It wasn't easy selecting among the many strong entries (be sure to look through the entire final entries thread!), however after considerable deliberation we're proud to announce the three winning entrants:
First place: Pibuz
Pibuz (Filippo Scarso) joined the competition early with his astonishingly realistic entries, showing once again why Italian architects are a force to be reckoned with in commercial archviz! The materials used, especially on the ceiling, are exceptionally high quality, and attention to detail can be noticed everywhere.
A change of lighting in the second image submission beautifully illustrates the power of light layers, bringing everything together to secure the win in our Materials and Lighting competition.
Pibuz can enjoy an early Christmas with the following first place prizes:
| 1 Arroway textures Complete bundle |
| 2 Evermotion collections |
| 2 CGAxis collections |
| €200 designconnected.com voucher |
| 1 Indigo Renderer |
No Indigo competition would be complete without an elegant and technical entry by Zom-B (Arthur Staschyk), and it's business as usual with the stunningly detailed, "lived in" living room render that just looks natural and comfortable - a suspension of disbelief that's difficult to achieve in CG without excellent lighting and materials. We'd like to have a sip of that espresso!
Zom-B can add the following spoils to his war chest:
| 1 Arroway textures Wood Veneers - Complete Edition |
| 1 Evermotion collection |
| 1 CGAxis collection |
| €150 designconnected.com voucher |
| 1 Indigo Renderer |
New Indigo user Mor4us' entry is stylish and clean, with an attention to natural lighting and realistic everyday materials. The use of brushed metal, glass and curtain materials in particular is highly effective, creating a believable interior space from the provided base geometry without really complex lighting and material set-up - a great showcase of Indigo's natural-looking, physically-based materials.
Mor4us indeed gets more than just praise:
| 1 Arroway textures Construction Materials |
| 1 Evermotion collection |
| €100 designconnected.com voucher |
| 1 Indigo RT |
The rodent regent tar_gniK delivered a highly detailed and original recreation room from the basic scene provided, narrowly missing the top spots due to the strong competition. Undoubtedly a top-notch entry with character and great lighting.
Bosseye's entry featured a bold, original concept with a dark mood, very distinct from the other entries and a great variation on the provided scene.
The different times of day in vl_dm's entry are well complemented, in particular the city lights outside at night.
Another creative and fun render we greatly enjoyed was polygonmode's dusty apartment, with the half-done walls, footprints (and hidden Indigo logo!) on the floor and shafts of light coming through the windows. A great effort by a new Indigo user!
The overall mood, use of dusty participating media and interesting background story in JK's entry made for quite an entertaining submission!
The burglar breaking into the pristine room in Oscar J's entry is a result of some humourous back and forth in the competition thread, always enjoyable in the Indigo community
We're grateful to Heiko Schmidt / Impulse for providing the base scene; it was very interesting to see what the entrants did with it!
It's been an exciting competition and we hope to see you all again for the next one - thanks to everyone who participated, including those who didn't finish in time and provided great community input
Thanks again to our great sponsors for their generous prize donations:
