In a thread below, we were discussing whether or not we're artists if all we do is "interior decorate" with props and textures and characters that come to us whole-cloth. It's been, as always, a great discussion, and in the middle of it someone suggested a contest idea, where three items are chosen from Freestuff and you have to make an image out of them. So I'm picking up the ball on that one and running with it. You have seven days, till next Friday at noon, Rsity time, to submit an image in this thread using the following three items. All links have been checked to make sure the items in question are still available, and they are. -- Joerg Weber's "aura" prop -- odenthoflife's "laptop" prop -- eilif's "horse poses" (there are three sets of these, and any pose from any one of the three is acceptable) Obviously, you'll need the Poser horse for this, unless you want to try using those poses on something else (and hey, go for it if you want to). You can use anything else you want, but these three items must figure prominently in the composition. No sneaking them into the background, okay? Front and centre. Yes, there will be a prize, but since I haven't quite decided what it is yet, you'll just have to wait in anticipation of that anouncement. Entries must be posted in this thread. Decision of the judges -- me -- is final. No whining, no matter how much you try to change my mind. Okay, "artists" -- leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet's rumble!

That's odeathoflife for the laptop.

Now this sounds like a REAL CHALLENGE! I'm off to find the downloads now......and hopefully will be able to come up with something. (: This is soooo much fun! Genny

leave it to you to put a horse and a laptop together.. =)

Oh how cool!! I love a challenge!! Thanks Virtual!!

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GRAND PRIZE: ----- a genuine, PDF-printable certificate that announces to one and all that you are indeed an artist, with all the rights and privileges thereunto. ----- a t-shirt texture for the character of your choice (P4Guy, Posette, Michael, or Vicky) from Maury's House of Fine Art Photography ----- and, if you send me your photo, your very own photo shoot at Maury's House of Fine Art Photography And all entries will receive a spcial prize just for having the guts to enter. But that one's a secret (heh heh heh).

I already have an idea!

Okay, since I've gotten a few IMs asking what the photo shoot is. I'm gonna recreate you as best as I can as a Poser character, then plunk you in the middle of Maury's latest saga. What that will be is anyone's guess right now, but you'll be a star, baby!

Sound good to me But I think that there are 4 horse pose packs?? That is what I down loaded?? See you all next friday this will be fun!!

Ron, you can use any pose you want, as long as it's one of the ones Eilif created.... and yes, I'll be checking. =)

One question is there a limit to the postwork (I use photo shop to clean stuff up) min max??

Hmm. Tell you what: let's make this a real challenge and a half. NO POST WORK. Pure Poser.

Already know what I'm going to do!!! Again, how much post-work can be done?

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Got it.

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Cool no post poser pure and simple (well not simple, really frustrating some times) and wee'er off!!!!!

Awww... now I can't use my idea... at least not as I had planned... I can figure out a way to do it though... forsees a lot of transmapped square props in his future

Alright, for some reason I can't seem to successfully download the laptop...

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Gah... it has exceeded its allotted bandwidth. Can't get it today...

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No luck. I tried normal, right-click/ Save Target As, right click / Open, right-click / Open In New Window... Nothing worked. I only got that stupid HTML message about bandwidth. Hopefully it's not too late for the challenge to be modified to include a different object than the laptop, or for the deadline to be extended so I can actualy GET the #%@&$%* thing...

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Valander, tell you what -- I'll contact Jorge and see if he'll let me distribute the prop for the purpose of the contest.

Okay, just sent a note to Joerg asking permission to re-distribute the aura prop. If I haven't heard back in 24 hours, I'll change it to another prop (sorry, Ron) and we'll postpone the deadline till Saturday.

Coolies, Virtual.

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Hehe, I already have all these items downloaded. Now, if one of eilif's poses matches the image I have in mind ...

• grins evilly *

... if they don't, is it permissible to slightly modify one of the poses, so long as I use eilif's as the base? Just a slight tilt of the head?

