Hey I'm new here; just wanted to share the project I did for the contest. I don't know if I made it to the top 30 (I haven't been home for the last 10 days) and if I didn't I'll try harder next time.
It'a a good work, original and realistic. And for the "realisitc" i thing the reflects are to "trong", or too much contrast, without that, and with and better ground it's will be still more too realist for being selected by Peugeot :clown:
Thanks! and yes, I agree eco6; I didn't like the illumination too much either! I'm not a designer and haven't received any design, or 3d software education whatsoever so I had to learn through tutorials. Unfortunately I couldn't find one in rendering/lighting that had good results and was easy to follow, so I just used some images I had for image-based illumination and rendered that way (about 2 hrs before the deadline) and as for the ground I didn't have time to make any, so I just made a plane with the default material. Keep the good comments coming !