Welcome to the March Challenge and good luck!

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Topic for the challenge for March 1st, 2007.

hello there everyone...:). first of all thanks again for choosing me the winner for the last challenge "Industrial" and for giving me the opportunity to choose the new topic/theme.

ive come up with idea, that includes a lot for everyone to think about and include in their artwork.

Topic: Fantasy landscape.

we can go for castles, ruins, futuristic stuff, rivers, greenery, mountains, inco-operate sky, thick clouds etc etc. u name it.

it would be great to see how each one of us interpretates, with his/her unique idea.

i hope everyone agrees...:).

all the best.

waheednasir.

Fractals will always amaze me!

So  do we post an image or link?

Cheers,

Kurt

Posting an image is better, since no one will miss seeing it.  Posting a link is acceptable if that is your choice.

When you upload an image here, it does not count as your daily image posting.

~Viv:biggrin:

Fractals will always amaze me!

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=940601&member

I haven't been here for ages, sort of got sidelined into texture work, but will try to visit a bit more.

A super topic this one.

I don't often do this, but I do have an old pic in my gallery that woukld fit this completely. Too big to post here, so I will add a link instead.

The greatest part of wisdom is learning to develop  the ineffable genius of extracting the "neither here nor there" out of any situation...."

Attached Link: TwoPynt's Gallery

Funny, I have been doing some IR photography recently that fits this theme well. Feel free to take a peek. This is one of my favorites.

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

Some super shots there Kort.

The greatest part of wisdom is learning to develop  the ineffable genius of extracting the "neither here nor there" out of any situation...."

Thanks! :) This is the one that started it, also one of my faves.

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

I like that one, these are really fascinating.

The greatest part of wisdom is learning to develop  the ineffable genius of extracting the "neither here nor there" out of any situation...."

it's a poem i wrote a long time ago after discovering the word panjandrum all over again.

billy

Landscape
    by
william marsland

This vantage point on craggy tor
atop resplendent scenery
fits my stance as heavens throne
Its presence, bids my sight
be overwhelmed;
whilst sitting in repose
as to horizon
Mother Earth unfolds

broad winding water
stretched below, cuts a swathe
flecks of rainbows dance
downward, onward fleeing
to a fluid jewel of life
a mirrored plain
of shattered blinding light

golden-headed soldiers
throng valleys rolling slopes
commandeered in silent reveille
by nature’s call to arms
attuned by every whispered word
whilst marching in the breeze 

heather strewn carpets
hug feet of giant firs
canopied in hats of verdigris
supple limbs half clothed
in spikes of emerald green
outstretched towards their neighbours
in request of summer waltz

flanking, white sheeted panjandrums
bear witness to the secret vale
harsh, self-important by themselves
they rise majestic, comely crowned.
in alabaster collarets
receiving touch of heaven’s kiss
upon their moistened brow

great to see here poetry too - fine one, william.

"The light at the end of the tunnel may be an oncoming train"

My first entry . I make all this work with PhotoFitre Studio and use some pluggins and brush

My second

Ooohhh, there's some great work going on here, lovely to see such a mix of arts (great poem). 

I need to get shifting on making something! This one may be hard to judge!

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Toolset: Blender, GIMP, Indigo Render, LuxRender, TopMod, Knotplot, Ivy Gen, Plant Studio.

One more from me...put together today. AND here is a poem to go with it. **Nestled on lakeside A peaceful shelter beckons Reeds whisper softly** *Okaeri Nasai is Japanese for welcome home.*

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

fine interpretations of the challenge, i like it very much, hope to produce something reasonable soon

"The light at the end of the tunnel may be an oncoming train"

thanks for the kind words on the poem, in truth i thought it was a writers challange lol

some excellent images put forward after seeing the quaility of some i'd say it's gonna be a hard one to win, keep up the good work.

billy

Attached Link: Hidden Passage

Hidden Passage

If it isn't broken, don't fix it. 

http://www.fractalartnest.com 

@billy423uk - for this challenge any artform is ok.
@robin9058 - very original landscape - i like it.

"The light at the end of the tunnel may be an oncoming train"

I try, thanks. 

Robin 

If it isn't broken, don't fix it. 

http://www.fractalartnest.com 

Wow!  Lots of really great entries, and from all types of arts.  It's always fun to see so many ways of interpreting the theme.

Keep them coming in!

~Viv

Fractals will always amaze me!

Attached Link: Magical Lights

Freat entires this far! Really enjoyable! Maybe my latest vector work could fit here too.

Typos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry! I meant - of course - "Great entries this far!"

Some of you have seen this :)  "Sleepy Hollow"  Multiple photos modified in CS.

Cheers!

