OMG! Design the next USS ENTERPRISE (Offical Contest)

alchemist said:
Now that is cute (not to mention amazing for a 10 year old).
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Here are her concept doodles: Crossover

Her idea was to build a xeno-botanical research ship that would double as a mobile peace summit. The arboretum is carefully balanced to support the respiratory and dietary needs of nearly every ambassador, while simultaneously studying what plant life can be successfully transplanted to alien worlds without being invasive.

She modeled it in Maya using poly extrusion, and made the plants and trees with paint effects. The textures she made in Photoshop.

The only thing I helped her with was the UV mapping :cool: <- Proud Dad.
 
The winners have been notified and I am not among them.

I'll have something to show you when they release the official announcement. Until then my forum activity is likely to be rather minimal.

Thanks for all your help along the way. I'm still very proud of what we made together.
 
I'm sorry Fuzzy. If it's any consolation i thought that your designs were incredible.
 
We now know all the finalists: yfrog Fullsize - http://yfrog.com/h7cu2isj so I won't bother waiting for the official announcement.

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8192 x 2048: http://crossovercomic.com/media/ext...t/bonus/big/1701-f_ultimatefinaldraft_big.jpg

As my design didn't even warrant an honorable mention, I have no compunction with sharing it, and it will soon be available for free on Turbosquid in Maya format. Eventually I'll also get it converted to Max and maybe Lightwave too.
 
Before I go... like, ******* camping or something... I did want to say that I emailed Cryptic and they emailed me back. To summarize, some of them liked it, but it sounds really unlikely that it will ever make it into the game, without them having said "no" flatout.

Also, by way of a source who will remain nameless for the sole purpose of inviting speculation, I was able to contact Scott Herbertson: Scott Herbertson - IMDb
He did me the amazing favor of giving me his thoughts on my design, and I've found his words quite comforting.

I'm really hoping he won't mind me quoting him here:

I think it is pretty cool and streamlined while still paying tribute to the original architecture. I am not a vehicle guy but I have seen alot of re-works of the Enterprise and yours is just as good as many quite honestly... You clearly have a love of the genre and a strong skill-set. Keep working hard, you never know where it can lead.
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Is it just me, or does the winner really look more like it belongs in Star Wars than Star Trek? Looking at it, I'm reminded more of the separatist vessels than the enterprise.
 
 
The winner offered them orthos and they declined?!?

They've taken control now... It's the ability to improvise they wanted, not a finished product!

Fuuuuck...

The Eve contest was the opposite. They didn't care about the perspective, their only requirement was all 6 orthos. THEY wanted a finished product but Cryptic just wanted a doodle to inspire them to create their own design.

Even more ironic is that those artists in the Eve contest created BEAUTIFUL perspectives too, even though they weren't required!

How could I have misread what this contest was so badly? The website design alone should have told me. Of course they only wanted thumbnails. You can do ANYTHING with a reference that small. I thought I was so clever by figuring out the maximum vertical area...

I could have given them flex room if they'd told me that's what they wanted!

I killed my chances by working too hard. I really just can't believe it.

>sigh<

I'll be fine. Already better than yesterday, and tomorrow is the weekend. I gotta get out of town... go out to the hot springs or up to the hills...
 
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I'm beginning to wonder if CBS ever saw my entry. If you were Cryptic, and you wanted to design the Enterprise yourself, begrudgingly holding a contest and using the winning entry as "inspiration"... would you show a complete, polished close-up to CBS?

Maybe CBS wanted something more concrete and didn't see it, maybe that was why it took three months to find a winner.

But then I'm probably just grasping at straws to stop the mental hemorrhaging... It's a dumb theory... and it's arrogant and egotistical, and I don't wanna be "that guy"...
 
Your Enterprise beats any of those in the link (above).

Were they looking for an Enterprise, or just any ol' star ship? :confused:
 
Thanks Interference.

My Enterprise F is now available for free download: 3D ma 1701 1701-F Star

Maya for the moment, Max and Lightwave formats to follow.

Please take the time to rate her, and let me know if you have any problems :)
 
This quote from dstahl confirms my suspicions.

The winning ship seemed to inspire the team to make an enterprise that will be both beautiful and new. It inspired the most discussion and the most debate. For some judges, it was a clear winner, for others it was not their favorite by a decent stretch, but in all it was the most talked about and inspiration ship. There have already been numerous concept sketches done internally that were inspired by this ship to help flesh out directions this ship could go.

Just note that we are in contact with CBS hashing out details to make the winning ship fully realized - inspired by the winning sketch and the concepts I've seen that have more detail than the drawing are really beautiful. I can't wait to share them with you.
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So I really did work myself out of the running.
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The odds were against you anyway; don't beat yourself up. Is there anywhere else can go with your finished product? I imagine they'll be in your portfolio at least.
 
Thanks alchemist.

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I heard Cryptic might be hiring. In what may have been a fit of insanity, I've burned my last fumes of optimism (I didn't get that art grant) by revising my resume and sending it in to Cryptic.

Can't hurt right?
 
Andrew Probert was kind enough to have a look at my 3D model, give me some notes, and exchange doodles, which I hope he won't mind me posting here:

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His primary suggestions were struts in a U shape rather than a V shape, a larger deflector, and a rounder saucer.

I'm toying with the idea of whipping up a new model based on these changes, this time with actual saucer separation.

Thanks for the assist Andrew :) It felt like jamming with Bruce Springsteen :D
 
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