FGT3D The Ruins Challenge - Fox Renderfarm

FGT3D THE RUINS CHALLENGE - Fox Renderfarm

THEME

PRIZES

Prizes

3 Professional artworks and 3 Student artworks will be selected and awarded!

Professional Category

Student Category

Fox Renderfarm - $500 Render Coupon
Maxon - 1 Year License of Maxon One, Free Maxon T-shirt
Raysync - Raysync Cloud 3 months 2TB transfer traffic, 1TB cloud storage
iCube R&D Group - MultiScatter, MadCar, CityTraffic license
C4Dzone - all Octane packs
Rizom-Lab - RizomUV free license
InstaLOD - InstaLOD license
InstaMAT - Yearly InstaMAT Business License
Evermotion - One year Hobby subscription
Style3D - Atelier+Simulator 1-Year License
CGboost - Free course
Avica - 1 Year Avica Subscription
TopoGun - TopoGun 3 license
Smouse - Shaders Plus, Gobos Plus, Underwater Caustics

Fox Renderfarm - $300 Render Coupon
Maxon - 1 Year License of Maxon One
Raysync - Raysync Cloud 2 months 2TB transfer traffic, 1TB cloud storage
iCube R&D Group - MultiScatter, SplineLand license
C4Dzone - all Octane packs
Rizom-Lab - RizomUV free license
Evermotion - One year Hobby subscription
Style3D - Atelier+Simulator 1-Year License
CGboost - Free course
Avica - 6 Months Avica Subscription
TopoGun - TopoGun 3 license
Smouse - Gobos Plus, Underwater Caustics

Fox Renderfarm - $100 Render Coupon
Maxon - 1 Year License of Maxon One
Raysync - Raysync Cloud 1 months 2TB transfer traffic, 1TB cloud storage
iCube R&D Group - MultiScatter license
C4Dzone - all Octane packs
Rizom-Lab - RizomUV free license
Evermotion - One year Hobby subscription
Style3D - Atelier+Simulator 1-Year License
CGboost - Free course
Avica - 3 Months Avica Subscription
TopoGun - TopoGun 3 license
Smouse - Underwater Caustics

Besides, the winning artworks will receive exclusive exposure and publicity.

Interview with Fox Renderfarm
Promotion on the official website and social media platforms
Promotion in newsletters reaching over 70k subscribers

Fox Renderfarm Special Offer

Each participant can get a free $50 render coupon!

*After submitting your entry, you will receive an email with the coupon code.

judges

General Rules

Your entry must relate to the challenge’s theme (we strongly encourage you to set your imagination free).
Your entry must be a 3D-rendered image. Video, 2D, or concept art is not accepted.
The entry can be created by one artist or a group.
You can only submit 1 final render for this challenge.
There’s no limitation on styles and the choices of software and plugins.
Minimal use of third-party assets is allowed, as long as they are not the main focus of your scene (third-party textures and materials are not included in this rule and can be used freely).
Feel free to enhance your rendering.
We do not accept award-winning entries from other 3D challenges.
Images that depict hate, racism, sexism or other discriminatory factors are not allowed.

Judging Rules

Each jury will select the top three entries for each category. The points system for each category is as follows:

First Place: 3 points

Second Place: 2 points

Third Place: 1 point

The entries will be ranked by total points, and the top three highest-scoring entries in each category will be the winners.

Others

We accept submissions from May 22 to July 20 (UTC+8), and the winners will be announced on August 9, 2024 (UTC+8).
Feel free to share your entry and tag us (@foxrenderfarm) on social media platform.
Join the Discord to connect with participants and the FGT3D community.
The credit of entry goes to its creator. We will add credits to the artwork in all promotion channels, including social media and exclusive interviews.
If you have any problems please contact fgt3d@foxrenderfarm.com.

