Computer Graphics Contests

May 23, 2005 7:45 PM

CG Challenges - the largest online art contests of their kind, where artists are challenged to create outstanding artworks based upon set themes, while working under restrictions. For CG students, an additional bonus is the view of the creation process.
posted by Gyan (8 comments total)

Wow, very cool. If you liked that, you might like this - same idea, focus on ray tracing.
posted by Jimbob at 8:10 PM on May 23, 2005

[this is good]
posted by shmegegge at 8:18 PM on May 23, 2005

Grand Prize winner:

"Boxx Technologies 3DBoxx 4300 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400 + Alias Maya Complete 6.5 + NVIDIA Gelato ($9515 )"

Holy Smokes! Just give me the 10k!
posted by Hands of Manos at 11:16 PM on May 23, 2005

Another similar site: 3D Fight Club. It's more about little challenges -- make a lightbulb in a day or less, make a gun in two hours or less -- and not as serious.
posted by jiawen at 3:44 AM on May 24, 2005

Great, Gyan; and the thanks for the extra links, Jimbob and jiawen.

(So this site has over 170,000 members? Am I reading that right?)
posted by taz at 4:29 AM on May 24, 2005

Wow, the space opera winner from the last contest is absolutely stunning. Cool stuff
posted by litghost at 12:31 PM on May 24, 2005

taz: that's right, 170,000+.
posted by Gyan at 1:59 PM on May 24, 2005

If you like this sort of thing I recomend buwing the books from ballistic. The expose books are particularly good.

I always start the damn challenges but have never finished one :) The amount of work that is put into these is amazing, I think the prizes are well deserved.
posted by phyle at 5:05 PM on May 24, 2005