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Jeff Mottle · January 18th, 2006

Hi all,

I'm in the planning stages for the next AVC 2006 competition and wanted to get your feedback. I think things went realtively well last year considering the size of the competition and it being the first time I'd planned such a huge undertaking, but I want this year's event to be even better. I'm going to detail some rough ideas below and I'd like your feedback.

1. There will be 3 challenges (rather than 5 like last year), as the workload was pretty extreme for both the competitiors and the judges.

2. I'm thinking the challenges will be a 1. a rendering, 2. an animation and 3. something abtract/artistic with fewer contraints to make up the three challenges.

3. There will be a qualifying round like last year where you can submit 3 of your best images. Judges will narrow the field to 10 competitors, rather than 30 like last year.

4. All 10 competitors will compete through all of the challenges, there will not be any eliminations.

5. Judging will be done by chosen studios, so they can divide the task of judging and critiqing each round. Of course if there is a single judge who wants to do it themselves I am ok with that too.

6. The timeframes are roughly as follows:

Qualification Submission period: 1 month
Qualificaton judging: 2 weeks
Challenge 1 (abstract relatively simple challenge): 2 weeks
Challenge 1 Judging: 2 weeks
Challenge 2 and 3: 1 month each
Challenge 2 and 3 Judging: 2 weeks each

This works out so there is roughly 30 days between the final judging and SIGGRAPH. This allows enough time for competitiors to arrange travel VISAs and for me to plan the CGA event without having a near nervous breakdown.

7. The finall scoring will be based on an average of the 3 challenges. If you don't complete one, it will be nearly impossible to win, but you can still carry on.

8. There will be prizes, but I have no idea if it will be as big or bigger than last year. Maybe smaller. Will all depend on sponsorship.

9. There will be two entry categories: Individual (Like last year) and Group (Studios)/Team. Students can participate in either.

10. Awards will likely be given to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in each category.

The 3D Awards willl open for submissions about 1 month after the open of the AVC 2006. The submission timeframe will be 3 months and the categories will be Best still image and animation in both individual and group/team/studio categories.

Winners for both the AVC 2006 and the 3D Awards will be held in Boston at SIGGRAPH 2006.

That's everything that I have tought about so far to try to make things a bit better than last year. I welcome feedback from everyone.

Cheers,
Jeff

January 18th, 2006	#1 (permalink)
Jeff Mottle President/Founder Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Age: 33 Posts: 5,078 Name: Jeff Mottle	AVC 2006 and 3D Awards Hi all, I'm in the planning stages for the next AVC 2006 competition and wanted to get your feedback. I think things went realtively well last year considering the size of the competition and it being the first time I'd planned such a huge undertaking, but I want this year's event to be even better. I'm going to detail some rough ideas below and I'd like your feedback. 1. There will be 3 challenges (rather than 5 like last year), as the workload was pretty extreme for both the competitiors and the judges. 2. I'm thinking the challenges will be a 1. a rendering, 2. an animation and 3. something abtract/artistic with fewer contraints to make up the three challenges. 3. There will be a qualifying round like last year where you can submit 3 of your best images. Judges will narrow the field to 10 competitors, rather than 30 like last year. 4. All 10 competitors will compete through all of the challenges, there will not be any eliminations. 5. Judging will be done by chosen studios, so they can divide the task of judging and critiqing each round. Of course if there is a single judge who wants to do it themselves I am ok with that too. 6. The timeframes are roughly as follows: Qualification Submission period: 1 month Qualificaton judging: 2 weeks Challenge 1 (abstract relatively simple challenge): 2 weeks Challenge 1 Judging: 2 weeks Challenge 2 and 3: 1 month each Challenge 2 and 3 Judging: 2 weeks each This works out so there is roughly 30 days between the final judging and SIGGRAPH. This allows enough time for competitiors to arrange travel VISAs and for me to plan the CGA event without having a near nervous breakdown. 7. The finall scoring will be based on an average of the 3 challenges. If you don't complete one, it will be nearly impossible to win, but you can still carry on. 8. There will be prizes, but I have no idea if it will be as big or bigger than last year. Maybe smaller. Will all depend on sponsorship. 9. There will be two entry categories: Individual (Like last year) and Group (Studios)/Team. Students can participate in either. 10. Awards will likely be given to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in each category. The 3D Awards willl open for submissions about 1 month after the open of the AVC 2006. The submission timeframe will be 3 months and the categories will be Best still image and animation in both individual and group/team/studio categories. Winners for both the AVC 2006 and the 3D Awards will be held in Boston at SIGGRAPH 2006. That's everything that I have tought about so far to try to make things a bit better than last year. I welcome feedback from everyone. Cheers, Jeff __________________ Jeff Mottle CGarchitect.com