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11th Annual Open Rendering Season Contest 2017

LisaB

HW3D Vice President & Queen Bee
Staff member
Co-Founder

Open Rendering Season Contest 2017

HiveWire 3D and Songbird ReMix
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Evening Watch by DaVinci (2016 Grand Prize Winner)

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It's open season on bird renders of every kind and

you're invited to take a shot at creating your best.

Contest begins Monday, June 5th, 2017 and

Ends on Friday, July 14th, 2017.

Winners will be posted on Friday, July 21st, 2017.
HiveWire 3D and Ken Gilliland express their gratitude to the companies and individuals who are showing support by co-sponsoring this contest with their willingness to donate prizes. We appreciate all of you very much.
Many thanks to our sponsors:
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Prizes Current Prize packages valued at over $2,954.00!

Grand Prize (currently a $1,048.99 value prize package)
1st Prize (currently a $878.99 value prize package)
2nd Prize (currently over a $ 708.99 value prize package)
3rd Prize (currently a $140.00 value prize package)
Honorable Mentions – usually 5 awards given
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To get you started we've put together a few sweet deals for you in our

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2017 Judges


The judging for the contest will be conducted by the staff of Audubon California. The staff includes a dedicated group of individual ranging from scientists and activists to people simply passionate about saving birds and our planet. Audubon's mission is to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds, other wildlife, and their habitats for the benefit of humanity and the earth's biological diversity.


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Foraging by Szark ( 1st Place Winner of 2016 )
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Contest Rules
1. Imagery must contain a visible and discernible Songbird ReMix bird product (See acceptable list of products). Imagery to be submitted may be still or animated. Any 2D or 3D Software may be used. The size of the still imagery should be no smaller than 800 x 600 pixels and no larger than 2000 x 2000 pixels and saved in .jpg format. Animation entries should be posted on YouTube and a link to the animation provided on the Contest Entry form.

2. Two entry submission per entrant. Note that there are risks in submitting two entries. You could end up competing against yourself and diluting votes to your submission. Enter the Contest here

3. You may enter a piece that has been posted elsewhere (such as another forum, contest, etc). You may not enter a piece which has been previously entered in this specific contest (such as last years' entry of the 2016 Open Rendering Season Contest).

4. Images may not contain nudity. Please remember judging will be partially focusing on the use of the Songbird ReMix package. The winning entries will be selected by a Judging Panel - The Panel's decision is final. Judges will perform independent reviews of the submissions. The Judges (and Ken) may not submit entries.

5. The finished products must be solely the creation by the entrant . All artists agree, by entering this contest, to allow HiveWire 3D and Ken Gilliland to use their entries to promote future contests held and to display the result of this contest. The Artist will remain the intellectual property holder of their entry images. Images and animations will not be used for any commercial purpose without the express written consent of the artist.

6. Entries will be accepted beginning June 5th, 2017. All entries must submitted by July 14th, 2017, 11:59pm GMT. Any entries submitted after that date will not be considered. Award winners will be announced on July 21st, 2017. Prize Winners must supply their real names, email addresses, and mailing addresses for prize distribution. Monetary amount of "Shopping Spree" can only be used at the Songbird ReMix Merchandise Store; (Ken's CafePress, Zazzle and RedBubble stores). Unused amounts of "Shopping Spree" prize are considered non-redeemable.

7. Judging details. Judging is conducted by a three member panel and done in secret (so judges don't influence each other). Judges will select their 5 favorite pieces and assign point values to them. (7pts=1st choice, 5pts=2nd choice, 3pts=3rd choice, 2 pts=4th choice and 1pt=5th choice). Once all 3 judges submit their choices, the points are tabulated and prizes awarded.​

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Submit your entry here!
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Chris

HW3D President
Staff member
Co-Founder
Thanks for posting this Lisa. Excited to see another year come along where folks put their talents to work, by showcasing all the wonderful 3D bird products that Ken Gilliland has so masterfully put together.

This year will be no exception, that is we'll no doubt see some awesome renders being submitted. Get ready folks. You can start submitting as early as Monday.

Oh... and I'm still going after more sponsors. So as more join in, we'll update you all. Don't have Charles Taylor at Smith Micro anymore. He was always so helpful and eager to lend support. Currently waiting to see if the powers that be at Smith Micro will respond positively or not.
 

Miss B

Drawing Life 1 Pixel at a Time
CV-BEE
That's a nice addition to the list of prizes Lisa. Good thing I already have a Lifetime License for it, because I doubt I'll make it to any of the top positions. ;)
 

Ken Gilliland

Extraordinary
HW3D Exclusive Artist
We've just heard back from Filter Forge who have generously donated 3 copies of Filter Forge Professional for the top three winners!

:snoopydance:

Wow... I'd like a copy of Filter Forge Pro... maybe I should enter? :)

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The Judges (and Ken) may not submit entries.
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Dang... who wrote these rules anyways?... oops, I did :oops:
 
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Chris

HW3D President
Staff member
Co-Founder
Yay! This is a big deal. We do appreciate our relationship with Filter Forge. They've been very supportive of what we do here. And come on... 11th year for this contest! This is great.
 

Miss B

Drawing Life 1 Pixel at a Time
CV-BEE
Don't worry Ken, as I'm not sure any of the FF filters would work as bird feathers. ;)

Then again, I've never tried using them to texture any of your bird's feathers. Hmmmm, now I'm wondering about your frogs, and maybe even the moths. Hmmmm . . . .
 
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