October Carrara Challenge: Create a pulp magazine cover with Chills, Thrills, & Carrara Skills!

I am pleased to announce the October Carrara challenge WIP thread in the DAZ  3D Carrara Discussion forum is now open! This month’s theme is inspired by classic pulp magazine cover art of the 1920s-50s. Check it out and join the fun! (http://www.daz3d.com/forums/viewthread/47148/)

The Carrara monthly challenge is open to all Carrara users – beginner, intermediate, and veteran. It is designed to help users learn about the many tools and features Carrara has to offer in a fun and friendly environment. The WIP thread is a great place for non-users to learn more about Carrara, for users to pick up tips and tricks, and for all to catch a glimpse of other artists at work. The ultimate goal of the challenge is to generate some great renders, which are voted on by the DAZ 3D community. Winners of the Carrara monthly challenge receive prizes generously provided by the challenge sponsors.

The sponsors for the October Carrara challenge are DAZ 3D and The AntFarm shop at DAZ 3D (http://www.daz3d.com/the-antfarm)!

Hope to see you there!

suki263

Wonderful work suki !, really great choice of theme. I can't post at other forum at moment as ipad gives me a bad gateway, the theme I's getting lots of interests I see with hits , maybe we can talk booksbydavid et al into having a god 

Er make that ' go ' :) 

Actually, I read that stuff all the time (pulp fiction). Tarzan, John Carter, Doc Savage, The Shadow, The Spider, etc. I LOVE that stuff!! I also enjoy flipping through the pulp fiction cover art books I have. I'd love to participate, but I can't promise. I'm kept pretty busy a the moment modeling for some other folks.

If I get an idea I can't let go of, I'll see what I can do. :)

Whoa. After reading the official rules, I'm having second thoughts. A lot of requirements there. We'll see what happens. Lately, I've been wanting to do pulp styled image. I'll have to give this on a good think.

good news :) ps no one reads the rules ;)

I wish you'd told me that before I read the rules. I can't unread them. AAAHHHHHH!

Quote - Actually, I read that stuff all the time (pulp fiction). Tarzan, John Carter, Doc Savage, The Shadow, The Spider, etc. I LOVE that stuff!! I also enjoy flipping through the pulp fiction cover art books I have. I'd love to participate, but I can't promise. I'm kept pretty busy a the moment modeling for some other folks.

If I get an idea I can't let go of, I'll see what I can do. :)

Whoa. After reading the official rules, I'm having second thoughts. A lot of requirements there. We'll see what happens. Lately, I've been wanting to do pulp styled image. I'll have to give this on a good think.

Hi booksbydavid,

Wow! I'm so glad you are into the pulps. Please join us! It would be awesome to see what you would come up with.

The rules look kind of long. I stole a lot of them from previous hosts. But, they're really pretty straight forward when you break it down. The main challenge ones are basically something mechanical; a rusty shader (does not have to be fancy) just something other than the stock Carrara one; and a couple of things made or enhanced in Carrara, which is hard not to do in the course of making a scene, to make it a Carrara challenge,  What are you particularly put off by? Just run it past me, I'm a pretty easy dictator as they go.

Hope to see you there,

sukyL

Quote - Wonderful work suki !, really great choice of theme. I can't post at other forum at moment as ipad gives me a bad gateway, the theme I's getting lots of interests I see with hits , maybe we can talk booksbydavid et al into having a god 

Hi headwax,

Thanks, I'm glad you like the theme. I've been out-of-town for a day with very little internet access myself. I'm so glad someone stopped by to man the booth. Yes, please work on booksbydavid and anyone else who might be interested. We would love to have them!

suki

Hey, Suki.

Nothing specific about the rules. Just a lot, but once you break it down, it's not so bad. Sometimes I have trouble seeing the forest for the trees. :)

And stop encouraging headwax. He's been pestering me at home. He's tapping on my window late at night and wailing, "You know you want to...". It's getting kind of creepy. :)

OK, I give up. Pressure from headwax was too much for my sensitive nerves. I'm in. :)

Quote - OK, I give up. Pressure from headwax was too much for my sensitive nerves. I'm in. :)

Yay! I hope others learn from this example and realize resistance is futile! Bwa Ha ha! ;)

 Anyone else interested, check out the WIP thread (http://www.daz3d.com/forums/viewthread/47148/). Entrants are moving along smartly on their projects.There are some great ideas on setting up rusty metal shaders, customizing text with the vertex modeler, and using toon plugins and non-photorealistic rendering. 

Suki263

BooksbyDavid

Ha ha I was wondering whose window I was tapping on.

Now you have let the secret out of the bag :)

Suki263

Wow what an amazing thread over at Daz, I hope to have something by Monday to contribute.

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Ha ha I was wondering whose window I was tapping on.

Now you have let the secret out of the bag :)

I'm a slave to peer pressure. :)

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Ha ha I was wondering whose window I was tapping on.

Now you have let the secret out of the bag :)

 

Suki263

 

Wow what an amazing thread over at Daz, I hope to have something by Monday to contribute.

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You are so right! there are a lot of great WIPs there. its a lot of work just trying to keep the Commons forum thread about it updated because there is so much activity . I can't wait to see what you've been working on!

 

Me too ;)

The October Carrara Challenge submissions thread is open: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/viewthread/47729/

We have nine amazing entries so far. Come check them out!

The deadline for submissions is 10/26 around 10pm US Mountain Time. Then, voting runs through 11/03 and is open to anyone with a DAZ 3D account.

Oh, heck! Time got away from me. I better get my image submitted. Thanks for the reminder.

Nice stuff there. 

Quote - Oh, heck! Time got away from me. I better get my image submitted. Thanks for the reminder.

I was getting worried. If you run into head wax, give him a nudge too. ;-)

Quote - Nice stuff there. 

Mark, that's awesome! Thanks so much for checking it out! 

suki

[Lovely poster complements of Antara]

Update: All the entries are in and it's time to Vote!!!

Please stop by the October Carrara Challenge thread in the DAZ Carrara Discussion Forum (http://www.daz3d.com/forums/viewthread/47729/), peruse the offerings, and vote. Voting is open to anyone with a DAZ 3D account and runs until November 3 around 10pm US Mountain Standard Time.

There are some truly Amazing pulp covers on display. Thank you to all who have stopped by the WIP and submissions threads. Now! Let the artists know what you think of their work and Vote!

The votes are in!!! Winners announced!!!

http://www.daz3d.com/forums/viewthread/47729/P60/#708233

Thank you all who visited the October Carrara Challenge threads in the DAZ Carrara Discussions Forum!