Kurt

Another from my "Mystic Visions" series .. "Raven Lake" ..  Again a PS comp. :)

Kurt

As above, part of my Mystic Visions series, "A Place of Magic"

Cool stuff here :) Though I think there would be more entries if the actual forum posting link would have been posted directly in the first post. :)

Kurt

Is there a limit to the number of entries?  I have 2 brand new, and 12 older lol :)

Cheers

Kurt

no ebots from this forum for 2 days! fine new images. very fine vectors work, titta. i especially like 'raven lake', kurt.

"The light at the end of the tunnel may be an oncoming train"

There is no real limit to how many images each person can post, but each image will be voted on separately, so you actually have a better chance if you post fewer images. 

Fractals will always amaze me!

Done in Vue, hope you like it. Much objects are from the free stuff. Thanks to the artists who make it possible!

Dotthy,


Private home page  DuF-Net.de,
Artist home page Arts-3D.com

"My education started the day I left school" Mark Twain
 

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1399796

OK my entry all original models no freestuff downloads etc. All modeled in Wings 3D bacgroudn rendered in Bryce 5 foreground rendered in PMG messiah. Did all the rigging and texturing too.

The wit of a misplaced ex-patriot.
I cheated on my metaphysics exam by looking into the soul of the person next to me.

just a model of what earth could be in the 22nd century - only technical solutions make survival possible. made in sketchup free.

"The light at the end of the tunnel may be an oncoming train"

Very nice Dotthy, quite exotic!

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

OK I recently tried playing with a Mojowrld Function Graph & postworked it but as it fits in with the theme I`ll throw it into the pot.

Sorry I dont kow how to resize it down in here :(
Wºz™

I'm not seeing it Woz, but it could be my browser. Nice ones Dann and koosie. :)

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

try this link www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/media/folder_141/file_1403176.jpg

By Krom! ...that is a kewl one. :'D

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

Sprial Caves:
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1401841

Created in Apophysis 2.05z+ beta2 C+ using the Dragon Egg script by Liz (etomchek). I deleted the first transform triangle. Pearls and Lace popped out while playing with the post triangle to get the POV you see here.

Bunny

Sorry, I couldn't get the picture to load properly. 

very nice fantasy landscape! - you should remove the "&member" part from the above link!

"The light at the end of the tunnel may be an oncoming train"

One more, and thank you for telling me about the &member.

River of Dreams:
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1382540

Bunny

@ woz: Very interesting results!

Quote - try this link www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/media/folder_141/file_1403176.jpg

                                                     Concepts are the playthings of an active intellect.

 

WOW! Some fantastic entries! It will be hard to pick a favorite.

This is my entry. It is a fractal made in Ultra Fractal which I posted in December.

Here is the link to the large image:
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1344014

this is beautiful, i love the contrast especially.

"The light at the end of the tunnel may be an oncoming train"

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1409049

Not how I intended at the start, but I decided to have a play with Bryce, didn't feel all that comfortable after I've been concentrating with Blender, I started running out of render time boy had I forgotten that Bryce 'feature'  :cursing: still it's not too bad.

The image inserted isn't full size please follow the link! (feeling too rotten after the tonsillectomy to mess around with sorting the links out neatly sorry

There's some great entries, good luck all in the voting....

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Toolset: Blender, GIMP, Indigo Render, LuxRender, TopMod, Knotplot, Ivy Gen, Plant Studio.

you did imo a great job!

"The light at the end of the tunnel may be an oncoming train"

WOW! This is a wonderful fantasy landscape picture. I really like it.

Wow!  What a great group of entries we have this month!  It's now time to close the entries and let the voting begin!    You get to choose your 3 favorite entries, giving each of them 3, 2 or 1 points.  Remember, you are choosing an entry, not an artist.  If someone has posted more than one entry, you need to indicate which is your choice.  

Your vote should look something like this:

Cinderella - "Fantasy Kingdom" - 3 points
Darth Vader - "I Am Innocent" - 2 points
Neo - "Matrix Madness" - 1 point

Feel free to nominate Honorable Mentions or make comments.

~Viv

Fractals will always amaze me!

TwoPynts- 'Otherworldy' - 3 points
Valerie ducom (first image - 371030) - 2 points
Titta - Magical Lights - 1point

best of luck all! - the standard is great for this challenge!

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Toolset: Blender, GIMP, Indigo Render, LuxRender, TopMod, Knotplot, Ivy Gen, Plant Studio.

Very hard to vote as there are so many wonderful entries.

Gog_CA1---Approach to Elven'nar-3 points
Titta---Magical Lights-2 points
TwoPynts---Other Worldly-1 point

Good luck to all.