Heh, no matter what the third prop/thing is, my idea will work... heheheh... PH33R |/|3 !!!

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I would like to think that the bandwidth issue is because we have a flurry of people who want to submit an entry, and it should clear up by tomorrow. Failing that, here's what we're gonna do. I have in my CDs a laptop model. There's no read-me for it, so I have no idea whose work it is. And for that, more's the pity on their part (Let this be a lesson to you: ALWAYS INCLUDE A READ-ME!). Anyone who can't access odeathoflife's laptop, send me a note, and I'll send you the laptop model I have archived. If someone identifies whose work it is, let me know, so I can add it to the record. It's no doubt off a freebie site and probably isn't posable. Now, having said that, because there's no read-me with it, I can't honestly say if there's any problem with redistribution, but I'm not going to worry about that. As I've stated in other threads, if you can't be bothered to tell me about these things, I ain't chasing you down. So... that okay with everyone? Ron, you're still in, okay?

I just found the laptop model by odeathoflife in my archives and the read-me has nothing about redistribution. So anyone who can't access it, let me know, and I'll e-mail it to you. Because of all this, deadline is postponed till NOON NEXT SATURDAY.

Thanks I just IM'd you, as I couldn't get it downloaded. This is going to be fun! And nice pic Ron :)

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Graphics Type:  ATI Radeon HD 4200
•ATI Radeon HD 4200 integrated graphics 
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And that's how you learn. Hell, Ron, given what you've shared with us over the last few months, building your own poses is gonna be a breeze. And I can't wait to see the book in print.

Oh, allright... I'll bite.

Never mind computer can't unzip the laptop file. :(

I have the file as a zip on my HD and will send it out to anyone having trouble. But thanks, Ron. Much appreciate the offer! Okay, people, get rendering!!! I wanna see horses and auras and laptops, oh my!!!!

Greetings, This was fun. I am sure I am not even going to be close to winning, but I had fun just the same. Not only cause of the Weird props and poses we had to combine together. But cause I was not allowed to do any post work. Wow that was tuff for me I ALWAYS do at least something in the way of post work for my renders. I am useing a Very slow PC *Don't even ask how much RAM I have you will die laughing and not even understand how I can even run poser lol* *If this has been asked I am sorry I am a blonde and do not rember too well.* Is there a limit of how many images we can submit? Ok On to my attempted image :) Credits: Desk Freebie from DAZ, Female P4 Woman with a texute (like you can really see it lol) from Happy Worldland, Hair from Digital Babes, Joerg Weber's "aura" prop, odenthoflife's "laptop" prop, One of eilif's "horse poses", Lighting is one of BJ's Lights, Swannie's sitting poses for Vicki tweaked a bit for P4 Woman. I think I covered everyone, here's to hopeing I did not leave anyone out. Ok a bit about my image, she sits down at her PC, ready to do some surfing, and what is this?? A horse jumping out of her PC screen at her. :) And VirtualSite Thanks for the fun and for helping me get the laptop. *was going to add my name but then thought wait that is post work lol*

All I could think of was a Critter Cabin! lol Used Sams3D's cabin, dmentia's horse texture, and a couple of brycetechs critters, and of course the 3 required items. Nice image Blazerwiccan :)

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Hard Drive Size:  1TB
Processor - Clock Speed:  2.8 GHz
Operating System:  Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 
Graphics Type:  ATI Radeon HD 4200
•ATI Radeon HD 4200 integrated graphics 
System Ram:  8GB 

Well, we probably should put a limit of some kind on, even though it's gonna be tough for most to do more than one. Three, max. And we got three very good submissions in less than twelve hours. Keep it up, folks.

ROFL Was this ever fun. As soon as I saw this horse pose, the image popped into my mind immediately.

The only "extras" that I used, in addition to those required for the challenge, were a horse texture by Daio, a screen shot of Legume's Magic Pink Pony displayed in the Renderosity gallery (I hope he doesn't mind, but it was a MUST for this picture ... hehehehe), and a smiling horsey head morph that I did myself.

