Yearly Contest 3: Final Submissions

[BoBo_the_seal]

The deadline is extended to Nov. 19 so that everyone can get their work in. In this thread, please post your personal details such as NAME, EMAIL, WEB ADDRESS, and links (not images) for the following:

• Flat shaded model with wire-frame (FRONT, BACK, SIDE and PERSPECTIVE) along with POLYCOUNTER showing the correct polycount based on the triangle count.
• Textured model (FRONT, BACK, SIDE and PERSPECTIVE)
• All texture sheets created.
• Any concept created for the challenge (optional)

In addition to the links above please post one Beauty Render (image) within your post (no bigger than 800 pixels wide).

*** Please do not post in this thread unless you are submitting your work. This thread is for submissions only.***

[Thermidor]

Here we go!

NAME: Erik Brear
EMAIL ADDRESS: erikbrear@hotmail.com

http://www.zombiedesign.com/polycountbits/sub/beauty2.jpg

Flat Shaded Ortho views

flatshade (http://www.zombiedesign.com/polycountbits/sub/flatshaded1.jpg)

Ortho views with texture normal ambient and spot

Front (http://www.zombiedesign.com/polycountbits/sub/front1.jpg)
Side (http://www.zombiedesign.com/polycountbits/sub/side1.jpg)
Back (http://www.zombiedesign.com/polycountbits/sub/back1.jpg)

pers view with texture normal ambient and spot

Perspective (http://www.zombiedesign.com/polycountbits/sub/pers1.jpg)

Big Beauty Render

BigBeauty (http://www.zombiedesign.com/polycountbits/sub/beauty.jpg)

Normal Map

normal (http://www.zombiedesign.com/polycountbits/sub/normal.jpg)

Colour Map

Colour (http://www.zombiedesign.com/polycountbits/sub/colour.jpg)

Spec Map (not used due to technical)

spec (http://www.zombiedesign.com/polycountbits/sub/spec.jpg)

All my textures have been resized to 512x512 so they will fit here ...

The reason i didnt use the spec map in the end was i couldnt get maya to display colour normal and spec in a rendered viewport accurately.

[joolz8000]

NAME: Julian De Puma
E-MAIL: joolz8000@comcast.net
WEBSITE: www.spacemental.com (http://www.spacemental.com)

Flat shaded model with wire-frame (http://home.comcast.net/~spacemental/crystal_final/f-wires.jpg)
Screenshot with polycounter (7,497 tris) (http://home.comcast.net/~spacemental/crystal_final/f-pcount.jpg)
Textured model (http://home.comcast.net/~spacemental/crystal_final/f-textured.jpg)

Color map; upper body, (reduced from 2048 to 512) (http://home.comcast.net/~spacemental/crystal_final/torso_sm.jpg)
Normal map; upper body, (reduced from 2048 to 512) (http://home.comcast.net/~spacemental/crystal_final/torso1_normal_sm.jpg)
Specular map; upper body, (reduced from 2048 to 512) (http://home.comcast.net/~spacemental/crystal_final/torso_spec_sm.jpg)

Color map; legs, (reduced from 1024 to 512) (http://home.comcast.net/~spacemental/crystal_final/crystal1_dif_sm.jpg)
Normal map; legs, (reduced from 1024 to 512) (http://home.comcast.net/~spacemental/crystal_final/crystal1_normal_sm.jpg)
Specular map; legs, (reduced from 1024 to 512) (http://home.comcast.net/~spacemental/crystal_final/crystal1_spec_sm.jpg)

Alpha bits (cropped, taken from both color maps) (http://home.comcast.net/~spacemental/crystal_final/alpha_bits.jpg)

Concept 1 (http://home.comcast.net/~spacemental/crystl1.jpg)
Concept 2 (http://home.comcast.net/~spacemental/crystl2.jpg)
Concept 3 (http://home.comcast.net/~spacemental/crystl3.jpg)

Original thread (http://boards.polycount.net/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=3303&an=0&page=0#3303)

Beauty render:
http://home.comcast.net/~spacemental/crystal_final/sunset-sm.jpg
Beauty render, slightly bigger (http://home.comcast.net/~spacemental/crystal_final/sunset3.jpg)
Posed renders, much, much bigger (http://home.comcast.net/~spacemental/crystal_final/f-action.jpg)

[FAT_CAP]

OK here it is - final submission time.

