So where are the challenges then ?

[3dcheapskate]

Back in April after the RDNA 'bombshell' ;o) was dropped eclark1847 suggested on the RDNA Challenge thread that we keep an eye out over here for more challenges.

I haven't seen any new ones...

 

[Miss B]

No there haven't been any, and there probably should be. I think I'll go plant a bug in someone's ear about it.

 

[Lorraine]

We were going to and even got as far as making suggestions but another contest came along at the same time (Once upon a Time) and then the Open Songbird one started. We could try again

 

[Miss B]

Good idea Lorraine. Maybe a new thread in the CV forum would get folks together to get one set up.

 

[Pendraia]

Yep...we did have a couple going a while back. Would be good to get one set up!

 

[Nod]

I'll enter a challenge if there's one going. Assuming it's one that I feel like entering.

 

[Miss B]

Hey Nod. I believe one is being worked on, and will be posted in the very near future, so keep a look out.

 

[3dcheapskate]

I'll enter a challenge if there's one going. Assuming it's one that I feel like entering.

Whatever the theme I can usually find a way to subvert it to something I actually want to do (while keeping within the rules and ToS of course) - I find that's probably half the fun of any challenge !

E.g. I've just posted two entries to the DAZ June monthly "Dawn Of A New Day" freebie challenge. Hivewire's Dawn only appears in one of them... but it was fun doing two renders without anything DAZ in them! That was a little extra challenge I added for myself

(Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking DAZ - I love V4 and all the generation 4 and earlier, and use them all the time. That's why not using any of them for a DAZ challenge was so much fun! )

 

[Miss B]

Interpretation of a theme is 1/2 the fun.

 

[3WC]

Challenge, challenge, challenge!

I tried to start a challenge a while back for my newspaper project, but got zero responses. I probably didn't explain really well what I was looking for, and it wasn't strictly a render challenge, it included writing. And the prize probably wasn't worth it. Oh well.

 

[Miss B]

Ohhhh, I remember that 3wC. I wondered what happened to it.

 

[3WC]

Will still be a product release someday, I have just been so busy lately, don't have much time for 3d stuff other than popping into the forum here and there.

 

[Miss B]

Here you go folks, HiveWire's latest render challenge --> Depth of Field Challenge

This will be, what I call, a learning challenge, so if you haven't done renders with DoF, or haven't tried it yet because you feel it's too difficult, check out the thread as some links to tutorials have been included.

 

[Gadget Girl]

Already posted over there that I think this is a great challenge idea. I like the idea of a challenge that challenges us not to just make stuff up around a theme (although that can be fun) but to use a technique.

 

[Miss B]

Yes GG, those are usually the type of challenges we have over at the Dreamlight forums monthly render challenges. Sometimes a theme is paired with a specific technique, so there's always something new to learn.

 

[Nod]

Years and years back, the Poser newsgroup did one where there was a phrase. You did you own interpretation of the phrase.

 

[Miss B]

Yes, those are the kind of render challenges I like.

 

[3dcheapskate]

Years and years back, the Poser newsgroup did one where there was a phrase. You did you own interpretation of the phrase.

That sounds a great idea.
Along similar (but different) lines, perhaps Showing character through poses could also inspire an interesting render challenge.
P.S. I loved a couple of the previous themes here, specifically the story based one and the postage stamp - shame I wasn't looking here at the time !

 

[Pendraia]

That's a good idea! I like that one...lots.

 

[Gadget Girl]

Along the lines of showing character through poses, you could also do some themed stuff. For instance I know Ken's superhero out fit was recently released and there are several others in the works. So what if you had a superhero challenge, except maybe requiring that the image show defeat instead of victory. Or maybe a Fairy challenge, but the fairies have to be evil without simply being ugly, or something like that. It might be a nice way to mix things up with technical challenges, and then character challenges.

Also I don't know if there are any sticky legal issues with fan art, but taking an iconic figure of some sort (much like a recent Zoro render I saw @Lyne post) but emphasizing again showing who the character is, and trying to convey something about them.

Just some thoughts. And there might be better ways to do character challenges than that.