The winners of the challenge Ancient Times !!!
Category: Art and Photography

OK just  8 -10 hours after my previews blog about the Winning for the challenge they announced the winners ... two of them .....and they have  the " Honorable Mentions" another 8 ...for their work ...

OK ...

As you know I mentioned from the beginning that I am doing this 3D Babylon just for the respect of Babylon ...not for winning or having any awards ...  and I got my awards from my family and my friends  with their nice words and their love for the work I did ....

Now ...

Even here in my blog I don't want to mention any names or any finger points to any of the Artist who worked in the challenge ....but I am pointing to the admins who made the challenge and put the rules ...  why ???

Because they made a challenge  but even them selves they didn't work by the rules ... how is that ???

The rules they got are a lot but 2 others rules were really important :

* Submit your work in progress images in forum on a regular basis otherwise you will be disqualified.

* Participate in the community by critiquing other challenger's works in the respective threads.

did they disqualify anyone for these 2 rules ?????

Answer  :  NO ...
They even let them win and get a " Honorable Mentions" !!!!

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There were 31 final Images ... and 18 of them I am sure 100% that were not qualified  to be sent to the hands of the judges .... and I wrote to the Admins in the challenge and I told them ....near by 10 days before the dead line of the challenge  and I wrote for them :

I will disqualify my self by my self ...just do not put some of the images in front of the judges ...because they are the sponsors and they don't care about how the artist did the work and respect the rules ...all what they care is a nice image that they can use for commercial or a cover of a book  or ...or ...or ....

and the answer from the CGArena's admins  were : Shero don't worry you will not be disappointed in the end. Only the best image which follow the rules will win.

And they were right  85% of the winners were people who doesn't follow the rules but of course 100% of them  were with nice images ...because as I said before they choose images for their commercials ...

and as I said before that I was not waiting for winning  and the best prove for that ... is that I use a Lightwave not A cracked Maya ...and what I mean by Lightwave is .... the sponsors are from Maya ,3DMax  and Z brush   companies ...and even if I did the best image They will find a problem in it and make me the third ... because it is impossible that a company like them will give award to another company   ;-)   and I have nothing against that ... and it is their money ..their awards ... their product ... and I choose to work in Lightwave no matter what ...

Ok from another side as you see in the GIF image below :



that :
1- I didn't change the reference I used in the first day I begin the challenge ...
2- I got more object than anyone  ells in the challenge ..no one get as much as I have objects in the image .
3- I made everything with a big level of details even if they be far or small ...except the humans  "they were low ploys"  because I was in the last days of the challenge and we can just see the back of them ...that is why I didn't make details in the face ...
4- I got the most comments that everyone in that challenge even the Admins were glad for my creative critics for the other works ... and the help I give by ideas  and even I made some small tutorials too...  ( 486 comments and critics  ..wow ...I didn't know that I wrote that much for the good and for the benefit of this challenge and site  !!!!!! ) 
5- I even helped the CGArena to find some people who used old objects or 2D images or didn't work by the rules ...and they lie to everyone in the challenge ...

I just did my best for everyone ...

But they didn't listen to me in the end ...because I was right and they thought about their benefit to have a lot of images to put in front of the judges .....

It was kind of lie too ...because they didn't respect the rules .... too and if the admins in CGArena does not work by the rules they put by them selves ...then  of course not all the winner are real ... too ;-)

at least 3 of these 10 who got their names and their images mentioned and won the award  are really qualified but the other 7 are not and I sent my opinion and my point of view to the admins  and they sent me back an answer but I am not going to read it ... because I don't need their opinion from now on ...

Now it is me and my own rules ..not their lies oh sorry their rules ...

 and good by CGArena  for you and for your Admins who can't find out who is using 2D images or not ... who can't have a real opinion on images ...who can't be in the level to qualify or disqualify people who work and who didn't work by their rules ... who promise things and they can't keep their promises... who didn't work by their rules... who gave all the images  to the judges no matter if these images  have the elements it need to be qualify to be in front of the judges ...who put rules but even them selves they didn't respect their rules   ;-)

You tell me how can I respect and trust CGArena or that challenge again !!?????  and if some one have a honor and self respect will go back to that site again !!!??? But with that I am always a man who can forgive ...and if that site and all the admins will not apologize to me "by E mail "and to all the other real artist who didn't win the awards or at least the  " Honorable Mentions "    then I will never go back to that site again and do anything for them anymore .... it is really shame to put names of some people and their images in a level that they don't deserve .... !!! it is just shame ...

