The Great Render Challenge
Are you looking for a chance to showcase your skills and creativity? Do you have a passion for creating stunning 3D images that tell a story? If so, then get ready for our brand-new contest!
Introducing the The Great Render Challenge, a competition designed to showcase the best and brightest from around the world, here at Daz3d. We're looking for individuals who can create breathtaking scenes that capture the imagination and bring stories to life.
Each week, we'll provide the name of two new Genesis 9 characters that you must include in your scene, along with a theme that you can interpret in any way you like. You'll have the creative freedom to bring your ideas to life and create scenes that are both beautiful and thought-provoking.
We're looking for you to create realistic, immersive scenes that transport the viewer to another world. We want to see your creativity shine and your artistic vision come to life.
But this contest is more than just a chance to show off your skills. It's an opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals, and gain valuable feedback and insights. We believe that 3D art is the future of digital media, and we want to see you pushing the boundaries of what's possible.
To enter, simply create a 3D scene that includes the two specific characters of the week and fits the theme. Submit your entry before the deadline. Each week, we'll select a winner based on creativity, technical skill, and overall impact.
But the fun doesn't stop there. Each week, the winners will receive prizes, and their scene will be featured on our website and social media channels. Plus, all finalists will have the opportunity to have their entries showcased on our site, giving them exposure and recognition within our 3D art community.
So what are you waiting for? Let your creativity run wild and enter our 3D art contest for a chance to win big and make a name for yourself. We can't wait to see what you create!
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RULES
This challenge is open to individuals only. Groups are not allowed. DAZ3D Employees and members of their immediate families are not eligible to enter. Void where prohibited.
If you are selected for a prize in the challenge, you agree that the New User Contest Organizers may publicize your community name and the artwork you submitted to the Challenge Thread. Apart from the prizes associated with your image being selected for a prize, the New User Challenge organizers shall not be obligated to compensate you in any way for such publicity.
Each entrant shall indemnify, defend, and hold the New User Contest Organizers and DAZ3D harmless from any third party claims arising from or related to that entrant's participation in the challenge. In no event shall the New User Challenge organizers or DAZ3D be liable for acts or omissions arising out of or related to the challenge or to an entrant's participation in the challenge.
All taxes, including income taxes, are the sole responsibility of winners.
No prize substitution is permitted.
Winner(s) may be required to verify their entry.
YOU MUST:
Be logged in to your DAZ3D Forum account to participate in the Challenge Thread. Annonymous or Guest Posts will not be reviewed for prizes.
Add your image in .jpg format to the thread.
Upload your image using the Post Reply - Browse to Attachment feature (In other words please do not link to your image but rather post it to the thread)
Submit no more then 2 images to any one challenge.
Include the following information in your posts:
----Image Title
----Software Used to Create the Image.
Follow the DAZ Terms of Service. No nudity, violence or profanity will be allowed.
Please post images created specifically for this challenge and not previously available for public viewing.
All entries MUST BE RENDERED in 3D software using the characters for the specific challenge. No AI will be considered for prizes.
Great Render Challenge: WEEK 1!
Create a render in Daz Studio using Lawrence 9 and Julia 9
Renders can feature other characters, structures, vehicles, and any other item as long as it follows Daz 3D’s guidelines.
Post your submission on the Daz Gallery with the tag #GreatRenderChallenge
Post your submission in the entry thread
All entries must be posted in both places by midnight MST on 4/25
You may post your entries on your social media platform of choice using the #GreatRenderChallenge and #MadeWithDaz tags
Entries will be accepted from 4/20 through 4/25 (days end at midnight MST) !!
(Entry thread will be posted at midnight MST)
This Week's Prizes:
First Place: $100 Daz Store Credit
Second Place: $50 Daz Store Credit
Third Place: $25 Daz Store Credit
ENTRY SUBMISSION THREAD:
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/630201/the-great-render-challenge-week-1-submission-thread
WINNERS for Great Render Challenge: WEEK 1!
We are so excited to announce our first round of winners for the Great Render Challenge!!
In Third Place, earning $25 of Store Credit:
Rescue Operation by apprentice
https://www.daz3d.com/gallery/user/5674891626938368#image=1287366
In Second Place, earning $50 of Store Credit:
Dreams Never Die by lady-sahmara-photo
https://www.daz3d.com/gallery#gallery=newest&page=6&image=1287108
In First Place, earning $100 of Store Credit:
stay with me..... by Saidge42
https://www.daz3d.com/gallery/user/5351923544752128#gallery=newest&page=1&image=1287361
As an added bonus, we have one Honorable Mention for an Imaginative Storyline earning $5 of Store Credit:
The Intrusive Horse Incident by acb
https://www.daz3d.com/gallery#gallery=newest&page=8&image=1286921
I will be sending the winners PMs to confirm your store email address so we can get you your prizes as quickly as possible!
