A few people have emailed me the heads-up on the new CGSociety challenge. (Thank you, guys!. I very much appreciate the input.) CGSociety is running a contest to visualize Greg Bear's Eon. Greg Bear will be one of the judges. Your challenge is to create material for the promotion of a (potential) blockbuster film based on EON, a novel by highly acclaimed writer Greg Bear. Expanded to three categories: Illustration, 3D Scene and Film Trailer, the challenge is to put great words into great pictures using 2D, 3D or video format.Those of you with computer skillz, the deadline is January 15th. .
The contest website has a very comprehensive synopsis, setting descriptions with visual inspiration, forums to talk about the contest, and you can already see some of the entries.
I've never explored CGSociety.org as much as I should...This just might be the project to dive in with.