Hi all!!!
It is time for a new Splash Screen challenge!!
This time the usual rules are modified by the following additional rules:
From now on, there will be only a splash screen challenge between major revision number releases. This time, we are delivering a major revision release so here we are! Take in consideration that there won’t be more splash screen challenges until next mayor revision and all the minor revisions will have the same splash.
Preliminary judging will be done by the Synfig community on the forum. When we have an official “Top 3”, they will then be turned over to the Synfig’s forum moderators judging. Please note that once turned over to the moderators, after they have chosen the winner they may have requests for modifications. The moderators can leave the contest desert, at their own judgement, picking up a past entry as winner.
Each artist can submit only two entries maximum.
Forum moderators can enter in the contest but in that case cannot take part in the final decision.
Submit entries period is: from today to May 31st. Voting pool will be from June 1st to June 7th included
I know that this can look a bit dictatorial, but it is the way other applications do the same.
So here it is! After a loong time this mess is finally finished!
All made in Synfig after a sketch. Don’t know what’s driven me to do something that complicated.
Apropos mess: You don’t want to take a look at the source file!
If there’s only one feature I’d like to be added in a future version, it would be a hardware-accelerated renderer.
BTW, it seems to me that the release candidate is more stable than the older versions because I was able to use multiple cores a bulk of the time. Good joob on that. Or maybe it was just because this wasn’t an animation.
(The full-size image is in the 7z-file)
EDIT: Uploaded a smaller version. Now it’s 500 pixels tall. I found 400x300 to be too small. Very glad that you also like it, Genete.
Hello,
It’s a lightly changed version of my picture, because my daughter didn’t like my ivy leaves… So I have modified a little bit.
I added the license in the file (i had forgotten before).
Thank you Rafael, and I agree with you, Razputin’s picture is very impressive ! mad0splash0-63.sifz (92.5 KB)
@mad0: I also prefer your new version. Also because I tend to prefer soft shading.
But Rafael didn’t just mean my picture. He refered to yours too.
OK, some background informations on mine: I used layers with substractive blend modes for the skin shading to get better transitions and not just darken the color.
The pipe was done with lots of noise gradients. Even noise gradients masked by bigger noise gradients to make it more random. I masked the lighted part of the pipe with the noises on the surface and used bevels to add more depth and make it more realistic. Oh, and I used a pen tablet.
In case you want to have something changed, feel free to do it or ask me.
Finally the splash contest submit time has expired. It is time to take a decision from the forum administrators. This time there won’t be any community pool. Synfig Administrators (included forum moderators) will publicly vote here the preference between Rafael, mad and Razputin entries. It is possible to ask for modifications and corrections on the entry so once agreed the author must change. Also (I’ve not downloaded any of the files) there must be a compatible license to release the source file with the source code. If there is not any license inside the sif(z) file yet, it can be said here in the forum.
My vote goes to Razputin’s floating girl. I would ask for resize the splash final size to something smaller, I think.
Thank you very much to you three for participate!!
Administrators votes will end this Saturday. I need the Sunday to work on the release.
-G
But hey ! First no poll, and now just 3 admins’ votes! I know that Razputin’s image is fine, but now I feel that mine is so bad that it does not even deserve that you to talk about! Yet, I spent time on it …
No suspense, no fun… It’s a very disappointing challenge !
Sorry, but I don’t know if I’ll participate again !
I’m so sorry that you feel like that mad0 I swear that I can’t suspect this low participation when I stated the new additional rules!
I just can say that I like your entry too but I had to choose one for my taste.
I’m very very sad
-G
Dont be sorry, genete, you at least voted! and there’s no problem if you prefer razputin’s image !
I like challenges because it make me progress , not to win (even if … )
But I worked for 2 weeks (not full time! I have a job !) and it is true that my image was only commented by 2 people who vote !
Other admins have come on the forum, but the challenge didnt interested them.
So it’s true that I feel silly for all the work I have done …
And for the next splash screen, dont challenge, request an image of Morevna ! After all it’s the one of the few projects project with Synfig, it’s nice to promote it.
In any case, me, I’ll not do another challenge. But I still use synfig!
Thank you very much. I can’t afford loose any other artist that knows and use Synfig as awesomely than you.
Btw, voting has not finished yet… Maybe I need to delay the release due to not good fixing of windows build or fill tool bug…
We will know this Sunday.
Tomorrow I’ll be out all the day.
-G
Estoy de acuerdo con Mad0. Me gustan los desafíos no sólo porque me hacen mejorar, sino porque siempre hay entradas impresionantes. Es divertido participar en un concurso en el que no hay premios, sino diversión. En el caso de la pantalla de bienvenida, también era divertida la votación. La verdad es que esperaba que hubiera más entradas aquí (echo de menos entradas de Animtim, Genete, Pixelgeek…y muchos otros, siempre excelentes). @Genete: Sugerencia: quizás podrías replantearte las nuevas reglas del concurso de la pantalla de bienvenida.
I agree with Mad0. I like a challenge not only because they make me better, but because there are always impressive entries. It’s fun to participate in a contest in which there are no prizes, but fun. In the case of the splash screen, the vote was also fun. Really I expected to have more entries here (I miss Animtim entries, Genete entries, Pixelgeek entries…and many others, always excellent). @Genete: Suggestion: maybe you could rethink the new rules of competition for the splash screen challenge.
I want to share my opinion on the matter. If we use Razputin’s image, something has to be done about the expression on that girls face. I think it’s kind of creepy! But seriously I mean that.
My personal opinion is that the low participation is not because the rules changed. It’s just such period for Synfig - there are low activity here last time.
Yes, the rules could be polished (I think they are too complicated), but I think that final decision about the choice of splash screen still have to be taken by staff. If people like, we can have separate community poll just for fun.
mad0 - your entry is nice but I like the Rasputinz more. Don’t be upset - it’s just your second entry during all Synfig period lifetime and loosing just once is not a reason to give up. BTW, everyone have full time job here. ~_^
Still I have some requests for composition of Rasputin’s splash. For example, I would like to make it simpler and lighter. Also add more space near the border (padding). I will try to make changes today by myself to show what I mean.
Or maybe it was just because this wasn’t an animation. 
Very glad that you also like it, Genete. 
I swear that I can’t suspect this low participation when I stated the new additional rules!