Working within spec limits is good. It makes people consider the work they are doing while letting them work without shackles. But I think its time we introduce some shackles to really challenge you guys as creative thinkers. How would you guys feel if we did a contest, for example, where you had to create a scifi hallway.…
Welcome to the 2D Noob challenge! This thread is for those of you who wish to improve your skills in concepting / 2D in general. This is a once every 2 weeks (ish) challenge on the first of each month and on the 16th of each month. On the beginning of each new challenge I will post two entries, the most creative idea and…
What is all this non-sense about not having practiced sculpting and such? This is a challenge more than it is a contest, and the point of a challenge is to be challenged. If you haven't had much practice with sculpting, then here is your chance to do so. It's a short challenge, so you can be nice and loose with it and who…
Welcome to the Bi-Monthly Character Art Challenge! Challenge will run until the end of January Previous Challenge Thread How it works * Every new challenge, 3 Character Concepts will be provided * Pick one concept to work on for the duration of the challenge and post your progress here! * Complete a 3D game res model of…
Welcome to the voting thread for our next bi-monthly environment art challenge for July and August 2021! I want to start out by thanking @alytlebird for hosting the challenge for the past year and a half! Watching the wonderful work come out of each challenge has been a great motivator and participating has definitely…
Welcome to the Concept Thread for the next Monthly Environment / Prop Challenge! Believe it or not, it's been nearly two months since we kicked off our last Challenge, and it's that time again - for voting! It seems our new two-month format is a success - this past Challenge had far more participants and finished pieces.…
This thread will serve as a place for Game Art & Design students from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh to post and receive feedback for their results of our weekly speed art challenges. Each week, we will make something based on the given topic (usually a single word or short phrase) in order to improve at our chosen…
I though the Escape was cool. I didn't personally add because I didn't have the time, but I liked the idea. One big piece of constructive criticism though: characters and environments being judged together is simply unfair and you should NEVER do that again. Environments will win almost every time, simply because they are…
Welcome to the voting thread for our next monthly environment art challenge for January & February 2020! To start off, a big thanks to @kadeschui for heading up these challenges for the past few years! Your consistency and diligence is so appreciated! And thank you for allowing me to take over this challenge from this…
Welcome to the Concept Thread for the next Monthly Environment / Prop Challenge! Great effort all around folks; there were some really polished pieces with the last Challenge! I'm a little behind in getting Challenge 46 set up - as such I'd like to get as many votes as we can in the next two days and have our selections…