Annual Fractalforums.com Fractal Art Competition 2012


5th Anniversary - "the possibilities are infinite!"

This year the fractalforums.com annual fractal art competition goes into its fifth round.
This year a motto should guide each contestant, the motto is the slogan of the forums:

"the possibilities are infinite"

Prizes are sponsored by user GFWorld, as prizes each winner in the sections will get its
winning image ( still image for movies ) printed on a cup of coffe, and additionally i
include Fractalforums.com Calendar 2012 in the sending.
 

General Guidelines:

- Every contestant may enter up to 3 entries in each section
- Submission Period last from 1st of May until 1st of June
- Voting Period last from 1st of June until 1st of July
- Each entry may be used for Fractalforums.com Calendar 2013
- be unique with your entries, already seen images may not be accepted at all!
- upload your images to the gallery
- only votes in the gallery count

Additional Information

This year i want to produce a calendar for 2013 a second time, calendar layouting
will start after the compo is over, but: the calendar will only go in print, if at
least 50 Pre-Orders are paid, with that money the calendar can go into print ...
but more on that later

Competition Sections

general gallery folder
http://www.fractalforums.com/index.php?action=gallery;cat=65

- Wildstyle
  The wildstyle section will hold entries that are still images, made up of anything you
  like, 3d/2d/layering/photography, be innovative, creative and keep in mind the motto:
  "the possibilities are infinite"
  http://www.fractalforums.com/index.php?action=gallery;cat=68
- Film - minimum duration for this section is 5 minutes, at best include a soundtrack,
  and try to tell some kind of story as well the motto is the same:
  "the possibilities are infinite"
  http://www.fractalforums.com/index.php?action=gallery;cat=66
- Animation - smileys, logo animations, fractal loops is the idea for this section, short
  animations, gif animations that could be used by the forum anyhow are placed here, no
  music needed.
  http://www.fractalforums.com/index.php?action=gallery;cat=67

have fun! 

Hi Christian,

can you clarify the rules on the 5 minute film?

Does it have to be five minutes of one single segment - or can it be made up of, say, 5 x 1 minute segments? (if this can still tell a story)

I'm guessing the soundtrack has to be original or creative commons -i.e., not copyrighted material.

Kam

Hello,

I tried to submit an image to the competition, but it is unclear which page I need to submit to. I found a gallery with two images thus far submitted (and I made a comment about the first image submitted), but I am not sure which gallery my image was submitted to, and I cannot find it. It is called Tsunami Curve.

Please show me the link where I can officially submit my art. and please let me know where on the page to upload.

Thank you!
-Jeffrey Ventrella

just in case flash animations go in film or in animation ?

Edit

humm..i was no clear, for flash animation i simply mean animation saved in flash format
i have no so clear the distinction you do between movie and animation

it is (short)"movie" opposite to little animated gif ?

if it is longer than five minutes it would go into film ... if it is shorter in animation ...
i am unsure if i should restrict usage of swf, or allow it ... but in my eyes it is clearly
allowed ...

Do these long rows of emoticons count as entries in the anim section?? 

Maybe it's just that I don't post here enough to really know how the image submission system works, but I don't know what you mean by submitting from the gallery. If I go to the gallery and use any of the add picture links it requires me to choose a category and the Annual Competition and its subcategories aren't listed unless we're supposed to submit it to "Annual Art Compo 2012 Promo." Am I trying to submit it from the wrong place or are we supposed to make a new topic on the child board and attach it there?

that is strange, when clicking the "add image" button the current categbory should be preselected.... and it worked for me, i know i hve the admin rights,
but i couldnt find any user account level related settings in the gallery, will have to track it down!