Welcome to the C3DE Contest Page for "Tell a Story"

We are excited to announce the first ever C3DE animation contest! Now is your chance to compete with artists all over the world and show them what you can do with Carrara! We would also like to thank all of the Sponsors that have so generously donated their products as prizes for this fantastic competition!

TheBest3D.com

Inagoni

Shoestring Graphics

DAZ3D

DCG Plugins

Howie Farkes

3DLust

Introduction

Everyone has a story to tell and now is your chance to share it with the world. Stories come in all shapes and sizes, so the possibilities are limitless! Storytelling is an ancient tradition in many cultures to inform, entertain, educate and bring people together. We invite you to tell us a story - true or from your imagination.

Prize List

You must be a registered user of C3DE. (if you are not already registered, click to register)

Carrara must be your main tool to create your entry. Other software can be used, but should only be used to compliment the work you do in Carrara.

Respect between 5 to 12 animation principles. For a more detailed explanation of these principles, click

You will have four months to complete your project. The deadline for submissions is 12am EST, September 10th, 2010.

Participation in the Contest Forum is required. In the Contest forum, please create your post with the subject line "Tell a Story: (the title of your story):(your user name)". This is the post that you will update with your progress. You should also view other entrants posts and make comments on their work. This is a chance for people to get a different viewpoint on their work, so any criticism should be CONSTRUCTIVE. Aggressive behavior or rude comments will not be tolerated and the offender will be removed from the competition and the C3DE website. Part of the final decision regarding the winners will be forum participation. The C3DE forum is currently not able to host images or video, so you will need to post your visual materials elsewhere and provide the links in your forum post.

All animations for this contest should be posted on the video hosting website of your choice. (Youtube, Vimeo, etc) Please follow their guidelines for video submissions when posting your work for this competition. Videos must conform to nominal decency guidelines. Any images or video deemed to contain content that depicts violence, racial, political, religious, and sexual or any other inflammatory material in an inappropriate manner will be disqualified and removed. Interpretation of what is, and is not, appropriate material is at the sole discretion of C3DE. The artist assumes all responsibility and costs for delivering images and video to C3DE for consideration in the competition.

All video animations should be original works and comply with all copyright laws. They should also not have been previously displayed or created prior to the start of this contest. Do not submit a video that has been viewed or entered in any other competition.

Entries will be judged on artistic and technical merit within the scope of the competition theme. The interpretation of these rules, the theme, artistic or technical merit of the work and any other consideration made by the judges is at the sole discretion of the judges.

The final video remains the exclusive property of the entrant, but each entrant gives C3DE the right to use the final video on the C3DE website provided full credit for the entrant is clearly given.

The entrant indemnifies C3DE and sponsors against any claims or indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages from any party that may arise from any use, including but not limited to, publication of entry materials submitted as a part of, or in association with the competition.

Judges

Good luck to everyone from the C3DE Team!

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