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Carrara Challenge VIII – The Great Race or Don’t Fence Me In

With Prizes Brought to You by Daz and Mmoir

Executive Summary
Each artist may submit up to two images by 9pm Daz Moutain Time (MT), April 21, 2014.  For each image, the artist must use Carrara to render an interpretation of either “The Great Race” or “Don’t Fence Me In.”  Each submission must incorporate at least two objects created or significantly enhanced in Carrara for that image.  One of the two objects must be either a custom terrain object or a custom application of the replicator function (regular or surface). If an artist submits two images, then votes for the two images are combined for a single score for that artist, with limitations as described below.  Voters may vote for up to three images.  Voters may also indicate one provisional tie-breaker (not by an artist the voter voted for).  The artist with the most combined votes receives the first place prizes.  Prizes are Daz owned items up to $100, $50, and $25 for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishers, respectively.  Two honorable mentions chosen by the sponsor receive a Daz owned item up to $10.  This month’s sponsor is the brilliant MMoir, http://www.daz3d.com/mmoir and w,inners will also receive items from his store.  1st place receives 3 items from his store, 2nd receives 2, and 3rd receives 1.  The honorable mentions also receive an item from his store.  If you have MMoir’s landscapes or replicator grass pack, you know he is the perfect sponsor of this month’s themes.

The Themes
Each image must express the artist’s interpretation of one of the two themes.  Everyone is encouraged to interpret the themes broadly.  Artists and voters are the ultimate judge of the scope of the challenge.  Here are some examples that could fit the themes, but feel free to think outside my box.

*The Great Race   *    

• Classic movie scenes: chariot race in Ben Hur, drag race in Grease
• Famous vehicle races:  Indy 500 autos, America’s Cup yachts, Tour de France bicycles
• Animal races: Kentucky Derby, Iditarod
• Random thought: Mach 5, sperm racing for an egg, tortoise racing a hare, race against time
  *Don’t Fence Me In   *  
• Inspiration from the song lyrics,  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don’t_Fence_Me_In_(song)
• Image emphasizing the openness or accessibility of a landscape 
  -  Allegory for personal relationships (suitor being warned not to be possessive)
  -  Random thought: baby in crib, ghouls in graveyard, millennium cow confronts John Wayne