Winners of April-May 2009 competition

[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



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



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



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

Once again, thank you to everyone who entered.

[Doug Armand]

Must say that I agree with the winning entry created by Schosch - has a lovely feeling to it. Congrats


Doug

[zeitmeister]

Thank you very much!
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!

[suvakas]

Thanks guys and congrats to everybody!

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

Ps2. Can't wait to get my cool badge

[Frt]

Totally agree with the places. Congratulations, guys!

[Zom-B]

Congrats to everybody!!!

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

Ps2. Can't wait to get my cool badge

Me too (from the first competition!)

[matsta]

Well done guys, the cleanest renders won on the day!
Cant wait for next subject nomnom!

[fused]

Ps2. Can't wait to get my cool badge

me too!

congratz to the winners, supreme renderings and very deserved!

[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

[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...

[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).

[matsta]

lol, first out the gate isnt always best ill win next one MWUHAHA

[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.

[Schosch]

Well that's really awesome! Thank you very much!

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

[Doug Armand]

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 there are very few original things left to do