I am going back to the site for the last time to delete my other stuff  because I got another threads about my old works and about CGI The gene Generation movie that I want to let them all the information they need ...but as I see they don't deserve  it  ;-)

Good bye CGArena ....   :-)

 

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Photos : Bulgaria Good and Bad !!!!
Category: Art and Photography

I just put a new set in Flickr for the photos I took in Bulgaria  that show the beauty and the ugly sides of Bulgaria .... Hope you like it ...and there will be more and more photos  soon  :

You can see more images and in a better size in the link below  ;-)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7212917@N05/sets/72157604923921047/

  You remember this : is it Baghdad or Bulgaria  ? 
  Commercial !!!!??? for what ???

It was a really beautiful day :-)

This car is in front of the police office maybe for 2-3-4 years   why ?

Really nice view

All these photos you can see and more in large size in the link :

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7212917@N05/sets/72157604923921047/

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The winners of the Ancient Times challenge will be announced in the next 2 days !
Category: Art and Photography

As you remember before a week I put the final Image that I render for the Ancient Times challenge in CGArena ...and in the next 2 days they must announce the winner  for :

The best Work in progress  + The best Image

There will be just 2 winners and there is near by 31 Artists who finished their work .. from 160 Artist ...but the others didn't finished their work ...and everyone got their reason ....

However ...as you remember the challenge was for a 2 month work in progress about an Ancient Times work ...no matter a war or place or god or anything ells that have an Ancient Times in it ;-)

and I wanted to make Babylon ...not for winning but for the respect and the love I have for a part of my culture ...and I did it ...I finished the image ...of course it is not that perfect  because I couldn't use radiosity in it ...and because all the other problems I had in that 2 months and exactly I worked  3 weeks for 4-5 hours a day ... 

Now ...I am really not thinking about the awards ... because I got a lot and my awards were  that everyone in my family liked and of course my friends too and I am really happy for that ;-)  otherwise if I win the award that CGArena will give   it will be nice too ...but we will see...

My point here is ...

1-  from that 31 Artist who finished their concept ...I know that 18 of them have a 2D images and they were without contact with the other artists and they have no opinion or  words for anthers work ...and some of them used old ready objects that they have before even the challenge begins like human body or face or some architects and all these are against the rules of the challenge   ... and it mean there is just  13 Artist who really worked by the rules and have no 2D images ...

of course the back ground is normal to be 2D   it is allowed ...but in foreground it is not allowed ...

2- The sponsors awards are mostly for Maya and 3D plugins and Z brush program...
and I am using Lightwave that is not in that category and I am not so sure if the sponsors will choose another program like Lightwave hen they are mostly belong to Maya and Z brush and 3d max  !!!

3-  I think the sponsors care more about the image and how it looks  not about how the artist made it or how the artist work by the rules  .... and that is not good too   ;-)

I think for these reasons I may will not win the challenge and it is normal for me but I hope that the winners will not be in that 18  persons who I know about their images ...and how they didn't work by the rules..

Wish everyone the best and hope everyone get what he or she deserve ... ;-)

and we will see ;-) 

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New X ray photos ..After 8 moths from the accident !!!
Category: Life

Today I took another X ray photos for my legs ...

and it looks fine  ..this time and the doctor told me to begin using Bicycle and swimming and begin to run ...  I am sure for the swimming and the Bicycle  but for running still I am not sure because the pain in my feet and the muscles will not allow me for now ..but soon I will :-)

these images are almost after 8 months from the accident  ....





Soon I will begin real training and swimming and of course biking  :-)
 

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My new apartment view :-)
Category: Life

I am more than happy ...  I moved to the new apartment  and it is more than great ...

here you are some photos from the view I have ... and soon there will be more photos about the inside of the apartment  :-)

From inside the room :



From the window :



These images are from  33 meters high ..  :-)  the floor and the apartment I live in   :-)

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Before I go ... I introduce you to The Gene Generation !!!
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

Hi again ...  friends ...

As you know I was preparing for the new apartment from long time and it is now  5 :17 in the morning and I still got some more work to do ... I didn't know that I have such a lot of stuffs to make it ready and put them in boxes  specially DVDs  :-)

However I will move to the new apartment today after 5 hours ... with my great friends Stanislav and Zario .... and the problem is that I have cable of Internet in the new apartment but I have no Internet ..and because of the holidays here in Bulgaria " from 1 May to 5 May " I may have no Internet for another 3-4 days ...that is why I hope you will not miss me so much :-) and do not worry I am fine ...and as soon I get the Internet  I will be back  and write for you again and again and again ....

and before that happen  I am now introducing for you some of my 3D works in the movie  The Gene Generation ... as an 3D artist and then a Leader Artist  for the CGI city shots ... I made near by 95 % of all the camera animation 'movements " for the CGI city shots ...  I made the first texturing for all the city just in 3 days and I send it for the director Pearry Teo and he liked and then we begin again to make it more detailed and more clear ...  I modeled near by 8  Buildings ... and a lot of particles shots  and environment stuff ..