Great challenge. I'd LOVE to see a Poser challenge/project of the week along this line!

Denise

PS - Kinda gives a new meaning to the word "laptop" doesn't it? 8-D Denise

*"Bad horse! Go to your room! I'll be back. Amen."*

Laptop : odeathoflife
Aura : Joerg Weber
"Dance" Horse Pose : eilif
Stable : RealDeal
Arabian head morph : kaciasea
Horse textures : Carol UK, Jessica Riggs, and Mock

You guys do realize that by the time deadline arrives, this thread will be sunk so deep in the archives that we'll need a bathyscaphe to reach it ....

Talk about VR >>> that things alive, it just zapped me. texture on horse from Pieran piaffe. texture on nerds backdrop by me, plus file specified

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

MOOOoooooo Over, The New GrATEWAY Horse Pose- Ellifs Texture- "Pinto" Pierian Piaffe Laptop- Odenthoflifes No Texture Aura- Joerg Webers (scale 1180) Ground Texture and trans- "Aura" Joerg Webers (scale 125) CD- Odenthoflifes Texture- "me" No Postwork Thanks to all... I love the Pinto Texture Niles

OK, Heres' Mine! Horse and textures by Daz Laptop by Odenthoflifes Aura by Joerg Weber Fly by Brycetech Stable by Sams3D Stool by Virtual Furniture Poses by Ellifs The aura was used on the fly's eyes after making them transparent. Title for my image is: BugsBeGone

Thank you for doing this, I always enjoy these things, when I have the time to participate. (:

Genny

Ron, I don't mean any offense, but...........where does a horse live, other than a stable? (: Genny

Wow, there are some great renders going on here :) You are all doing fantastic :) Ron, my horse is in a Cabin :)

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2.80GHz, 4000MHz System Bus, 2MB L2 Cache + 6MB Shared L3 Cache
Hard Drive Size:  1TB
Processor - Clock Speed:  2.8 GHz
Operating System:  Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 
Graphics Type:  ATI Radeon HD 4200
•ATI Radeon HD 4200 integrated graphics 
System Ram:  8GB 

Cool it dude....... I am beginning to blow my top... no one told you to break your step ladder and wait until a Friday night for me to order another. Laptop by Odenthoflifes Aura by Joerg Weber Pose by Ellifs Daz Horse and Diao texture Mike 2 and Eirian ogre mat and Cath's Dariusz tex Nerd's backdrop and background

In a world filled with causes for worry and anxiety...
we need the peace of God standing guard over our hearts and minds.
 
Jerry McCant

I must confess I thought the concept or theme of this challenge was rather strange. Hey, it's my contest. What'd ya expect? =) And, yes, how many variations on such a theme can one have? Well, given what we've seen to date, so far about eight. And that's just the first day. Render on, folks!

Going to give it another try! :)

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Hard Drive Size:  1TB
Processor - Clock Speed:  2.8 GHz
Operating System:  Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 
Graphics Type:  ATI Radeon HD 4200
•ATI Radeon HD 4200 integrated graphics 
System Ram:  8GB 

No post work??? dammit, not fair, I am a newbie... technically challenged in poser... hmm.. howbout some pre work?? Would you accept pre work. For example: custom textures and custom background?? JV

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I thought I'd have somethig original. Now look at how many horses in a stable with a computer we have.

I was going to put mine in the shower, but she just wouldn't fit.

Besides, that laptop isn't waterproofed.

Maximum of three images per individual, huh? This is going to be a long thread. :)

JVR: prework is fine. I would imagine we all have to do some sort of prework to get the textures we want, right? LD: maybe you need to change the size of the shower? And the laptop can be waterproof if you say it's waterproof, right? =)

• shrugs * Wouldn't matter. St. Arnie has this issue with getting his halo wet ....

