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The Character Lab - Animation Contests

Today is the launch of the new "The Character Lab" contest!

This is gonna be a modelling/drawing/animation done in 2 parts.

Part one will be a design and modelling contest, which will lead into part 2 which is for animation. This is great because even people who aren't animators can participate, then see their drawing come to life in part 2!

This is a great challenge for people looking to advance their portfolio's and skills!



First theme: "Fella on vacation"

Part 1: Modelling and design

The first part is gonna be for the 3D modellers and 2D artists.



3D Modellers : You have to prepare a model of Fella, ready to animate for the animators.

That means, you have to : model, then rig the character.



2D artists : You will have to draw a rotation of a character. Since it is not as long as modelling and rigging, you're gonna have to work a bit harder! You gonna have to draw a rotation, facial expressions and some action poses of the character.

So what you have to do: Rotation/Facial expressions/Poses.

Here are exemples of what it might look like:

You have 1 month to create your character. Be stylish! You can add accessories too. The theme is "Fella on vacation". Be creative!

Part 2: Animation (Starts When part 1 is judged)

The second part is gonna be for the 3D and 2D animators.



3D animators will have to use the winner's model and animate it on a theme that we will decide. The animation must last minimum 10 seconds, and uploaded to the appropriate "devious fun" sub categories in the Film&Animation gallery.

If there aren't any 3D modelling entries, they will animate any character they want, as long as they own the rights to use them. There are free rigged characters that they can use on the internet (You must state the source of your rig). Also, if the model isn't the right kind of file for the software, they can use any characters as mentioned earlier.



2D animators will have to animate the winner's 2D character on the same theme as the 3D animators. If there aren't any 2D characters entries, they can make there own "Fella" to animate.



We will announce what the animators will have to do when the second part starts.



The animators will have 1 month to animate Once part 2 begins.

Who is Fella???

Fella is the mascot of DeviantArt.
Here is a few pics of him:


Now you can stylize him like you want as long as it remains Fella!

Judging

The judges:

The prizes: 1 Fella plushie + 20 deviantDollars

Deadline for Part 1: june 19th



When you're done and ready to submit: You can upload your work in the *proper category and send a note to ^deviantartfilm with the link to your work.



<sub>* If you don't have film privileges yet, you can use your animation to apply.

FAQ #842: How do I become a submitting member of the film community?



* suggested categories for animation is Film&animation > animation > 2D/3D > Devious fun



* Suggested category for drawings could be cartoons& comics or digital art > 3d</sub>



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