Pin-up Challenge!

[PascalR]

Hi all,

So here it is , our first challenge!
Let's create cg pinups, 3d or 2d, the idea is to get a sense of vintage glamour, let's all put some sexy pixels together and most importantly let's have some fun! :rofl:
Here is a great source of inspriation that Collings posted in the reference thread:
http://www.thepinupfiles.com/index.html

Our current deadline is 30th of June 2010.

Accepted Categories
3D : using any 3d packages
2D : using any painting applications
Any of the submitted works should represent a female, preferably full figure,
could be human, alien, cyborg (but not a robot).
Any pornographic/obscene contents will result in disqualification of the
contestants.
Image Resolution: The minimum image resolution should be 1000 pixels wide and/or 1368 pixels high. Obviously the higher the resolution the better, as it involves more work for detailing.

Our judges:

Peter Syomka : Senior/Lead modeller at Weta Digital
http://nz.linkedin.com/in/petersyomka
Michel Kinfoussia: Lead Lighter/Compositor at PDI/Dreamworks
http://www.linkedin.com/in/mkinfoussia
Richard Raimbault: Senior modeler at Weta Digital
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1551458/
Laurent Herveic: Character modeler at MPC
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2129620/
Ben Neal: Senior Digital Artist at Motion Theory
http://www.linkedin.com/in/bneall
Pascal Raimbault: Lead modeler at Weta Digital
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1663215/

Obviously, none of the jury members will be able to win this challenge.
Candidates will have to mention any source of inspiration they might have
used and give credits to any re used work.
Copies of existing pieces of art will not be reviewed for this challenge.


Sponsors:

We want to thank Eat3d, Autodesk,Topogun and Digital Tutors for their contribution to the challenge !

EAT3D : http://eat3d.com/
TOPOGUN : http://www.topogun.com/
AUTODESK : http://usa.autodesk.com/
DIGITAL TUTORS : http://www.digitaltutors.com/


Prizes:

There is only one set of prizes for both 2D and 3D entries, and we will judge both categories equally. (for instance, the first place could be a 2D submission, second place 3d, etc...)

Challenge winner:
http://www.cgfeedback.com/cgfeedback/images/challengeWinner.jpg
-choice of 3 Eat3d dvds
-1 Topogun License
-1 free Digital Tutors semi-annual subscription
-Autodesk goodies: 1 Elemental3 Hard cover book,1 4-Port USB HUB, Show reel DVD,notebooks, pens,etc...

Second place:
-choice of 2 Eat3d dvds
-1 free Digital Tutors monthly subscription
-Autodesk goodies: 1 Elemental3 Hard cover book,1 4-Port USB HUB, Show reel DVD,notebooks, pens,etc...

Third place :
-1 Eat3d dvd
-1 free Digital Tutors monthly subscription
-Autodesk goodies: 1 Elemental3 Hard cover book,1 4-Port USB HUB, Show reel DVD,notebooks, pens,etc...

Cheers

P.

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[tonytrout]

Of course, vintage glamour, I like that :beerchug:

[Intervain]

ooohh nooo not another cool challenge :banghead: - well I'm looking forward to what everyone comes up with :D

[ViCoX]

Awesome challenge! Im sure its going to be hard to choose the winner O-o

[Captain Sensible]

Sounds like a cool challenge. Shame I won't be able to enter cos I'm going away. I'll look forward to seeing everyone's great entries though :thumbsup:

[oglu]

this would be perfect to test the new mudbox...
hurry up autodesk...

[IdanI]

hey I'm new here and thought this would be a nice way of joining a community. I have a few questions though....

1. when is the deadline?

2. does the model have to be a full figure or could it just be from the waist and up (just the upper torso, head, and arms)?

cheers,
Idan

[PascalR]

:welcome:IdanI
I think we need at least 3 months to get high quality works.
I will update the first post soon with more details, I'd rather see full figure models but this is not mandatory at this point.

cheers

Pascal

[Tomaya]

3 months ?! Cooool , i'm on it !...:thumbsup:

[Tomaya]

just a little question , it could be a bit "modern" ? If i respect the subject... ...pin-up... (please ,say yes.....)






T:o

[PascalR]

Hey Tomaya, yeah futuristic pin up... why not as long as she is glamorous.
Are you thinking of recycling your current cyborg ? ;)
I was thinking more of the 50's - 60's pin ups but hey if she is sexy then why not.

cheers

Pascal

[Tomaya]

no cyborg there ! Just thinking about my geisha ... ...i see the point , glamour ...nice pose, that's ok , but she's not really "US" or 50's ... that's all... ...please , no robots in this challenge !