Forget Miss Cleo!!! Here's Saint Ed, with his INTERNET CONNECTION to GOD!!! Call now, and Saint Ed can e-mail God, and get answers to your greatest dillemas right now! Horse pose, laptop, and halo props are the subjects of the contest... Nerd's BD tool by Nerd... (duh 8-D)... Horse Robe and texture by me (took like 5 mins)...

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Jeez! You guys are getting a great start. I can't wait to get home tonight and... DAMN!! I have a date with my girlfriend. Oh well. She's just going to have to understand.

Yeah I'd love to see her face when you tell her you can't go out because you have to see a horse about a laptop and an aura..... LOL

Let's see... Zydeco dance and potluck with a bunch of Freemasons and a huge pot of Jambalaya that I cooked last night, or the endless possibilities of auratic-equine-cyber something-or-other. What's a boy to do?

mmmm!!! Jambalya, ever thought of using a stand-in? I could fill in if you like :) niles

I'm really amazed at all the wonderful entries here!! My goodness, there are so many talented people entering and I even know some of them :) As Arnold said, "I'll be bauk!" Great contest VirtualSite!! :) Irene

Attached Link: http://www.alembicdesign.com/laptop.html

I'll keep it here for a while, say, 'til Tuesday evening.

Waitaminute... THREE entries per person?!?!? MWUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHcoughhack*

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"OK, I'll check the list one more time!" Well, this was interesting. I didn't see any mention of size limits? Hope this is OK Thip's robe, Sharkey's wings, Lynne's Creations-Donkey,Wizard hair by Shadownet, Pillars by Thorneworks. The background was rendered in Vue. Thanks all!

Umm.. nothing really special about this one.. I was loading a horse, P4 man, Lap Top, and Aura.. and had to simply render what turned out.. seemed strange enough lol. My next post will have my second entry.. which has one or two more props.. and my own imagination ;)

"Ok.. this time YOU be the horse.. and I get to ride.." OK.. um.. this is the horse.. P4 man, aura, laptop, horse pose, and some clothing :) Sorry.. no "horse clothing morph" or anything.. just a bit of resizing.. and a strange imagination at 4:30AM :)

This is the Pose Rear1 applied to the P4Business man, as soon as I saw the result this had to be done. It must be the Aura that is making me think of the after life! Backdrop by Steve Shanks, freebie at Rosity;Truck by Baument. Somedays you just can't win! On the way to work one day!!

Well, Ron this is the only one I had on hand that fit the situation. Maybe next time I will be braver and have more time to search for something better. I'm just an amatuer and this is the first time I have used this backdrop! Actually, I quite like it Thanks for commenting!

Attached Link: http://www.graphicsbypati.com

This was fun.. used the foal object found here on Rendosity. P4 boy, and all the items.. And then GOD said "no son, I said put the man on the horse.." "Don't change my plans!!..."

Ron, no offence taken. Thanks

Had another idea that I couldn't resist doing ... although I REALLY wanted it to be a cow ... ;-)

Infinity Cove by RuntimeDNA; barn picture from Art Today; PRE-work (not postwork!) of rays done in Photoshop. And, of course, it IS a fictitious web site!

My second and final entry, because it was just plain old fun to do!

"How can I bill myself as THE SAINT when my partner moonlights when I am not looking" Tex on horse from pierran piaffe, with alterations by me. Village square from poserworld with texture alterations by me. Not certain if "The Saint" crossed the atlantic, but he used to be big in the UK

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

Got it in one Ron, but he wasn't the proper James Bond, that was and always will be Sean Connery. Now he can stir my martini anytime.

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

Connery? Now, I happen to think Sean is especially hot, particularly in Outland, which is just one huge bearfest, but, as much in the minority as it will put me, Pierce Brosnan is my idea of a James Bond.

Actually, I grew up with Sean as James Bond, but happen to think that Pierce, does an excellent job of carrying on the tradition!! Just a tiny bit more finesse. Hmm, how do you spell that ;LOL So that makes a minority of 2!

