@shimish, beautiful job man, well done.
Wanted to ask about your placement of lighting, is he riding into the sun or away from it?Then the movement of the front tyre, although giving a good illusion of movement, seems a bit much to me. Also concerning the characters from your previous picture, amazing. did you model them yourself?

Visited your website. Wonderful work. Kudos.

@reidkrugger and OKX; i apologise for my outburst. I guess my passion for this art got the better of me.

@roy
apology unnecessary. U did no wrong.
u just set a ball rolling, suddenly we r 25k up in kitty cash...lol

OKX: @shimish
looking real promising.
a slight pop in the knees, and maybe tone down the hand movement on the handle bar a bit.....unless he's meant to b weaving across the street.

great job.

lol thanks for the observations, makes sense. I've made the adjusts.

Royver: @shimish, beautiful job man, well done.
Wanted to ask about your placement of lighting, is he riding into the sun or away from it?Then the movement of the front tyre, although giving a good illusion of movement, seems a bit much to me. Also
concerning the characters from your previous picture, amazing. did you model them yourself?

Visited your website. Wonderful work. Kudos.

thanks. regarding the lighting, like I said its just a test render, because rendering it just takes a few minutes; however it would frustrating to spend hours rendering the final scene, only to notice errors in the animation. the scene where he is riding already has its lighting set up which will take care of your light concerns.
regarding the modeling, I model everything myself excluding vehicles. regarding the front tire, I'm not sure I get you. are you referring to the wheel rotation or the wheel steering?

OKX:
seeking 3d artists on a site that caters to several other interests (of which 3d art is a minor one at that) is bound to give misleading impressions.
visit dedicated art sites to experience real growth.
d serious artists do, that's why it seems like they don't exist here.

True, there are plenty other sites a serious 3d artist should visit before Nairaland. Not saying artists that visit nairaland are not serious
but if you're serious about learning and improving, visit these sites - they attract artists, from beginners to industry professionals, from all over the world.
I usually have nairaland open next to 3dtotal,cgtalk,cg.tutsplus and some other sites
The attraction with Nairaland is the avenue to relate and share experiences with fellow Nigerian artists, 'cos we do face some peculair challenges here that only a Nigerian can relate with.
Of course, there's also the intention to see a strong cg community grow from here to the level of some of these other sites. So i hope to see more artists post their works here.

+1 to competition

OKX: @spy
kool. I will match ur kind offer with 20k, so we r 25k up n counting.
more partners r welcome. If we hit 100k or more i believe that isn't so bad.
so, all of u that talk about change and progress.....its ACTION time.
lets raise worthy prize money.

+15k to prize money.
Pls, for the competition, let's come up with something a challenging and interesting

A stick of suya,a box of sugar, a basin of garri?

@cgniyi
way to go man!

@all
that's 40k n counting.
come on guys, even 1k makes a difference.
lets gun for at least 100k and organize a good competition.

OKX: @cgniyi
way to go man!

@all
that's 40k n counting.
come on guys, even 1k makes a difference.
lets gun for at least 100k and organize a good competition.

. Good work everyone. 40k and counting. Nice

Hello guys! Is any body here that uses maya very well. I will want to have a chat with your personally on facebook. The time with you wouldn't be a waste. Just add me up on facebook. Ataseraiba Emmanuel

@emma
what do u wish to discuss?

@okx it's mainly 3D. thanks...

@okx it's mainly 3D. thanks...

Privately

@emma
naturally it would be 3d.
i wonder y d secrecy tho...

the advantage of public post is response from a wider audience.
i don't fb that much, haven't accessed my acct there in a bit.

lemme know wot its about, n if im ur man then we can decide how to communicate.

Hello guys and a lot has happened here i must say. With a lot of thread diversion as well.
Well kudos to all the guys that have contributed to the growth of the thread and also to those that are trying to encourage other artists with some prize money. that's alot to give away at this time trust me.
So when is the competition kicking off and why hasn't anyone shown interest in competing? At the organizers, what next? I'm keen on seeing how this ends.

reidkrugger: Hello guys and a lot has happened here i must say. With a lot of thread diversion as well.
Well kudos to all the guys that have contributed to the growth of the thread and also to those that are trying to encourage other artists with some prize money. that's alot to give away at this time trust me.
So when is the competition kicking off and why hasn't anyone shown interest in competing? At the organizers, what next? I'm keen on seeing how this ends.

@cgniyi the idea for my example was something simplefor amateur animators since my last idea was said to be too complex. I also wanted original models that couldn't be simply downloaded. Fear of complexity might be the same reason why apparently no one has shown interest in the competition yet. I could be wrong though.

Who is this competition targeted at, the expert 3D animators or the Amateurs?

Royver:


Who is this competition targeted at, the expert 3D animators or the Amateurs?

Good question.

