever. :P

Ps2. Can't wait to get my cool badge 8)

Re: Winners of April-May 2009 competition

Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 10:02 pm
by Frt
Totally agree with the places. Congratulations, guys! :D

Re: Winners of April-May 2009 competition

Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 1:18 am
by Zom-B
Congrats to everybody!!!

I missed this competition with a 80% finished scene... bad luck for me!
Anyway I will finish it someday :D

suvakas wrote:Ps2. Can't wait to get my cool badge 8)
Me too (from the first competition!) :roll:

Re: Winners of April-May 2009 competition

Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 2:56 am
by matsta
Well done guys, the cleanest renders won on the day! :D
Cant wait for next subject :D nomnom!

Re: Winners of April-May 2009 competition

Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 3:16 am
by fused
suvakas wrote:Ps2. Can't wait to get my cool badge 8)
me too!

congratz to the winners, supreme renderings and very deserved!

Re: Winners of April-May 2009 competition

Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 3:43 am
by WytRaven
Not to take anything away from those that won but I must admit I'm surprised not to see mastas offering in the top 3... meh personal opinion I suppose :P

Re: Winners of April-May 2009 competition

Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:23 am
by zeitmeister
Are we allowed to upload the renderings to the gallery now?
I really would like to see them, and especially not just the winning entries, in the galleries...

Re: Winners of April-May 2009 competition

Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 11:42 am
by benn
It was almost a tie for third, but Nick pipped masta. Matsta's render was really awesome. Picking the top three is not taking anything away from the other entries - they were all excellent. It's just kinda unlucky two renders looked so similair (especially when Matsta was the first out of the gate).

;)

Re: Winners of April-May 2009 competition

Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 12:37 pm
by matsta
lol, first out the gate isnt always best ;) ill win next one :D MWUHAHA

Re: Winners of April-May 2009 competition

Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 7:34 pm
by zeitmeister
In fact I modeled my limes at 9th of may... I definately wasn't influenced by matsta. If you want to take a look at the picture below, this has been my reference.

I kicked out the window scene completely because of lighting problems, not to get close to matsta's idea. You can see the latest version (19th of may) with the window here:
http://www.zentapher.com/indigo/waterjug_window_hq.jpg
And maybe you can understand what I mean.

I didn't ever plan or wanted to copy matsta's idea, to be honest I think that his light setup comes out more atmospherical than mine.
I'm sorry that I conveyed this impression maybe to some people here, but it's simply incorrect.

Re: Winners of April-May 2009 competition

Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:07 pm
by Schosch
Well that's really awesome! Thank you very much! :D

Congrats to zeitmeister & suvakas and thanks for the great competition!

Re: Winners of April-May 2009 competition

Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:19 pm
by Doug Armand
zeitmeister wrote: If you want to take a look at the picture below, this has been my reference.
Well I must say you did a great job of modelling that real Water Jug. Yours looks almost exactly like the real thing - limes included!. Nice work.

Not sure about copying ideas... think you already know my thinking about this :wink: there are very few original things left to do :D