To be able to join the challenge, you need to be a registered as 3D Concept Art member. After your registration you will have to join either the Corfos challenge 2014 or the Athalons challenge 2014 group. After that when you upload your images you need to agree to our terms and conditions for being able to upload images to the preferred group. You need to upload at least 2 WIPS and then the final piece.

 

• The artwork you send in is made for this contest.
• It must be a  full character
• If you want to have a nice stand for your character that gives extra atmosphere and feeling, please do.
• It’s very important to see your progress.
• The images must be from WIPS to Final. Upload at least 2 WIPs (Work in Progress)
• The final images submitted should be no larger than 1.5 mb
• You have no restrictions which angles you submit but preferable that is fully viewable, no strange focal length. We want to have a nice presentation.
• You can submit at max 3 key final renders of one entries. This is if you changed your mind about your key render. Please write it in the description.
• You can submit multiple entries, each one of them has 3 key final renders.
• You can choose both of the species.
• You can have several entries of both species
• The render must be at least 1000 px wide and vertical what ever you want.
• For supporting us it would be awesome if you could add a small link to our community in you final artwork or our logo.
• Additionally, if the entrant uses KeyShot and wins, they can get an upgrade to the Pro version.
• There will be two groups made in our community for the challenge. Where you will upload you wips and final renders.Upload your image to an album, called Creature Challenge 2014 or Humanoid Challenge 2014 for final entries. For wips add to wip – Creature Challenge 2014 or wip – Humanoid  Challenge 2014.

Keyshot

• The winning entry that uses KeyShot wins a free upgrade to KeyShot Pro! For a free KeyShot license to render your entry (without watermark), email license@luxion.com with “KeyShot Creature vs Humanoid Challenge” in the subject line. You will receive a license for use in the contest.

Redshift

• For the 2nd and 3rd places, we’ll offer a free license if the winners are willing to convert their scenes to Redshift. The end rendered result has to be identical or as-close-as-possible. By agreed to this term the winners should also be willing to share their scenes with us (geo/textures) so we can use them on our website, any tutorial scenes, as marketing purposes etc.etc. We will hold you as the owner and add credit to your artwork. We respect the intellectual property.

The winners will receive an email and a special code from 3D Concept Art. Then you must contact the different sponsors of the challenge for getting your winnings.

• Any existing taxes or duties must be paid by the winner. 3D Concept Art and sponsors are not responsible for any illegal actions taken by the prize winners.

Yes, you are allowed to work with any software you need for making your artwork go all the way. But it’s important that you write it down in your description when you upload the  final artwork.

You will receive an email at the end of January 2015, between 20-25th. And the winner will be announced at 3D Concept Art the same day.

The judges will be all the sponsors involved in the challenge and 3D Concept Art’s founder and moderators and special invited Judges.

We present our special invited judge:

Glauco Longhi

He is a Digital Sculptor with a background in traditional sculpting. Specializing in Character and Creature design. He has been around for about eight (8) years working in production of short and feature films, TV shows, advertisements and collectibles. He uses frequently his talent to make realistic pieces of art, both traditional and digital as freelancer and also teaches valuable know how in different workshops.

First of all, we, Visual Design Workshop | 3D Concept Art and sponsors are thankful for your entries and your engagement in this challenge. We are very glad to host and with the help of sponsors be able to give you very nice prices.

• By entering the competition the entrant warrants that they are the sole copyright holder and indemnifies Visual Design Workshop | 3D Concept Art and Sponsors from any subsequent claims that may arise regarding ownership, or any other claims that may impact upon the entered work.
• This list of terms and conditions constitutes the complete and exclusive statement of the terms and conditions and supersedes any prior terms and conditions, oral or written, and any other communications relating to these terms and conditions.

All entrants must be registered with 3D Concept Art Community and agree to abide by the Terms and Conditions as described here.

• To be eligible for prizes, all winning entrants must provide accurate and reliable contact details. Visual Design Workshop | 3D Concept Art will make all reasonable efforts to contact winners for a period of 14 calendar days after the completion of Judging.
• If a winner cannot be contacted within this period then they can be disqualified at the sole discretion of Visual Design Workshop | 3D Concept Art.
• Visual Design Workshop | 3D Concept Art and Sponsors will not be held responsible for late entries for any reason whatsoever. It is the sole responsibility of the entrants to make reasonable allowances for upload times and to plan accordingly.

