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entry #31
title: to reign in hell
artist: shlomi laszlo
wips:
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/204161/carrara-challenge-36-pinups-and-cheesecake-and-hunks-oh-my-wip-thread-meet-ringo-monfort/p14
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/204161/carrara-challenge-36-pinups-and-cheesecake-and-hunks-oh-my-wip-thread-meet-ringo-monfort/p19
Entry: #32
Title: Water Sport Monthly - Issue November 2017
Artist: Dartanbeck
PR/ NPR/Halloween: PR
WIP Links: Comment_3025891
Products Used:
Victoria 4.2, Arki's EYEdeas 3+, Carrara Hair (set up myself), Shirt by Supernova, Panties from Aery Soul, Used both Ringo and GKDANTAS shaders to help construct V4's materials - the rest is all Carrara - I used my EnvironKits and Carrara to create the HDRI for the surrounding background and main lighting
Additional Notes:
Postwork done in Affinity and Howler 11
The Entries part is now CLOSED.
Voting is OPEN!
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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.
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Please vote for a total of four different images. Vote for your four favorite images, in no particular order. There is no need to rank or caregorize them.
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Votes will be compiled by the host, and then entered into four prize categories. An artist can win only one category. If an artist has the most votes in more than one category, the next higher finisher in the lower category (as they are listed) wins the prize.
Best Participation (most total votes all renders) $50.00 Daz item(s)
Best Photorealistic Pinup (most votes single PR image) $50 Daz item(s)
Best Non-photorealistic Pinup (most votes single NPR image) $50.00 Daz item(s)
Best Halloween Pinup (single image) $45.00 Daz item(s)
There will also be two Carrara PA prizes awarded by Ringo Monfort. He will pick his two favorite pinups, independent of the DAZ prize categories (in other words, an artist can win a Daz prize and a PA prize). Each PA prize winner will get a single item from his DAZ store. For a profile of Ringo, go here.
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Artist: Lady Godiva
Comment: Really liked the horse in this one.
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Wow! So many entries! What a great challenge - there were a lot more than four that I really loved.
My votes:
wow, qwhat a great challenge, the amount of knowledge being passed on is remarkable.
thanks Mr UnifiedBrain for doing such a terrific job again.
it will take ages to make a decision on the vote as each work has so much to offer.!
Thanks for the invitation to vote UnifiedBrain. Not that it was easy ...
Entry 1 Pooly Wrapped Mummy
Artist: Mark D. Olsen (MDO2010)
Comment: Interesting idea, great lighting.
Entry 4 The Dark Gate
Artist: Vysur
Comment: Great combination of characters, poses and the dramatic backdrop.
Entry 13 Joyce Pulls Off An Unexpected Encore
Artist: UnifiedBrain
Comment: Very funny, the smoking skeleton is a great detail.
Entry 18 Queen of Moonlight
Artist: Jonstark
Comment: Rich scene, superbly lit.
Entry: #32
Title: Water Sport Monthly - Issue November 2017
Artist: Dartanbeck
Entry: # 30
Title: Waiting
Artist: Jonstark
Entry: # 22
Title: Edith
Artist: Headwax
Entry: # 4
Title: "The Dark Gate"
Artist: Vyusur
First: #30
Second: #7
Third: #2
Fourth: #12
Really like UB's #13 (a crackup, )and John Stark #18 (beautiful mood) and Vyusur 's #27 (that feather is so tactile) and great to see Dart getting his hands dirty
thanks so much UB for doing a sparkling job once more - and thankyou Ringo for sponsoringus once more (and Daz of course)
but my votes:
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Entry: #1
Title: Pooly Wrapped Mummy
Artist: Mark D. Olsen (MDO2010)
Entry: # 10
Title: Date with a Wolf
Artist: Diomede (Ted Murphy)
Entry: # 29
Title: Trick or ...... Treat??
Artist: DustRider
Entry: # 9
Title: advertising
Artist: magaremoto
This was a really tough one, and I could have easily spent a week or two figuring it out. Thankfully, I'll be out of pocket for a few days, so I had to vote before the end. So ..... here are my votes.
Entry: # 30
Title: Waiting
Artist: Jonstark
PR/ NPR/Halloween: NPR
Comment: This one was easy for me. All of the NPR entries were great, and deserved a vote as well, but this one just "spoke" to me. Well done Johnstark!!