NAME: Sam Chester
EMAIL ADDRESS: Fat_Cap_Designs@YahooNOSPAM.co.uk (Remove the word NOSPAM from the address)
WWW address: http://www.fatcap.hostultra.com/SHOWREEL/ (temporary - old - site)


Concept work (http://www.fatcap.hostultra.com/elementals/for%20web/painted.jpg)

Wireframe with Polycount (not the top polycount for selected objects - not the number underneath which was taking the Bones and Nulls into account. Total polycount of character - 7446
Wireframes (http://www.fatcap.hostultra.com/elementals/for%20web/screen.jpg)

Flat Shaded Ortho views (http://www.fatcap.hostultra.com/elementals/for%20web/flatview.jpg)

Non-Textured Shaded Ortho Views (http://www.fatcap.hostultra.com/elementals/for%20web/flat.jpg)

Ortho views with default lighting setup (1 light) (http://www.fatcap.hostultra.com/elementals/for%20web/shaded.jpg)

Posed Beauty Render 1 (http://www.fatcap.hostultra.com/elementals/for%20web/posed1.jpg)

Posed Beaty Render 2 (Behind) (http://www.fatcap.hostultra.com/elementals/for%20web/posed2.jpg)

Normal Map resized to 512x512 (http://www.fatcap.hostultra.com/elementals/for%20web/normalmap_7.jpg)

Colour Map resized to 512x512 (http://www.fatcap.hostultra.com/elementals/for%20web/colourmap.jpg)

Spec Map resized to 512x512 (http://www.fatcap.hostultra.com/elementals/for%20web/spec.jpg)

http://www.fatcap.hostultra.com/elementals/for%20web/posed1.jpg

[Illusions]

Name: John Reusch
Email Address: IllusionsCG@Gmail.com
Website: N/A (No hosting, still underconstruction...)

Model: Shao'Ha, the Smoke Elemental...

Concept Sketch:

Smoke Elemental Concept (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v38/Illusions/SmokeConceptFront.jpg)

Texture Maps:

Head Diffuse Map (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v38/Illusions/UVMap_Head_Diffuse.jpg)
Head Normal Map (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v38/Illusions/UVMap_Head_Normal.jpg)
Head Specular Map (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v38/Illusions/UVMap_Head_Specular.jpg)

Body Diffuse Map (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v38/Illusions/UVMap_Body_Diffuse.jpg) - *
Body Specular Map (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v38/Illusions/UVMap_Body_Specular.jpg) - *
Body Normal Map (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v38/Illusions/UVMap_Body_Normal.jpg) - *

*-Reduced from 2048x2048 to 1024x1024 to meet Photobucket file size limits

Textured Views:

Front View: Textured (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v38/Illusions/Textured_Front.jpg)
Back View: Textured (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v38/Illusions/Textured_Back.jpg)
Perspective View: Textured (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v38/Illusions/Textured_Perspective.jpg)
Side View: Textured (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v38/Illusions/Textured_Side.jpg)

Fladshaded w/ Wire Views:

Front View: Flat Shaded/Wire (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v38/Illusions/FlatWire_Front.jpg)
Back View: Flat Shaded/Wire (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v38/Illusions/FlatWire_Back.jpg)
Perspective View: Flat Shaded/Wire (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v38/Illusions/FlatWire_Perspective.jpg)
Side View: Flat Shaded/Wire (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v38/Illusions/FlatWire_Side.jpg)

Polycounter (7326 Tri's):

Four Views w/ Polycounter Window (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v38/Illusions/Polycounter.jpg)

Beauty Render:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v38/Illusions/beautyrender_2.jpg

[Sectaurs]

Name: Ian Wells
Email Address: Sectaurs@hotmail.com
Website: N/A (No hosting, still underconstruction...)

Model: Sylph, Air Elemental

Concept Sketch:

Air Elemental Concept (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v192/Sectaurs/Pimpage/Sylph_02.jpg)

Texture Maps:

Body Diffuse Map (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v192/Sectaurs/Pimpage/Sylph_Body_Tex.jpg) - *
Body Normal Map (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v192/Sectaurs/Pimpage/Sylph_Body_Norm.jpg) - *
Body Self Illumination Map (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v192/Sectaurs/Pimpage/Sylph_Body_Illume.jpg) - *

Wing Diffuse Map (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v192/Sectaurs/Pimpage/Sylph_Wing_Tex.jpg)
Wing Opacity Map (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v192/Sectaurs/Pimpage/Sylph_Wing_Alpha.jpg)

*-Reduced from 2048x2048 to 1024x1024 and again apparently to something smaller to meet Photobucket file size limits.

