[atezel]

Really awesome themes. Work wraps up late this month so I hope I can find the time to join one of these.

[Horus397]

Thanks a lot "A" man hope to see you in here soon. Would love to see what all you guys come up with especially with Z4 being rolled out and a lot of people wanting to really experiment, but also crank out something cool to test it.

[Cray-Goats]

Sounds great guys! I'll see about slotting the project starting Sept 1 in between some of my other 3D projects. I've still got a few major level design projects to finish modelling and texturing, but something more laid back and at the same time challenging would be good.

Just in case I haven't done my clean install of Windows before the jam starts, I won't have mudbox re-installed before then. If that's the case, is modelling done purely in maya acceptable?

[Horus397]

Originally Posted by RedRaven

Sounds great guys! I'll see about slotting the project starting Sept 1 in between some of my other 3D projects. I've still got a few major level design projects to finish modelling and texturing, but something more laid back and at the same time challenging would be good.

Just in case I haven't done my clean install of Windows before the jam starts, I won't have mudbox re-installed before then. If that's the case, is modelling done purely in maya acceptable?

Definitely! A lot of people haven't caught onto the sculpting craze yet (myself included, but I'm now learning FAST)

[Horus397]

Final Submissions go here: FINAL SUBMISSIONS

[karmajf]

When will the new 3D jam start? ;D

[Horus397]

The next Jam will be announced shortly, but the themes are already announced so you can start straight away.

[karmajf]

Oh yeah true ;D as soon as I finish with the BossBattle model I'll start working on this one.

Btw really loving that you guys come up with so many 3D challenges. keep up the good work

[Edrice]

Isn't it a bit unfair for the another participants to have a head start? It might dissuade people from participating if someone shows up on the first day with something very advanced.

[Horus397]

Originally Posted by Edrice

Isn't it a bit unfair for the another participants to have a head start? It might dissuade people from participating if someone shows up on the first day with something very advanced.

I don't think so. Actually I tend to think that happens anyway with some people to a certain degree. Invariably, during a competition if you see a lot of people participating there are going to be be one or more people that just pull something amazing out of their butt and then it's up to the rest of the people to either want to continue or feel demoralized and stop, especially if there's just not a lot of time left in the competition. My position from the start has been to try to to de-emphasize the timeline just a little bit and allow especially those people with hectic, work lives and/or social lives really stop when they need to and come back to it when they can. Ultimately, when people start logging some serious time into a particular theme they are invested and they're less likely to be all that concerned with what other people are doing at least that's my hope.

[arttorney]

Besides, so far nobody posted anything except me, and if you think my two hour SketchUp drawing is advanced then I am about to start blushing or something.

There are still over three weeks on this and the moderators have given the choice of either a character or an environment. I'd say that's pretty plush accomodations.

[karyudo-ds]

Tempted to jump in on this, though I've only started learning Zbrush heh... fun program though for modeling.

[Horus397]

Originally Posted by karyudo-ds

Tempted to jump in on this, though I've only started learning Zbrush heh... fun program though for modeling.

I would definitely recommend it. I've found that trying to flesh out themes/concepts that hit a nerve in you have a way of giving you that intense kind of motivation that powers you to learning more and faster than other more bland type of tutorial learning subjects.

[arttorney]

All right. I got my Art of Illusion modeller, though the retro future transport I could probably do fine in SketchUp anyway. Do we wait until after Oct. 9 to start Jam #7 or is #7 underway as of today?

[Horus397]

Sorry about the lateness Charles. I definitely pays to visit the thread to check the challenge dates. I post the challenges 3 at a time so people can have the kind of lead-up time that will allow them to start at any time.