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Challenge Arena F.A.Q (Last Updated: 2024 Sep 09 4:57 am)
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Actually, at this very minute, I have an image being set up in Poser... but was making a run through Free Stuff to check for something.
Carolly edited to add that this has been a very bad month, very stressful all around the world, and most of the images and stories bombarding us have detailed the lack of dignity in the way we humans interact. :sigh:
Message edited on: 09/25/2005 19:05
oh wow! Vivian, do you have a larger version of that I could d/l for wallpaper? It's terrific. I love fractals, but have never been any good at producing them.
The greatest part of wisdom is learning to develop the ineffable genius of extracting the "neither here nor there" out of any situation...."
If I were an ice fairy, I'd be wearing that as a tiara! Stunning! I've got a ceiling leak in my computer room... it is hard to render up a dissicated desert scene with water dripping next to the mouse (and on me if I tilt my head). Living in a Victorian does have disadvantages when water runs through the walls... but at least I have walls. I'll get the image posted before deadline, but it won't have as much noodling as it too-obviously needs. Carolly
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Hey, at least the stork didn't drop him on his head! My entry is posted to the Poser gallery this time. After years of rendering at 100mm, I realized that there are uses for the wider angles. :)Using a Bob Dylan song as inspiration. Song called "dignity",
Here is the last verse :-
So many roads, so much at stake
So many dead ends, I'm at the edge of the lake
Sometimes I wonder what it's gonna take
To find dignity.
Message edited on: 09/30/2005 03:26
The greatest part of wisdom is learning to develop the ineffable genius of extracting the "neither here nor there" out of any situation...."
We have a problem. Those of us who enter are also the most likely to vote... and we can't vote for ourselves. Why don't we declare us ALL winners for being able to come up with something in this extremely difficult time? I hesitate to continue the theme for another month, given that October is rife with theme possibilities (shame to waste them) and that there is no likelyhood that the news this month will be any more dignified (hurricane season is not over, the international scene is grim, and who even wants to think about politics). Why don't we instead vote on the theme for October? We can nominate a couple of ideas, post a list of nominations, and then vote. Example: "The Last Word" (graveyard markers and memorials) "A Murder of Crows" (groupings of critters with a dark slant) "Masquerade" or "Deguise de Limit" (faces and masks and illusions) If we can add a few more ideas to the list, and vote, we can get going on something for the season. :)= Carolly
I agree, Carolly, we are all winners! Maybe we should just set up the October challenge as you said. We could just call it 'Spooky' or something, and invite everyone to go their own way. :) I really enjoyed everyone's submissions for this month, it's so interesting to see how the artistic mind uses software as a tool to create!
Message edited on: 10/04/2005 22:40
Fractals will always amaze me!
I sent this to RimRunner a couple days ago, since anniemation's entry indicated the possibility to continue with the theme, however with Rendo being out-of-service (and still extremely slow), he probably couldn't get in to read his mail. Since the monthly challenge is an "official" challenge, the mod really ought to be the one to call for an extension or a switch... unless we the community took action first. If we did, my preference would be to vote on a theme... I actually kind of like "spooky" despite its vagueness: it is gentler than the horror or frightful themes proposed elsewhere. You don't need buckets of blood to get a yelp in the middle of the night... sometimes a cat's whisker on the back on the knees will do the trick! ;^) [I was reading in bed and hadn't notied Skrogg slipping under the covers to find a nice cat-sized tent... and we all know how they check for size.] ************************** Archive of message sent to RimRunner: RimRunner, I've got an idea. ;) http://www.renderosity.com/messages.ez?Form.ShowMessage=2403346 Why don't we have BOTH solutions? 1) Extend the "dignity" theme until the end of the month (although with 4 entries, voting is now possible) and have that winner choose the next month's theme as usual. 2) And have a second special challenge for the season. Nominations open until 10/5 for theme, voting until the 8th, and then we still have 3 weeks to do something. That way, those of us who have entered the challenge can keep busy. :) Carolly
Hey folks.. with the outage and everything else going on, I haven't been able to get in here... We do have enough items to do a quick vote, or.. as some of the suggestions, go with a "everyone wins" and get started on October. Your call. Quick vote on how you want to handle it and we'll get moving along before we run out of time to get anything done. ;) Will check on this Saturday morning and see where we're at.
The doctor says I have way too much blood in my caffeine system.
Definately everyone wins and start an October theme. And I agree with both Vivian and Carolly that "Spooky" is a great theme for a challenge.........lots of ways to interpret that one. I do apologise for setting such a difficult challenge for September. It was a silly thing to do when we are trying to get this arena to be more of a mainstream one. Pam
The greatest part of wisdom is learning to develop the ineffable genius of extracting the "neither here nor there" out of any situation...."
Pam, There was no way you could have known what sort of month September was going to turn into world-wide. We plan for summer to be silly and the holidays to be emotional (look at the movie release dates), but sometimes a spanner gets tossed into the river rather than over it. (How's THAT for a mangled metaphor?) Besides, what is a challenge if it is too easy? I don't enter any of these events with a thought of winning, but of creating an image worth tucking into my gallery... and if I have to fight with the software, the true victory is getting it done. Right now I'm arguing with P6 and the atmosphere tool for PlanIt-3d's contest... 5 figures and a half-dozen props... and I want just "this" much fog, not a white-out. :sigh: So a prize or a vote or a kind word are all welcomed... but the truest reward will be getting the image finished and posted. So, let's go with "Spooky", and see if we can rally a few other participants. Carolly
Pam, there are many reasons why people didn't enter that had nothing to do with the theme. September was a month that I did nothing creative (a coworker went into surgery for breast cancer, my employer is in the midst of scandel, layoffs, and other cutbacks). It wouldn't have mattered what the theme was...I would not have been able to find the strength to enter it. "Dignity" is a fine theme...full of potential. And the entries reflect how strong the theme was. It is, as with everything, timing. The theme was excellent. The entries were creative and prize worthy. That's what counts.
I am with you, let's all claim the win and move into October. As a Fractal Artist, I know how difficult theme challenges can be, which is why I offered 'Spooky' as being vague enough for a wide interpretation by almost any medium, including writing and the ever popular 'popsicle sticks 'n' glue. :) Let's go! Oh, Pam, I agree with dialyn and hauksdottir, it was a wonderful challenge topic, even I could participate :)
Message edited on: 10/07/2005 17:18
Fractals will always amaze me!
Popsicle sticks and glue? I was just going to do hanky ghosts and let the wind do the arranging... but since I've come back from seeing "Corpse Bride", barely minutes ago, maybe something a bit more structured is called for. BTW, the movie is perfect: animation, music, voice talent, and most important of all, story, all comes together. Well worth seeing again. :) Meanwhile, I have 5 skeletons fighting their way through the fog on the Mac, and have to decide whether to chuck that idea or keep messing with the nodes. I know they are in there! Somewhere. Carolly
Of course we are winners! Have you ever wondered what the difference was between "show cats" and "pet cats"? (A difference worth hundreds of dollars as well as a fancier name!) Just walk into a breeder's house where the cats are raised underfoot, and glance around. The show cats KNOW they are winners. Given that most cats expect the world to revolve around them, you'd think that it would take a pedigreed judge to tell the difference, but it is really obvious. The cats know. :)= Carolly
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I was talking to a friend, and he came up with a concept for a challenge that I now pass on to you. The theme is "Dignity" Hopefully should appeal to all disclipines, 2d, 3d, fractal,photography, writer etc. What you reckon?
The greatest part of wisdom is learning to develop the ineffable genius of extracting the "neither here nor there" out of any situation...."