And when I became a Lead Artist then I became the responsible for all the CGI city shots and my work become more and more and I was learning some new 3D artists how to work on the 3D programs and I was telling them what to do and what not and explain for them the best way ...and like this.... then let me stop talking about what I did in the movie and let's begin to see some images :-) ..

I made the images a bit with contrast  because it was so dark and it is normal because it is not the real resolution  hope you like it :

















These images belong to the Director Pearry Teo and for more information you can see a lot more images in his photos gallery ...

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=53118053&albumId=1992072

Ok now I need to sleep and wake up after 3 hours ... wow in the end I am moving to the new apartment ...  I will send you photos of the apartment as soon as possible ...

Good night ... and see you later and hope you like the images  ;-)

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What B movie fan mean ???
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

For me  B movie fans mean :
1- Beer movie fan
2- Bad movie fan
I just got a discussion with one of the "B" movie fans in IMDb  and I understand he like bad movie with low budget and he enjoy them specially when he drink a Beer in the time of watching the movie   :-)    " I think there is no need for more explanation " ;-)
For more information all the movie that has been made in Bulgaria were and still are a  B movies accept  " Undisputed 2" and I hope " The Tournament " too  ..we will see   ;-)   ....
When I say : B movie I don't care about the budget of the movie ...I care about the quality and the movie making of it ..not how much money they spend on it ...

Remember what Charles Chaplin said :  Give me a beautiful girl and a police man and a park and I will make you a movie .... !!!
Oh  .. is that mean that  Charles Chaplin  was a  B movie maker ???  !!!!!  Do I have to ask you this  ?? ...  I really feel so bad for that but at least to open the drunk eyes of some Beer movie fans ...that :
Charles Chaplin was Not  a B movie maker .

Then it is not all about  Money .... It is about the Artists ...
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And  we got  Z movies too ...!!!!!  it is again a part of the B movies  but I think then you will be watching the Bad movie with a Beer inside the Zoo ...near by D movie fans " D = Doneky "...  !!!!!!! ;-)   Hope you will enjoy this one too ;-)

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How I made 3D Babylon in just 3 minutes and 3 seconds !!!!
Category: Art and Photography

OK  ..I made this GIF format image for anyone who want to see how I made the 3D Babylon ... the image is 3 minutes and 3 seconds ...  but in real the Challenge was 2 months but I am sure that I didn't work more than 3 weeks in it  for 4-5 hours a day ... but here you are in front of you in just 3 minutes and 3 seconds :-)

The image is small I will try to make a bigger one soon  ;-)  ... Hope you like it... 

                                                     

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In the end I finished my 3D Babylon :-) Wooohhhhaaaaaa
Category: Art and Photography

OK ...here is it the final image and my last update for my 3D Babylon .... Hope you like it   ;-)



It is 3 : 48 morning and I need to sleep ...and wish me good luck in the challenge ... I feel that I did at least a small thing for my country and the history of it ...and I gave Babylon  "Babel"  the respect it need ....  that was my only wish from the beginning when I entered the challenge ...OK I need to sleep now ..tomorrow I will write you again ...

Good Night


Edit :   Ok for everyone who want to know how I made this image ....you can enter the links below and it is my thread " Work in progress"  in the challenge Ancient Times - CGArena ....  there are 26 pages  from the first reference and sketch to this final image .... and the way I modeled the objects one by one ...with textures and answering comments and critics of the other artists in the Challenge ...  Hope you like it  but before that Hope you got time to see it all .. :-)

and you got 2 choices " just remember when you click on this links  you will get  "You are about to leave MySpace.com" 's Alert . and in the below you got the link again click it again and you will be inside the Work in progress for my 3D Babylon . "

to begin from the first page :
Babylon 3D ...CGArena .... Ancient Times ... First Page

or begin from the last page 26th :

Babylon 3D... CGArena .... Ancient Times ... Last Page

And you got the pages in the up-left of the site or in the down-right of the site ;-)

Hope you like it

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3D Babylon update
Category: Art and Photography

OK here I am with another update for my 3D Babylon work ...  still not finished some more work to be done with the lighting ...because it is a bit dark ... and I called that light a Honey Fire  Light :-)  why ? I don't know  :-)  it maybe because of the Orange-Red mix color  !!!!!!



Another two days to finish the concept  :-) wish me luck 

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