ok as much as i would love to see vertex go insane with all the debating he is right about one thing, if this is going to happen it need to be started
so this is it
the first in hopefully a line of "the freedom reborn skin off"
the rules are as follows
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- each pair will be assigned a character and mesh for that round,
- now the catch if the character has multiple costumes, if you can skin them to the assigned mesh then you have choice in costumes
- if the mesh has hidden items then you can hex but no skoping.
- if you win you will progress to the next round of the tournament where you will be given a character
- characters will be randomly drawn from all sources including avatars
- all entrys must be new work, if you've skinned the character before you may use elements like extras but the skin but be 90% new work, if questioned you may be asked to show comparison picks
- you will be given a week's deadline from the day you are given the assignment, so if you get it on a tuesday you have to the next tuesday to complete the skin and get it to the judges, if you miss the deadline you are disqualified and your opponent is give a bia to the next round.
- if both entrys miss the deadline then both are out of the contest
- there will be no excuses, but with exception, if something serious in real life happens we're not gonna be heartless
now onto judging and marking, the easyiest was to do this is with a group of 3 judges,
- a judge will mark each entry out of 10 and average of the 3 will be your final score.
e.g if judge A marks an entry 6, judge B marks it 8 and judge C marks it 4, making 18/30 so 18 divided 3 so the final score is 6/10 - now a judge can enter the competition his/her self, but they can not mark there own work. to combat this the other two judges will mark the skin out of 20 and divide the total by 2 instead of 3
- what the judges are looking for are
- faithfulness to the source
- use of techniques
- skill of the artist
- the judges will each assign the characters
- prizes may be awarded for the top 3, but that will be determinate at a later date, and what they will be i've no idea
so who wants in.
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Entrys
tomato
bildamn22
the hitman
murs47
daglob
Xenolith
Sayg
ultimate_evil
jakew
flying fox
Carravaggio
tap
Wait... a competition wherein I don't have to waste my time skoping or meshing an insignificant piece into place in order to look hip in front of the new generation?
I'm in.
There's about a 98% chance I won't be entereing this contest (still suffering from stupid burnout) so that gives everyone else an actual shot at winning! ;) :P
Count me in.
somehow i think this is dead before it begun :(
Quote from: the_ultimate_evil on May 18, 2009, 08:02:52 AM
somehow i think this is dead before it begun :(
Sadly that seems to happens alot around here...
Quote from: Courtnall6 on May 18, 2009, 02:35:58 PM
Quote from: the_ultimate_evil on May 18, 2009, 08:02:52 AM
somehow i think this is dead before it begun :(
Sadly that seems to happens alot around here...
A lack big rounds ones I say. ;)
Quote from: Courtnall6 on May 16, 2009, 06:36:07 PM
There's about a 98% chance I won't be entereing this contest (still suffering from stupid burnout) so that gives everyone else an actual shot at winning! ;) :P
A little confident there aren't you.
I'll throw in, for what it's worth.
I want to do this, but I suddenly found myself with a lot to do (comes under the heading of previous comittments). What kind of time limit are we talking about?
I just finished my semester, so I'm in!
*takes skin off*
This was a great idea. Now my innards can get a nice tan.
But seriously I'm in.
excellent more people. the deadlines would be a week to the day from you receive the character.
Quote from: the_ultimate_evil on May 18, 2009, 07:07:39 PM
excellent more people. the deadlines would be a week to the day from you receive the character.
I was wondering about that. I won't be able to enter then, I'm not home enough to finish an entry in that time frame.
umm... yeah, a week is very shortish, wouldn't you say? Especially when some of us are only just recently getting out of the "one skin a month" thing.
2-3 week deadline maybe?
ok a fortnight then, one skin a fortnight
that suit everyone
Quote from: the_ultimate_evil on May 18, 2009, 07:44:07 PM
ok a fortnight then, one skin a fortnight
that suit everyone
I think people should agree to this by virtue of the fact that a fortnight is the coolest unit of time ever.
I'll do it.
Quote from: the_ultimate_evil on May 18, 2009, 07:44:07 PM
that suit everyone
No. I demand over 9000 days and a fuzzy sweater.
Quote from: Tomato on May 18, 2009, 09:16:39 PM
Quote from: the_ultimate_evil on May 18, 2009, 07:44:07 PM
that suit everyone
No. I demand over 9000 days and a fuzzy sweater.
you'll take a fortnight and a flannel shirt and be happy
I'll give it a go.
Hey, UE, who's judging this?
