Join our Contest!
Win a Nintendo Switch Oled
Have you been meaning to brush up your 3D skills? Or looking for the way to get started in digital art?
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:
Creativity - how original and imaginative the piece is.
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
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 ~
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.
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!
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!