Textured Views:

Front View: Textured (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v192/Sectaurs/Pimpage/Sylph_Front_Tex.jpg)
Back View: Textured (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v192/Sectaurs/Pimpage/Sylph_Back_Tex.jpg)
Perspective View: Textured (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v192/Sectaurs/Pimpage/Sylph_Pers_Tex.jpg)
Side View: Textured (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v192/Sectaurs/Pimpage/Sylph_Side_Tex.jpg)

Fladshaded w/ Wire Views:

Front View: Flat Shaded/Wire (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v192/Sectaurs/Pimpage/Sylph_Front_Wire.jpg)
Back View: Flat Shaded/Wire (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v192/Sectaurs/Pimpage/Sylph_Back_Wire.jpg)
Perspective View: Flat Shaded/Wire (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v192/Sectaurs/Pimpage/Sylph_Pers_Wire.jpg)
Side View: Flat Shaded/Wire (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v192/Sectaurs/Pimpage/Sylph_Side_Wire.jpg)

Polycounter (7498 Tri's):

Four Views w/ Polycounter Window (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v192/Sectaurs/Pimpage/Sylph_Polycounter.jpg)

Beauty Render:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v192/Sectaurs/Pimpage/Sylph_beauty.jpg

[snemmy]

NAME: Travis Keene
EMAIL: mtravisk@excite.com
WEBSITE: http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/cottages/socialnemesis

MODEL: Queen of Winter, Ice Elemental

Concept Sketch:

Queen of Winter (http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/cottages/socialnemesis/stuff/elemental/elemental_concept.jpg)

Four Views with Poly Counter:

Poly Count (6092 polies) (http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/cottages/socialnemesis/stuff/elemental/poly_count.gif)


Flat Shaded with Wire:

Front Wire (http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/cottages/socialnemesis/stuff/elemental/elemental_front_wire.jpg)
Back Wire (http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/cottages/socialnemesis/stuff/elemental/elemental_back_wire.jpg)
Right Wire (http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/cottages/socialnemesis/stuff/elemental/elemental_right_wire.jpg)
Perspective Wire (http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/cottages/socialnemesis/stuff/elemental/elemental_persp_wire.jpg)


Textured:

Front Textured (http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/cottages/socialnemesis/stuff/elemental/elemental_front_tex.jpg)
Back Textured (http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/cottages/socialnemesis/stuff/elemental/elemental_back_tex.jpg)
Right Textured (http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/cottages/socialnemesis/stuff/elemental/elemental_right_tex.jpg)
Perspective Textured (http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/cottages/socialnemesis/stuff/elemental/elemental_persp_tex.jpg)


Texture Maps:

Body:
Body Diffuse: resized from 2048x1024 (http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/cottages/socialnemesis/stuff/elemental/diffuse_body.jpg)
Body Normal: resized from 2048x1024 (http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/cottages/socialnemesis/stuff/elemental/normal_body.jpg)
Body Specular: resized from 2048x1024 (http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/cottages/socialnemesis/stuff/elemental/spec_body.jpg)

Secondary:
Secondary Diffuse: resized from 1024x1024 (http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/cottages/socialnemesis/stuff/elemental/diffuse_secondary.jpg)
Secondary Normal: resized from 1024x1024 (http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/cottages/socialnemesis/stuff/elemental/normal_secondary.jpg)
Secondary Specular: resized from 1024x1024 (http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/cottages/socialnemesis/stuff/elemental/spec_secondary.jpg)

Wings:
Wings Diffuse: resized from 1024x1024 (http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/cottages/socialnemesis/stuff/elemental/diffuse_wings.jpg)
Wings Normal: resized from 1024x1024 (http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/cottages/socialnemesis/stuff/elemental/normal_wings.jpg)
Wings Specular: resized from 1024x1024 (http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/cottages/socialnemesis/stuff/elemental/spec_wings.jpg)


Beauty Render:

http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/cottages/socialnemesis/stuff/elemental/elemental_beauty_half.jpg
Beauty Full (http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/cottages/socialnemesis/stuff/elemental/elemental_beauty.jpg)

[Neo_God]

Name: Alex Hollenbach
Email Address: Neo_God_1 at Hotmail.com
Website: None, Still working on it

