Welcome to Round 3 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 texture from the second round, and now it’s time to rig and animate it.
UPDATE: Winner – MythCreature Round 3 – Animation by Ozhogi
To see what the judges had to say about the winning entry, check out the Forum!
Round 1: Sculpting
Round 2: Baking and Texturing
Round 3: Rigging and Animation
https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/mythcreature-round-2-arachne-for-download-b414583861b24c94841f2b47e70fd89a
TL;DR: Download the winning entry from the last round, rig and animate it using your preferred tools and workflow, upload your model to Sketchfab, and tag it #MythCreature-Animated.
- Download the winning model from Round 2.
- Rig and animate the model
- Upload your animated model (<50MB total) to Sketchfab and tag it #MythCreature-Animated no later than Monday, April 15 (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 and Wiktoria Kubien for their model and texture in your model description, and add a link back to the originals 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), and "[MythCreature Round 2, Arachne](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/mythcreature-round-2-arachne-for-download-b414583861b24c94841f2b47e70fd89a)" by [Wiktoria Kubien](https://sketchfab.com/wiktoria.kubien), licensed under CC Attribution.
- We will be judging models based on animation quality, e.g., character, seamless loop, no physically impossible movement or glitches.
- A winner will be chosen by the judges for Round 3, and that winning entry will be the subject of Round 4.
- 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.
Round 4: Lighting and 3D Editor – Details announced April 17, 2019
Rules
- Use your favorite software and workflow to rig and animate the model
- Your upload must be <50MB total
- Only light with one of the basic HDRIs
- No post processing effects
- No dynamic lights
- Use any material settings you like
- Credit toomanydemons and Wiktoria Kubien for their model and texture in your model description, and add a link back to the originals 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), and "[MythCreature Round 2, Arachne](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/mythcreature-round-2-arachne-for-download-b414583861b24c94841f2b47e70fd89a)" by [Wiktoria Kubien](https://sketchfab.com/wiktoria.kubien), licensed under CC Attribution.
- Submit only new work, but feel free to submit multiple scenes.
- Once you’ve created your scene, tag it #MythCreature-Animated.
- 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 Monday, April 15, 2019 (23:59 New York time – EST)
Judges
- Cédric Bonacina, Willy Decarpentrie, and Nikolay Tsys, Guest Judges
- Mieke Roth, Rik van den Biggelaar, Geoffrey Marchal, Kevin Cayuela Borg, Phil Gosch, Christoph Schoch, 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-Animated 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 Wednesday, April 17, 2019.
- Promoter: Sketchfab Inc, 1123 Broadway, Suite 501, New York, NY 10010, USA.