LET THE GAMES BEGIN!Fractalforums.com
8th Annual Fractal Art Competition 2015
Fractalforums.com is holding our "Annual Fractal Art Contest" for the 8th time in row in the year of 2015.
Prizes are, as every year, winning images printed on coffee cups.
Statement regarding voting system:
everything stays as it was in the year before, the total sum of gained
stars in the voting process are the one and only thing relevant for the final outcome. We are aware that the process
is not perfect. A voting system needs a whole rewriting of the whole process of the participating/voting for that
where simply no resources available to create a voting/gallery system with a special voting system. Presumably the
voting system will be changed at the 10th birthday of the competition, perhaps we will have found a sponsor by then as well...
Read below for a detailed description of current system.
The most important link for the compo comes first, the gallery is where everything takes place, uploading
and voting. This is the link to the gallery section:
http://www.fractalforums.com/index.php?action=gallery;cat=108Official Sponsor for this years contest is (again) : NO ONE, everything related prize giving and prize sending is
handled by the administrator alone, a very long delay has to be accepted for prize receiving, due to this
only the first placed entries in each section will get a prize. But remember, being part of it is all that counts!
Time Schedule- Submission Period begins on 1st of May at 00:00 Central European Time
- Submission Period ends on 31st of May at 23:59:59 Central European Time
- Voting Period begins on 1st of June at 00:00:00 Central European Time
- Voting Period ends on 30st of June at 23:59:59 Central European Time
Rules:*new, not obligatory*Please sign your work, by placing the text "fractalforums.com Annual Fractal Art Contest 2015" inside your production
you state crystal clear that you have produced it especially for the contest, and future viewers of the product will have
a straight time location from when the product was produced. This was originally meant to be obligatory from the administrator
but has been rejected by the admin people who thought that it would restrict artistic liberty too much, so make the admin happy and include it!
As every year, a contributor may enter up to 3 entries in
each section of the competition,
so every contributor may enter up to 9 total competition entries.
The Competition is (as always) split up into 3 sections, which are this year "Film","Still Frame Wildstyle" and
as varying section we have this year the "Still Frame Black&White" section.
It is desirable to publish "new" stuff in the contest, do not bore us with already known stuff. Anything
already competing in another contest, or somehow already known to a wider public is unwanted. The
administration team for the contest is not strictly excluding anything from the contest
so it is up to you to either bore us to death or come up with inspiring new work. It would be to hard
to verify every entry by hand, so nothing will be disqualified, but keep in mind that something already
known wont get any votes ...The whole voting and submission is done in the gallery. This year - for the first time - video submission are submitted
by using the "Enter Video" feature of the current gallery, most of popular video hosting sites are included.
RemarksRemark about the voting System The winner is determined by the total sum of stars. Which means that a single 5 star vote can not outnumber
for example an entry with two 3 star ratings. Although there was an effort to introduce a new voting counting
system, it will stay this way for this year - and presumably until 10th anniversary of the contest.
Remark about Time ScheduleTime scheduling caused confusion, due to contestants spread over the whole world, each of the schedules is
a "soft" schedule, especially the entry time. If you come up with your entry half a day late ( but no more than a day),
it is perfectly fine. Consider that entries which are longer in the view of reviewers have a better impact, and that
later entered entries might get overlooked.
Remark about Voting System During the time of the submission period and the voting period the display of view counts and current voting is
globally disabled in the gallery.
Remark about Gallery File Sizes and Dimension The hosting package for the website is now at maximum, the allowed image sizes have been incread immensely,
now 5000x5000 pixels and a file size of 25 megabytes is now enabled for uploads
The Competition is split up into 3 sections:
Competition SectionsStill Frame WildstyleThe still frame section allows submission of any image without any restrictions, photography,
layering, post works, painting. Express your feelings through an image. Attenuate Details, make
use of modern image editing software to get the most out of your image. Single Click and render images
might not be enough to become even recognized this year! Let your mind flow to create something new!
Still Frame Wildstyle Gallery section
http://www.fractalforums.com/index.php?action=gallery;cat=109Still Frame Black&WhiteThe third section is always trying out new things, but this year we make it fairly easy. Create a fractal image
utilizing only black and white colors. The full gradient from black to white may be used, but no colors other than Black, White, and Grey. Again let your creativity flow, make use of the restriction the create something stunning and never seen before.
Still Frame Black&White Gallery section
http://www.fractalforums.com/index.php?action=gallery;cat=111Filmin the film section (long) fractal videos are accepted. Let your creativity flow,
Use Voxel Stack exports to bring the Fractals into your favorite 3D Program. Use a camera tracker
to place Fractal Objects in real film recordings. Create a stunning soundtrack that is perfectly
synchronized to the film. Use Sound Syncing fractal rendering software that is nowadays available (jwildfire)
Your creative mind might need an extension for this.
This is the champions league of fractal art! The film section now requires that you include the following text in the intro/outro of your production:
"Fractalforums.com Annual Fractal Art Competition 2015" this is for specially recognizing it as competition entry.
include greetings as you like greeting other fractalists is a nice way showing we are alive
Film Gallery Section:
http://www.fractalforums.com/index.php?action=gallery;cat=110