CG Cookie Community Halloween Challenge
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The Challenge: Model a SCREAM in Blender
(A rendered STILL image)
We’ve all heard the classic Halloween screams and maybe even watched a few films named Scream. But we’re artists, Blender artists who tend to go our own way, take on new challenges, and bend the spoon.
In this challenge, which is indeed a challenge we’re asking you to create a 3D STILL IMAGE that embodies the Scream. Sound hard, you bet it is.
I’d encourage you to NOT think literally, and please-please-please avoid any scream mask models. 😱 Instead I challenge you to think how you’d artistically represent the idea of a scream, the feeling, or sound of a scream in a static 3D medium. 🤔
Some ideas could be getting ketchup on your new hoodie, a zombie in your house, a monster under your bed, or Being stuck on a spaceship with spiky self-aware balls.
Happy Blending!
Summary
- What – Create a 3D rendered image that embodies a scream
- When – October 1st 2021 – October 31st 2021
- Why – Challenge yourself, have a bit of fun, and think outside the box or was it, “What’s inside the BOX!?!?“
Rules
- Use Blender! 😎
- All models are your own creation – No 3rd party models
- Submit your result to the CG Cookie Gallery by October 31st 2021 23:59 US CST
You are encouraged to create a WIP thread in the community forum for review with the title Halloween Challenge 2021 WIP – [Name].
Your WIP thread should consist of progressive images with a short explanation of the process at each stage.
When you post your result in the Gallery, add a link to your WIP in the description so the judges can easily find it.
Why should you do this challenge?
Getting better at anything is a result of practice, practice and practice. Challenges are a way for you to practice what you’ve learned within a set list of constraints. Much like a freelance gig or task asked of you at a studio job.So if you’re into being obsessed with improvement, challenge against yourself to see what you can come up with!
How we’ll rate your SCREAM.
The CG Cookie crew Wes, Kent, Lampel and Wayne will review and pick 4 Screams – entries to include a WIP thread.
The top four picks receive:
- Featured across the Gallery for an entire week! Expanding the awareness and exposure to your work,
- Shared on CG Cookie’s Twitter (26k followers) and Instagram(51k followers) with the artist’s social media accounts tagged,
- 500XP points awarded for bragging rights to friends, family and peers.
Make sure to add your social media handles to your profile.
Hey @coyohti , and anyone trying to escape the box, or see what’s in the box
This is a tough challenge, for the mind as much as the modeling.
I have been playing with the use of eyes,
The eyes do more than see,
Eyes can express emotion.
a still image of a traditional Halloween scream
what does this mean?
For me, it means fear, horror, scary, shock etc.
It was suggested, ‘screams of joy’, but this doesn’t fit the Halloween theme.
artistically represent the idea of a scream
What is a scream?
According to Google,
‘A long, loud, piercing cry or cries expressing extreme emotion or pain’.
So, how do we represent this in an artistic way?
For me, I would look into ideas ‘expressing extreme emotion or pain’.
I’d encourage you to NOT think literally
Take the Monsters Inc. scream extractor image above, a fun concept in collecting screams.
From disney.fandom.com ,
The Scream Extractor is, as the name implies, a scream extracting machine which has the intent of collecting screams much better than even scarers. It has 15 Scream Cannisters. Randall Boggs was going to kidnap Boo to test it and see if it will collect screams exactly as he expected it to, then work with Waternoose to kidnap hundreds of children to extract their screams in order to stop the energy crisis in Monstropolis and bring Monsters Inc. back on top. It’s demonstrated that it extracts the victim’s breath along with their screams, which can potentially suffocate the victims, even monsters.
The Melvin image is a simple movie poster design, with the word ‘scream’.
The more I think on this, the more thoughts are created in my mind.
An example of my thoughts on this…
Melvin, Eats Sheep, right?
Or Lambs,
The Lambs are Screaming in Fear,
Then…..
Silence….
Silence of the Lambs.
The opposite of a loud scream, but you get where I am going with this….
“The moment before the screaming begins”. Does this fit?
Yes!
If you can capture the moment, or the expression, or the spine tingling feeling of the scream.
I’m having trouble understand the description of the Halloween challenge too.
I’m assuming “the scream” as an analogy or somewhat emotional expression for the scene.Examples:
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