Blizzard Student Art Contest
polycounter lvl 19
Not sure if this has been posted yet. But Blizzard has a pretty cool contest going on for students. Details about the mentorship and other prizes are posted on the link.
http://t.co/jFX5n0Fy
"Blizzard Entertainments university relations and World of Warcraft development teams are proud to present our first Student Art Contest!
Were calling on all college and university students to submit an original environment piece fit for World of Warcraft. Using your creativity and ability to work within the WoW art style, create a small environment diorama. Required elements are trees, rocks, grass, and props, plus a small structure or shrine.
The final piece should be structured close to the example provided at right. Were looking for lower poly count (e.g.: around 1,500 polys for a mature-sized tree).
Show us something that weve never seen before, but that still works within the World of Warcraft universe!
All entries must be received by January 15, 2012, and meet the image-formatting requirements (high-resolution JPEG no greater than 5MB in size) in the official rules in order to be eligible to win. Only current college and university students are eligible to win. Check out the official rules for more information. "
http://t.co/jFX5n0Fy
"Blizzard Entertainments university relations and World of Warcraft development teams are proud to present our first Student Art Contest!
Were calling on all college and university students to submit an original environment piece fit for World of Warcraft. Using your creativity and ability to work within the WoW art style, create a small environment diorama. Required elements are trees, rocks, grass, and props, plus a small structure or shrine.
The final piece should be structured close to the example provided at right. Were looking for lower poly count (e.g.: around 1,500 polys for a mature-sized tree).
Show us something that weve never seen before, but that still works within the World of Warcraft universe!
All entries must be received by January 15, 2012, and meet the image-formatting requirements (high-resolution JPEG no greater than 5MB in size) in the official rules in order to be eligible to win. Only current college and university students are eligible to win. Check out the official rules for more information. "
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I bet they get a very high volume of entries.
I think the Polycount "university" should be given the reputation it deserves for the sake of polycounters employed at Blizzard though :P
In any case, a very cool little comp, may have a go at it anyway even though I'm not eligible.
Thanks for sharing!
Does it bug anyone else that students specifically get so many benefits? Student discounts, student art contests, internships and co-ops for students, etc. Not to take anything away, I was a student too, but people who are no longer students but haven't broken in have it just as hard, if not harder. Then they get shafted for all of this stuff as soon as they receive their piece of paper. Also the people who are just as deserving but decided not to go the paid art school route and are now excluded because they aren't enrolled. Seems like a lame place to draw the line, to me.
edit: nvm nope, not allowed
The reason students get these benifits is because it's probably easier to prove that you're a student there than just saying that you have no industry experience and job. It's harder to allow you and people in your situation without excluding professionals. I'm with you on this, guys in your situation should if anything get chances like this.
Also never do competitions like this for the sake of the prizes, always do it for the exposure!
Best of luck to everyone who applys. The competition's going to be fierce I'm sure.
You should be glad, a 1 year WoW subscription is only going to end up hindering not helping
ditto, already planned on it. It's a nice little concept and it seems like fun.
When they say "diorama," are they just looking for a 2D painting (cuz that dioroama example looks awful like a painting) or do they want a full 3D model tile?
Good luck to all
Yeah I kind of get that. In terms of portfolio work it's easier now as I'm not bogged down by having to do unrelated modules or writing up essays. In terms of finance though it's the opposite. The student maintenance loans where I was were quite generous unless you bought a new PC/car with it or something, or if your parents earnt a lot you didn't get as much. But now when there's no income a discount would be quite nice. However I don't see that many discounts for game art stuff anyway, student or otherwise. I did catch a sale at theartdepartment.org a few months which wasn't restricted to students, a $60 dvd for $8 I think it was. I'd love more stuff like that.
Does anybody know what is the texture size for the contest, i think is a 1024x1024, can we use multiple textures or it has to be a single 1024x1024???
Thanks!