Design Your Avatar Contest
Design an original avatar character that represents your personality and spirit to enter to win amazing prizes like the Formlabs Form 2 3D Printer, Oculus Rift Headset with Controllers, and Mold3D Academy Courses.
Design Your Future Avatar Contest
Prizes
Sponsors
How to Enter
Contest Rules
- Designs must be original works and not remixes of someone else's design, or a pre-existing character.
- Entries cannot have been previously submitted to a Pinshape contest.
- Entries must comply with Pinshape’s content policy.
- Entrants must be registered with Pinshape to enter.
- There is no fee to enter the challenge.
- Entrants can submit as many unique entries as they would like.
- Contest open worldwide.
Judging Criteria
- Technical excellence and ease of printing (30 points)
- Background story and design documentation (10 points)
- Design Creativity and Uniqueness (40 points)
- Presentation- Image quality, print settings, assembly instructions (if required) (20 points)
Please note - having your model 3D printed does help illustrate ease of printing and image quality.
If you are a 3D designer who doesn't have access to a 3D printer, please use this thread in our forums to reach out to a maker in the community who can print your design for you!
Judges
Edward Quintero
Co-Founder, Mold3D
Edward Quintero has worked professionally as a 3D Artist for over 17 years. Clients include Industrial Light and Magic, Dreamworks Animation and Epic Games. His latest ventures are Mold3D and Mold3D Academy, which produce educational programs to give artists and designers the tools they need to succeed in their careers. Mold3D focuses on emerging technologies such as 3D Printing/prototyping, VR/AR and 3D Modeling.
Gio Nakpil
3D Artist, Oculus
Giovanni Nakpil is profoundly influenced by the magic of sci-fi and horror films. His multidisciplinary career led him to various art positions across the country, such as digital model supervisor at Industrial Light and Magic (ILM). Giovanni has worked on principal creatures for "Star Trek" and "The Avengers," among other notable Hollywood films. He has also designed and built video game assets for Valve Corporation. Giovanni currently works at Oculus, where he is helping to define virtual reality and explore the medium's possibilities within entertainment and education.
Gokcen Yuksek
Pinshape Ambassador
Gokcen is a 3D artist working in the industry for over 9 years in different areas. She started her career in industrial design and modeling and later worked in an animation studio on short movies and advertisements, including ones for BBC and Black Mirror. Shortly after she got into games, working 3 years in an indie game studio. Now she works as a 3D artist for Microsoft HoloLens
Dominic Qwek
3D Artist, Blizzard Entertainment
Dominic Qwek is a 3D artist current working at Blizzard Entertainment. His work experience include character art for games, cinematics and collectibles. To see more of Dominic's work, please visit his website