Dotthy - "Time Travellers Port" - 3 points
woz2002 - "Kroms Keep" - 2 points
Gog_CA1 - "Approach to Elven'nar" - 1 point

Honorable Mentions 
"Landscape" by kansas

Oh how difficult to choose.

TwoPynts (otherworldly)......3 points
Gog_ca1.................................2 points
Kurtsart (Sleepy hollow).......I point.

Honorable mentions to everyone else , especially the poem.

The greatest part of wisdom is learning to develop  the ineffable genius of extracting the "neither here nor there" out of any situation...."

it really is difficult i would have liked to be able to give more people points.
Gog_ca1                  3 points
Titta                           2 points
Kansas                     1 point
honorable mention for the poem!

"The light at the end of the tunnel may be an oncoming train"

**Harmoni Reef, Keli Ga

**

                                                     Concepts are the playthings of an active intellect.

 

dotty :            3 points
Gog_CA1 :   2 points
bpclarke :     1 points

kurtsart "Sleepy Hollow" 3 points bpclarke "Sprial Caves" 2 points woz2002 "Krom's Keep" 1 point Great entries everyone!

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

**First, my apologies for uploading an entry after the Challenge had ended; I can only say in my defense that I had bookmarked the Challenge page and had not seen Viv's  post on  Page 2.   Sorry, bad form on my part!   <:]
 

All the entries were truly fantastic; here are those I thought most fantastic:

titta                  -   "Magical Lights"       -   3 points

Valerie-Ducom   -   "My first entry"        -   2 points

bpclarke            -   "River of Dreams"     -   1 point

**billy423uk         -   "Landscape"             -   Honorable Mention

Quote - Wow!  What a great group of entries we have this month!  It's now time to close the entries and let the voting begin!    You get to choose your 3 favorite entries, giving each of them 3, 2 or 1 points.  Remember, you are choosing an entry, not an artist.  If someone has posted more than one entry, you need to indicate which is your choice.  

Your vote should look something like this:

Cinderella - "Fantasy Kingdom" - 3 points
Darth Vader - "I Am Innocent" - 2 points
Neo - "Matrix Madness" - 1 point

Feel free to nominate Honorable Mentions or make comments.

~Viv

                                                     Concepts are the playthings of an active intellect.

 

TwoPints "Otherworldly" 3 points
billy423uk "Landscape by william marsland" 2 points
kurtsart "Sleepy Hollow" 1 point

Wondeerful entries everyone, very hard to choose!

Dotthy,


Private home page  DuF-Net.de,
Artist home page Arts-3D.com

"My education started the day I left school" Mark Twain
 

I am going away until the 9th after today so if somehow I manage to come in first I would pass along the honor of choosing the next Challenge theme to the next person in line. Thank you all for your votes, I am touched! ~Kort

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

Since voting is a little light, I will leave this until tomorrow night (23:59 Renderosity time) to collect and tabulate the votes.

~Viv

Fractals will always amaze me!

on the other side of the world from my home but saw i had an im to vote..hope im in time.
must say there was some great work put up well done everyone

dotty .........           3 points
Gog_CA1 .....  2 points
bpclarke .....    1 points

billy

What a great turnout for this month's challenge!  I really enjoyed all of your fantasy landscapes.  Thanks to waseednasir for a great topic.

Now, without further ado, here is the count:

Tied for eighth place, with 1 point each:  kansas and bpclarke (River of Dreams)

In seventh place, with 2 points:  billy423uk

In sixth place, with 3 points:  woz2002

Tied for fifth place, with 4 points each:  Valerie-Ducom and bpclarke(Spiral Caves)

In fourth place, with 5 points:  kurtsart

Tied for third place, with 8 points each:  titta and Dotthy

In second place, with 10 points:  TwoPynts

In first place, with 13 points:  Gog_CA1

Congratulations!  Gog_CA1, please let me know what topic you would like to Challenge.

Fractals will always amaze me!

Wow, I'm amazed, thanks to all who voted for me!

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Toolset: Blender, GIMP, Indigo Render, LuxRender, TopMod, Knotplot, Ivy Gen, Plant Studio.

congratulations.
do you have an idea for the next challenge?

"The light at the end of the tunnel may be an oncoming train"

Already sent Viv an IM with the next challenge idea, sure it'll be up shortly....

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Toolset: Blender, GIMP, Indigo Render, LuxRender, TopMod, Knotplot, Ivy Gen, Plant Studio.

well done and congrats gog_ca1

billy

Attached Link: April's Challenge

Have a look at the April Challenge!

Fractals will always amaze me!

Congratulations to everyone. It was hard to vote as all the entries were really great.
Marion

Congrats Gog and good idea for the next challenge! :']

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations