Category: Results Posted
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15.5: Contest 15 Entries – Winners Announced
Contest 15: Winners Announced 1st Place The Rare Zen Seahorse by YoYoBandalore Back again to lead the way, YoYoBandalore scored first place with his signature combination of build ingenuity, high fidelity photography, and strong contrast. The shot is well composed, cropped exactly as needed, and generous with resolution. Click for full size 2nd Scottish Terrier…
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14.5: Sphere Race Results
Winners posted. See Video Below. Available in 720p and 1080p.
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13.5: Snowflake Entries – Winners Announced
#13Winners Announced! First Place: Nujabez Quite a mesmerizing fractal-esque snowflake of perfect six fold symmetry. It’s hard to capture with words the impression that such epic snowflake leaves. But such detail and flawless symmetric contrast was constructed slowly with very small subunits, if any at all. The background takes no attention from the snowflake itself.…
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12.5: Gyroid Created.
Here’s the completed gyroid in all of it’s glory: Make sure to turn on the 720p for that clip. Also put on some red/cyan 3D glasses if you have them. The above was our recreation of the gyroid using the instructions given to us by origamimarie. It was hard! Zinc Neoballs used because we were…
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11.5: Butterfly entries. Winners announced!
#11 Winners (Finally) Announced! First Place, again: YoYoBandalore The polls have spoken. For the second third contest in a row, YoYoBandalore comes in first, to win two free sets of Zen. The winning combination of great photography and unique magnet poetry does it again. Color neoballs used. The photo itself is well composed, as are…
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10.5: Magnet Tree Entries. Winners announced.
First Place: YoYoBandalore Professionally shot and constructed by one of the Zen gallery veterans, this symmetrical tree consists of zen magnets, and one blue neoball for flare. Incredible contrast and clarity. Click the picture to see the details in the reflections. Incredible. Second Place: Gami7900 A newcomer with a strong sense of bonsai wins one…
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9.5: 2R-Hex Building entries. Winners announced!
It wasn’t easy trying to model architecture, with only 432 magnets, and a very specific subunit guideline. Voting was close on this one; understandably because there were many great entries. Hit the images to see original size. Names link to profiles. 1 By: Dimitri Tishchenko 2 By: masontc 3 By: CairasTravis 4 By: Thomas Wilder…
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8.5: Cityscape entries are in.
Some of the most elaborate entries yet. Ctrl+Click on the image to open original size in new tab. Names link to profiles. Voting is complete! The first place winner of the July Zen Magnet Cityscape contest is GalaxyTraveler. The lighting and reflections are flawless, thanks to an incredibly clever setup. The colors and composition are…
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7.6: TP Macro results. Also some bad news.
In first place is a Toilet paper lily and a Zen vase by dblueeye.tw. Each leaf carefully cut and placed. Wonderful composition and background selection. You really need to see the full size photo to appreciate the details involved. Click the picture! In second is a dreamy mini zen basket by dylanschepers. Autumn picnic with…
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6.5: Art contest voting at r/openart
There are a hundred entries! Quite impressive goodies inside, and since it’s all public domain, feel free to decorate your walls. We’ve setup voting on good ol’ reddit at /r/openart. Unfortunately the thumbnails aren’t working, so you’ll actually have to click links to browse the entries. Click up on the grey arrow to upvote, and…
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5.5: Magnet Homunculus Results
The Winner : Mecha Warrior v2.0 by Tend2it Click above to see full size. Incredible. Is this mecha here to blast us away? Only 1042 zen magnets were involved in this intricate figurine. We tried to recreate this delicate sculpture in the confines of our own office space, but gave up after failing to decode…
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4.5: Cube Race Results
Watch this short and silly video: As noted by gallery members, irrespective of the original stated rules, all of the top 3 will receive a prize. First place will get a free set + $50, Third place will get a free set, and second place will get something in between. Exactly what second place will…
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3.5: Cybernetics Core Results
The Winner – Ben A. A total of 9 entries were received, and the duty of judging was handed to r/starcraft. As tend2it said, “A unique interpretation of the details … well done!” Exactly 432 Zen Magnets were used in this composition of the SCII cyber core. Great Job. Second place – Axentiu97 Click the…
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2.5: Viking 1 results
First Place goes to WTG_Fireflex. Great representation, and only 216 magnets used! The body is well elevated, tripod legs distinct, and even the baggage is well defined. Bad camera, but offset by a very magnetic background. Click the picture for full size. Second Place goes to HYPRKLSTRKMPLX. Clear shot, with relatively good depth of field.…
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1: Introducing Contests. ZenMagnets.Com
The zen gallery community has been scoring free magnets for as long as we’ve been in business, but let’s be honest, it’s difficult to jump in the ranks of such seasoned experts. Those guys are incredible photographers and magneteers. From now on, contests.zenmagnets.com is where we’ll bring spice to the rumble, and will be updated……