:)
:D
I'm not that good but i would like to join.
Quote from: Sayg on May 19, 2009, 05:44:48 AM
I'm not that good but i would like to join.
Heck of a way to make an appearace, Sayg. I admire that. ;) Welcome to the boards!
thats 7 entrants so far, we need an even number so come one guys lets get this to an even 8 or 10
and to answer you're question grem, 3 judges have been asked and picked but i'll wait till we have all our contestants
Murs48 says he's in too.
We're even steven now. ^_^
Quote from: the_ultimate_evil on May 19, 2009, 07:41:38 PM
thats 7 entrants so far, we need an even number so come one guys lets get this to an even 8 or 10
and to answer you're question grem, 3 judges have been asked and picked but i'll wait till we have all our contestants
Hopefully none is named Simon...
Quote from: murs47 on May 19, 2009, 07:50:14 PM
Murs48 says he's in too.
We're even steven now. ^_^
no double ups. i see what you did there
Aww...Tomato Lantern wanted to enter too!
Quote from: Tomato on May 19, 2009, 10:30:38 PM
Aww...Tomato Lantern wanted to enter too!
he still owes me money
I've never released a skin and the time contraints are tight, but I'll give it a go. A skin on a male_basic would be cool....
Quote from: Jakew on May 20, 2009, 05:47:19 AM
I've never released a skin and the time contraints are tight, but I'll give it a go. A skin on a male_basic would be cool....
Ah, but that might not be a challenge ;)
Quote from: Jakew on May 20, 2009, 05:47:19 AM
I've never released a skin and the time contraints are tight, but I'll give it a go. A skin on a male_basic would be cool....
as daglob says the challenge is you don't get to pick the mesh or the character you are skinning, so you still in
*adds spice*
thats all you did
Could I suggest using a male_basic type mesh? Something simple? If its going to be a complicate mesh I'd be far less likely to finish it. Just saying.
Quote from: Xenolith on May 20, 2009, 09:58:57 PM
Could I suggest using a male_basic type mesh? Something simple? If its going to be a complicate mesh I'd be far less likely to finish it. Just saying.
the characters selected will be human/humanoid, the judges are not going to throw one guy captain atom and the other ultra magnus
Quote from: the_ultimate_evil on May 20, 2009, 07:52:00 PM
Quote from: Jakew on May 20, 2009, 05:47:19 AM
I've never released a skin and the time contraints are tight, but I'll give it a go. A skin on a male_basic would be cool....
as daglob says the challenge is you don't get to pick the mesh or the character you are skinning, so you still in
Haha, I was just poking fun at my own lame ability. Male_basic may be all that I can handle!
But seriously, I'm okay with whatever mesh you fellas choose ... at the worst, it'll encourage me to learn how to skin more complicated meshes. I've actually been dying to have a crack at one of JP's unskinned skopes, but never had the time.
we have one spot open for this, so there is still time first come first serve. the judges names will be announced this saturday
Come on people, one more! It'll be fun! There will be cookies too!
*nom nom nom*
I haven't skinned anything for almost 3 years but I'll give it a go just to make up the numbers.
Count me in. (I have to skin myself a new avatar anyway :D so might as well get into it properly this time)
thats great FF, we now have 10 entrys, but looking at brackets layout 10 doesn't work as it gives someone a bye, which isn't happening. so we need 2 more entrys, come on where is all the classic skinners or new guys wanting to prove themselves
this is the way the tournament will look if we get a our number
(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c185/the_ultimate_evil/random/brackets.jpg)
I'll have a go, count me in.
thats us up to 11 come on ya bums, one more and we can start
I will give it a go, if you still need one more.
thats great to see tap
That'll be twelve then! When do we get our assignments? :D
This is going to be fun to watch... (grab the popcorn) if possible, it would be cool if you could give the public expected final viewing dates so we can see them too. Not a necessity just something to keep us up to date. Can't wait to see every ones works!
Yeah, I'm excited too!
Blast...and I was looking forward to being a judge for once....
guys i posted a new thread with the names of the judges and such, so if we could move the conversation over there can a mod please close this one
:popcorn2
I've never seen these kinds of skin off/challenges before, so it's really great to see them back. I can only guess what those golden skinny awards were for at alex's site.
My only suggestion would be that each pair didn't have to make the same characters in the same costume. I just think it could be more productive that way. But i can see how this could be a problem if judges preferred one character over another and so on. That aside, i still think this would really be fun and exciting to watch.
Good luck to everyone. :cool:
Any updates on this?