Tom Fitzgerald

coolio fox. i started a discussion about it on the main page… if you have any thoughts post em up, if you want to make it happen say something to that effect i want the discussion board to get the word out beyond the group.
 

I’m in

hello everyone. i would like to make this competition a reality, if anyone would like to help: set up the framework for the competition, gain attention of land8lounge, gather prizes, ect… i could really use the help as i am working on finishing my thesis currently. PLEASE let me know if you are interested. thanks -michael

i think we should have different scales and classes
 

You would have to hace specific rules i.e. how much post production is allowed?

(Land 8 Lounge digital challenge CHAMPION) it should be i picture of a cougar or something badass like that.

I like the idea of a digital badge to put on your profile pic like some site overseers have the 8 logo in theirs

think there should be a small fee so there could be a prize? idk how this would work but i would like to put something up make things real. we should come up with a digital badge for your profile… that would be cool.
 

well, any suggestions would be appreciated… its still a concept now so lets make it great. i want some excitement…

Personally, I would rather see it opened up to other render engines as well, partially because I use a different one than 3DS now, and also because it would be a good way for people unfamiliar with the strengths of different programs to see what they can do.

bring it on 😛

start start start 😀

start the competition ;))

has anyone used ‘view’ seems like a really good program im about to start learning… any suggestions?

please upload any work you may have done to the discussion forum entitled: “the gallery” there is some new stuff if you want to check it out… scroll to the bottom…

check out new discussion board stuff

“discussions on somewhat interesting things (part 2)”
“SITE LINKS: inspiration, tools and advice”

please add some comments. It makes us all smarter, Its a fact…

I meant to add, use the trees as proxies otherwise the polygon count will kill you.

I like the Luxigon style where pretty much everything but the basic render is done in photoshop. but if you can get onyx Treestorm which comes with a grass generator and and a lot of trees that can be changed and there is a free ivy generator that I posted somewhere on here but I can’t remember the name.

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never mind, found the tutorial

I REALLY like the itoosoft, wish the full version was free though so I could use some of my own images. Still working on the shadows though…