[PascalR]

oh that's totally fine then, yeah definitely no robots :)

[Intervain]

ok 3 months sounds like a lot of sense, that's really cool

[Manuel Poehlau]

Cool, so there is no need to rush. I hope there will be more activity soon, right now it´s pretty quiet in the challenge forum.

[IdanI]

Thank you. I think Im just going to wait till you get the full info and rules and such before I begin. I hope I wont have to wait too long but for now I think Im going to start on the face and focus on getting it as realistic as possible. :rofl:

cheers,
Idan

[GregStrangis]

I will def be in this! Been itching to do a female for a real long time to get on my site. I won't be able to start for a few weeks but if we have 3 months that is plenty of time ;)

Good luck everybody!

[Firebert]

i've seen the header up here for quite a while, and it's been on my mind to give this a shot. if you guys are going with 3 months, then i might be game... depends on some other challenges going on during this particular stretch of time. if i'm feeling the topic of this year's DW, i may have to give that priority since i didn't compete last year... otherwise, i'm totally down for this one. got my reference stacked in already tbh and a source poster i'm really big fan of. all boils down to when you guys decide to OFFICIALLY start this shin dig :)

[PascalR]

all boils down to when you guys decide to OFFICIALLY start this shin dig :)

Still preparing things to get sponsors, but the deadline will more than likely be towards end of May. There is no reason to rush here, and I know doing things properly definitely takes time ;)


Cheers

P.

[PascalR]

First post updated with a few more informations aout the challenge. More to come soon. :bouncy:

[tonytrout]

end of May..Sweet:thumbsup:

[GregStrangis]

Glad to hear we have till the end of May :D God only knows when I will be able to start it tho haha. Looking forward to every bodies sculptures!

[Firebert]

just curious what kind of deal you guys worked out with eat3d?!?!?!?!?!?!?! i would have participated without the hopes of prizes, but now you really peaked my interest since they're stuff is kickass and all........

[PascalR]

Cheers guys, I 've just updated the first post with prizes and there's more to come soon.

:beerchug:

[Aumakua]

Sweet challenge! It was about time to leave monsters alone and work on a smooth anatomy :)
Good luck to everyone!

[IdanI]

thanks for the clarifications. I will definitely take a crack at this. :D

[CRIS DE LARA]

Hi members!
I'm a newer in this community and think to participate of that Challenge! wow! It's so nice!
:bouncy:

[mel_danes]

Hi members!
I'm a newer in this community and think to participate of that Challenge! wow! It's so nice!
:bouncy:

Well gents you better get your A game on now. As far as 2D goes this lady has mad skills.:notWorthy:

Really hoped you would find this comp, I've admired your work for awhile now.
I'm looking forward to your entry.

[xada]

hello! i'm new here; can't manage to resist to the call of the word "pinup"!!:D as if i have a very low level now...'will progress!!
3 month, good way of doing it!
can i use an old mesh, work on the sculpt, and try to use it for the last submission?
anyway, i try it, you'll tell me in the thread...and fire me if necessary!:(

glad to be there!
Xada

[Ken]

sweet challenge!!
I'll join this contest soon, I'm thinking what I should do about the concept...

[PascalR]

Well gents you better get your A game on now. As far as 2D goes this lady has mad skills.:notWorthy:

Really hoped you would find this comp, I've admired your work for awhile now.
I'm looking forward to your entry.


I'll second that :) And I am very glad to see people interest in this challenge. :dance:

[harford]

Sounds like a great challenge!, I hope I get time for it.

[mel_danes]

PascalR - Couple questions about the contest. I apologize if these were already addressed, I could not find the answers elsewhere.

What resolution do you want the final images to be rendered?

Is it one set of prizes for 2d and 3d?

The subculture of Pin-up has a broad interpretation depending on whom you ask. By all rights a standard, boring, yet still quite lovely Playboy centerfold is a "pin up"; yet in my mind it is not what I think of when I envision the mission of this contest.
The rules bar the use of lewd and inappropriate material, IE Porn, but don't really define what is acceptable. Cheesecake, Noseart, Betty Page, Dita, modern interpretations of the pin-up look. Is it a kind of all comers welcome just keep it clean?

