Battle of the SuperModelers!
In celebration of their 20th anniversary, GameRecruiter is sponsoring a contest for aspiring 3D modelers. The Battle of the SuperModelers will give up and coming 3D artists a chance to test their metal against their peers and ultimately be judged by a panel of bigwig industry artists. The roster of judges includes Jason Manley, President of Massive Black; Eric Nofsinger, Chief Creative Officer for High Voltage Software; David Perry, Chief Creative Officer for Acclaim Games; Bryan Pritchard, President and Chief Creative Officer of Barking Lizards Technologies; Shawn Robertson, Lead Artist for 2K Boston; Mark Snoswell, President of The CGSociety, and Nate Wells, Art Director for 2K Boston.
Contestants will be required to create an "original real-time character model of a monster, creature, robot or alien that might be found in a fantasy, sci-fi or horror game." The grand prize winner and three finalists will walk home with a combined total $50,000-worth of digital art tools and technology from contest sponsors Alienware, Autodesk, Wacom and The Gnomon Workshop. That's quite the haul for a budding 3D artist and if the winner is really good I would imagine the exposure will almost certainly help them find a job.
Artists interested in participating should enter online by Friday, August 15, 2008. Fifty art entries will make it to the finals and be displayed on the GameRecruiter contest page. Winners will be announced by Monday, September 15, 2008 and awarded at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin on Wednesday, September 17, during Austin GDC. Learn more about "Battle of the SuperModelers" contest prizes and entry guidelines at: http://gamerecruiter.com/artcontest. There is also an online forum for contest entrants and other 3D artists to post their work-in-progress and concept sketches, as well as ask questions: www.gamerecruiter.com/forum.
(image by Hiroyuki Suzuki of Papaya Studios)
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Posted to Miscellany, Video Games on 18 June 2008
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