[Bf-docboard] Blender contest to fill up gallery with great new images.

[Knapp]

On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 10:15 AM, Ton Roosendaal <ton at blender.org> wrote:
> Hi Douglas,
>
> Given the large amount of good community sites for artists, such contests or systems should better run there.
>
> The blender.org gallery can simply stick to a compact overview of quality work people do with Blender. It hasn't been updated for ages, volunteers come and go...
>

If I run this contest, I will stick around. I have been here for a
long time and will not be leaving any time soon short of death or
illness.

> I also think it's for blender.org more important to show *who* works with blender (like professionals, studios, researchers, game studios, etc) than showing that Blender is good enough to make quality graphics. We're past that point really :)
>
> There's a couple of people working on a makeove for blender.org, a proposal will be available soon (1 week or so).
>
> -Ton-

I don't agree. Who is not very important to me, as a hobbyist. Sure
bragging rights make us look good and that is nice but the last poll I
saw said that blender users were mostly hobbyist. New users don't tend
to know who's who in the pros and don't care much. It is also not
relevant to me when I view the gallery. I think it is in the top
interest of Blender.org to have the very best images and videos in the
gallery. I think it is important for Blender.org to support pushing
the edges of Blender use and a good contest can do this. The only
other contest I know of is Andrew Price's and he does not direct that
contest at new blender features as I proposed. He is helping his
students, as he should.

No one has more prestige or is more important to Blender users than
Blender.org. I think a contest here will attract the most attention
possible and bring in the best images. It also would allow Blender.org
to support a great building of CC licenced artwork and, .blend files.

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