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It's Raining Men! Annual Contest - Winners Announced!

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  • JonnyRayJonnyRay Posts: 1,744
    edited November 2018
    L'Adair said:
    Kismet2012 said:

    I have often found a contest/challenge gives me the motivation and/or direction I need to create an image.

    +1 It was a Daz contest I really wanted to win that took me from not knowing squat, to finally apply myself to learn Daz Studio.

    It's great motivation, and when you don't have the skills to match your vision, it can be a great learning experience, too. (Search the forums for answers when you get stumped, but use Google. Type in site:www.daz3d.com/forums/ followed by what you're trying use. For example: "site:www.daz3d.com/forums/ dForm weight map" without the quotes. I include the "www." to prevent G from including results from other versions of the site, many of which have answers in languages I don't know.)

    JonnyRay said:

    I'm really looking forward to this contest. I've had a couple of ideas for male based images for a while now, but never found the motivation needed to work on them. This contest is providing that. :) So far about 1/4 of the way to composing my first image.

    I'm looking forward to seeing your art. You're a "newbie" by the rules definition, aren't you? Regardless, I'm pretty sure you're going to have a lot of fun. Welcome to the other MM, (Male Madness!)

    While it would be my first Raining Men entry, I've been using Daz Studio since Victoria 4 was released, so way more than 18 months I'm afraid. ;)

    I've been working on my first entry. I've composed pieces and parts of it. My main character (a Highland Scot) is trying to feed his toddler daughter breakfast, but is being challenged by their small clowder of kittens who want the milk. :)

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  • KnittingmommyKnittingmommy Posts: 8,191
    Chohole said:
    nonesuch00 said:

    As far as quirky goes well those aren't excluded either but were evaluated with the other entries. eg, the cowboy render that won was quirky. There is also a complete category that requires a piece of modeled 3D woman's clothing or accessory to be worn or repurposed in the rendered entry by the modeled male character so that section of the contest is seperate from the other sections and heavily favours entries that most would deem 'quirky'.

    As I offered the prize for the "Quirky"  I think I have the right to define what I meant, so I repeat

    Quirky    Off beat,   unusual in an attractive and interesting way 

     

    I actually like that definition and, as @Chohole says, she donated that prize. She gets to decide how we define what constitutes Quirky. That's the definition I'll be placing on the voting thread to guide people when they vote. I thought long and hard about whether to have this be one of the categories that wasn't up for public voting, but I think our forum members would be great judges of what's Quirky. I think with a specific definition in place, it will aid the voters' while they look at the entries in the end.

  • scorpioscorpio Posts: 8,420
    Knittingmommy said:
    Chohole said:
    nonesuch00 said:

    As far as quirky goes well those aren't excluded either but were evaluated with the other entries. eg, the cowboy render that won was quirky. There is also a complete category that requires a piece of modeled 3D woman's clothing or accessory to be worn or repurposed in the rendered entry by the modeled male character so that section of the contest is seperate from the other sections and heavily favours entries that most would deem 'quirky'.

    As I offered the prize for the "Quirky"  I think I have the right to define what I meant, so I repeat

    Quirky    Off beat,   unusual in an attractive and interesting way 

     

    I actually like that definition and, as @Chohole says, she donated that prize. She gets to decide how we define what constitutes Quirky. That's the definition I'll be placing on the voting thread to guide people when they vote. I thought long and hard about whether to have this be one of the categories that wasn't up for public voting, but I think our forum members would be great judges of what's Quirky. I think with a specific definition in place, it will aid the voters' while they look at the entries in the end.

    Anything to define 'Toon'?

  • scorpioscorpio Posts: 8,420
    Chohole said:
    nonesuch00 said:

    As far as quirky goes well those aren't excluded either but were evaluated with the other entries. eg, the cowboy render that won was quirky. There is also a complete category that requires a piece of modeled 3D woman's clothing or accessory to be worn or repurposed in the rendered entry by the modeled male character so that section of the contest is seperate from the other sections and heavily favours entries that most would deem 'quirky'.

    As I offered the prize for the "Quirky"  I think I have the right to define what I meant, so I repeat

    Quirky    Off beat,   unusual in an attractive and interesting way 

     

    Thank you, I have to admit that nonesuch had me more confused I had no idea that render could be considered Toon or Quirky. I also didn't realise it had a likeness to Tom Petty - I had to look him up. 

     

  • KnittingmommyKnittingmommy Posts: 8,191

    For Toon images, we are looking for those images which have either a cartoon or comic book look to them. You can definitely use a mixture of mediums like having a toon type character in a realistic environment or more realistic images in a more comic book style render. The whole render doesn't need to be a toon, but it does need to be the dominant aspect of the image. I'd love to see some unique and interesting perspectives on the medium.

    When planning a render, think cartoon, manga, comic book, etc. You can achieve these looks with textures and shaders available in the Daz store and I believe there are some free ones available on some free sights. Postwork is a great way of accomplishing the same looks. There are some great filters for doing this in Photoshop, Gimp, and FilterForge as well as other 2D graphic software and online sources.

    There is some great inspiration in the NPR Thread if you still aren't sure. While NPR is a much broader category, there are lots of images in that thread which fall under the description above.

  • evilded777evilded777 Posts: 2,464

    Uploading to the forums seems to be having some difficulty ATM.  Would someone kindly delete my post in the entry thread that I could not attach an image to?