Thanks

PS. Great to see you here Mr. Harford

[PascalR]

These are all good points mel_danes, I'll update the first post with answers soon.
Although I did send a link to what we thought was in the vein of the contest in the first post.
However we don't want to constrain too much our contestant, so I think basically all the references you've mentioned are acceptable as long as there is no obscene content. Mild nudity is also acceptable.
It is only one set of prizes for both 2d and 3d for now. A 2d submission will have just as much chances to win the challenge as a 3d entry.

Hope this helps , I'll update the rules with these info + resolution.

Thanks for the feedback :thumbsup:

[Leyto]

Hello all !
I'm planning to take part in this comp later, but I wonder if I could use a pic reference as base for modeling, I mean a drawing not of mine ?

(sorry for my english :o)

[PascalR]

yeah as long as you're mentioning your inspiration. Best would be to ask the design's author for his authorization, but you should be fine as long as the author gets credited.
It's always nice to deviate from the reference and create your own piece though ;)
Looking forward to seeing your submissions!

[Leyto]

Ok for mentioning the original artist, even it will be hard to have their approval (especially for vintage pin-up, they are almost all dead :D).
About the "personal touch", I think it can be included in the interpretation of the drawing, translating it from 2d to 3d, and tuning materials to have the same rendering...

[JOMDOC]

Hi all, challenge! I will like do it but in 2d.....

[kokwey57]

hi PascalR
it this work in progress challenge ?

how can i start this challenge ?

[PascalR]

hi PascalR
it this work in progress challenge ?

how can i start this challenge ?

Of course you can, you still have until the 30th of May to finish your entry :)

[oglu]

found some refs...
http://rogallery.com/Ramos_Mel/Ramos_Mel.htm

[PascalR]

Cool refs Oglu, here are some nice photos taken by Alessandro Saponi (weta colleague):

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sapo74/

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4067/4534195921_894744b38a.jpg

[Manuel Poehlau]

wow.. that´s a great collection of b/w photos. Thanks for sharing :dance:

[mohit]

hello sir,
i m new in this challenge so i can't understande about this challenge.in this challenge we make a 2d/3d pin-up.In 3d we can create a model with lighting,texturing but in 2d (can we create a digital painting or a drawing??).sir plz clear me.
thanks....

[PascalR]

:welcome:mohit!
You could basically do a fully rendered 3d model as a 3d illustration or a 2d painting as you wish.

Hope this helps

P.

[PascalR]

Hi guys,

As we would like to give everybody the opportunity to finish their great works for this challenge, we are pleased to announce that the deadline as been postponed.
The challenge will now officially end on the 30th of June 2010!

Cheers

Pascal

[tonytrout]

Was starting to panic, sweet :dance:

[PascalR]

hehe, yeah hopefully this will help people finishing their piece.
Keep up the great work guys clap

[IdanI]

THANK you.... an additional month is just what we all needed, I was about to give up 'till I saw this so thank you.

[mushu_mushu]

A BIG THANX Pascal :thumbsup:

I just started a new job and I was feeling like I could never finish this one in time without drinking coffee+tea+redbull+tequilla+exstacy this weekend...

[fundanish]

AaaaaHaaaaa........:rofl:

Seriously this is what i m too waiting for... :dance::rofl::dance:
i was out of station and i thought that i wont be able to finish it on time.......
Thanks for extension. :beerchug:

Now i can think of changing the pose and can do some changes on that....:)

[Dirac]

Hello, I'm new here again actually this my first post, I am willing to participate in this contest and I wonder if I can use an image of an artist as reference to make my 3d model?

[PascalR]

Hi Dirac, sure you can, but make sure you're giving credits to the artist concept you're using.
Come on guys, less than 2 weeks to go :rofl:

[PascalR]

Hi guys,

Just a reminder that the final image resolution should be 1000 pixels wide and/or 1368 pixels high.
Please submit a final image in your thread even if it is not 100% finished.
This will allow the judges to review images more easily.

Thanks all and keep up the great works (only a few days left).

Pascal

[Tomaya]

30th of june at midnight ?
Je veux dire , le soir du 30 à minuit ? ;)

[PascalR]

yes , je veux dire oui :)
Allez Thomas, you can do it!

[Tomaya]

Done , i think ....:beerchug:

[PascalR]

The Pin up challenge is officially over !
Thanks all for your great contributions, we will announce the winners soon.

Thanks

P.

[John-Michael]

I don't know why but I thought yesterday was the 1st. I'm so mad at myself for mixing that up. I could have had a whole extra day to work on my pin up. Oh well I saw the competetors pin ups and I doubt my chances to place were all that great anyways. I still plan on perfecting my pin up anyways. Thanks again Pascal for putting on this awesome challenge. :-)