The 3Dflow Competition “MADI Throwback” together with MADI by IUAV University of Venice, now at its 5th edition, is officially concluded, and we cannot wait to announce the winners!

The contest was addressed to all the MADI students who attended the Photogrammetry and 3D Modeling course with 3D artist and MADI Professor Gabriele Simonetta. Always a very welcomed theme during the previous years, we wanted to keep the memories as main focus also for this edition, giving the possibility for the students to live again their favourite moments through their CGI images, all while putting into practice the 3D modeling and photogrammetry workflows using 3DF Zephyr!

Now, without further ado, let’s see the winners that brought back some of their “Blast from the Past” vibes ✨ – Final render on the left and clay render on the right!

Podium

1st Place: Luca Tosini

With his “Imperfetta – la bellezza dell’imperfezione” (trad. “Imperfect – the beauty of imperfection”), Luca manages to capture through a very well done composition the handmande authenticity of that tiny giraffe souvenir he bought in Marrakech some years ago. The small irregularities make the scanned object beautiful in its own way while evoking a fond memory. Luca gets the 1st place and wins the grand prize of this challenge: 12 months of 3DF Zephyr license! Congratulations!!

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2nd Place: Katarina Odynoka

Through “Nostalgia“, Katarina perfectly conveys that melancholy feeling when you’re far away from home and you’re longing to stay with your beloved family and friends. With a skillful usage of composition and the scan of her teddy bear peluche that she bought for her mother during her studies abroad, Katarina gets the 2nd place and wins 6 months of 3DF Zephyr license! Great work!

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3rd Place: Pietro Giacomelli

Pietro’s image is a real tribute to the vaporwave aesthetic with vivid colors, retrò effects that recall the old-fashioned 80’s videogames, and his scanned Nintendo console starting the Pokémon game. Thanks to all these elements, he calls forth an alternative reality, a sort of a digital past he never lived but always dreamed of. Pietro gets 3rd place and wins 3 months of 3DF of Zephyr license! Keep it up!

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And, as usual, we’re not done! 3Dflow judgers wanted to award two more participants with two special mentions, given to those that stood out in the 3D scanning process, mainly for being able to skillfully integrate the photogrammetric model into the composition and to extensively explain all the steps followed to create the final image.

Eleonora Meloncelli and Giacomo Caserta both deserve this special mention and win 3 months of 3DF of Zephyr license!

Congratulations everyone!!

Eleonora Meloncelli

Giacomo Caserta