Entry: #1
Title: Pooly Wrapped Mummy
Artist: Mark D. Olsen (MDO2010)
PR/ NPR/Halloween: Halloween
Comment: Like Johnstark's "Waiting", this image spoke to me as well. It's cute, sexy, interesting, and .... well .... it's The Girl. I'm a sucker for The Girl, so this one got my attention immediately, but the lighting is superb! The way the lighting highlights the subject (The Girl) is perfect. The glyphs are also a very nice touch, and so appropriate for the theme of the challenge. I also really liked UnfriedBrains "Joyce Pulls Off An Unexpected Encore", as it was quite creative, and was really nostalgic. The other image that was also in direct competition with this was Jonstarks "Queen of Moonlight", what an incredibly complex and beautiful scene. Ultimately, what put Marks image into the top slot was my interpretation of the challenge theme. Of the three images, "Pooly Wrapped Mummy" was to me more of a classic "pin-up" style, possibly a poor interpretation of pin-up style, but that's the all I've got so I'll have to stick by it. I thought it was important to recognize/mention the other two images as I also really liked them. Great work Mark!! (Oh, Phil's Halloween render was really cute too!!)
Entry: #32
Title: Water Sport Monthly - Issue November 2017
Artist: Dartanbeck
PR/ NPR/Halloween: PR
Comment: Dart mentioned using information from Jeremy Birn's Digital Lighting and Rendering in the WIPs thread, and it definitely shows in this render. The play of light and shadows is exquiset excellent!
Entry: # 9
Title: advertising
Artist: magaremoto
PR/ NPR/Halloween: PR
Comment: The final vote was quite difficult, I spent a lot of time going between images trying to decide. Finally what put this one over the top were the skin shaders, which IMHO are outstanding for a Carrara native render. Very well done!
Entry 1 Pooly Wrapped Mummy
Artist: Mark D. Olsen (MDO2010)
Comment: Nice scene and good light.
Entry 3 007: A Woman to Die For
Artist: Namtar
Comment: I like the idea. Real Bond-Feeling
Entry 4 The Dark Gate
Artist: Vysur
Comment: nice scary scene, cool characters
Entry 11 Prize-Winning Pumpkin
Artist: PhilW
Comment: Very dreamy Halloween scene. Nice light.
Entry # 1
Artist: Mark Olsen
Comment: I'd like to watch a tv series sooner or later made in carrara/octane of course
Entry # 29
Artist: Dustrider
Comment: carrara/octane at his best, Dustrider is certainly a pro
Entry # 27
Artist: Vyusur
Comment: another talented and skilled carraraist, the gal look catches you and is 99% real
Entry # ex aequo: # 18 and # 32
Artist: Jonstark - Dartanbeck
Comment: for having showed off carrara potential
ps: have you noticed how many aspects and typologies of 3d illustration carrara can easily manage? thanks to UB for having set up this parade
edit as ex aequo is not allowed (sorry for that):
Entry # 18
Artist: Jonstark
Comment: complex scene and right atmosphere for a sword and sorcery novel
Entry: # 28
Entry: # 20
Entry: #1
Entry: #18
Problem - there are still I need to vote for!
Agreed!!!
I really needed more votes. Artists excelled in each category. I could easily have picked any single category and filled my votes just from that category.
Entry: # 28
Title: «The confusion of feelings»
Artist: Vyusur
PR/ NPR/Halloween: PR
Comment: So mush to love in this one, especially the pose, the hands, and the expression. This could easily be adapted for an ad campaign.
Entry: # 21
Title: Lee
Artist: Headwax
NPR: A very unique approach, with excellent execution.
Entry: #1
Title: Pooly Wrapped Mummy
Artist: Mark D. Olsen (MDO2010)
PR/ NPR/Halloween: Halloween
Comment: As discussed in UnifiedBrain's early WIP thread posts, the classic pinups were often playful or coy with a silly setting. Mark really delivered with this one, including the homage to the poses in the stone walls.
Entry: #8
Title: Captain Cupcake
Artist: PhilW
PR/ NPR/Halloween: PR
Comment: Dirt or no dirt? That is the question. Some amazing photo-realism entries without dirt, and this one with intentional dirt. Could really go either way, but in the end I liked the way this image paid tribute to the category of airplane nose art.
OK, here are my votes. Have to give them quickly because every new look changes my choices; so many different, but nice works!
Entry: # 4
Title: "The Dark Gate"
Artist: Vyusur
Comment: the smile on that face and those stockings: hilarious!
Entry: #13
Title: Joyce Pulls Off An Unexpected Encore
Artist: UnifiedBrain
Comments: Sorry, cannot pass a full moon by and I love all those characters.
