UFO (Friends or Foes?) - June 2015

Theme: UFO - Are they friends or foes?

Create an image that either depicts little green men (does not have to be actual little green men) being friends or foes. Or create your own spin on the theme!
Creativity has no limit!!!

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General Contest Rules

All members can enter.

Start: Monday, June 11, 2015 End: Sunday, June 30, 2015 at 10:00am [CDT] (Renderosity Server Time) 

Community Voting: July 1-4, 2015

Winners announced: Thursday, July 5, 2015

Entries MUST be time-stamped by June 30, 2015 9:59am [CDT], or they will not be accepted 1 entry per person.

Entries MUST be new artwork not previously posted online, or anywhere else publicly

Entries MUST NOT appear online anywhere else during the challenge or until the Challenge Winners have been posted

1st and 2nd prize winners only. $25.00 Gift certificate each place.

Winner's Announcement will be posted in the Daz Studio forum and the Renderosity front page.

Entry Specifications

Images must be submitted to the Daz Studio gallery
The title of the entry (gallery submission) must include: UFO

A link to the entry must be placed within the DAZ Studio Forum Challenge thread.

Must not have previously won a Renderosity Challenges

All images must comply with Renderosity's Terms of Service for thumbnails

No Nudity is allowed on thumbnail and full image

Images that do not follow the contest rules or our Terms of Service will be removed

Vote soliciting will not be tolerated. Entrants that solicit votes will be disqualified without warning. This includes, but is not limited to, emailing and site-mailing members.

By uploading your image, you are agreeing that this is your original work.

Community Voting

The winners will be selected by the community

All clone votes will be removed

By entering this contest, you agree that all submission may be used by Renderosity for promotional purposes: online, digital, in print, on CD, or in any other medium. By submitting your entry into this contest you are granting Renderosity the right to retain your entry in it's archive and to display the entry within this community to promote Renderosity or future contests held.

As you might be aware, the search function does not return results on search terms less than four letters.
Unfortunately, it does not give an error or advisory message when you try a 3 letter search.

If anybody is looking for the entries to this challenge, you will have to wait till a link is posted in this thread (as stated in rules).

Do we have a link yet?

Have there been entries?

I hope I have just uploaded an image for this contest, but I had to have several goes, and I am still not sure if it went to the right place with the right markers.....

Hello malwat!

You simply upload your entry to the gallery with UFO in the title line next to your actual title and then post the link to that image here in this thread. :)

If this thicko is getting it right, then:

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=2626304

TARA!

Thanks Kimberly.

PS, it took me ages to get the thumbnail and main image right, even though both seemed to be at the right size at my end. Is there an idiot's process I can follow? For example, a really small thumbnail was still too large despite really dropping the quality.

Great image and Idea Malwat!

Here is my entry for this months challenge (click on the link below):

Are we there yet?

My Entry

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=2627963

Well I held on just a bit longer to see if we could get a few more entries but it doesn't look like it. Voting will begin tomorrow. :)

I'll cast my vote first. It was a difficult decision, but I have to go with "UFO Help by the Roadside?" by malwat. for the interesting and unique idea!

I think I will cast my vote for Are we there yet by Dustrider 

Thank you for the votes! We need more for a tie breaker! :)

I really like  Are we there yet by Dustrider. Such a cute little critter and great lighting as well :)

My Vote is Come with me to the Dark Side.

My vote goes to Dustrider and 'Are we there yet?'.

Fun image and a beautiful render.

 I like them all, but I think Dustrider's just pipps Nugget's.

So I vote for Dustriders.

Nice work everyone! 

I vote...

Dustrider's "Are we there yet?"

I vote for Dustriders. He has a great pose for the human and the little creature oozes cute. The setting is very fitting as well. His lighting is, as always, superb.

Malwat has a very nice concept, but I think the execution needs some work. If you are new to this stuff, please don't take my critique too harshly. You have some great elements in that picture. The framing is good, the posing is good, the choice of characters is also very good. The achilles heel for this image could be a lack of experience for the artist in setting up the shadow methods of the lights and/or the render settings. Don't be discouraged, even the great masters had to practice before they could be great!

Nugget's image is very nice, but I didn't vote for it because the setting seemed out of place for me. I think if there were some other elements to the scene that suggested a more extra-terrestrial vibe, then I may have voted for it. Even a light streaming in a window or the door, to suggest a UFO or something outside that the alien is beckoning the viewer to follow her and see, would have added that extra little dimension. As an example, think about the little boy's abduction in, Close Encounters of the Third Kind. The mother (and viewers), are terrified at what is going on, but the little boy is amused and intrigued by it.

Out of curiosity, was there a WIP thread with this challenge? They are great for sharing ideas, getting or giving tips, maybe generating additional interest in the challenge, getting some constructive critiques before the entry deadline?

I vote for Dustriders. He has a great pose for the human and the little creature oozes cute. The setting is very fitting as well. His lighting is, as always, superb.

Malwat has a very nice concept, but I think the execution needs some work. If you are new to this stuff, please don't take my critique too harshly. You have some great elements in that picture. The framing is good, the posing is good, the choice of characters is also very good. The achilles heel for this image could be a lack of experience for the artist in setting up the shadow methods of the lights and/or the render settings. Don't be discouraged, even the great masters had to practice before they could be great!

Nugget's image is very nice, but I didn't vote for it because the setting seemed out of place for me. I think if there were some other elements to the scene that suggested a more extra-terrestrial vibe, then I may have voted for it. Even a light streaming in a window or the door, to suggest a UFO or something outside that the alien is beckoning the viewer to follow her and see, would have added that extra little dimension. As an example, think about the little boy's abduction in, Close Encounters of the Third Kind. The mother (and viewers), are terrified at what is going on, but the little boy is amused and intrigued by it.

Out of curiosity, was there a WIP thread with this challenge? They are great for sharing ideas, getting or giving tips, maybe generating additional interest in the challenge, getting some constructive critiques before the entry deadline?

Thanks.

I would like to announce that the winner of this challenge is DustRider Congratulation  

UFO Challenge - Are we there yet?

by: DustRider

Congrats DustRider it is a great render

Thanks Lobo3433 and LPR001!

Also, thanks to everyone who voted!!