NWDA 2014-2015 Theme Challenge UPDATED

Everyone,
  New World Digital Art is pleased to announce the kick off of our 2014-2015 Theme Challenge "Iceland" Starting right NOW!


CONTEST GUIDELINES:

• Contestants are to re-create a region of Iceland of their choosing with the highest level of Photo-realism as their goal.
• Open to all versions of Terragen 2 and 3, Free or Registered. Scene assets such as Terrains & misc modeled props created in 3rd party applications are permitted, however the final render must be rendered within Terragen.
• 1 entry per contestant.
• Image Size – .6 Min – 2MB Max
• Terragen’s DOF is permitted. Rendering Terragen layers and composing in a 3rd party applications is permitted.
• Contestants must submit judged entry with raw Terragen output image (Composed layers to single image, Pre-Postwork).
• Approved Post work – Sharpening, color/level adjustments, resizing and another subtle techniques that simulate typical lens effects. NWDA will reject any image that is deemed overly ‘enhanced’ by Photoshop or other image editors.
• Non Approved Postwork – Replacing and or adding any element via Photoshop or any image editor. All elements must be rendered within Terragen.
• NWDA reserves the right to reject any entries that do not conform to the above guidelines or images that are deemed ‘incomplete’ by NWDA.

CONTEST JUDGES:

• NEW WORLD DIGITAL ART, About Us
• Matt Fairclough, Creator of Terragen VFX Artist (Sucker Punch, Transformers Revenge of The Fallen, Star Trek:Nemesis, Oblivion) IMDb Profile
• Greg Teegarden, Supervisor of VFX Digital Domain (Oblivion, X-Men First Class, TRON Legacy, The Fifth Element) IMDb Profile
• Chris Harvey, Supervisor of VFX Prime Focus & Image Engine (WATCHMEN, X-Men The Last Stand, Fast & Furious 6, Battleship, ZERO DARK THIRTY, GI-JOE) IMDb Profile
• Alex Jevon, VFX Artist Lola Lost Productions, Illumina Digital (The Bible, Atlantis:End Of The World, Birth Of A Legend, Orbit: Earth’s Extraordinary Journey) IMDb Profile

                                   

                                                              Reference Imagery www.pinterest.com/NWDAstore/ic…

                                                                    Contest Begins October 26th 2014 ending February 14th 2015 23:59 EST US

                                                                                       
                                                                    Submit entries to nwdastore.com/theme-challenge/
                                                                                                 
           
Awards totaling over $5500 USD
•   1st Place:
XFrogs Plants Vol 1 & 2. tgo Format 2900 plants
Planetside Software’s Terragen 3 Professional With Animation
WorldCreator Indie Bundle
WorldCreator ShaderTool
World Machine 2 Professional
Quadspinner’s Geoplyph – A professional suite of 51 Custom Macros for World Machine (Single Node,Free Upgrades)
Silva3D – Mega Bundle Vol.1
Silva3D – Balcony Plants Vol.1
Silva3D – Garden Flowers Vol.1
Silva3D – Boxwood Bundle Vol.1
3d Art Direct – Interview “The Making Of”
3d Art Direct – 1 Year “Back Issue Access”
Plug and pixels – Interview
Rendering of animated winning scene file on Pixel Plow’s advanced render farm !

•   2nd Place:
XFrogs Plants Vol 1 & 2. tgo Format 2900 plants
Planetside Software’s Terragen 3 Creative With Animation
WorldCreator Indie license
WorldCreator ShaderTool
Silva3D – Mega Bundle Vol.1 (or pick 4 from either Archive Grasses,
Balcony, Wildflower, Garden Flowers, Boxwood or Shrubs)
3d Art Direct – Interview “The Making Of”
3d Art Direct – 1 Year “Back Issue Access”
Plug and pixels-Interview

•   3rd Place:
XFrogs Plants Vol 1 & 2. tgo Format 2900 plants
Planetside Software’s Terragen 3 Creative
WorldCreator Indie license
WorldCreator ShaderTool
Silva3D – Choice (pick 2 from either Archive Grasses, Balcony,
Wildflower, Garden Flowers, Boxwood or Shrubs)
3d Art Direct Interview “The Making Of”
3d Art Direct – 1 Year “Back Issue Access”
Plug and pixels- Interview

•   Honorable Mention:
Silva3D – Choice (pick 1 from either Archive Grasses, Balcony,
Wildflower, Garden Flowers, Boxwood or Shrubs)
NWDA - $50 Coupon to our shop.



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