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Create an image that show of lost civilisation or 'dead' civilisation. This is a massive and grand area, so this has to be conveyed in a believable manner. The stuff that legends and myths are built from. The subject could be an individual or group, a city or city-world. The Lost World as in an ancient abandoned civilization from thousands of years ago or civilization of creatures never discovered by human like an alien city on a different planet! It is limited by your imagination only.

This Challenge is a Work-In-Progress Challenge -- all contestants are required to post their work-in-progress images for community to critique/comment in order to qualify.

1. Competition is open to everyone, worldwide
2. Participate in the Community by critiquing other challenger's works in the respective forums.
3. The entry must be created by a single artist, and only one entry per artist is allowed per contest (NOT multi-entries).
4. Submit your final entry before the end of the challenge (avoid the last-minute rush - get your entry in early).
5. Submit Work In Progress (WIP) images, obtain feedback and give feedback to other challengers in the WIP challenge. Note: Failure to do so may result in penalties during final judging. Community interaction is a must!
6. The image must be original artwork created specifically for this contest, and must be the property of the artist who created it. Plagiarism will result in disqualification from the current contest, and a public example will be made of the plagiarist. User will be banned!
7. You must submit your full name, nickname, valid email address, country of residence, and the name of the 3D application used to create the image. Optionally, you may submit your website link and commentary about the image. All information must be truthful and correct.
8. All winners are required to write 'making of' articles accompanied with high-resolution Work In Progress stills, to be eligible for prizes. Note: This is a requirement of the Work-In-Progress challenge.
9. No submission can or will be accepted past the submission deadline. Once the voting process begins, the entries are "locked," and the votes are cast immediately after the Voting Booth opens. No late entries will be accepted.
   
10. Organizers have the right to prolong terms of carrying out of competition.

Any of these rules may change at any time without prior notice. Do visit this page often

TIP: Works In Progress (WIP) step-by-step show how create artwork that is currently in development.

Voting booth will close on: 28 February 2007

Start competition: 17 November 2006
End competition: 15 February 2007
Voting: 20 February — 28 February 2007
Announcement of a winner: 1 March 2007

• You should be registered at the CGFolks forum!
• You cannot vote if you not have 10 posts in our forum.
• You vote for your top 3 entries and list them in order.
• Places are calculated by going through all votes with 3 points for a first 1st, 2 points for a 2nd and 1 point for 3rd.
• Participants can vote, but they cannot vote for themselves.

TIP: "Entry" is an accepted submission - the image has been entered into the competition.

It is very easy, in 3 steps:

1. Go to Competiton forum and make your own thread.
2. Call your thread name of the contest'Lost World' and your name. Example of title -- 'The Lost World: Your Name '.
3. PostWIP thread images like Concept Sketch, Modeling, Shading, Post Effects and Compositing, Line Art, Coloring WIP, Final Coloring, Final Image etc...

Note: Submit your final entry before the end of the challenge.

TIP: Make attachment if you want see all images in first post in your thread.

All entries must be in JPG format. Your final image dimensions should be in HIGH-QUALITY (as large as you can possibly render). Do not send in a low-resolution placeholder and ask us to get back to you, as we won't.

• By submitting an image, you agree to give us permission to display the image on our website in any form for any reason. The image will remain your property, but you cannot claim any right or compensation for any reason related to the display of your image on our website.
• You agree to give us permission to display the image on ourcontest galleries (all credits of the artist.will be included).
• No artwork will knowingly be sold, in whole or in part, by the sponsors outside of the context of the competition.
  
• The artist will be asked permission for the use of their artwork if outside of the scope of the contest.

If an artist misrepresents a plagiarized image as his or her own, 3DM3 accepts no responsibility for determining the proper owner. All and any legal actions resulting from said plagiarism is the responsibility of the artist who submitted the image. In addition, 3DM3 will support any legal action taken against the plagiarist, to include providing record of the entry and any related correspondence.

• Winners will be notified by email within 10 business days of publishing the results of the voting.
• Prizes will be sent after their respective winners have claimed them.
• Our sponsors are responsible for sending the prizes to the winners. We cannot be held responsible, nor can we provide a substitute in case the prize is no longer available or if the sponsors have retracted their sponsorship at any time during the contest.
• In order to claim his or her prize, the contest Winner (ranked as first) is required to write the “Making of…” article. This article explains the image creation process, including any tips or tricks used during the process, as well as the solution to any problems that arose during creation of the image. The article serves as proof that the artist is the true creator of the image.
  The artist will retain credit as the author of the article, but all ownership rights up to and including copyrights is passed to and retained by the 3DM3. The article remains the sole property of the 3DM3, and the artist/author may not reproduce the article or post it elsewhere without express, written consent from the 3DM3.

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Good luck to everyone!