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Tuesday, May 19. 2009

The 3D printing Faces contest

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Our new contest is especially meant for the modelers and animators out there. So are you a Maya Ninja or a Zbrush samurai? Join in. Create a model with a beautiful(or not so beautiful) face. The Faces contest is your chance to show the rest of the community your animation skill. What does faces mean to you? What is beauty? What kind of a face would be a good face for a 3D printed model?

I know this is rather vague but we wanted to give you guys a lot of leeway so that you can find your own inspiration. Yes, it is vague, but intentionally so.

The Faces contest starts today and ends the 19th of June. Enter by uploading a model and adding the tag Faces to it. The winner will be chosen by Shapeways and will get $300 in 3D printing. Happy modeling! 

The image above is taken by willc2 of scan of a sculpture by Francesco Laurana.

Posted by Joris Peels in Community, Contests, Inspiration, Shapeways, What's Hot at 14:29

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oei,, dat wordt moeilijk,, nog nooit gedaan, maar 1x moet de eerste keer zijjn toch :-D

That will be a hard contest :-D will be my first time to design a face!
Are we allowed to make aliens/animals faces? or is it supposed to be a human?
#1 Mitchell Jetten on 2009-05-19 17:17 (Reply)
Any face we kept it vague so you guys could be creative.

Joris
#1.1 Joris on 2009-05-19 17:47 (Reply)
Just wondering: will the winner's model be printed out for anything, or not this time?
#2 blendroid on 2009-05-20 14:19 (Reply)
Gijs,

we don't have any events coming up, so this time you 'only' get the $300 in 3D printing.
#3 Gijs de Zwart on 2009-05-20 14:22 (Reply)
Haha, ok, that still rules. I'll just have to make sure my model's only $100 or so in case I win, so I can print it with credit to spare. :-D
#4 blendroid on 2009-05-20 17:23 (Reply)
hmm just tried making a face in 3dsmax,, well i pass this contest! to difficult:P
#5 Mitchell Jetten on 2009-05-20 18:59 (Reply)
I'd put the old "Galatean Dream" object in the contest, but I'm sure people are already sick of it ^^
...

Oh what the heck... At least it will be fun to see how fine it compete against newer designs (I can't produce a new face with my agenda and job...)

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adding Faces tag
#6 Hua Wong on 2009-05-28 14:17 (Reply)
Yar! Avast ye scurvy bilge rats! Me pirate's mug has been entared into the fray. Lock up yens women and yer Rum lest I be tak'n it fer me bounty!

hehe

Can we get a confirmation that our entry into the contest was indeed entered into the contest? Like an email or something of that nature?
#7 WiKKiD Widgets on 2009-06-01 15:15 (Reply)
Good idea, what I'll do on Thursday is make a gallery of all the contest models and add the models that are in to that gallery.

Joris
#7.1 Joris Peels on 2009-06-02 11:43 (Reply)
Are we allowed more than one entry into this contest?
#7.1.1 WiKKiD Widgets on 2009-06-03 02:08 (Reply)
Sure.
#7.1.1.1 Joris on 2009-06-03 05:58 (Reply)
Just curious: How will a model be chosen as the winner? Will it just be the number of ratings the model has, or a rating:view ratio, or something else?

The email update didn't really explain how voting works.
#8 Blendroid on 2009-06-09 21:18 (Reply)
Blendroid,

Shapeways staff will choose the winner.

Joris
#8.1 Joris on 2009-06-10 06:50 (Reply)
Hi .

What time does the contest end?
i was hoping to complete my other model tomorrow
#9 Erno Mattila on 2009-06-18 16:52 (Reply)

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