Thank you to everyone who submitted entries for the first week of The Great Render Contest! We loved seeing what everyone came up with, and we hope you join us for Week 2!
Great Render Challenge: WEEK 2!
This week's theme is: Competition
Create a render in Daz Studio using Lawrence 9 and Kiri 9
Renders can feature other characters, structures, vehicles, and any other item as long as it follows Daz 3D’s guidelines.
Post your submission on the Daz Gallery with the tag #GreatRenderChallenge
Post your submission in the entry thread
All entries must be posted in both places by midnight MST on 5/2
You may post your entries on your social media platform of choice using the #GreatRenderChallenge and #MadeWithDaz tags
Entries will be accepted from 4/27 through 5/2 (days end at midnight MST) !
This Week's Prizes:
First Place: $100 Daz Store Credit
Second Place: $50 Daz Store Credit
Third Place: $25 Daz Store Credit
ENTRY SUBMISSION THREAD:
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/631166/the-great-render-challenge-week-2-submission-thread
WINNERS for Great Render Challenge: WEEK 2!
We are so excited to announce our second round of winners for the Great Render Challenge!!
In Third Place, earning $25 of Store Credit:
The Competition by marqueA2
https://www.daz3d.com/gallery/user/4642126713323520#gallery=album3541036&page=1&image=1288096
In Second Place, earning $50 of Store Credit:
Bullseye! by jecswp
https://www.daz3d.com/gallery/user/6316860844802048?edit=albums#gallery=album7751431&page=1&image=1288054
In First Place, earning $100 of Store Credit:
The Game by Morgan MacAilis
https://www.daz3d.com/gallery/user/6231780495458304?edit=albums#gallery=album1228&page=1&image=1288314
As an added bonus, we have one Honorable Mention for incorporating Kiri's bundle theme earning $5 of Store Credit:
And the Winner is ... by lady-sahmara-photo
https://www.daz3d.com/gallery#gallery=newest&page=6&image=1288184
I will be sending the winners PMs to confirm your store email address so we can get you your prizes as quickly as possible!
Thank you to everyone who submitted entries for the second week of The Great Render Contest! We really enjoyed everything, and it was so hard to pick winners! We hope to see you all for week 3!
Great Render Challenge: WEEK 3!
This week's theme is: Adventure
Create a render in Daz Studio using Kiri 9 and Nathan 9
Renders can feature other characters, structures, vehicles, and any other item as long as it follows Daz 3D’s guidelines.
Post your submission on the Daz Gallery with the tag #GreatRenderChallenge
Post your submission in the entry thread
All entries must be posted in both places by midnight MST on 5/9
You may post your entries on your social media platform of choice using the #GreatRenderChallenge and #MadeWithDaz tags
Entries will be accepted from 5/4 through 5/9 (days end at midnight MST) !
This Week's Prizes:
First Place: $100 Daz Store Credit
Second Place: $50 Daz Store Credit
Third Place: $25 Daz Store Credit
ENTRY SUBMISSION THREAD:
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/632171/the-great-render-challenge-week-3-submission-thread
WINNERS for Great Render Challenge: WEEK 3!
We are so excited to announce our third round of winners for the Great Render Challenge!!
In Third Place, earning $25 of Store Credit:
Reality is Just a Construct by Destiny's design
https://www.daz3d.com/gallery/#image=1288881
In Second Place, earning $50 of Store Credit:
Just Another Day in Cyber City by mazinkaiserzero
https://www.daz3d.com/gallery/#image=1289394
In First Place, earning $100 of Store Credit:
Ready for Adventure by rafidew
https://www.daz3d.com/gallery/#image=1289135
As an added bonus, we have one Honorable Mention for charming the judges earning $5 of Store Credit:
Dino Adventure by Abstract Soul
https://www.daz3d.com/gallery/#image=1289178
I will be sending the winners PMs to confirm your store email address so we can get you your prizes as quickly as possible!
Thank you to everyone who submitted entries for the second week of The Great Render Contest! It's getting harder and harder to judge these! We're loving what you guys are coming up with! We hope to see you all for week 4!
Great Render Challenge: WEEK 4!
This week's theme is: Summer Fun
Create a render in Daz Studio using Nathan 9 and either JS Sarah HD or ES3D Sammy HD
Renders can feature other characters, structures, vehicles, and any other item as long as it follows Daz 3D’s guidelines.
