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Have you been meaning to brush up your 3D skills? Or looking for the way to get started in digital art?

Animated squirrel character taking a selfie with a Nintendo Switch phone, wearing a colorful jacket and backpack, against a purple background.

Contest closed, winner will be announced in the next few days

  • The character must be an animal and have some kind of fun outfit/accessories.

  • The character can be running, walking, skipping etc. As long as the animation loops.

  • We’d like to see some kind of secondary action eg bouncing a ball, waving, sipping a drink. Whatever you can imagine and whatever you think fits your character’s personality.

  • The project must be made in Blender. Patata School has plenty of courses in this amazing, free 3D programme that we encourage you to check out!

  • You must be a member of Patata School at the time of submission. Submit your entry through our community forum and posting on Instagram feed and stories tagging @cabeza_patata

Evaluation criteria:

  1. Creativity - how original and imaginative the piece is.

  2. Aesthetic value - how well balanced and pleasing the piece is, consistency in modelling, colours and use of texture and lighting. All this is covered in our blender courses

  3. Technical difficulty - how complex is the piece, how many different modelling techniques are used, use and mastery of complex materials. Don’t be fooled; sometimes the most complex things look like the simplest!

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Previous Contest Winners ~

Previous Contest Winners ~

Cartoon cat with large green eyes sitting on a rock by a pond, fishing with a rod and reel, surrounded by flowers and plants at night, with a frog in the foreground.

Winner ⭐ Elizabeth Galicia ⭐

Winner ⭐ Elizabeth Galicia ⭐

Congratulations to Elizabeth for her beautiful fishing cat. She wins a Huion Kamvas Pro 16!

Carefully rendered with a clay-like texture and reminiscent of a children’s book illustration, we love the look of the whole piece and the fact that it’s based on Elizabeth’s pet cat, Momo. She even recorded Momo’s meow for the final animation.

The personal touches and attention to detail are what made this stand out as the winner, with a great mastery of Blender and taste in mixing 2D and 3D elements.

A plush tiger stuffed animal pouring water into a flowerpot labeled 'YUNA' in a colorful classroom or playroom with rainbow and star decorations.

In second place we have Nico Kast with his Tiger Spirit Gardener. Dedicated to his new son, Yunan, Nico’s beautiful 3D tiger sits in a 2D garden watering a cheerfully dancing flower. The subtle mixture of styles works beautifully here and makes for a rich and interesting image.

Nico wins a Huion Kamvas Pro 13!

A pink cartoon pig character with a beige hat and a red and white jacket, holding a fishing rod at a colorful, animated background with clouds, fire, and a banner that reads '3rd Potato School'.

Finally, our third place goes to Darwin Pacheco with this spy dog. The composition is fantastic and it’s a great translation from a 2D image, keeping the graphicality while bringing in 3D-specific elements like the wavy jacket. The lines representing the smoke is such a clever use of grease pencil and the whole piece works beautifully.

Darwin wins a Huion Inspiroy Dial 2!

David won an iPad Pro + Apple Pencil

For this beautiful interactive Earth experience in Spline.

A man wearing glasses and a black t-shirt taking a selfie at his desk with two computer monitors, a graphics tablet, a keyboard, a mouse, a desk lamp, and some papers.
A black background with a neon yellow outline of a planet with buildings and trees around it. The text says, 'GIVE YOUR PLANET SOME LOVE. YOU HAVE ONLY ONE.' A gold banner in the top right corner reads, '1st Patata School.' Text at the bottom states, 'iPad Pro + Apple Pencil Winner. Congratulations David Valiasek.'

Pat won an iPad Pro + Apple Pencil

For their magical interactive alarm clock, created in Spline.

A cartoon anthropomorphic hyena with large glasses, holding an ice cream cone and licking it.
A colorful, animated illustration featuring a pink alarm clock, surrounded by various flowers, with a sun in the sky and a crescent moon, set against a purple background. A yellow banner in the top left corner reads '1st Patata School'.

Nikita won a Huion Kamvas Pro

With a Pumpkin Spiced Latte made in Blender.

Headshot of a young man with glasses, brown hair, and a beard, wearing a navy blue sweater, smiling against a plain light background.
A digitally rendered image celebrating a first-place win at Huion Kamvas 24 Plus, featuring a pumpkin, autumn leaves, acorns, and a coffee mug with whipped cream. The text reads '1st Patata School' and 'Congratulations Nikita Volkov!'

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