Welcome to the first of the concept design contest.

-Technofusion-

The brief:
"Steampunk is a subgenre of fantasy and speculative fiction which came into prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. The term denotes works set in an era or world where steam power is still widely used—usually the 19th century, and often set in Victorian era England—but with prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy"

"Cyberpunk is a science fiction genre noted for its focus on "high tech and low life. Cyberpunk plots often center on a conflict among hackers, artificial intelligences, and megacorporations. They tend to be set in a near-future Earth. The settings are usually post-industrial dystopias but tend to be marked by extraordinary cultural ferment and the use of technology in ways never anticipated by its creators"
~Wikipedia

Your task:
Create a piece of artwork that depicts a fusion of Steampunk and Cyberpunk, 2 conflicting yet fundamentally similar sci-fi genre. There final product may be vehicles, characters, architecture, or scenery. There is no restriction on the medium, but the files must be submitted digitally.

Participants must create a WIP thread in the contest forum in the following format:

"WIP John Smith: Contest#1 Technofusion "

Judging:
Each entry will be judged by myself (25%), the creator of the brief (25%) and the community vote (50%). The entry with the highest combined score, wins.

Winner will receive an small gift of which i will arrange personally.

Submission Deadline: 27th April 11:59 PM
Voting Deadline: 30th May 11:59PM

this seems a little vague to be honest...for the time-frame, anyway.

If all are to be judged equally, shouldn't the attempted content be the same?

What do you mean? Everybody entering this competition is to create a steampunk/cyberpunk concept design by the 20th of April 11:59 PM. That doesn't seem too vague to me. And where is the difference in content you refer to?

Vague, and leading to differences in content.

Something more clear would be "design a one-seat vehicle designed in a cyberpunk / high technology setting, crossed with Victorian era/steam punk aesthetics"

Generally a concept has to be based around a specific object, no?

The idea is quite simple. You think about how those two concepts go together. What they mean when they intersect. What unexpected things pop up that fit perfectly. You think about this for a while, and find a part of it you like, and think of a way to capture it. Then you impress us all with your awesome skills. The point here is that the concept is *your* concept, not someone elses.

The criteria are almost twistable that you could write a story and submit it, although I doubt that's what was had in mind by Norm or whoever thought it up.

I'll be entering, hopefully with something drawn cool like. Or atleast something sketched badly... anything that makes me better at drawing.

Ping, this is no more vague than the last one... the Death + Destruction one had a similar "draw what you want" theme.

i'm supposed to be doing homework anyway

Also good work on teh lans. When's the next one planned?

Maybe that's why there were only 3 entries...

more like technoconfusion

amirite?

As i said, this is a "concept design" competition, not a "character design" or "vehicle design". There is no restriction on what your concept may be. It could be a steam powered hovertank with a railgun, a steam catapult that fires nano-machines, a building that has legs powered by pistons and tesla coils, a cyborg with a boiler built into its back. Anything you can think of, is applicable, even abstract surrealist artwork, i'll accept.

Also, when i say no limitation to medium, I mean it can be photo-manipulation, 3D model, 2D line/cel-shaded/analogue artwork, digital painting, photographs of sculptures, costumes and hairstyle....given that it involves steampunk/cyberpunk themed visuals.

Any concept artists are expected to be able to create visual with mood and atmosphere using only keywords. Conceptart.org. The professional design competitions like CGChallenge and Dominance War all have very vague briefs (but there are very strict technical limitations in the latter) so that the artists have minimal constraints when it comes to artistic freedom.

All i'm saying is that perhaps direction can be a good thing. Like the daily sketch group, for example - a series of very specific words strung together, which are open to interpretation - instead of a genre on its own.

Regardless, i'll try to get something together for this.

Don't blame me if it's a giant mechanical virus that shoots computer viruses out though.

I don't see why that'd be a problem. In fact, I think that'd be awesome xD

I'm willing to bet that the comp is structed this way so people can play to their strengths - I suck at vehicles so I'd probably be doing a character - however, other people are better at other parts. It's so there are as many entries as possible... I think.

so its like Iron Kingdoms meets Animatrix or something??? kewl

edit: demensions still 900 x 700?

this isn't some scheme to do that cover for Dr. Mark is it? Seems unethical to me

I've already won Mark's thing, so no.

This is actually for Chum's project. I really want to see some quality design coming out of this.


The maximum size of the thumbnail will be that, your original image could be 300DPI print size. I dont really mind.

Chum's project?

Correction, Chum/Nix and (another dude whose name i forgot)

Damn its been a long time since I ve have posted ... anyway i ll will be entering this comp i just cant past a opportunity to do steampunk or cyberpunk. Be warned Awesomeness is coming! lol i hope

So considering this seems like just other people doing someone's work, who should the contestants email their pictures too?

You know just to save time and all...

and where do i apply to have my work done for me?

I WANT AN SMALL GIFT PLS

I need someone to do this MMI report for me plx!

What happened to the 'winner of the last comp chooses the topic of the next comp' thing anyway?
Because i only ever won one comp. and then i didn't even get to tell everybody to draw aliens with tits for eyes.

You still get to choose, this is a seperate contest, hence the #1 in the title. I'm not sure aliens with tits for eyes fits into acceptable content for the forums, but yeah.