May/June Challenge Rules and Guidelines!

# 1 01-05-2005 , 01:17 PM

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May/June Challenge!

Undersea creatures!

For this challenge, design and create a creature of underwater origin. It can be real or imaginary. Texturing/Shading IS required.

1) Show concept drawings! Show your progress!

2) BONUS goal(s): As a bonus goal, create a nice underwater scene for your creature. It doesnt have to be super detailed. The challenge will be creating an underwater ambiance.

3) Label your thread thusly:

May/June - Norm or Noob - Your name

Choose to classify yourself as a Normal or Noobie class entry. Whichever class you choose is the class your final submitted entry will compete against! A winner will be chosen from both classes.

4) Mods and Admins can enter, but are inelligible to win and do not count toward the Grand Prize consideration of 8 or 5 entries mentioned below. If a mod chooses to participate, choose "Mod" class rather than Norm or Noob.

5) If 8+ Normal entries and/or 5+ Newbie entries finish among the 3 Simply sites participating (SM, SL, SMax), a Grand Prize will be rewarded to the class! VIP point prizes will be awarded to both a Normal and/or Newbie winner, if the Grand Prize criteria of entries is not met for that class.

6) Final entries must be posted into a Final Entry thread that a mod will create in the last week of the challenge.

The due date of the challenge is June 30th!

Normal Grand Prize:

A book (any art subject book, whether educational or reference or whatever) and a choice of a tshirt or mug.

Newbie Grand Prize:

1 SM DVD of their choice and 14 points

-Mike
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# 2 01-05-2005 , 01:47 PM

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Hi Mike,

This is going to sound like a really dumb question, but how does one know to class them selves as a Norm or a Newbie. I've seriously started trying to get my head around Maya this year and I'm about to finish my first model

So am I a norm or newbie?

Cheers
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# 3 01-05-2005 , 02:01 PM

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Yo mike,

i have a question, can our sea creature be from the dinosuar age?

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# 4 01-05-2005 , 04:14 PM

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Originally posted by metallicjet66
i have a question, can our sea creature be from the dinosuar age?

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I should think so as you can make one up if you like so i can't why not a creature from the past.

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# 5 01-05-2005 , 07:34 PM

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It can be real or imagined, from the dino age or the future. user added image

Class yourself as you see fit. If it's decided by a vote of mods during the course of the challenge that your class should be changed, it will be.

-Mike
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# 6 03-05-2005 , 06:00 PM

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In the words of Dr. Evil: "I can finally have sharks with friggin laser beams attached their heads!" user added image

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# 7 03-05-2005 , 11:41 PM

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I think that should be a new challange rull, If you do a shark you have to attach a friggin laser beam to its head. At least for one render !

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# 8 06-05-2005 , 09:11 PM

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Originally posted by NitroLiq
In the words of Dr. Evil: "I can finally have sharks with friggin laser beams attached their heads!"

Originally Posted by

ROFLMAO

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# 9 15-05-2005 , 02:02 AM

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Hillarious, austin powers was a fantastic trilogy (maybe even longer if were lucky). I agree about the sharks and laser thing, that should be a commandmant for all I care.

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# 10 24-05-2005 , 11:57 PM

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Hey, MtMckinley, can you somehow allow me to post my final results on Saturday, cuz I will be gone in a foreign country without acces to the internet for the entire summer. Somehow, if you can, if you can't, its fine... I dont have uch chance of winning anyway, cuz the competitions tuff :shakehead

Darn good people!!! :headbang:

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