@roy
hi man.
ur last competition wasn't complex at all.
its d finer details that affected participation, in my opinion.

points to consider r:
prize: how valuable is it?
structure: is it an animation challenge? A modeling challenge? A cinematography challenge? Storytelling etc...or all of the above?

if its purely animation, then the models don't need to be original. Indeed, all participants using the same model makes for easier assessment.
if its modeling, then it should be to an agreed upon reference drawing and so on.

judges: who decides the winner(s)?
i have never really subscribed to decisions based on majority votes, especially if from the uninformed majority. People just solicit for votes based on popularity not necessarily merit of their submissions.
duration: how long will it last, given our busy schedules?

these things and lots more need be decided beforehand.
we also need publicity, like front page mention for instance.

my tots

if we cant increase the kitty, should all interested artists be made to contribute a token? I really think a figure like 100k should b our minimum target.

reidkrugger: Hello guys and a lot has happened here i must say. With a lot of thread diversion as well.
Well kudos to all the guys that have contributed to the growth of the thread and also to those that are trying to encourage other artists with some prize money. that's alot to give away at this time trust me.
So when is the competition kicking off and why hasn't anyone shown interest in competing? At the organizers, what next? I'm keen on seeing how this ends.

I was waiting to see if we could get more donations, maybe even the 100k OKX suggested.
Also, we haven't decided on what the competition will be. Once that is done, we should be able to make FP and that should attract more ppl.

Royver:
Who is this competition targeted at, the expert 3D animators or the Amateurs?

It should be open to everyone, but participants should at least have the basic knowledge of the entire 3d creation process - modeling, texturing, lighting & rendering to animating. I think that covers a lot of artists here.

OKX: @roy
hi man.
ur last competition wasn't complex at all.
its d finer details that affected participation, in my opinion.

points to consider r:
prize: how valuable is it?
structure: is it an animation challenge? A modeling challenge? A cinematography challenge? Storytelling etc...or all of the above?

if its purely animation, then the models don't need to be original. Indeed, all participants using the same model makes for easier assessment.
if its modeling, then it should be to an agreed upon reference drawing and so on.

Might be a good idea to first let everyone vote on the type of challenge they would want

modeling challenge
animation challenge or
lighting and rendering or even a short movie
We can then start posting other suggestions from there

If it is a modelling challenge, then I sure will participate, I think we shud make it a modelling challenge

I also vote for a modeling challenge.
Interested participants pls vote.

On the subject of judges, my humble self would like to apply . I will still be participating, but I won't qualify for the prize money
Forum mod could also be a judge if interested.
I think nairalanders should still vote with the highest number of likes counting as one vote
Anyone else interested let us know

What do you guys think?

Donations still welcomed, nothing is too small o!

Me me me ... Hmm well ma systems screen is broken rhyt nw buh me still in... Hehehe .. Bou d whole topic cant speak for odas buh my self.. Its lyk okx said .. Life aiit dah easy.. Been learning blender for a year now am good buh nt too good. Main point i shuld b better dan where i am rhyt nw.. Am jst a 17 year old who loves animation and cg lyk stuff and still tryin to geh in2 a good institution . Life is not easy buh one thing is sure we do have very good animators and modelers ..in Nigeria you guys keeps me going really.

Nice opinions.
mine is, why don't we go for a full production?

we can break it into sections, modeling and texturing, rigging and animating, lighting and rendering/post production.
that way it cuts across different artists areas of strength(s)/interests.
unless we feel we can sustain this and in future hold different challenges targeting the different production arms.

we could even have us form working 2 or 3-man teams to tackle d full project.

in as much as we r offering a token prize, the main aim of d exercise is to encourage artists synergizing their strengths to output quality work.

i also dig the idea of all nairaland votes counting as one vote.

i would also encourage those of us with access to foreign/experienced artists to explore the option of them popping in as additional judges.
it shouldn't be a case of d blind assessing the blind, lol.

Honestly I feel a full production for a competition is quite ambitious.
As a personal project,yes, but as a competition not too sure.
Maybe it's cos I've never tried it before,not afraid of a challenge tho
But yeah,competing as a team helps a lot.
As long as we can get a lot a decent number of participants I'm down.
I see a few artists on the blender thread tackling this already.

So interested artists let us know what u think

The idea about with the judges is not bad, but anyone knows artists that would be interested

jjk24: Me me me ... Hmm well ma systems screen is broken rhyt nw buh me still in... Hehehe .. Bou d whole topic cant speak for odas buh my self.. Its lyk okx said .. Life aiit dah easy.. Been learning blender for a year now am good buh nt too good. Main point i shuld b better dan where i am rhyt nw.. Am jst a 17 year old who loves animation and cg lyk stuff and still tryin to geh in2 a good institution . Life is not easy buh one thing is sure we do have very good animators and modelers ..in Nigeria you guys keeps me going really.

Bro u on d right path,don't give up. I feel age especially is on ur side.The more time you put in, the better you become. A few more years and you could become a master
When I was 17 I didn't even know 3d existed

competition, heh?

@cg
ok, lets hear wot the artists think.
its awfully quiet in here though.

should we retag the thread or open a more descriptive one?

on the judges, I'm sure we all know a few. We can keep it in-house tho, if we must.

@jjk
good going mate.
keep ya passion alive, ur at the perfect stage to blaze through ya dreams.

cheers.

scintillating......will definitely poke my work....

Get it cleared that 3ds animation is one of the hardest discipline in the world. There is no easy way to it that is why people shy away from it. In present days people would love to get money real fast than wait for 2 or more years to build their experience. The fact still remain that there is no master in animation but there is experience gotten from constant practise. This is my second year in 3ds max animation. Am using the traditional animation skill for a start but still known to some enhancing tools for fast production. I have modeled and animated few project my self from scratch no importing from others.