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Create an image depicting a mechanically altered or enhanced organic lifeform. The lifeforms do not necessarily have to be human. The mechnical additions need to have a clear purpose, whether for protection, for repair of an injury, for pure physical empowerment or enhancement or even for controlling or punishing the lifeform. The actual mechanical additions need to have an interaction and physical implementation into the body of the lifeform itself – ie it needs to actually have become a part of their body. This means that super x-ray glasses or pogo sticks that are permanently attached to their shoes do not count. The mechanical parts have to be incorporated into the actual body – the machine needs to have become one with the flesh via some sort of procedure.
Two categories will run simultaneously for the Machineflesh Challenge: 3D Stills and 2D Illustrations. This Challenge is a Work-In-Progress Challenge -- all contestants are required to post their work-in-progress images for community to critique/comment in order to qualify.
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The mechanical body alterations can be hooked up to larger external machines.
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Don’t limit yourself necessarily to typical sci-fi themes and substances. This could be a bizarre archaic fantasy world – they may even use wood in their mechanical devices.
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Don’t create another Terminator. The Terminator is a cyborg that looks like an organic lifeform. Start out by designing an organic character, think about its environment and needs, and alter it accordingly.
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If you choose the punishment route, try thinking about a criminal act and choose an appropriate torture or alteration for that specific crime.
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If you choose to have some kind of weapon incorporated into the character, be creative about it. A person wondering around in society with a massive machine gun instead of a hand is going to have a hard time making friends or gaining access to most venues. Choose more ingenious and creative ways of incorporating weapon implementations.
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Feel free to depict the surgical procedure of the mechanization process.
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You don’t necessarily have to create a dark or disturbing character. Think about Wallace and Gromit – this type of theme can be pulled off in a humorous, fun way.
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For consideration, please put some thought into your work and your story.
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Remember to use your imaginations and have some fun! Please avoid recreating themes, designs or concepts that have been seen before.
This challenge will be a WIP (Work in Progress) Challenge. Each challenger is required to submit Work In Progress (WIP) images, from the initial concept sketch (for both 2D and 3D entries) to wire frame models, texturing in progress all the way to the final render (for 3D) and final colored piece (for 2D). The purpose is that everyone can learn from each other, offer feedback and critiques.
1. Enter the Challenge by registering yourself here.
2. Submit your work in progress images here on a regular basis.
3. Participate in the community by critiquing other challengers works in the respective forums.
4. Submit your final entry in June.
Note: You are required to submit work in progress images, obtain feedback and give feedback to other challengers in the WIP challenge. This is a requirement of the challenge and failure to do so may result in penalties during final judging. Community interaction is a must!
Each challenger is required to submit images for the following milestones:
For 3D Stills:
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Concept Sketch - JPG (online)
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Modeling - JPG (online)
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Texturing - JPG (online)
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Lighting - JPG (online)
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Rendering - JPG (online)
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Post Effects and Compositing, JPG (online)
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Final Image - JPG (online) AND TIF (FTP)
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Concept Sketch - JPG (online)
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Line Art - JPG (online)
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Coloring WIP - JPG (online)
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Final Coloring - JPG (online)
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Final Image - JPG (online) AND TIF (FTP)
Any challenger that does not submit the above images by 18 June 2004, will not be considered for final judging.
All submissions will be in JPG format (150kb max), with the exception of the final image, which will be both JPG, and print-resolution TIF (300dpi).
Your final image dimensions should be print resolution (as large as you can possibly render). Do not send in a low-resolution placeholder and ask us to get back to you, as we won't.
- A guideline is 2657 pixels wide and/or 3636 high, 300 DPI.
- DO NOT upsample your images to achieve higher resolution. If you cannot reach the desired full-page resolution, just send in what you have.
Information about the final file submission will be emailed to all contestants in June 2004. We will only accept final submissions in June 2004.
The Machineflesh Challenge will be judged in two parts. The top 50% of the public vote will be taken to a private jury who will select the final winners.
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All CGTalk members may enter the CG Challenge. Membership is free of charge.
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Employees of Boxx Technologies, CGNetworks, NVIDIA, The Gnomon Workshop, Wacom and Discreet are not allowed to enter this challenge.
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Pre-fabricated models are not allowed to be used. These include parametric models generated from Poser or Daz3D.
- You can enter the two categories simultaneously, but you cannot enter images with the same concept/subject matter in both. Each must be a distinctly different piece.
The Challenge starts 16 March 2004 and will run until 18 June 2004 Midnight GMT.
- The sponsors of this Challenge may use shortlisted and winning artwork for marketing purposes only in the context of the Machineflesh Challenge, and will clearly credit the artist.
- No artwork will be used in any fashion without credit given to the artist.
- No artwork will knowingly be sold, in whole or in part, by the sponsors.
- It is not any of the sponsor’s intention to keep any of the non-winning artwork other than for purposes of deciding a winner and longer than the length of this contest.
- The artist will be asked permission for the use of their artwork if outside of the scope of the contest or the above mentioned purpose(s).
- The artist is allowed to use the images created for personal promotion. E.g. submission for EXPOSE' and other galleries.
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