It’s very important for us that all entries should be original and not a derivative of existing work, including works previously entered in this competition.

Note that you will receive your pro account after we publish the site and get out Final Beta, this process will start automatically from the time the site is published and counting the months or years from the publishing date.

Entrants are not permitted to enter works on behalf of any other individual or entity.

At least two wips (Works in progress), with clear description must be uploaded to the challenge group.

You can add multiple entries, they are permitted but don’t forget the rule above.

Entries should remain unpublished outside of Visual Design Workshop | 3D Concept Art prior to the close of the challenge unless we says otherwise.

• Images must conform to nominal decency guidelines. Any image deemed to contain content that depicts violence, racial, political, religious, sexual or any other inflammatory material in an inappropriate manner may be disqualified and removed.
• Interpretation of what is, and is not, appropriate material is the sole discretion of 3D Concept Art and/or its appointed agents, judges and sponsors.
• Entries will be judged on artistic and technical merit within the scope of the competition theme. The interpretation of these rules, the theme, artistic or technical merit of the work and any other consideration made by the judges is at the sole discretion of the judges.

Any import taxes or duties on prizes must be paid by the prize winner. It is neither practically possible nor ethically reasonable for Visual Design Workshop | 3D Concept Art or any of the sponsors to pay duties and taxes on behalf of a winner. Visual Design Workshop | 3D Concept Art and sponsors will not make false valuation claims to assist winners from evading any applicable duties and taxes.

The winners grant Visual Design Workshop | 3D Concept Art rights to use the entrants name, imprimatur and likeness in conjunction with the use of their entered works in any media..

• The entrant indemnifies Visual Design Workshop | 3D Concept Art against any claims or indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages from any party that may arise from any use, including but not limited to, publication of entry materials submitted as a part of, or in association with the challenge.
• The winners grant Visual Design Workshop | 3D Concept Art first right to publish their submitted work in any media.
• It is the entrant’s responsibility to ensure compliance with all rules. Disqualification of any entrant is not reflected in any public change of status or alteration of their entry.
• Other than the rights assigned in the preceding clauses entrants retain copyright of all entered materials and are free to use said materials for personal promotions.
• The winners grant Visual Design Workshop | 3D Concept Art unlimited, non-exclusive permission to use the winning artwork for promotional purposes in any media. In such circumstances Visual Design Workshop | 3D Concept Art will notify the artist and will publish full and correct credit for the artist that will appear with any reproduction of the winning artwork.

All artwork that is entered by the deadline is final. The entries or entrie cannot be removed or changed after this point. Visual Design Workshop | 3D Concept Art will not return any material submitted or alter any entry.

Visual Design Workshop | 3D Concept Art will take reasonable measures to ensure the security of entries and information supplied to them.

• In no event shall Visual Design Workshop | 3D Concept Art be liable to any party, for indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the loss of images and data supplied, even if Visual Design Workshop | 3D Concept Art has been advised of the possibility of such loss and damages.
• Employees and relatives of Visual Design Workshop | 3D Concept Art staff cannot compete in the Challenge.
• Challenge judges cannot compete in the Challenge.
• Judges’ decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into.
• The judges have sole discretion in the interpretation and enforcement of rules, including but not limited to suspension of categories and entrants.
• There is no chance component in the selection of winning entries. Winning entries will be chosen solely on the skill exhibited by the entrants as determined by the judges.

There is no agreement or contract between the artist and Visual Design Workshop | 3D Concept Art. The artist assumes all responsibility and costs for delivering images and other required information to the Publisher for consideration in the competition.

Visual Design Workshop | 3D Concept Art reserves the right to suspend, shorten, modify or cancel the challenge at its sole discretion.

We hope you can agree on this terms and have a successful stay at 3D Concept Art.

By entering the competition the entrant warrants that they are the sole copyright holder and indemnifies Visual Design Workshop | 3D Concept Art and Sponsors from any subsequent claims that may arise regarding ownership, or any other claims that may impact upon the entered work.

This list of terms and conditions constitutes the complete and exclusive statement of the terms and conditions and supersedes any prior terms and conditions, oral or written, and any other communications relating to these terms and conditions.