Post your submission on the Daz Gallery and post the link with your entry here
Post your submission in the entry thread
All entries must be posted in both places by midnight MST on 5/16
You may post your entries on your social media platform of choice using the #GreatRenderChallenge and #MadeWithDaz tags
Entries will be accepted from 5/11 through 5/16 (days end at midnight MST) !
This Week's Prizes:
First Place: $100 Daz Store Credit
Second Place: $50 Daz Store Credit
Third Place: $25 Daz Store Credit
ENTRY SUBMISSION THREAD:
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/633156/the-great-render-challenge-week-4-submission-thread
WINNERS for Great Render Challenge: WEEK 4!
We are so excited to announce our fourth round of winners for the Great Render Challenge!!
In Third Place, earning $25 of Store Credit:
Beachy Tricks by acb
https://www.daz3d.com/gallery/#image=1289824
In Second Place, earning $50 of Store Credit:
Fairground Affair by Censored
https://www.daz3d.com/gallery/user/6077145388417024#gallery=newest&page=1&image=1290322
In First Place, earning $100 of Store Credit:
Ridge Loop, 6pm by paulawp (marahzen)
https://www.daz3d.com/gallery/#image=1289835
I will be sending the winners PMs to confirm your store email address so we can get you your prizes as quickly as possible!
Thank you to everyone who submitted entries for this week of The Great Render Contest! We're loving all the renders we're seeing! We hope you join us for Week 5! There's only 2 weeks left!
Great Render Challenge: WEEK 5!
This week's theme is: World Travelers
Create a render in Daz Studio using Kala 9 and either JS Sarah HD or ES3D Sammy HD
Renders can feature other characters, structures, vehicles, and any other item as long as it follows Daz 3D’s guidelines.
Post your submission on the Daz Gallery and post the link with your entry here
Post your submission in the entry thread
All entries must be posted in both places by midnight MST on 5/23
You may post your entries on your social media platform of choice using the #GreatRenderChallenge and #MadeWithDaz tags
Entries will be accepted from 5/18 through 5/23 (days end at midnight MST) !
This Week's Prizes:
First Place: $100 Daz Store Credit
Second Place: $50 Daz Store Credit
Third Place: $25 Daz Store Credit
ENTRY SUBMISSION THREAD:
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/634096/the-great-render-challenge-week-5-submission-thread
WINNERS for Great Render Challenge: WEEK 5!
We are so excited to announce our fifth round of winners for the Great Render Challenge!!
In Third Place, earning $25 of Store Credit:
Those Who Do Not Travel Read Only One Page by Destiny's Design
https://www.daz3d.com/gallery/user/5828745579462656#gallery=newest&page=1&image=1291539
In Second Place, earning $50 of Store Credit:
Ditching The Paparazzi's by ripmagnum
https://www.daz3d.com/gallery#gallery=newest&page=1&image=1291507
In First Place, earning $100 of Store Credit:
Roadtrip by Carola O
https://www.daz3d.com/gallery/user/6000538969702400#gallery=newest&page=1&image=1291477
As a bonus, we have an Honorable Mention because who doesn't love a story with a blue box earning $5 of Store Credit:
Kala's First Ride in the Blue Box by marqueA2
https://www.daz3d.com/gallery/user/4642126713323520#gallery=newest&page=1&image=1291611
I will be sending the winners PMs to confirm your store email address so we can get you your prizes as quickly as possible!
Thank you to everyone who submitted entries for this week of The Great Render Contest! We hope you join us for our final week of the Great Render Challenge-- Week 6!
Great Render Challenge: WEEK 6!
This week's theme is: Friendship
Create a render in Daz Studio using Kala 9 and Ally 9.
Renders can feature other characters, structures, vehicles, and any other item as long as it follows Daz 3D’s guidelines.
Post your submission on the Daz Gallery and post the link with your entry here
Post your submission in the entry thread
All entries must be posted in both places by midnight MST on 5/30
You may post your entries on your social media platform of choice using the #GreatRenderChallenge and #MadeWithDaz tags
Entries will be accepted from 5/25 through 5/30 (days end at midnight MST) !
This Week's Prizes:
First Place: $100 Daz Store Credit
Second Place: $50 Daz Store Credit
Third Place: $25 Daz Store Credit
OUR FINAL WEEK!
ENTRY SUBMISSION THREAD:
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/635046/the-great-render-challenge-week-6-submission-thread
WINNERS for Great Render Challenge: WEEK 6!
We are so excited to announce our sixth and final round of winners for the Great Render Challenge!!
