Haha, I’m just glad I can be really blunt, and expect that it will be considered rationally. And I’m also glad we’re having this conversation. =)

I really like the scale and the ambition of your idea! Makes me imagine a really huge event going on 🙂 Not sure though if I can handle such thing right now. But we can try to come up with something that I CAN handle, and that is still more ambitious than a quick 2-3 weeks competition.
You made me think.

Off the top of my head, that sounds like a great idea already.

Personally, I love competitions and challenges (like WeeklyCGC) because they’re a literal hotspot for quirky and new ideas, and art. I also think that it’s the whole learning process that matters, not the prize that’s included at the end. I certainly think making a competition from CreativeShrimp will be a great opportunity for preparing, and sharing new art.

Having said that, though, I think WeeklyCGC covers the small, fast, ones, and there are a hodge-podge of other organisations (BlenderGuru, CG Record, CG Terminal, to name but a few) that run their own, larger competitions for renders. I do remember a few from BlenderGuru for animations, but not specifically so (please do correct me on that if I’m wrong).

So, I think the only thing left is to start a really high level, gruelling one, like a competition to write, direct, and produce a CG short film within a specific topic and specific constraints, in six months, with an update post every quarter-year. Definitely not critique, but just to indicate that they’re still going strong, or something of the sort.

It’ll take a mountain of work, and most probably won’t be plausible without much preparation, but it’s what I think is missing in the industry I’ve seen so far, and it’s keeping with the contextual difference, simply because of the magnitude of the event.

Niranjan, I agree that it’s different thing (and different context, what is even more important). I like the interactivity too, it adds so much to the experience.
I’m thinking of running a competition of some kind next time. Any ideas?

I can’t wait for more mass-sharing of art to ensue. It’s one thing to browse through art on art sites, and it’s completely another to have something so unique (like last week) that I can’t describe it! You guys are awesome. =)

Thank you!

Thanks! I replied to your message and I will make sure that you’ll get your Pro-Lighting: Skies free copy today or tomorrow.

Congrats!!

I’ll buy that! ‘Gleb’s Special Blend’…. comes with a safety warning!

Gleb Alexandrov: I sent you a message.