Entry: # 22
Title: Edith
Artist: Headwax
Comments: Fantastic sexy mannequin, wonderful non-realistic wings and great tutu
Entry: #32
Title: Water Sport Monthly - Issue November 2017
Artist: Dartanbeck
Comments: Now that's one sexy pinup. Lovely texture of the skin and the wet shirt. Great hair and very nice vague background.
very tough to select just four images...
how did I come to my final four selection.. well, I did ask for help.. I printed them all out and threw them into the air asking God to select 4 and to send back to me and for him to keep the rest ...
that didn't work
so I went through them all myself again... the first three that I picked I thought how good are these.... then discarded them... ( better not vote for myself! )
that didn't work
so I then went for the 'YES' factor
and that's how I picked the four... great works by all but these four did the 'YES' for me
Entry: #3
Title: 007: A Woman to Die For
Artist: Namtar
Entry: # 10
Title: Date with a Wolf
Artist: Diomede (Ted Murphy)
Entry: # 22
Title: Edith
Artist: Headwax
Entry: # 30
Title: Waiting
Artist: Jonstark
great hosting UB.. I think we have a few more new Carrara'ists because of this challenge.
In the end I had to get very picky, eliminating entries for things like "second entry by x" or "the good old V4 shoulder crease" etc just to get the numbers down!
So, in numerical order:
Entry #3
007: A Woman to Die For
namtar3d
Entry #20
Oh ... How Many More Shots?
DustRider
Entry #28
The Confusion of Feelings
Vyusur
Entry #30
Waiting
JonStark
PR
Entry #8, Cupcake Captain
(Very hard choise between this and #28 from Vyusur and #20 from DustRider, finally i decide for #8 because it fits perfect on the mood of the challenge :D)
NPR
Entry #7 by Stezza
(Another hard choise, entry #2 and #24 were very nice too)
HALLOWEEN
Entry #29 Trick or ...... Treat?? by DustRider
(The hardest choise!, Entry #18 by JonStark it's on the same place for me, but finally some little details help me to make the choise. Both pics have great concepts, poses, enviroment, camera angle, models and clothes, but i think lighting could be better in #18. Maybe 2 orange lights from the flames and one "main" light from above, would be added much more dramatic effect to the pic.)
Entry: #1
Title: Pooly Wrapped Mummy
Artist: Mark D. Olsen (MDO2010)
PR/ NPR/Halloween: Halloween
Mystical lighting, cute character, excellent composition
Entry: # 9
Title: advertising
Artist: magaremoto
PR/ NPR/Halloween: PR
Exceptional realism, especially for the native engine, and of course, perfect elbows
Entry: #15
Title: Art Frahm Shops for Celery in Glasgow
Artist: Diomede (Ted Murphy)
PR/ NPR/Halloween: NPR
Original idea, some ridiculous but so cute
Entry: # 30
Title: Waiting
Artist: Jonstark
PR/ NPR/Halloween: NPR
Very clear composition and elegant render style
Talk about hard! My first "shortlist" still had 12 on it, then whittled down to 8, then to six, final choice was so hard, I wished I could vote for more. But in the end my votes go to:
Entry: #1
Title: Pooly Wrapped Mummy
Artist: Mark D. Olsen (MDO2010)
PR/ NPR/Halloween: Halloween
Love the cute look of the main character, and the "pinup hieroglyphics" is a master stroke!
Entry: # 6
Title: How to Catch a Fireman
Artist: Stezza
PR/ NPR/Halloween: PR
Great theme and use of extra props in the scene, and the overall appeal of the image.
Entry: #27
Title: White Swan Pinup
Artist: Vyusur
PR/ NPR/Halloween: PR
Beautifully done, sexy without being overt, and all superbly rendered.
Entry: # 30
Title: Waiting
Artist: Jonstark
PR/ NPR/Halloween: NPR
Beautiful style, crisp and clean and spot on the brief.
Apologies to thise I wasn't able to vote for, the standard this time has been amazing.
This gets harder and harder each month to judge a winner... the quality of the art is just draw-dropping. Have had to cut down on modelling and viewing some things due to vision problems, but no problem enjoying all of the entries! And Unified Brain, you are a motivating and creative force and many kudos to you in getting so many to enter!
Silene
Entry: #18
Title: Queen of Moonlight
Artist: Jonstark
I'm a Conan fan, too!
Entry: # 27
Title: White Swan pinup
Artist: Vyusur
No post work? Wow!
Entry: #11
Title: Prize-Winning Pumpkin
Artist: PhilW
Really like the fariy-light effects
Entry: #32
Title: Water Sport Monthly - Issue November 2017
Artist: Dartanbeck
Rosie's hair and skin look great!
In looking at the first 10 entries just after they were posted, I remember thinking that this may be difficult.
After the next 22 were posted...
