Challenge Database
This is a curated list of render challenges that are currently accepting submissions. This page is updated weekly with new challenges.
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Rokoko: The Perfect Loop Animation Challenge
A themed animation challenge, open to all artists, regardless of technical skills and art style. $23,000 USD prize pool, two panels of some of the most talented 3D artists as judges. Take part in an exciting community challenge with other fellow creatives, for a chance to win huge prizes.
Create with Clint Weekly Challenge: Monument
Create a render with a monument
BlenderArtists: Challenge #989 “Not Pokemon”
We want to see how you can take the pokemon style and imitate or parody it. Wacky creature combinations with tacky names. What can you come up with?
Sketchfab Weekly Challenge: Crystal
Starting January 31, 2022, each week we will announce a new art prompt—your mission is to test your creativity and perseverance by working on as many of these prompts as you can. It’s an opportunity to challenge yourself as an artist and make creativity a habit.
Create with Clint Weekly Challenge: Gravity
Create a render around the concept of gravity.
Rookie Awards 2022
The 12th Annual Rookie Awards is open to young creatives in visual effects, animation, games, virtual reality, motion graphics and 3d visualisation. There is simply no better way to launch your career and start sharing your amazing work online.
MSI Creator Awards 2022
The MSI Creator Awards is a celebration of color, wonders and the extraordinary for the virtual world. As we continue to navigate the challenges in the world around us, empowering creators through our products remains stronger than ever.
CwC Technical Challenge #1: Hard-Surface Modelling from Concept Art
Create a model based on this concept art by Arthur Mougne
Sketchfab Weekly Challenge: Monster
Starting January 31, 2022, each week we will announce a new art prompt—your mission is to test your creativity and perseverance by working on as many of these prompts as you can. It’s an opportunity to challenge yourself as an artist and make creativity a habit.
BlenderArtists: Challenge #987 “Board Games”
Theme #987 for Friday 20th of May 2022 is: Board Games
Curtis Holt Challenge: Emissive Light
I'm obsessed with emissive material lighting. There is so much potential hidden away in emission shaders. Your challenge, should you choose to accept, is to create a piece of artwork that uses no lamps, only light created via materials.
Create with Clint Weekly Challenge: Swamp
Create a render that takes place in a swamp.
Weekly Drills 079 - #Hammer
This week we want you to create a hammer that could be used in a video game as a weapon, then upload it to your Rookies profile and tag it #RookiesWeeklyDrills and #Hammer.
Spring CG Geeks Contest: Tabletop Games
This contests theme is Tabletop Games. Beyblades! Monopoly! Candy Land! Catan! Make a render out of any tabletop game you want! We would love to see your inner board-gamer.
#MadeWithRokoko competition March/April
We've teased an update to our monthly competition and now it's here! Guess what? We're giving away CASH! The deadline is APRIL 15th!
36 Days of Type
36 Days of Type is a project that invites designers, illustrators and graphic artists to express their particular interpretation of the letters and numbers of the Latin alphabet.
Weekly Drills 078 - #Octopus
This week we want you to create an Octopus and upload it to your Rookies profile and tag it #RookiesWeeklyDrills and #Octopus.
Sketchfab Weekly Challenge: Bread
Starting January 31, 2022, each week we will announce a new art prompt—your mission is to test your creativity and perseverance by working on as many of these prompts as you can. It’s an opportunity to challenge yourself as an artist and make creativity a habit.
Create with Clint Weekly Challenge: Huge
Create a render of something 🏫 HUGE 🏨
Sketchfab Weekly Challenge: Practical Joke
Starting January 31, 2022, each week we will announce a new art prompt—your mission is to test your creativity and perseverance by working on as many of these prompts as you can. It’s an opportunity to challenge yourself as an artist and make creativity a habit.