Model: Earth Elemental

Concept Sketch :
Concept by Shimmer (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/Neo_God/Earth%20Elemental/shimmer_elemental.jpg)

Maps:
Scaled down from 2048x2048 to 1024x1024

Diffuse (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/Neo_God/Earth%20Elemental/Diffuse.jpg)
Normal (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/Neo_God/Earth%20Elemental/Normal.jpg)
Specular (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/Neo_God/Earth%20Elemental/Spec.jpg)
Self Illumination (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/Neo_God/Earth%20Elemental/Illum.jpg)


Textured Views:

Front (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/Neo_God/Earth%20Elemental/Front.jpg)
Back (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/Neo_God/Earth%20Elemental/Back.jpg)
left (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/Neo_God/Earth%20Elemental/Left.jpg)
right (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/Neo_God/Earth%20Elemental/Right.jpg)
Perspective (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/Neo_God/Earth%20Elemental/Perspec.jpg)

Fladshaded with Wires Views:

Front (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/Neo_God/Earth%20Elemental/Front-flat.jpg)
Back (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/Neo_God/Earth%20Elemental/back-flat.jpg)
left (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/Neo_God/Earth%20Elemental/left-flat.jpg)
right (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/Neo_God/Earth%20Elemental/right-flat.jpg)
Perspective (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/Neo_God/Earth%20Elemental/Perspec-flat.jpg)

Polycounter:
4 views with polycounter (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/Neo_God/Earth%20Elemental/polycount.jpg)

Beauty Render:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/Neo_God/Earth%20Elemental/Beauty.jpg

[LtEthe]

NAME: Ian Mankowski
EMAIL: ian@legentertainment.com
WEBSITE: www.legentertainment.com (http://www.legentertainment.com)


LAUDEL: Water elemental of the deep.
http://www.legentertainment.com/images/Laudel%20Renders/pretty.jpg

POLYCOUNT: 7290(TRIS)
FLAT SHADED
Perspective Flat Shaded (http://www.legentertainment.com/images/Laudel%20Renders/perspectivewire.jpg)
bottom Flat Shaded (http://www.legentertainment.com/images/Laudel%20Renders/bottomwire.jpg)
top Flat Shaded (http://www.legentertainment.com/images/Laudel%20Renders/topwire.jpg)
side Flat Shaded (http://www.legentertainment.com/images/Laudel%20Renders/sidewire.jpg)



TEXTURES:All textures 2048x2048, resized down to 512x512
Diffuse Map (http://www.legentertainment.com/images/Laudel%20Renders/LaudelColor.jpg)
Illumination Map (http://www.legentertainment.com/images/Laudel%20Renders/LaudelLight.jpg)
Spec Map (http://www.legentertainment.com/images/Laudel%20Renders/LaudelSpec.jpg)
Normal Map (http://www.legentertainment.com/images/Laudel%20Renders/LaudelTangent1.jpg)

TEXTURED ORTHOGRAPHIC:
Bottom Shade (http://www.legentertainment.com/images/Laudel%20Renders/bottom.jpg)
Side Shade (http://www.legentertainment.com/images/Laudel%20Renders/side.jpg)
Perspective Shade (http://www.legentertainment.com/images/Laudel%20Renders/perspective.jpg)
TopShade (http://www.legentertainment.com/images/Laudel%20Renders/top.jpg)

CONCEPTS:
Concept1 (http://www.legentertainment.com/images/Laudel%20Renders/Laudle3S.jpg)
ColorStudy (http://www.legentertainment.com/images/Laudel%20Renders/Laudle8S.jpg)

[BoBo_the_seal]

ok, contest is over. Since there are so few, I'm going to gather a group of judges to decide the winner. Great job guys!

[BoBo_the_seal]

I’d like to thank everyone who joined in on this challenge. Even if you didn’t finish I hope you used it as a learning opportunity. Since there were fewer contestants than anticipated I will be awarding prizes to the top 2 spots.

I asked the judges to submit their top three pics. I then awarded a point based system to the choices. 1st was worth 3 points, 2nd worth 2 points, and 3rd worth 1 point. I then added up the results to get our winners.