With so many high-quality choices from multiple genres, I decided to make my choices reflect the same variety. So, I picked one from each of the 4 pinup categories I put in the second post of the WIP thread - Advertising, Entertainment, Military Morale, and Holiday Spirit. The process is flawed, but so was every other method I considered. It would have been just as easy to select 4 Halloween pinups (for example) but at least this satisfied my sense of fairness.
It was nice to see so many entries, but the stunning quality of the images was the bigger story here. In voting, there was only a razor's-edge difference between these 4, and at least 10 others:
Entry #1
Title: Pooly Wrapped Mummy
Artist: MDO2010
Comment: Very nice Halloween composition, and the hieroglyphics were oh-so-clever. The cleverness won me over. Could have easily picked 4 others.
Entry #8
Title: Captain Cupcake
Artist: PhilW
Comment: Loved the plane and nose art. When I saw who was piloting, that cinched it.
Entry #9
Title: Advertising
Artist: Magaremoto
Comment: Excellent photoreal render, and the perfect caption.
Entry #10
Title: Date With a Wolf
Artist: Diomede
Comment: Maybe the most clever idea I've ever seen in a Challenge. The question was, could he create a composition which matched the quality of the idea? He did.
Somewhat embarrassed that I didn't select any NPR's, although several were incredible (and getting lots of votes, nice to see). Stezza, Jonstark, et all, my apologies!
Tough choice! I am always amazed at your creativity and skills.
Entry: #32
Title: Water Sport Monthly - Issue November 2017
Artist: Dartanbeck
Entry: # 22
Title: Edith
Artist: Headwax
Entry: # 28
Title: «The confusion of feelings»
Artist: Vyusur
Entry: #13
Title: Joyce Pulls Off An Unexpected Encore
Artist: UnifiedBrain
My votes
Entry: #1
Title: Pooly Wrapped Mummy
Artist: Mark D. Olsen (MDO2010)
Entry: #2
Title: In Space No One Can Hear The Tentacles Coming
Artist: Mark D. Olsen (MDO2010)
Entry: #8
Title: Captain Cupcake
Artist: PhilW
Entry: #11
Title: Prize-Winning Pumpkin
Artist: PhilW
Title: A Woman to die for.
Artist: Namtar
Entry#: 9
Title: advertising
Artist: magaremoto
Entry # 18
Title: Queen of Moonlight
Artist: Jonstark
Entry: # 32
Title: Water Sport Monthly - Issue November 2017
Artist: Dartanbeck
They are all excellent entries! I wish I had known about this challenge. I love pin-up style renders. It's my own fault for being MIA, but outside interests have taken me away from CG as my main creative outlet for the foreseeable future.
Monday is scheduled to be the final voting day. However, a bunch of votes have not yet been cast, so we shall see.
You guys all did a such a great job! I love pinups. :)
My votes:
Entry: #32
Title: Water Sport Monthly - Issue November 2017
Artist: Dartanbeck
PR/ NPR/Halloween: PR
Entry: # 29
Title: Trick or ...... Treat??
Artist: DustRider
PR/ NPR/Halloween: Halloween
Entry: #8
Title: Captain Cupcake
Artist: PhilW
PR/ NPR/Halloween: PR
Entry: # 30
Title: Waiting
Artist: Jonstark
PR/ NPR/Halloween: NPR
Every challenge, it's more and more difficult to make a choice, Each entrie is excellent!
Entry: # 4
Title: "The Dark Gate"
Artist: Vyusur
Entry: # 26
Title: Bad Vicky
Artist: Bunyip02
Entry: #13
Title: Joyce Pulls Off An Unexpected Encore
Artist: UnifiedBrain
Entry: #32
Title: Water Sport Monthly - Issue November 2017
Artist: Dartanbeck
All worth voting for !!!!!!
Entry: #2
Title: In Space No One Can Hear The Tentacles Coming
Artist: Mark D. Olsen (MDO2010)
Entry: # 10
Title: Date with a Wolf
Artist: Diomede (Ted Murphy)
Entry: # 27
Title: «White Swan pinup»
Artist: Vyusur
Entry: #32
Title: Water Sport Monthly - Issue November 2017
Artist: Dartanbeck
Here it is.... from me.
Thanks for the reminder, I needed it.
Entry: #2
Title: In Space No One Can Hear The Tentacles Coming
Artist: Mark D. Olsen (MDO2010)
Entry: # 9
Title: advertising
Artist: magaremoto
Entry: # 20
Title: Oh ...... how many more shots?
Artist: Dustrider
Entry: #32
Title: Water Sport Monthly - Issue November 2017
Artist: Dartanbeck