Professional Category

Student Category

1^st Place

AnuketCreated by: Dylan DonaldsonWhat Dylan Donaldson saysA vast, ancient aqueduct has broken, flowing water into the desert and forming an oasis. Settlers have built a city around this new lifeline. We follow travellers as they arrive at this sanctuary. Software: Blender, Houdini, Liquigen, Gaea, After Effects, Photoshop. Models from Quixel, Bigmediumsmall, Botaniq. Plugins: Geo-Scatter, Red Giant Looks, Neat Video Denoiser.What our jury saysFrank WANG Yefeng:This work masterfully illustrates the theme of the competition, "The Ruins." In this panoramic rendering, the juxtaposition of senses of culture and nature, destruction and birth, sublimity and subtlety, unfolds across an expansive timespace. The richness of detail in the composition is remarkable, perhaps embodying the essence of life’s existence—a testament to human’s enduring legacy and transformation across generations.Samuel Winter: The sense of scale here is grandiose, and the detail is fantastic. It also conveys the dryness and the heat of the environment very well.Tom Grimes:Fantastic composition with the character on the right leading us into the image. Lovely sense of scale, you get a true impression of the weight and mass of the old aqueduct, and a great contrast between that and the newer smaller buildings nestled against the ruin. The fall of dust, haze, lighting, and high level of detail in all the textures and models then round out why this was a winner for me.

2^nd Place

The Fermi Paradox UnsolvedCreated by: Philip HofmännerWhat Philip Hofmänner saysThe idea behind the project is that an interstellar space mission discovered numerous ruined alien civilizations on most planets in the habitable zone. However, they were all deserted, and most were millions of years old. The reason why they were all deserted remains a mystery. Software and Plug-ins Used: Cinema 4D and OctaneWhat our jury saysTom Grimes:I wish there was less grain in the image, but everything else about it are points in its favor. I love the haze and the lighting plus the clouds of dust; the composition with the spaceship pointing us into the image and most of all that tiny red figure looking out over these huge ruins; the sense of scale that really comes across; the odd floating rocks which really get you thinking about the story around this image; and the way the light catches only on the rightmost edge of the crumbled dome. Great stuff!Frank WANG Yefeng: I appreciate the use of scale in this composition, where the tiny character in the foreground highlights the vastness of the landscape. The floating objects in the distance subtly reinforce the work’s title, presenting a Fermi paradoxical world once inhabited by an imagined extraterrestrial civilization.

3^rd Place

Days GoneCreated by: Mohammad BeigiWhat Mohammad Beigi saysIn the aftermath of a devastating zombie virus outbreak, "Days Gone" depicts a desolate world. Crumbling buildings and abandoned vehicles litter the barren landscape. A lone SWAT officer, battle-worn and determined, stands amidst the ruins, seeking survivors and hope. Nature begins to reclaim the urban decay, with overgrown vegetation pushing through the cracks. This scene captures the raw essence of survival and the relentless human spirit in a world turned upside down. Software and Plug-ins Used: Cinema 4D, Redshift, After EffectsWhat our jury saysMiho Aoki:A SWAT team member in an area that looks to have experienced a severe disaster and abandonment makes me wonder if people are still living there. Some details are puzzling, like the birch-like trees in a location that might be in California, but maybe it’s a post-apocalypse winter scenario. The bleak atmosphere and environment are well-executed.

Professional Category

Student Category

Attack on titan memory recap but in comic style ruined castle

Frieren: 2024 years after the death of Himmel the Hero

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Title: A Ruined Temple Reclaimed by Nature

Created by Mazher Ghabour

Caption:

The old temple looked like something out of an Indiana Jones movie. Vines snaked their way through the cracks in the stone walls, and roots pried up the cobblestones that once formed the temple floor. Sunlight streamed down through the gaps in the roof, illuminating patches of moss and ferns that grew everywhere. It wasn't hard to imagine what this place must have looked like in its heyday – a grand structure filled with worshippers. Now, though, it belonged to the trees and the creatures that lived among them. It felt peaceful, like nature was slowly reclaiming what was hers. Software and Plug-ins Used: Software: Blender / Unreal Engine for rendering

What our jury says:

Frank WANG Yefeng: The depth in this piece is impressive. The highly exposed rocks in the distance and the ancient ruins, now overtaken by trees in the foreground, create an immersive experience for the viewer. This composition evokes vivid imagery of an ancient civilization intertwined with the relentless forces of nature.

Samuel Winter: Really nice foreground detail and contrast that gets brighter as the eye moves up the image. Great use of lush vegetation peppered amongst the rocky ruins.

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