Few clarification on the regular questions when you are entering the competition. Mail us if you have any particular ones we can add them here to guide others too. Happy animation.
This is a monthly creature animation challenge for animators around the globe. Who love to animate/ practice the creature/ anima animation this is the best place for learn/practice and show off the skills too.
Log in to the website, download the reference provided by us and animate away.
1st of every month we will be uploading a new reference or topic for the challenge and you can animate for that and submit your work before the last day of the month.
Rigs are completely your choice in terms of paid / free rigs, the only thing to keep in mind and try to use is the rig looks like the same species of animal as it is in the reference. Ex: please use the tiger rig if the reference has the tiger in it, try not to use a cheetah rig for that as they both are completely different in terms of physicality and behaviors.
You can any 3d or 2d software to animate for the competition.
There are few online paid/ free rigs sites like TurboSquid, Cgtrader, Truongcgartist, and Keil figging saber is famous too.
Try to take the reference as the guideline, follow as much close as possible to extract the great details to bring realism into the animal in the shot. Please do not alter the reference, try to animate the camera as shown in the reference, or feel free to enhance your camera angles to help showcase the animation in a better way.
Don’t have to light and render, pure playblast is more enough too. But if you are good at it and if you feel comfortable please go ahead.
The winner of the month gets the E critique on the shot and will be getting his demo reel reviews from CAW mentor Dhanu Muddikuppam as a bonus.
Will get a quick review on the submission too.
Mentors from CAW and the other VFX professional animators from the big studios like ILM, Framestore.MPC and Deng.
You can submit your work in full HD playblasts or renders in 24 fps.
Shot length can be the frames mentioned on the reference and animate it for 24 fps.
Please do not edit/ trim or re-time the reference.
Yes, you can please do login on into your account and then vote for the best shot you like.
Yes, you can replace your submission as many times as you need.
Yes, you can in the forum, as a youtube/ Vimeo link to your peers. but not in the final submissions.
This test is all about capturing the real essence and personality of the creature in the reference with as many details as possible. The frame range to be animated is the same as the animation reference. Please stick to the reference provided.
Animate the camera as per the reference, to begin with. Feel free to improvise the camera from what you have in the references. If you can add handheld motion on top of it, that would be a plus.
Don’t spend too much time and effort on creating the environment geometry. Keep it simple and basic. For example, if there’s a tree log in the reference, use basic cylindrical shapes to create a tree log. Try and achieve the general setting as per the reference with minimal geometry.
The time duration of the test is 30 days from the start date of this month to the end date.
All the animation is to be done at 24 fps, software is of your choice. Most of the rigs were supported in Maya.