Okay, here's my two bits. Sky done in Bryce, imported as background picture; rendered horse, P4 skeleton and aura over it. Did a screenshot of Poser rendering the image; added that screenshot to the re-worked laptop texture as the screen; opened new scene with photo of my dining room table as background picture, rendered laptop with new texture and Vicki (new free Janjay texture from Eowyn) et viol I posted the image on the screen in the gallery if anyone wants a closer look.

I'm a newbie at poser too.. relitively anyway.. like about 6 weeks maybe.. anyway..
background is mine, made in PSP7
laptop deathoflife
horse poser4
pose eilif rearing
poser3 nude man
aura um.. hmm ok.. forgot but you know who.. lol
hmm I think that is it..
Lin

Attached Link: http://www.pierianpiaffe.com

I'm just enjoying seeing all these folks using my horse textures. :-)

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Well, Daio, when it comes to these kinds of textures, there are few who can compare. Truth's truth, after all -- you can't screw around with the truth. =)

Attached Link: http://www.silverleifstudios.com

"Modern Magic" (aka MPP = Magic Palamino Pony) Straight poser render, used two horses, plain palamino texture on back half horse, and carousel palamino texture on the front half...modified texture on lap top and applied a transmap to screen and back side of it to get the screen effect...adjusted hue and sat on the aura texture and used transmap2...

Okay, I just had an idea for a new render. Not sure that I can post it here in the forum, though.

Tease! (You can post a link though, right?)

LD, if you think it might frighten the proverbial horses, you can give me a link somewhere else to see it. I mean, all the rules said was that it had to be in this thread, and a link's as good as an image, I suppose.

Nothing frightening or in violation of Renderosity's TOS. I won't say anything more; don't want to give anyone else the same idea. I'll provide a link if necessary.

You sunk my battle ship! Here is my megger attempt. Only done with poser, but thats all I have right now, so no postwork. Tashar 59

I forgot all this. Aura-Joerg Weber Laptop-odeathoflife posses-eilif Horse with Long Curls-Lisa B Night Mare tex-Mock Simpe Moon-Cyphre High Polly Grass-Martin Lambert FX Magic-Mesh Magick

Okay, this is not a slam of any computer manufactor just a spoof on one of their commercials. Dirty deeds done dirt cheap, one company sends in their top super secret agent to mastermind a sales-campaign-fiasco on their competitor.

Damn, what a lot of fun entries -- and anyone cruising through here, remember these are all without post work. Incredible stuff, gang -- keep 'em coming.

My final entry for the contest.

100% Poser, no postwork.

This was rendered as an animation, but I couldn't convert to GIF and squeeze it down to the forum's limit of 200KB without seriously compromising image quality. Therefore, the thread gets a high-resolution still-frame image, and you can see an animated GIF version in the Gallery.

For a limited time, interested parties can download the full animation in DivX AVI and MPEG formats with these links:
DivX AVI version (490KB)
MPEG version (733KB)

The DivX codec can be downloaded at www.divx.com.

Credits:

Laptop : odeathoflife
Spinning cursor thingy : Joerg Weber's aura prop
"Dance" Horse Pose : eilif
Horse textures : Carol UK and Jessica Riggs
Horse with long curls: LisaB
Intel: for being a good sport and not suing me

Okay, so I finally got her dressed.

and for the final entry (trying for current events points).

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/gallery.ez?ByArtist=Y&Artist=Hiram

Oh yeah, if you want to see the rendered image on the monitor, go to my gallery.

Didn't get a working version of the laptop till 2am, so I'm going for cheap and cheezy, and then bed.

Wow I must say I never expected this...so many laptops. Astounding work everyone, great stuff. I really like Hirams 1st one (mmmmm nudity) and also Little Dragons. DMTyler gets an exceptional reward cause of the PPP in his render. Great Jobs people

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