Challenge #3 - NextGen Small Scene

The Challenge - Next-Gen Small Scene

Your challenge is to create a small contained scene with different material types like in the Next-Gen Texturing Techniques DVD.

Related inspirational training: Due to the similarity of the subject matter within this challenge and our Next-Gen Texturing DVD, we are now offering a 25% discount on this DVD for the duration of this challenge to help you along the way and to inspire you to new creative heights. :)
Simply use this code at checkout: NextGen_Challenge

The Prizes

• 1st Prize ($1,050): 1 Full license of ZBrush 4, a 1-Year streaming subscription to our entire training catalogue and a golden trophy/medal that will be placed under your user name.
• 2nd Prize ($700): 1 Intuos 4 Medium, a 1-Year streaming subscription to our entire training catalogue and a silver trophy/medal that will be placed under your user name.
• 3rd Prize ($350): A 1-Year streaming subscription to our entire training catalogue and a bronze trophy/medal that will be placed under your user name.


• Honorable Mention ($50): A 1-Month streaming subscription to our entire training catalogue.


• Full Participation ($35): A 1-Month streaming subscription to one select DVD. Anyone who fully participates with a qualifying entry will get a free 1-month streaming DVD. (one per person)

The Rules

• You must be a registered member of Eat3 3D. (no prior tutorial purchases are necessary to enter this challenge)
• You must post updates at regular intervals between the start and end of the challenge.
• You must submit your final entry by 11:59PM on the 2nd of January.
• All entrys must be 100% original and created especially for this challenge. No kit bashing or reusing old assets/base meshes is permitted.
• All images must be uploaded to the Eat 3D server via our attachment service.
• Eat 3D does not own the content created by you in this challenge but we do reserve the right to display any submitted images for promotional purposes on eat3d.com.

The Budget

• Your entry must have a maximum combined total of 10,000 triangles for all objects.
• Your entry must have 4 different material types. (example: metal, stone, ground, concrete, rubber, etc)
• Your entry must have no more than a combined 1x4096x4096 total texture space per texture type (diffuse, spec, normal, etc). For example:
• 1x4096 Diffuse, Specular, Normal.
• or 4x2048 Diffuse, Specular, Normal.
• or 16x1024 Diffuse, Specular, Normal. (or any combination of sizes, as long as each type doesnt exceed 4096)
• Light maps and Sky boxes are allowed and can have unlimited resolution.
• Your entry must be rendered and presented from within the game engine of your choice (UDK, Marmoset Toolbag, CryEngine, idTech, Source etc.)
• Post-processing within the engine of your choice is allowed and encouraged.
• No Bullshots! Touching up rendering errors and performing color correction or any other imaged editor based post processing is strictly forbidden (apart from adding titles, borders and text)
• Only a groundplane is allowed. (a simple floor/ground. No pedistal allowed)
• You must submit a final beauty shot that is at least 1280x720.
• You must submit a final texture sheet which contains all material passes that is at least 2048x2048.
• You must submit a final wire shot that is at least 1280x720.
• Video turnaround is suggested but not required.
• Multiple Entries are allowed.

How to submit your entry

• Create a thread in the Contests and Challenges forum.
• Title your thread with the challenge name followed by your user name e.g. NextGen Small Scene - metalliandy
• Start posting!
• Post your final image on the first post in your thread using our "File Attachments" system.
• "Optional" Upload your video turnaround to a popluar video sharing site (Youtube, Vimeo, etc) and post the link/embed in the first post of your thread in the "Video Link" field.
• You must submit your final entry by 11:59PM on the 2nd of January.

Judges

• Joe Berger - Sr. Environment Artist - NetherRealm Studios **
• Jim Magill - Sr. Environment Artist - Sony Online Entertainment **
• Marshall Womack - Sr. Environment Artist - ID Software
• Thomas Woods - Lead Environment Artist - Timegate Studios
• Josh Ball - Sr. Environment Artist - ID Software
• Brad Lewis - Sr. VFX Artist - Bioware
• JP Self - Animator - Xaviant Games
• Andy Davies - Eat 3D Moderator / Environment Artist
• Riki Babington - Eat 3D President / Sr. Environment Artist

** Joe Berger is replacing Jim Magill as a judge due to a family emergency.