[bakbek]

Hey all,

Architectural Visualization Challenge II - HOVER has started on July 21st, check out the press release for more information at - http://www.box.net/shared/7buvguo8b7 or visit the Main HOVER challenge page.

The deadline is October 21st 2010 with 6 awards to be given + 4 more open categories with prizes that value 23,500$ in total.

Bertrand Benoit, Zoran Gorski (Kizo), and myself will be judging this challenge.

I invite you all to visit and also to join in

[bakbek]

Hey all,

Here is a spotlight of the HOVER challenge progress... some very interesting designs so far. You are all invited to visit, add your feedback and join at - http://www.ronenbekerman.com/forums/hov ... bmissions/

too



Cheers,
Ronen.

[bakbek]

Hey all,

Here is HOVER progress spotlight 002, this time focusing on 3 entries by Francisco Koehler, Benjamin

Brosdau & Daniel James Hatton. I'll try to bring you 3 such entries each week as the challenge gos on.

You are all invited to visit, add your feedback and join at - http://www.ronenbekerman.com/forums/hov ... bmissions/

too

http://www.ronenbekerman.com/forums/hov ... iscok.html


http://www.ronenbekerman.com/forums/hov ... 097-a.html


http://www.ronenbekerman.com/forums/hov ... atton.html


Cheers,
Ronen.

[bakbek]

Hey all,

Here is HOVER progress spotlight 003, this time focusing on 4 entries by Micael Dillner, Kostas Anninos, Paul Lecat & James Insley. I'll try to bring you at least 3 such entries each week as the challenge gos on.

You are all invited to visit, add your feedback and join at - http://www.ronenbekerman.com/forums/hov ... bmissions/

too

http://www.ronenbekerman.com/forums/hov ... r-dia.html


http://www.ronenbekerman.com/forums/hov ... nnkos.html


http://www.ronenbekerman.com/forums/hov ... lecat.html


http://www.ronenbekerman.com/forums/hov ... nsley.html


I'm also celebrating 1 year birthday for my blog with a new miniCHALLENGE + 3 Giveaways... you are invited to visit and take part in this... and perhaps be one of the winners!





Cheers,
Ronen.

[bakbek]

Hey all,

Here is HOVER progress spotlight 004, this time focusing on 3 entries by Tom Svilans, Tolgahan Gungor & Ivo Sucur. I'll try to bring you at least 3 such entries each week as the challenge gos on.

You are all invited to visit, add your feedback and join at - http://www.ronenbekerman.com/forums/hov ... bmissions/

too

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http://www.ronenbekerman.com/forums/hov ... n-tom.html


http://www.ronenbekerman.com/forums/hov ... ngoer.html


http://www.ronenbekerman.com/forums/hov ... sucur.html


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I've also posted the last of the birthday giveaways. First stage runs until Sunday 29th 12:00 GMT - you can win any 15 models you like from the DesignConnected Catalog. Enter here.



The BRIX miniCHALLENGE is still running until September 15th you are invited to visit and take part in this... and perhaps be the winners of a BRIX LIFE TIME LICENSE!



Cheers,

Ronen.

[bakbek]

Architectural Visualization Challenge II - HOVER has ended and here are the 24 finalists that will go into the judging stage.

It was a joy to host, follow and add feedback for all the participants and I want to say thanks to all those who submitted images and visited the forums. Big thanks to all the great sponsors of this event too

http://www.ronenbekerman.com/the-hover- ... finalists/

[Fernando Tella]

Congrats Brodie!!

[brodie_geers]

Thanks Fernando

Ronen hosts some great competitions. The whole WIP format is very cool. You get to see everyone's progress throughout which is really interesting. Some of the people who I didn't think were terribly impressive during the early stages ended up with some of my favorite images, and conversely some of those who started out really impressive didn't necessarily wow me as much as I thought they would in the end.

In the end, I was pretty happy with how my entry came out. The only issue I ended up running into was the rule that you had to model all the assets (other than people/trees/cars). I just didn't have the time, energy, and desire to model furniture after putting work into everything else. I'll probably throw in some furniture from my library down the road when I get some extra time. That said, if I didn't think the image stood on it's own without the furniture, I'm sure I would have found the time to model it.

Can't wait to see the results. Hope to see some more Maxwell entries next time around. We need to show these Vray guys whatfor.

-Brodie

[sandykoufax]

Congratulation Benjamin and others.
http://www.ronenbekerman.com/challenges ... e-winners/

[val_z]

impressive works
congrat to all winners

[Fernando Tella]

Congrats Benjamin!

Maxwell rules.

[numerobis]

Congrats the winners!

...yes, Maxwell rules - but i think this time Maxwell is vray

[Bubbaloo]

...yes, Maxwell rules - but i think this time Maxwell is vray

Congrats, Ben!

[Tora_2097]

thanks!

Yes, its Vray for this project. I knew I would need loads of plug-ins to complete this one and while there are workarounds for some of these issues in Maxwell, Vray was the logical choice for me because it is so damn practical and fast.
I specifically tailor my scenes I plan to render in Maxwell to circumvent its shortcomings and benefit from its strong points.

Ben