Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/~bryce/newsite/challenge/challenge_july_2002.htm

Rochr - 3 nuski - 2 ICMGraphics - 1 ...way difficult cutting this down to three. Cool work, as always, everyone! AgentSmith

3 points: Rochr 2 points: ICMgraphics 1 point : Nuski Thanks all you people for making the entries. I enjoyed browsing through all of them. Zigster

3 points johnpenn ( I like the idea very much, nice concept) 2 points Rochr 1 point nuski thats it for this month wozz

Rochr 3 points FWTempest 2 points IMCgraphics 1 point Although tjohn's use of baloons was a good idea I had to go with the above. It is apperent everyone tried very hard and it took me longer than usual to figure out who to vote for. - TJ

FWTempest - 3 JohnPenn - 2 Rochr - 1 Whew that was hard:o( Loftie

Rochr 3 points FWTempest 2 points IMCgraphics 1 point I copied and pasted the above from bikermouse - I agree completely. A lot of good work here, but Rochr is a clear leader. In fact, I've just copied it to disc to use as my next wallpaper, and THAT'S praise.

AtlantianGoldenAge-FWTempest: 1 LastDayOfTheGoldenAge-johnpenn: 2 Entry-ICMgraphics: 3 All very close. It's hard to choose

Rochr-3 nuski-2 gregsin-1 I can only wonder what would happen putting a group of us in a workshop to create. Great work everyone!

Rochr - 3 (for the skill and vision) airflamesred - 2 (for the wit and learning) EricofSD - 1 (for making me laugh) As always, the range of imagination and skill is so impressive. Great work everyone.

johnpenn - 3 rochr - 2 ICMgraphics - 1

Rochr -3 EricofSD -2 gregsin -1 great pics!!!!!

ICMGraphics - 3 Rochr - 2 FWTempest - 1 Great effort by all!!

FWTempest - 3 bromyaur - 2 ICMGraphics - 1 It's always tough to vote for these, but I still like to give long winded explainations! FWT: Though some of the Atleantian aesthetic is not my taste (I've never been a huge fand of gold), I like the depth and subtle repetition in the render. I especially like the temple just to the right of the foreground building -- It looks so good that I keep staring at it, and up the mountainside. You've also done a good job at convincing me that people live there. Most Bryce renders appear as ghost towns. And that hustle and bustle leads to why I put ICM 3rd. I also am drawn by the use of foreground, middleground and background. It sets up a nice depth, and I love the early morning at the docks feel, I can almost feel the cool, wet ocean breeze and I long for a good cup of joe. That same morning feel brings in bromyaur. The thick mist, and then red early morning light is nice feel. I like he very subtle texture on the buildings which makes them feel like adobe. And, since this is a sea-side place, I can't help but get the expression "Red in the morning, sailors take warning." It's an interesting foreshadowing into the eventual loss of Atlantis that I really enjoy. Was it intentional? I've been pining over honorable mentions at this point. There are so many great images that express brilliant concept, vibrant expressionism, and even some cartoony anime elements that, despite not being an anime fan myself, they make for very interesting narratives. I wish I could have voted for all of them. Great work, gang!

Rochr-3 ICMgraphics-2 Bromyaur-1 Everyone else 1000 points that don't mean anything just because I can't vote for you all!

Rochr-3 nuski-2 icmgraphics-1 Renderosity gets 1 million points for the newsite the images were posted for speed

rochr 3 (no contest) ICM 2 F W Tempest 1

Its always sad to narrow down great entrys to only 3, and i had a hard time with it! Great entrys from everyone! Here it goes... nuski - 3 FWTempest - 2 vasquez - 1 ...that workshop doesnt sound like a bad idea... :)

Very nice work by all! rochr - 3 ICMGraphics - 2 nuski - 1

Rochr..3 ICM....2 Nuski..1 Kudos to all who participated! LynnDee

vasquez - 3 cshaftoe - 2 gregsin - 1 I loved seeing all the creative ways people explored this idea. What drew me to these was the use of color and the mood, even sense of drama. Great work, everyone!

3 points - Rochr 2 points - nuski 1 point - electroglyph Aaaarghh!! This was too much difficult. All the images are very good. Next time, could you please start at 100 points?

Rochr - 3 ICMGraphics - 2 FWTempest - 1

rochr - 3 ICMGraphics - 2 nuski - 1 Beautiful work by all.

