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Geek Culture / Christmas Card Competition 2009

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Turtle Productions
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Posted: 20th Nov 2009 13:36 Edited at: 20th Nov 2009 13:37
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You must upload the image two times:
-First to somewhere (for example imageshack) and resize to small and copy the link of picture and when posting press image tab and paste there you link to image
-Second to the forums (Attachement, must be real size)(This will be only viewable pressing VIEW)

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Battoad
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Posted: 20th Nov 2009 13:41
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Thanks T P

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Hope i have linked correctly

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2nd attempt !



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Phew, worked. Thanks again.

Piece of Xmas cake, when you know how.

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I liked your first post better, Mnemonix. I thought that one should win.

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Mnemonix
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Yea a few people have said its better. The second one is rushed, I didn't really have time to think about it, but I think it comes down to the fact that the first one looks like a christmas card.

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Not sure if this is in time now (Sunday? 20th?) but I only saw this today so I have knocked up a quick one just for fun. Remember, it's the taking part which counts! At least that's what I tell myself



(Full size 300dpi 6inch x 4inch one attached).


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Posted: 20th Nov 2009 22:33
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I've emailed Rick to find out if the competition is running till Sunday as that will give me a chance to make a proper entry.

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I decided to make a few tweaks. I think a border around what i had would help the appearance of a card, and the "except for food and water" detracts from the flow of it.
old pic:

new pic:


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Just in case the comp is open until Sunday, I've made another.



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I've had confirmation from the big V that the competition will run until midday GMT Sunday 22nd November

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dark peanut
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Posted: 21st Nov 2009 16:52
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Alright I whipped up another one.

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Made two more so I'm going to triple post here. Sorry

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Alright this is it from me. This one's just a variant of the last one.

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My final card is one helluva render, at about 35 minutes a time. I'm rendering the final shot now and hopefully I will just have time to photoshop it a bit and get it uploaded

I have spent some time modifying my second entry to make it look better so I hope you will like it when its done. I certainly have had fun making these!

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Im just cooking one up now.

[url=http://steamcard.com/]

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Argh, 3ds max has just crashed at the end of my final render. Is there any chance my entry will be considered if it is a couple of minutes late?

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Here is mine: (attached)
Thats my final one.

[url=http://steamcard.com/]

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Mine is going to take hopefully only 5 minutes more. Lets hope the judges can see past the tiny bit of missing the deadline

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I got really annoyed cos my Carrara crashed while rendering, so i managed to upload with 1 minute to spare.

@mnemonix
I wouldnt worry. Your entries are already awesome.

[url=http://steamcard.com/]

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Posted: 22nd Nov 2009 13:08 Edited at: 22nd Nov 2009 19:47
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ITS DONE!!

Hopefully it will be considered in the competition, but if it is not then i'm fine




Good luck all entrants!

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Posted: 22nd Nov 2009 15:27 Edited at: 22nd Nov 2009 15:28
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Wait we can have multiple entries right? There isn't a defined number in the rules and it says theres no limits except that it has to be family friendly.

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Your new entry is awesome Mnemonix, I hope you or Mitch793 win.

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Posted: 22nd Nov 2009 18:57 Edited at: 22nd Nov 2009 18:57
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Thanks, I'm glad you like it

It was a real battle to get it finished and it was 8 minutes late, but that was due partly to the ambiguity of the deadline and partly to the fact that max crashed at the end of a 30 minute render.

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Ill just point a note out, I keep 'all' layers and text fields in photoshop, so If anything needs changing, its very easy to do as all the layers to the documents are active, I only flatten to output, but keep the originals with all the layers intact, its handy in case something needs editing later on.

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Quote: "I hope you or Mitch793 win."

Cheers!
I think the competition is pretty big, everyones made a really good effort.

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I do the same thing in photoshop and max. Anything in mine can be changed if desired.

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Ive also got it all saved in GIMP and Carrara

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Incidentally, I think this competition has been interesting because everybody has gone in a different direction and I have had a lot of fun (and stress due to time constraints) making these pictures up, and i'm going to make a new design and get some printed for myself

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Quote: "ecause everybody has gone in a different direction and I have had a lot of fun (and stress due to time constraints) making these pictures up"

Exactly my thinking.

[url=http://steamcard.com/]

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Quote: "everybody has gone in a different direction and I have had a lot of fun (and stress due to time constraints)"

Not many people entered though. Probably because of the time constraints.

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The winner has been chosen; Mnemonix!

Congratulations Mnemonix, email me direct with a list of your prizes.

Thanks to everyone who entered, maybe we'll do this again next year and give people more time.

Regards,

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Woohoo!

All that work paid off

I can choose any 10 products?

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Congratulations, Mnemonix! And merry christmas!

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Cheers

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Well done Mnemonix. Not sure which of your cards won but all your graphics entered are superb. If you want to make it more difficult for yourself next year, you could give us a few tips on how you created your graphics or even produce a tutorial.

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Way to go.

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Nice one mate!

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nice work, Mnemonix. congratz!

Quote: "maybe we'll do this again next year and give people more time"

for those who felt constrained by time, maybe you should start working on next year's now?


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I got the darkgame studio as one of my prizes. Can't wait to have a mess about with darkLIGHTS.

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well done, and nice choice.

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Quote: "and a copy of their Xmas card signed by the team."


Mnemonix, I was wondering if you could post a picture of that when you get it.



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:o

I haven't got a camera

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==edit==
Some really nice cards out there

awh i wish i had seen this earlier, i would have designed a pretty cool card, Would have made it into a fold-able pyramid !

--template for christmas card--
http://www.paperandmore.com/images/articles/templates/box_pyramid_lrg.gif

Then i would have just put some nice little TGC pics on each side


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Doh, I just realised that DGS doesn't come with darkLights

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Quote: "Doh, I just realised that DGS doesn't come with darkLights"

lol, you couldn't choose bonanza?

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That must have been where I went wrong. I misread the DGS site and I thought that darklights came with all versions of the DGS

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Got my card today and it looks great

Cheers for sending me a spare blank card guys, I can send it to my mate who provided me with inspiration for the card

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Could you show us a picture of the card? Just want to see what it looks like finalized as the card.

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