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Chess Globe v3
Published: 2004-08-22 15:10:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 105815; Favourites: 1158; Downloads: 33850
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I am convinced this work is cursed. On every attempt I run in to the strangest problems, all the save files for the previous version have either been lost or have become corrupted. Not to mention the ridiculous number of problems and errors I encountered along the way. Everything from texture files not being recognised, fatal errors while rendering, geometry just plain disappearing and of course Maya crashing without warning.On the up side I did learn a lot, in particular, command line rendering, polygon reduction, some finer points of lighting with final gather and the exact breaking strain of my keyboard.
This work has become a kind of gauge, having to rebuild it so many times has severed to remind me just how far I’ve come.
Progess shots [link]
Made in Maya
Rendered in Mental Ray
Post in Photoshop
Update: Colour and contrast ajustment.
One of my moniters is dying, everything comes up too bright and slightly wrong colour. I didn't realise this at the time.
v2 [link]
v1 [link]
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Comments: 254
H-h-h-h-holy Shit-shit-shit-shit-shit!
That is awesome, awesome concept, awesome render, awesome everything!
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the version 3 is really better than the others, the textures, the shaders you used, and the the final rendering...and i know how mental ray is powerful....
i do my works with maya and mental ray too...watch my gallery!!!
...chess globe is my wp now!...
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pretty impressive, i like your idea, it's very original
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brilliant imigary and a wonderful theme. I'm well impressed. My mouth is still open...
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-um, heheh... my mouth is still open... heh heh.
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This is incredible, it is so unique. I love the design you put into every aspect of this, you even fabricated your own interesting chess pieces, i LOVE it! 
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well I think it`s wel worth it to
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What i presume to be bishops (On the bottom left of white knight on the left of the globe and to the top right of the knight on the right hand side of the globe) have a little bit of a rough edge but as I said tiny tiny thing.
hehehe all rendering to me is sore on the grey cells lol
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Command line rendering sounds dangerously painful on the grey cells, a lot of effort and time went into this I bet.
Not used to looking at maya renderings so i am not sure of the weaknesses and strengths of the program.
This picture captures the mood of the world at the minute perfectly.
The only possible critique I can find is there a few rough edges on some of the pieces.
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Its accutuly quite simple, just open up the DOS promt, type in the rendering command and your away. It useful because it doesn't need Maya to be ope, which does nothing during rendering yet uses up a big chunk of RAM.
rough edges? do tell
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Beautiful, great concept! Congratulations! 
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Yey maya!!!
twisted.... but hey, its original!
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that's very creative!..and truethful for the world..
black and white
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you were able to combine a great message and idea with amazing 3d-skills..
my respect to you, creative bastard !!
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I'm glad to see the effort has paid off - this peice has come a long way since v1! I love the soft shadows and blending in the background. The textures are fabulous! A definate
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I feel for your troubles! Very good concept; the worlds political scene can seem like a game of Chess sometimes. Well done!
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i like this... its a very intriguing point of view on chess and a globe... it reminds me of like a study room or library in someone's home where they may keep a nice chess set and globe... so now this just kills two birds with one stone in a very inventive way. Nice work.
~Jena~
*makes her wish she had cool comp programs to work with... bummer*
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WOW. great concept, awesome render. amazing. i wish i could do that....
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Awesome ideia and work! Perfectness! *favs*
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The render is very original, material is just beautiful
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This is a stunning piece. I love the design of the chess pieces, in particular the knight, but I find it hard to differentiate between (what I presume are) the king and the queen. Also: I notice that there aren't any chess pieces on the reverse side of the globe (you can't see any heads poking out from behind it) and it gives the impression of being vaguely overbalanced. Still: all this is nitpicking; it is an astounding picture and the textures and colours complement a really great design. Plus it works well as a wallpaper... you rule.
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deepest congrats man, amazing work, the colors are amazing, the pieces, all ineffable, i remember a long time ago, and u have come so far from then, i was just waiting for the day to see u get that DTF, u deserve it, congrats again
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this is the most inovative thing ive ever seen done with chess *which i am a big fan of* even though i know absolutely nothing about 3D rendering i know something cool when i see it 
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i really like this unique concept. plus you've done excellent work of executing it, even if it did take a long time. This piece is anything but cursed. Fresh and innovative works like this are definitely more of a blessing for the community. awesome work.
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Congrats on the DD! This image deserves it! This would be the trade off for all the heartache it caused
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well in any case the hard work shows to a tee. and its safe to say the hard work payed off. excellent work. truly an artist!
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Ooooh! I wanna play. This is is great commentary.
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I loved version 2.
I love this one even more.
The color scheme, textures and shapes are so crisp and original.
The lighting and shadow work has come a long way and looks remarkable.
Fine fine work.
Thank you for sharing.
:+setaswallpaper:
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I like this peice, a lot. I'm not an avid fan of chess but I like to play a game or two here and there. Now this is a great peice of work here. The globe the peices the reflections on the globe and such, and the fine details is all good. Now if you ask me and I doubt this is what you were going for be to me it rather seems like this symbolize how our world is constantly at war or in a game of chess with it self, where the kings are world leaders we are trying to capture. All in all I'll make sure to put this down as a :fav+:
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Initially I made it for no ther reason that I thought it would look cool. But the symbolism is kinda hard to ignore.
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This is absolutely stunning. Sorry to hear it caused so many problems, but something this amazingly beautiful has to have it's trade offs. +fav
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This is amazing. Wonderful job on this and congrats on the daily deviation.
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Wow! Absolutely amazing, I can see instantly how this was given daily deviation. Congratulations!
I'm really impressed at the level of detail in this. The pieces, the textures on them and the globe itself, plus the lighting is great. After looking at the other images it's definitely clear how much you've progressed with your skills.
Well done, and great stuff!
Jimzip
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Indeed, this work has become a kind of yard stick
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I think all that can be said has already been said.
Just wow.
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one question..... u rememebering to remove history from the objects
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Most of the time. Alot of the errors stemmed from a lack of RAM and texture problems.
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Impressive creative elements in this one. The detail and shading are impressive.
Well done.
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