A New Contest Appears!
The good folks at Mixamo have been hard at work to provide you with a new outlet for your undead fetishes.
They have provided me with a chunk of text to tempt you with, but let me cut to the chase and say; zombies and cash prizes. A no-brainer for sure. You have two months from today to get something done. So even if you are participating on something else, you should have time to work this into your normally scheduled TL2 or BL2 sessions.
MIXAMO Zombie Character Creation Contest
This 3D Character Creation Contest is all about Zombies!
The point of the contest:
- Users create a Zombie Character
- Maximum of 15,000 triangles
- Must create a Work in Progress post on a 3D community forum (preferably Polycount!)
Once they are done with their work, they must then go to the Contest Page and submit:
- A beauty shot rendering of their Zombie maximum resolution of 2048x2048.
- Maps to showcase their work -- diffuse, alpha, normal, specular, specular color, glow are accepted -- in a maximum resolution of 2048x2048.
- The URL to their WIP post
- Optional: If they want to qualify for the Frankenstein prize, they can apply a Mixamo Zombie animation to their character and submit either an .fbx file or a YouTube video URL showing their animated character.
The prizes:
1st Place: $1000 cash prize, 50 Mixamo credits
2nd Place: $500 cash prize, 30 Mixamo credits
3rd Place: $250 cash prize, 15 Mixamo credits
Frankenstein Prize: $250 cash prize!
Additionally, regardless of whether they won or not, ALL submissions are considered by the Mixamo Team to maybe be presented with a purchase offer.
Participants may submit their entries until November 30th, at 11:59:59 pm PST.
Replies
thinking about getting on this one
@OinkOink
I was thinking the same, but it sounds like its human, if you look at the website and step 1.
but it could be cool to do some pet or forest animal zombie
First off, thanks a lot Rogue13 for allowing Mixamo to announce our contest here on Polycount.
We were seriously impressed by the art you guys submitted on our last contest... (http://bit.ly/SAsc5d). Turns out all 3 winners (and most of the other featured artists) are from the Polycount community.
So yeah, we're pretty excited about this new contest and we can't wait to see what you guys will come up with.
To answer a few questions from the comments:
@Oinkoink, @McGreed: You don't necessarily have to make it human but it needs to be a biped character (two legs). Also, if you want to have it qualify to enter the Frankenstein bonus prize (more cash to win), you'll need to rig and animate your character and it's strongly recommended for it to have 2 legs and 2 arms so that our Auto-Rigger can rig it for you in a few seconds without errors... But it's up to you: as long as it's a biped, your character can enter the contest!
Regarding the pumpkins, we recently saw some really cool art with Zombies who had bits of pumpkins, roots, and vines fused to their deformed bodies and thought it looked pretty badass so the contest is open to submitting creative stuff like that too if you guys feel like it. It's not a requirement, just an idea.
@AlbinLundahl, @McGreed: That is right: the Legend of Dullahan Grove is there to give you guys a little context, some inspiration... maybe spark some ideas... but it's not meant to be very strictly restrictive. We want you to imagine characters that did have a previous life in a small village but you can feel free to stretch that and come up with cool backstories. Think about who your Zombie used to be; maybe what he was doing when he... well... lost his life.
And remember, the Contest's Thread is now open on the Polycount forums, so check it out here: http://bit.ly/SAstEZ.
And if people didn't already know, there is a thread in the forum as well about this contest: http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=105952
@lotet: Who says no famous historical figure had been buried in Dullahan Grove's graveyard...? :P
The bounty for the Zombie Character Contest is increasing!!
The good folks at 3d Motive joined in on the fun and are adding to the contest's prizes: Contest winners will get access to training by professionals in the game industry!
First Place: 1 year subscription
Second Place: 6 month subscription
Third Place: 3 month subscription
Big thanks to 3d Motive!!
Additionally, the Mixamo team also decided to raise the bar and we are increasing the Mixamo credits that winners will get:
First Place: 1500 Credits (instead of 50) + the $1000 cash prize.
Second Place: 1000 Credits (instead of 30) + the $500 cash prize.
Third Place: 500 Credits (instead of 15) + $250 cash prize.
Of course, the Frankenstein Prize is still offering an additional 250 cash prize to the best animated Zombie.
To view the full list of prizes and the details of the contest, click here: http://bit.ly/OOvE1p