In Third Place, earning $25 of Store Credit:
Fun at the Pool by ioonrxoon
https://www.daz3d.com/gallery/#image=1292498
In Second Place, earning $50 of Store Credit:
Ally's New Friend by babyeatindingo
https://www.daz3d.com/gallery/#image=1292336
In First Place, earning $100 of Store Credit:
Proof your friendship, go camping by JUJU
https://www.daz3d.com/gallery/user/6049261565247488#image=1292532
As a bonus, we have a final Honorable Mention earning $5 of Store Credit:
Hanging Out by rafidew
https://www.daz3d.com/gallery/user/4719083568234496#gallery=album6546541&page=1&image=1292536
I will be sending the winners PMs to confirm your store email address so we can get you your prizes as quickly as possible! So if you won PLEASE CHECK YOUR FORUM INBOX
Thank you to everyone who submitted entries for this week of The Great Render Contest! We've loved seeing all the fantastic renders you guys have come up with in Genesis 9! Hopefully we'll be able to do some more contests like this soon!
yay!
"...two new Genesis 9 characters..." That lets me out.
On April 12, this was posted: "Create a render in Daz Studio using (TONIGHT'S RELEASE) and Julia". What product does TONIGHT'S RELEASE refer too? That's a pretty cryptic requirement.
It hasn't been released yet, so I can't put the name in. When it has, I can, and I will, and I will post the entries thread.
Oh, I see. Since you posted TONIGHT'S RELEASE on April 12, I assumed it was something released on April 12.
That was posted in an edit on the 19th. I'm not sure why it isn't showing being edited.
Lawrence and Julia are our two characters for this week.
submit your pics!! You only have one week!!!
How is this meant? Do you have to include BOTH charakter or one of them?
Yes. Both characters in image.
Do they have to be "out of the box" or can we mix morphs, makeup, brows, nails, etc...
While I love the contest idea and it sounds like a lot of fun, I do have a question, or a concern really. Will these new releases be Genesis 9 figures only? Cost is a factor for me. USD is not my country's currency so I end up paying about a third more than the posted cost. Most of the content I buy these days is during a flash sale when I can get items for $5 or less. (Thanks for those, by the way!) That means I have been (mostly) staying away from Genesis 9 figures and content.
Quick question,does it have to be a render? Would a gif or short movie be optional,or is that a no go.
+ 1 _ thanx
The render does not have to be a still. It could be a gif or movie or moving image.
Don't have Lawrence and unless the Julia discount ends up applying to just Lawrence, I won't be getting him, but I have a question.
It says (6.) No... violence...
The lawrence bundles are all military. MANY things sold in the daz store could be construed as revolving around violence. Guns, bladed objects, other types of weapons, blood/gore/injury packs/morphs/decals/shaders, monstrous violent creatures, corpses, interhal human organs, realistic guts, etc. Some things in the story feature advertisement renders with decapitated monsters, highly maimed characters, or creatures eating someone/something's insides. So what is the ruler for this render is "violent" so not allowed because it breaks TOS and this render is just using the violent items in a realistic intention for such items but being acceptable?
As per gallery and forum TOS.
Could you point me to the specific rules via link if not what is defined at https://www.daz3d.com/terms-of-service in the "Gallery and Posted Image Conduct" section? For simplicity I have posted an attachment of that section, but I don't know if there is another set of rules that would apply that I can't find. I say this because posted section 6 said no violence. I asked for a ruler ( a guideline) as to what counted as violence since the post said no violence. The gallery and posted image conduct section of Terms & Conditions does "not" state violence is "not" allowed. Instead it specifically states the below:
Images will not display rape, torture, or the act of physical mutilation.
Images that may appear gratuitously violent will be reviewed by the staff of this site for their appropriateness for inclusion in the gallery.
Images that contain depictions of children are especially sensitive and will be reviewed even more strictly than other such images.
The above I would condsider a good description of allowed content (ruler or guideline). But, if that is the case then violence would be allowed within the limitations of the ToS which is different then no violence at all. If there is another set of rules, though, that superceed that, I just need to know where they are so I could make sure I don't cross any lines. I like horror and that can push boundaries, so a clear distinct line is useful.
Thanks.
We used the word "violence" to describe the above scenarios. We wish everything to be SFW (safe for work), so no graphic horror, or graphic depictions of rape, torture, or acts of physical mutilation.
Just remember that this is a PG-13 environment, anything beyond that will not be considered.
Thankyou for the reply. That was more clear and helpful. I was very confused as the term violence is very browd and many things can be considered "violence" based on the viewie including many of todays core bundle images one example being Kindred Arts VDB Explositions. For wording purposes something like no graphic violence or extreme violence is probably generally clearer then just no violence as something as simple as a fist fight or martial art combat scene would technically be violence. So with that, now I know "violence" is allowed as long as it does not encroach into the areas talked about on the page I found. Or in other words, PG-13 level violence is likely not an issue.