Winners of the KeyShot 2013 Halloween Render Challenge

[Josh3D]

What a great contest! We've wrapped up the render challenge and even though there was only two weeks to submit an entry, you did not disappoint!  We have Jack-o'-lanterns, demons, skeletons, monsters and more to put the fright in you. Two people walked away with the top prize for best render and best animation, and still others with an honorable mention. A big thank you to everyone who entered and a big congrats to all the winners! Without further ado, here are the winning submissions!

Rendering

Winner: Andre Rossetto / Jack-O-Lantern - KeyShot Pro, 3D Print from Shapeways, 1-year subscription from 3D World Magazine
Jack o' lantern - Andre Rossetto created a great character with an interesting composition, lots of detail, texture work and creativity put into this.



Runners-up
Creatures of the night - Whitewolf's entries were both crazy good, tons of detail and gave us a look at the before and after.


Hoodie - Andy Jones never dissapoints and the creature is a cool as they come. Great detail and easy to see a story behond this one.


Mmmm... Yummy - Threiz's detail is intense. Lot of work, cool composition and creature. great to see the progression from model to render.


Creepy doll - Fabulous creepyness from Al Baldi. Beautiful and just plain creepy.


Death - La Catrina - Very cool to see the progression in this and the final results that turned out stunning.


Birth of evil - With lots of maggot work up front through to the final renders, this ended with pure mouthful of evil and cringes all around.


Gothic Venus - A very cool idea from Alberto Defra. A different approach using surfaces and lighting to capture the shot and the story.


Nosferatu - Dracula in a sports jackets might never look more sport and sscary all at once. Great face work and final render by Tobias Jacobson.


Animation
Winner: Abed Sabeh / The Skulls - KeyShot Pro + Animation, 3D Print from Shapeways, 1-year subscription from 3D World Magazine
The Skulls - Simply amazing work from Abed Sabeh, from modeling, composition, creepiness and score, Abed delivers in this complex animation.
https://vimeo.com/78488738

Runners-up
Creepy doll - A turnatable of the creepy doll render above that gives you a taste of the model and render set-up. The eyes seem to follow you.
https://vimeo.com/78562722

Medusa - (Warning: NSFW) Don't look in her eyes - don't worry, you won't.
http://youtu.be/52mS_iGFYaM

[Threiz]

Congrats to Andre and Abed, well done Guys

[DriesV]

Congratulations to the winners!
Well deserved.

Dries

[abedsabeh]

Thank you so much for choosing me as a winner!

Congratulations for the rest of the winners, my favorite one was also "Jack-O-Lantern " by Andre Rossetto. Very good job!

Abed

[Heretic Templar]

Amazing entries! Congratulations to the winners!!

[GregHurley]

Great work, Congratulations!

[Chad Holton]

Congrats to all the winners! I enjoyed looking at all the submissions even though some may give me nightmares.

[jBogh]

Nice job everyone!!!
It was great to see what everyone came up with.
Congrats to the winners of course

[hardboilr]

Well deserved winning entry in both categories.

I was wondering about the status of the contest prizes?

[XD1]

Hey there.
Just wanted to say amazing entries. Winners and runner ups.
I was curious though how the skin textures etc were done?
UV maps?
Thanks