Google SketchUp 3D Challenge #130 - Flying Cars
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I recently became admin for the Google SketchUp 3D Challenge and I wanted to announce the first challenge with me as admin. Here is the description of challenge #130 - Flying Cars:
@unknownuser said:
Dates: Thursday, 3 November 2011 – Wednesday, 16 November 2011
For this challenge you will be modeling a flying car or a hover car. Flying cars may be defined in many ways but, for the purposes of this challenge a flying car is defined a vehicle designed for 2 to 6 passengers, that is operated by its owner for daily use, that’s primary means of movement is through flight and would take the place of today's automobile. This also includes landspeeders, airspeeders. Jetsonian aerocars, VTOLs, etc.
You may model an existing flying car design, real or fictional, or you may design your own out of your imagination. Your submitted flying car may have wheels but they are purely optional. The vehicle’s means of propulsion may be based in reality or complete sci-fi non-sense (and even though my handle is JediCharles and have a fondness of sci-fi tech, it is still non-sense).
To learn how to participate, please visit the challenge blog at: http://sketchup3dchallenge.blogspot.com/
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Hi Charles, I just finished and uploaded my flying car. This is the first time in a long while since I participated to this challenge. http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=b0640cf2841d942ec591f57871f2161d&prevstart=0
It lost its appeal over the years, I think you'll have to make a few changes to the challenge in order to get more people and you'll also have to make it more visible. Until this post I had completely forgot about it.One idea would be to offer as prize for the winner a render or renders of the model at a specific resolution. Of course this won't appeal to people who have renderers and know how to use them so also other things should be changed.
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@marian said:
Hi Charles, I just finished and uploaded my flying car. This is the first time in a long while since I participated to this challenge. http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=b0640cf2841d942ec591f57871f2161d&prevstart=0
It lost its appeal over the years, I think you'll have to make a few changes to the challenge in order to get more people and you'll also have to make it more visible. Until this post I had completely forgot about it.One idea would be to offer as prize for the winner a render or renders of the model at a specific resolution. Of course this won't appeal to people who have renderers and know how to use them so also other things should be changed.
Thanks for coming back to the challenge and great entry as well. You are right about the visibility issue and that's why I announced the current challenge here as a start. As stated on the blog I am looking for new ways to showcase the winners of the challenge and I welcome any suggestions you or anyone here can offer. The challenge blog is currently undergoing a face lift and my goal is to give it a fresh new look.
I like the idea of a rendering prize but I would need someone who is good at rendering to help out because I am very new to rendering and generally just display my work from 2D exports from SketchUp.
How long did it take you to model your entry? And then then to render it? I really like what you did.
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@unknownuser said:
How long did it take you to model your entry? And then then to render it? I really like what you did.
With the additional modifications and renders somewhere around a day and a bit, but that included also alot of time I didn't do anything to the model.
It didn't take a lot of time to render, I made various renders of different angles at a resolution of 1024x768, nothing fancy, so it was quick.@unknownuser said:
I like the idea of a rendering prize but I would need someone who is good at rendering to help out because I am very new to rendering and generally just display my work from 2D exports from SketchUp.
I could help you out with doing some renders but I'm not some render master either.
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@marian said:
With the additional modifications and renders somewhere around a day and a bit, but that included also alot of time I didn't do anything to the model.
It didn't take a lot of time to render, I made various renders of different angles at a resolution of 1024x768, nothing fancy, so it was quick.I saw your renders on DeviantArt and I have to say your car looks amazing in red. The only problem with it is that I don't own one!
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@unknownuser said:
I saw your renders on DeviantArt and I have to say your car looks amazing in red. The only problem with it is that I don't own one!
Thanks
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Challenge #130 is now closed and it is time to vote for the winner.
The entries can be see here:
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?q=%223d+challenge+130%22
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