The results broke down as follows (sorted by judge):
Juan Martinez (monster): Illusions, Fat_Cap, and Neo_god
Jason Sallenbach (Dark Horizon): thermidor, Fat Cap, Illusions
Paul Warzecha: (The_Bird): Illusions, Sectaurs, Fat_Cap
Josh Stubbles (Vasago): Fat_Cap, Illusions, Sectaurs
Brian Jones (BoBo the seal): Neo_God, Illusions, Fat_Cap
Ben Mathews (Poopinmymouth): Illusions, Fat_Cap, Neo God

Point Tally:
Illusions: 12
Fat_Cap: 11
Neo_god: 5
Sectaurs: 3
Thermidor: 3

Illusions took first place with Fat Cap close behind. Congratulations contestants and I hope to see y’all in the next one!

- BoBo

[snemmy]

congratulations Illusions, Fat_Cap and Neo_God! /images/graemlins/laugh.gif
all great entries.

[Sectaurs]

congrats Illusions! yours was a great entry, and its not surprise it took top billing.

was nice to have the oppurtunity to learn normal-maps with the rest of you who participated, misery loves company /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[MoP]

Congrats winners!
Although I have to say the overall standard was impressively high - there is not a bad model among these, they all look great.
Bobo: I'd have thought you knew Ben's name by now... /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[joolz8000]

Congrats, all ye winners! It really was excellent work all around. I had gobs of fun and hope we can all do it again real soon.

[Illusions]

/images/graemlins/smile.gif It was nice competing with all of you. Sectaurs, still think that you had one kickass creative idea for an Air elemental....and yes, you're right misery does love company. So you better be there for the next competition as well /images/graemlins/tongue.gif . And Joolz your unicorn eater has to be the most amusing entry out of all of them...and you did crystals! Wondering how you pulled that off so nicely...
And...Snemmy, you modelled an Ice Queen, and I always have a warm spot in my heart for the Ice Queens...

Hopefully we'll see a larger turnout for the next comp, as these things that Bobo puts together seem to be quite educational and challenging. Probably wouldn't have touched a normal map, or even made a highpoly game model for a while. Now...I plan on doing more of them...can't wait for the next learning experience. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Thermidor]

good work everyone , and congrats Illusions and fatcap ..
this challenge got me onto polycount ... i had never posted on a board before that ... and i think ive improved from the great coments and crits ppl have given me ...

normal mapping is great , i think the tool set is lacking on all modeling platforms , i guess its so new its not been implimented into the software we all use in a major way yet /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[poopinmymouth]

[ QUOTE ]

Bobo: I'd have thought you knew Ben's name by now... /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

Thats payback for me mispelling his name in my gamasutra article. I always call him BoBo, so I did not know that Brian had an I and not a Y. Dang you BoBo!!! *shakes fist

[Neo_God]

Damn, I forgot all about this!
It was a great contest, plenty of interesting designs.
Heh, I can always say although I got no prize, I essentially had third place, haha. No Prize? What the hell am I saying! My prize was a great portfolio piece!

Truthfully I cannot wait until next year's contest.

[FAT_CAP]

Cool - second place! Havent checked here for a couple of days so this was a nice surprise when I logged in!

Congratulations to all the winners. I know how much hard work it took just to get an entry finished in time. Congrats to all the people that didnt place aswell - all of the models are great and there really isnt a bad one among them /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Illusions]

[ QUOTE ]
Since there were fewer contestants than anticipated I will be awarding prizes to the top 2 spots.

[/ QUOTE ]

Alrighty, just wondering cause my parents have been bugging me about this...how exactly do we go about claiming a prize (yeah...they're the 'Hey...wtf is this strange box doing in our mailbox addressed to our son, from a person we don't know' kind of people)...lol...

/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[MoP]

Tell them it's porn, and you got it from Ebay.

[Illusions]

[ QUOTE ]
Tell them it's porn, and you got it from Ebay.

[/ QUOTE ]

LOL...brown bag it... /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[BoBo_the_seal]

hehe, yes expect a ticking package in the mail. Actually I’ve been pretty swamped but I plan to email y’all this coming weekend.

- BoBo

[Joshua Stubbles]

Damnit BoBo, there are 2 "s" in Vassago! /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

At least you spelled my real name right /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[snemmy]

so, who starts the next challenge? Illusions, since he was the winner? or is everyone too busy for the holidays to be able to participate in a new one?

[Joshua Stubbles]

Well, I know we're pretty busy here at work this month (big deadline before the 22nd). Then BoBo is leaving us at the end of the month as well /images/graemlins/frown.gif

I probably won't be able to participate in anything until January at least.

[Rick Stirling]

I'll pull something together after the holiday season

[Illusions]

woot...yeah that should be good...a lot of us are probably going to be busy till after the holiday season anyway...