  • KnittingmommyKnittingmommy Posts: 8,191
    evilded777 said:

    Uploading to the forums seems to be having some difficulty ATM.  Would someone kindly delete my post in the entry thread that I could not attach an image to?

    I'm not sure if the site is having issues or not. I can't delete posts. I'd just wait until morning and see if you can upload after the site has had a kick in the servers. These things usually work themselves out.

  • ariochsnowpawariochsnowpaw Posts: 147

    I'm new to Daz and haven't done any rendering for about 15 years.  I'm amazed at how far it has progressed!  Anyways I appreciate this challenge cuz I spent the first few weeks with DS just trying to figure out where everything was and this was just the inspiration I needed to actually put something together.  Hopefully I will be able to figure out how to post it.

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,173
    edited November 2018

    NOT AN ENTRY

    I started this and realized I forgot to repurpose an item.  Nor has the leprechaun outfit been draped.  However, I am in the spirit.  I intend to get the leprechaun in the challenge, just not this project. I was inspired by a recent showing of Darby OGill and the Little People.

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  • StezzaStezza Posts: 8,069

    @diomede_Carrara looking forward to seeing the little fella in the entry thread... awesome modelling in Carrara you have done there yes

     

    Finally submitted my re-purposed render ... that's three in  three categories... all done ( phew ) 

  • SaphirewildSaphirewild Posts: 6,668

    I finally got my fist entry into this contest yay!!!

  • evilded777evilded777 Posts: 2,464
    edited November 2018

    So...it's just me having difficulties I guess.  I have tried multiple versions of the file, multiple browers and even tried from work.  

    Apparently, ampersand in a file name is not a good thing.  Problem solved.

    Post edited by evilded777 on
  • KnittingmommyKnittingmommy Posts: 8,191
    evilded777 said:

    So...it's just me having difficulties I guess.  I have tried multiple versions of the file, multiple browers and even tried from work.  

    Apparently, ampersand in a file name is not a good thing.  Problem solved.

    I'm glad you figured out the problem. :)

  • TimbalesTimbales Posts: 2,343
    edited November 2018

    I've been wanting to do a render of this Japanese Anime and Rock Music mash-up for quite awhile, this contest seemed perfect for it. 

    Sailor Freddie Mercury

     

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  • sb1978sb1978 Posts: 12
    edited November 2018

    First ever daz entry...

     

     

    End game.jpg
    1932 x 2500 - 3M
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  • sb1978sb1978 Posts: 12
    edited November 2018

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  • ariochsnowpawariochsnowpaw Posts: 147

    OK...I really suck at posting stuff in the entry thread so I definitely need to build some skills there....my second entry!  Yay!!!  This was actually a much bigger pain than I anticipated.  Today I learned that there is such a thing as too much light since the original 'daytime' render of this went for 24 hours with a bunch of noise to show for it.  Ended up doing it in 3 separate render and combining them in photoshop.  I seriously need an beefy dedicated render machine.

  • JonnyRayJonnyRay Posts: 1,744

    I've submitted my first entry in the entry thread as well. Link to "Conall's Folly" instead of double posting it here: 

    https://www.daz3d.com/forums/uploads/FileUpload/b5/2866b50c57a5b860c18cc2768a65b2.png

  • sb1978sb1978 Posts: 12
    edited November 2018

    second entry: Farmhand

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  • KnittingmommyKnittingmommy Posts: 8,191
    sb1978 said:

     

    second entry: Farmhand

    @sb1978 Can you go into your post and set the width of your image to 800 px? It would be much apreciated. It's showing up really large in the thread up above.

  • sb1978sb1978 Posts: 12

    sorry, I have it resized.  If it is still too big, just let me know

  • Carola OCarola O Posts: 3,823

    Yay, finally got my first entry into the contest :)

    Teasers

  • KnittingmommyKnittingmommy Posts: 8,191
    sb1978 said:

    sorry, I have it resized.  If it is still too big, just let me know

    It looks good, thanks!

  • Carola OCarola O Posts: 3,823

    And a second entry now too, didn't thought it would be finished yet but the scene went faster than I expected :)

    Desperado

  • scorpioscorpio Posts: 8,420

    Do we have to post our entries in both threads, and if so whats the point of the anonymous voting as all the entries are also in this thread next to the creator's name?

  • Carola OCarola O Posts: 3,823

    All entries are next to the creator's names in the entry thread too, not to mention in the daz gallery and/or dA gallery. But no, we don't Have to post them here. I tend to do it by habit honestly.

  • bohemian3bohemian3 Posts: 1,034
    edited November 2018

    Mates

    Ravi, Michael, and Darius 8 - wanted to work with some of the Gen 8 models.  In finishing it, I see it has a slight male 'Charlie's Angel' theme which came out which I wasn't planning on at first but fun.

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  • dtrscbrutaldtrscbrutal Posts: 515

    Does hair specifically sold for female figures count as a re-purposed item?

  • nonesuch00nonesuch00 Posts: 18,131
    dtrscbrutal said:

    Does hair specifically sold for female figures count as a re-purposed item?

    I seem to remember last year the administrator of the contest (I forgot if it's KnittingMommy i think she is) said hair doesn't count as repurposed and neither do pose sets, or skin texture sets. They want clothing and/or accessories mostly I think. 

    I expect she'll come along though and clarify the rules, especially if I remember wrong.

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    dtrscbrutal said:

    Does hair specifically sold for female figures count as a re-purposed item?

    From the first post in the thread


    Separate prize for Best, Most Original Re-Purposed Non-Male clothing Item 
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