Celebrating the Holiday Spirit (Render Challenge)

[Pendraia]

Winners are now announced...
We received some very creative entries for our "Holiday Spirit" contest. Thanks to all who participated!

The judges have come to their decision, and it's now time to announce the winners of the Holiday Spirit Challenge...

And the winners are:

1st place: "Christmas card" Doodle Designs
2nd place: Christmas Past by Luannemarie
3rd place: Happy New Year by Margy
Honorable mention: "Merry Christmas 2016" by Rae134

Join our "Celebrating the Holiday Spirit" Render Challenge!

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To celebrate the Holiday season, we would like you to create a render to share how you view the holiday season...doesn't matter if it's Christmas, Chanuka, Kwanzaa, New Years Day or any other holiday you might celebrate at this time. Looking forward to all the different perspectives from those who live in an area where it's winter or those like myself who celebrate during the hot season...whatever you celebrate feel free to join in this challenge.

Renders must include the following:

• At least one HiveWire family member, such as Dawn, Dusk, Luna, or any other HiveWire figure you wish to use.
• Please see the Christmas Sale for inspiration for your render ideas.

Submitted Images must meet forum guidelines

• 1600 x 1600 pixel maximum image dimensions
• 1MB max file size for images
• 10MB max file size for video

A maximum of 3 entries can be entered.
You must abide by the HiveWire 3D Terms Of Service.

This thread is for chatting about the challenge, and for posting your WIP renders. You can post your images here, before you finalize your render to show us how you are doing, or to ask for guidance if you get stumped on how to accomplish something.

When you have decided your image is final post here with the words FINAL RENDER, and the Title of your render, at the beginning of the post. We will collect all final renders, assign them a number with your Title, and transfer them to the actual Contest Thread for blind judging.

No artist information will be shown in the actual contest thread, so please refrain from adding any copyright information that you may usually add to your renders.

Categories and Prizes
1st Place

• $25 towards this HiveWire 3D Content Category

2nd place

• $20 towards this HiveWire 3D Content Category

3rd place

• $15 towards this HiveWire 3D Content Category

Honorable Mention

• $10 towards this HiveWire 3D Content Category

This render challenge will close at midnight, Friday, January 6th, 2017 (MST).

Please post your final renders here in this thread.
Be sure to start your post with FINAL RENDER, as well as the Title of your render.

Judges: Miss B and Seliah

 

[Lorraine]

This looks like fun, peeps! Put on your thinking caps, dust off your muses, and have some fun creating some Holiday Spirit (mine's a nice long mango vodka and tonic water...pardon?, not that sort of spirit, you say?!) Looking forward to seeing your creations

 

[Pendraia]

Sounds good to me Lorraine, I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone creates!

 

[Lorraine]

The holidays are coming, tra la la! Jingles are belling, bbq's are being scrubbed off and set up under the shade of a pohutukawa tree down under, snow is falling somewhere colder than here. Trees are set up wrapped in tinsel and covered in baubles, and around the trees presents wait. As we do for your holiday contest renders, wip's ideas, and input. Time to get a round tuit!

 

[Pendraia]

Two and a half more working days and I will be finished for the year! I'm really looking forward to seeing all the renders for this contest!

 

[Lorraine]

Nice, Pen! My teacher neighbour finished work yesterday and she like you is looking to a well deserved rest

 

[Pendraia]

I can't wait...I'm still full of this wretched cold but I've been at work since Tuesday. I'm so looking forward to the holidays...

 

[Lorraine]

Can I be the grinch and say I'm looking forward to everyone vacating their moorings and disappearing out into the Bay and leaving me here all alone in solitary splendour.

 

[Rae134]

I want to join in but my computer is not even doing 3DL renders anymore (hasn't done Iray or Superfly for awhile). I don't know about Firefly but I'm pretty helpless when it comes to poser.

 

[Lorraine]

That's a pain, Rae, very sorry to hear.

 

[Stezza]

Final Render but.... when I edited in Comic Life it made it hard to see Ken's bird formations up the top left...

but I'll post anyways to get the party started

Ettamogah Christmas in Carrara

 

[Lorraine]

That is so cool! And funny!

 

[Rae134]

haha Stezza, that sure brings back memories! I grew up 10 minutes away from the original Ettamogah Pub

Oh! and I only live 10mins away from Cararra on the Gold Coast now (hehehe I know its not the Cararra you mean in your render tho )

 

[Stezza]

thanks all.... fancy that.. my brother in law told me once that his brother owned the original pub once upon a time... dunno if he was fair dinkum though

 

[Rae134]

I know the Albury one is the original and it was built by Lindsay Cooper in 1987 (there were 4 around Australia I think before some financial/trademark trouble hit) and it was built next to the then Coopers Winery. I think I heard that there was plans to franchise.

I grew up on the Comics so when it was built I had to visit, very disorientating going up those stairs that are not straight, lucky I was young and couldn't drink then (The word "ettamogah" is Aboriginal for "place of good drink")

 

[Rae134]

FINAL RENDER "Merry Christmas 2016" (I know, not a very inspired title, but I was lucky to get this much rendered so ran out of inspiration )

Pen's Diva, Baby Luna, House Kitty and Rocking Horse (custom coat), Poser Firefly Render.

 

[Lorraine]

Great, Rae, so glad you could get a render done! And very cute too

 

[luannemarie]

FINAL RENDER
Title: The gift.
Qualifying Item Used: Hivewire house cat (inside box).

 

[Glitterati3D]

Final Render

This is the feeling of Christmas for me - the expression of joy and wonder on a child's face.

 

[Pendraia]

Such cool renders everyone!

Stezza, that is so funny....lol