Contest theme:

It's that time of the year again, Time to take all them bones and pumpkins out, Yep, it's halloween time! So get out there and make something scary!
Best of all, you get a chance at winning some great prizes that add up to over $130 and if you already own the Majestic Dragon and win first place, you will win Curios whole store on CD .

Contest Rules:

• Any and all 3D programs can be used.
• Submitted images no larger than 1024 by 768
• Thumbnail size must not be larger than 100 X 100 pixels.
• All submissions must fall within Renderosity's TOS.
• Importing and Postwork allowed.
• All images must be new artwork not previously viewed in any media before the start date of contest and must be artists own original work.
• Must be Halloween based theme.
• Contest will be open to all members, this means Mods and Adiministation too.
• There will be 4 winners. (First place winner will have a cool option, See below)
• Each winner will win all of the prizes listed below.(Winners who don't own Poser will get to choose another product from Curios store, instead of the Dragon).
  
• The contest will start on Oct 3rd and end on Nov 7th Midnight RST (Renderosity Standard Time)
• Limit one image per member.

Judging / Voting:

• Community voting will start on the Nov 8th and end on Nov 14th. The top 10 winners from the community voting will then be judged by a panel of judges and the top 4 will be selected from that group of 10.

NOTE: Due to the fact that this contest has had member clone voting, the winners will be selected by the contest judges from all entries.

Prizes:

All winners will receive the following:

Curios Majestic Dragon

Curios Majestic Dragon OR Curio's ENTIRE STORE!* The Majestic is an entirely original figure for poser, featuring 80 morphs which cater for expression, character, and diversity. There are also options for Land Dragon and Wyvern. Also included are 4 MAT options in Poser 4 and Poser Pro Pack formats, featuring the realistic default texture, red, green and black dragon. * If you already own the Majestic Dragon, and you win first place in this contest, you will receiveCurio's ENTIRE store on CD. That's over a $300 value!!

foleypro's Clouds 2

This Cloud Package is the second in the series and at Resolutions of 1900 by 1600 and with a choice of 20 different skies...These Not only work in BRYCE and POSER but these will work in any 3D program that lets you import OBJ files.

kromekat's Ultimate Winter Woodland Textures Complete

If ultra realistic winter woodland landscapes appeal to you, then this pack is a must! - Imagine those fantasy scenes you could create! A selection of photo-realistic textures depicting the cold season with frosty ground cover, various snowy grounds and stained, lichen and moss covered barks that look fantastic on all manner of terrains and objects! He has included 2 hi-res grayscale maps to create your own crooked old tree trunk lattice and tree stump to try your new bark and moss textures on!

caleb68's Alien Species 01-101: Spider Drone

This spider is fully posable and compatable with poser 4.03 and Poser Pro Pack, comes with 4 extra joints for attaching mouth props to (tonguebase, tougue 1-4). Fully textured, comes complete with templates for making your own textures. 3 Versions of the alien are included, White mat, Textured, and the Black version.

Toxicangel's Basics Of Postwork Tutorial

Basics Of Postwork is a extended tutorial for everybody, who is interested in creating some additional effects after the image has been rendered. The booklet itself covers few techniques that the author uses all the time in his images - all done in post work. - Hairpainting - Lights and atmospheric lighting and effects, such as glow and backlighting - Rain, and water related effects - Fog, and few other atmospheric effects

Artists grant permission to Renderosity for the use of submitted images for an undetermined period of time. This is strictly for posting the image on the front page and within the contest archives. The Artist will remain the intellectual property holder.

"And the winners are..."

Thanks to everyone who entered the contest! There's a lot of great work here, and the judges had a difficult job! I'm sure you'll agree, these 4 winners and 7 honourable mentions are excellent examples of technique, atmosphere, and creativity! So congratulations to our winners, and once again, thank you all for taking part!