Welcome to Round 2 of our first Progressive Challenge, a new type of challenge that draws on the many skills of our community members to take a model from idea to completion in four neat steps. We have a winning sculpt from the first round, and now it’s time to retopologize, unwrap, bake, and texture it.
Round 1: Sculpting
Winner: Arachne, Weaver of the Gods by toomanydemons
Round 2: Retopology, Unwrapping, Baking, and Texturing
- Download the winning model from Round 1.
- Retopologize (<300k triangles), unwrap, bake, and texture the model
- Upload your textured model (<50MB total for model + textures) to Sketchfab and tag it #MythCreature-Texture no later than Wednesday, March 13 (23:59 EST)
- Only light with one of the basic HDRIs
- No post processing effects
- No dynamic lights
- Use any material settings you like
- Credit toomanydemons for his model in your model description, and add a link back to the original by adding this Markdown code:
Based on "[Arachne, Weaver of the Gods](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/arachne-weaver-of-the-gods-1eafa0bf9508469eb9553a763aebbdd9)" by [toomanydemons](https://sketchfab.com/toomanydemons), licensed under CC Attribution.
- A winner will be chosen by the judges for Round 2, and that winning entry will be the subject of Round 3.
Round 3: Rigging and Animation
Winning entry from Round 2 is the starting point for Round 3. Details announced March 15, 2019
Round 4: Lighting and 3D Editor
Winning entry from Round 3 is the starting point for Round 4. Details announced April 1, 2019
You are welcome to participate in as many rounds of the contest as you want, and prizes will be awarded to the winner of each round.
TL;DR: Download the winning entry from the last round, retopo, unwrap, and texture it using your preferred tools and workflow, upload your model to Sketchfab, and tag it #MythCreature-Texture.
Rules
- Use your favorite software and workflow to retopologize (<300k triangles), unwrap, bake, and texture the model
- Your upload must be <50MB total, including model and textures
- Only light with one of the basic HDRIs
- No post processing effects
- No dynamic lights
- Use any material settings you like
- Credit toomanydemons for his model in your model description, and add a link back to the original by adding this Markdown code:
Based on "[Arachne, Weaver of the Gods](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/arachne-weaver-of-the-gods-1eafa0bf9508469eb9553a763aebbdd9)" by [toomanydemons](https://sketchfab.com/toomanydemons), licensed under CC Attribution.
- Submit only new work, but feel free to submit multiple scenes.
- Once you’ve created your scene, tag it #MythCreature-Texture.
- Share what you’re planning to create on your own WIP thread in the forum!
- The winning model must be made available for download under a CC-BY-SA or non-commercial license.
- If you have won a weekly challenge in the past 3 months, you are ineligible to win this challenge. We still encourage you to test your skills and participate!
- Submission deadline is Wednesday, March 13, 2019 (23:59 New York time – EST)
Judges
- Natapon, iggy-design, and Loïc Norgeot, Guest Judges
- Mieke Roth, Rik van den Biggelaar, Geoffrey Marchal, Kevin Cayuela Borg, Renafox, Christoph Schoch, Phil Gosch, Abby Crawford, Sketchfab Masters
- Bart and Tom, Sketchfab Community Team.
Prizes
- The winner of each round will receive a $100 Amazon gift card (or equivalent if you don’t have access to Amazon), and of course we’ll add three months of Sketchfab PRO to your account.
Terms and Conditions
- No purchase necessary.
- By entering this competition, entrants will be deemed to have accepted and agreed to the conditions.
- This is a contest for individuals, no teams.
- No alternative prizes available. The prize draw is not open to Sketchfab employees or their families.
- No ripping of models from anywhere on the Internet, all entries must be original works.
- The judges’ decision are final – in case of dispute, no correspondence will be entered into.
- Winning entries will be documented and may be used for promotional purposes.
- Contestants’ models must be uploaded to Sketchfab and tagged #MythCreature-Texture to be considered.
- Winners retain all Intellectual Property as per Sketchfab standard Terms and Conditions.
- Winners and winning entries may be required to take part in any publicity resulting from this competition.
- The winners will be contacted by Friday, March 15, 2019.
- Promoter: Sketchfab Inc, 1123 Broadway, Suite 501, New York, NY 10010, USA.
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