Rochr - 3 ICMgraphics-2 vasquez - 1 To see all the images together for the first time was visually intense! It is also amazing that this forum permits a group of individual artists to come together and display their individual styles and creative ideas. It is very difficult to weigh one artwork against another. When it was time to make my final selections, I based my choices on three characteristics; creativity, detail and craftmanship. Being new to Renderosity, this was my first Challenge and I enjoyed the experience. In the future, I hope that more artists accept the Challenge!

nuski = 1 ICMgraphics = 2 FWTempest = 3

ok... here's my 2 cents... I understood the theme of this month's challenge to be 'The Golden Age of Atlantis'; which, to my mind at least, implies 'Atlantis at the height of its civilization', rather than 'the fall of Atlantis'. Which would, again to my mind, would eliminate some outstanding images this month. Therefore, with that in mind.... 3-rochr(surprise, surprise)... I love the POV looking down the hill and the depth. I agree with what you said in your original post that even in a civilization's "Golden Age" there will still be those neighborhoods which are not quite as "golden" 2-ICMgraphics... perhaps it is early morning and the bustling multitudes aren't all awake yet. 1-nuski... very nice first entry. This month is only my second. If you modelled this completely in Bryce, and I have no reason to doubt it, then I am definitely impressed. Also, many kudos (though no points, sorry) to airflamesred and johnpenn for their 'think-pieces'. Loved them both.

Beautiful images! My votes are: rochr -- 3 egee -- 2 icm --1 (I think I'm gonna cry---worked for weeks on my entry, but thought I had until tonight to post it : ( Oh, well....It'll be my very first Bryce Gallery posting, anyway.)

3 = ge-johnpenn 2 = Rochr 1 = nuski

Attached Link: http://uk.geocities.com/bryster3d

johnpenn - 3 Rochr - 2 cshaftoe - 1 But all pics beautiful.

1-johnpenn 2-FWTempest 3-electroglyph

First: congrats to all participating artists - you've done a great work. My vote: 3: Rochr- you did such a great work - looks really like a living Atlantis. Wonderful smooth streets! 2: ICMgraphics - an awesome POV! 1: Airflamesred - interesting what you made out of the topic! Take care, Jimi

3 Roche
2 ICM
1 Egee

There's so much talent, no one should have to choose just 3.

wow...this took me a long time. 1. roche 2. nuski 3. LynnDee these were all so good. what a nice treat.

Patricia's contribution to the Atlantis theme looks really good. Ya all outta go on over and see it. - TJ

I agree with Bikermouse......Patricia should get a special merit award or something......

Rochr - 3 ICMGraphics - 2 gregsin - 1

ICMgraphics-3 Rochr-2 Bromyaur-1

Rochr - 3 ICMgraphics - 2 FWTempest - 1 Great entries everyone.

Ok I hate doing this but i guess its neccesary to only pick three Rochr - 3 Cant even find the words to praise this one Nuski - 2 Love the similarity to venice and the sail masts on the ships vasquez - 1 for the coloring.. and the skybridges.. never enough skybridges.. Although i think patricia's would have beaten both nuski and vasquez.. rotten luck hon theres always next time..

Rochr - 3 Nuski - 2 FWTempest - 1

Rochr - 3 ICMgraphics - 2 airflamesred - 1

Hi AgentSmith, We must clarify one thing. For those who vote: 1-blue 2-white 3-red What does that mean ? 1-first 2-second 3-third or: 1-one point 2-two points 3-three points This is not really clear.

Quote: "Give 3 points to your most favorite. 2 points to your next, and 1 point to your final favorite."

Got it! 3 - Rochr 2 - ICM 1 - Lynn Dee! Good job everyone, damn deadlines, I was almost done! (I'll post mine later anyway, in open DEFIANCE of TIME ITSELF!)

3 - Rochr 2 - ICMGraphics 1 - nuski

Rochr 3 LynnDee 2 nuski 1 Outstanding job, one and all.

Entry-ICMgraphics - 3 I like the profile in this perspective! Atlantis2 - 2 Has a very nice color scheme, and tecture thing going. AtlantianGoldenAge-FWTempest - 1 Is very comples and has many bright colors. = )

Rochr - 3 ICMgraphics - 2 FWTempest - 1 This was tough, ICMgraphics entry was actually closer to my vision of what Atlantis would look like, but the execution of Rochr's entry was a smoother, more integrated render. The FWTempest concept was also good, just not as polished of a render. All three put a lot of thought and time into their work and it paid off. Well done!

3 - Rochr : Very good all-round although a little gloomy? ;)))) 2 - nuski : Superb lighting but not enough texture 1 - electroglyph : A magical atmosphere with good strong colours, but a less-than-magical sky and POV. Well done to everyone who entered. I was impressed by all the artwork.