Digital Human Contest Announcement

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Digital Human Contest 2020 (2020.8)

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By Miranda (RL) - 5 Years Ago

The Character Creator (CC) Digital Human Contest welcomes all artists to create their own 3D characters, without limitations on design theme. Would-be participants can enter with a CC3 Base+ Humanoid character that is a fully-rigged, and animatable to compete against some of the best artists from the 3D animation community.

https://forum.reallusion.com/uploads/images/39366462-3971-4470-85e9-9a68.png

Reallusion is now partnering with ArtStation and industry-leading partners including ZBruhs, Substance by Adobe, TexturingXYZ, Marvelous Designer, Faceware to call on the best 3D artists, game-art creators, and animators to participate in an all-out contest where you can combine Character Creator with your custom art and favorite tools. Big rewards await artists that successfully incorporate Character Creator (CC) into their project workflow.

Submission Types

Realistic Character
Stylized Character
Animated Character

Awards & Prizes

Category Prizes

1st Prize - $2,000 USD (per category)
2nd Prize - $1,000 USD (per category)
3rd Prize - $500 USD (per category)

Special Prizes

Honorable Mention
Best Student Artwork
Best Digital Double
Best iClone Animation

Sponsors

ArtStation
ZBrush
Substance by Adobe
TexturingXYZ
Marvelous Designer
Faceware

Qualifications

Must use CC Character as base to design your own character.
Must create and maintain Work in Progress (WIP) during production on ArtStation. We'll select and display prominent examples during the contest.
Submissions

Image
Turntable video
Animated video: if participating in the "Animated Character" category, then you are required to submit an animated video in addition to the turntable video.

Entrants may submit up to 3 entries for award consideration.

For more information, please visit: https://www.reallusion.com/character-creator/event/2020-cc-digital-human-contest/default.html

Enjoy the disruptive pipeline, showcase yourself, and win the big awards before Nov 18th, 2020!

Reallusion Team

By Slayerazazel - 5 Years Ago

Just a quick question as to what the base character guidelines are.
Is one able to use anything at their disposal for instance the 4-1 skin gen pack with the bonus humans, or my own character morphs or tokomotion character morphs for example and all the character creator sliders someone may have accumulated over the years?.

Or do we have to just use default morphs etc along with ZBrush.

If we are allowed to use purchased content. Will scoring take into account someone who has possibly made something from scratch with just default sliders and ZBrush opposed to someone using readily available morphs etc.

It says in the post.
Must use CC character as base to create your own character.

If anything goes, that should be stated. Also if there are things we can't use. That should also be stated.

Also..
It says we are allowed up to 3 entries. Is this 1 entry in each category. Or just 3 entries total and I can submit 3 in 1 category.

By Mythcons - 5 Years Ago

My question concerns the Artstation WIP. In order to maintain a WIP on Artstation, do we submit new art and update the existing entry as we progress? If so, how should we title the entry so that Reallusion can find it?

Thank you.

By planetstardragon - 5 Years Ago

❤️ ❤️ ❤️

By miicaneo - 5 Years Ago

Hi, I have some questions..

I want to join this contest, is it ok if i use a very early WIP concept that I develop originally for another contest? You can check out the post here (https://polycount.com/discussion/221175/ggac-contest-wip-female-character-codename-july).

It's my original concept that I haven't worked on for a month or two now, but I would like to continue with this concept for this contest, is it alright?

If it's ok, I have another question... I think my character is half realistic and half stylized.. maybe a bit more stylized.. so please tell me, this is considered stylized right?

https://forum.reallusion.com/uploads/images/334c818a-4dda-4288-9291-0287.jpg

By Miranda (RL) - 5 Years Ago

Hello, it's great to see you here!!
Please find our comments below.

Slayerazazel (9/2/2020)

Entrants are allowed to use the content purchased from Reallusion Content Store or Marketplace. Content is one of the best benefits for Character Creator users!
However, if you look into the Judges' Criteria, you will find that original character and peripheral designs take larger weights if you are competing in the "Realistic Character" and "Stylized Character" categories.
https://www.reallusion.com/character-creator/event/2020-cc-digital-human-contest/rules.html

It says we are allowed up to 3 entries. Is this 1 entry in each category. Or just 3 entries total and I can submit 3 in 1 category.

The latter. Totally 3 entries. Any category is fine.

Hope this answers!

By Miranda (RL) - 5 Years Ago

Hi Peter!

It depends on you. You may keep updating one artwork, or create several posts like "part 1, part 2, ..., final". I would suggest making good use of ArtStation Blog to share more details of the process. :)
Yes, please name the title as CC Digital Human Contest, so it will be helpful for us to find during the WIP!

Mythcons (9/2/2020)

By Miranda (RL) - 5 Years Ago

Hi miicaneo,

It doesn't matter about the new design or not.
The original character isn't built up with Character Creator, right? We'd love to see the CC version of this character. :)
And yes, it's more stylized-like.

miicaneo (9/4/2020)

By Slayerazazel - 5 Years Ago

Miranda. Just one note i came across also

When searching for CC Digital Human Contest 2020 i can only find portfolios. The blogs don't show. Even though my blog has CC digital Human Contest 2020 in it, and i have added the tag also. Either I'm searching wrong. Or the tag isn't working as intended for searching for blogs.

By Hewa' s Art - 5 Years Ago

Hi Slayrazazl,
When searching for CC Digital Human Contest 2020 i can only find portfolios. The blogs don't show. Even though my blog has CC digital Human Contest 2020 in it, and i have added the tag also. Either I'm searching wrong. Or the tag isn't working as intended for searching for blogs.

Now everything is working without any problems !

Good luck for everyone

By Slayerazazel - 5 Years Ago

Hewa' s Art (9/5/2020)

Now everything is working without any problems !

Good luck for everyone

It's not showing blogs. This is what shows up for me. All of the below are just portfolios.

By Miranda (RL) - 5 Years Ago

Hi everyone,

It's indeed that ArtStation doesn't provide the search function specifically for Blog. We will double check with ArtStation later.
What I do for Blog is utilizing google.

https://forum.reallusion.com/uploads/images/dfa26088-7d58-4637-a743-4884.png

For Portfolio (or Artwork), there are two ways to search. One is "Software+keyword", another is "Tag"

https://forum.reallusion.com/uploads/images/ad5a7815-738d-4604-aa3f-1c35.png

https://forum.reallusion.com/uploads/images/e2c6bb8a-d04a-47ce-a1e6-4e1b.png

By Slayerazazel - 5 Years Ago

Well, hopefully, artstation will introduce the search feature for the blogs. Because I have the tags in my blog, but even with a google search I can't find it. I have set a portfolio with a link to my blog. I started with the portfolio, but the features of the blog are just much better laid out.

By Mythcons - 5 Years Ago

Should I be getting a Trial mark on the turntable .iproject file?

By Slayerazazel - 5 Years Ago

Mythcons (9/5/2020)

Should I be getting a Trial mark on the turntable .iproject file?

No, it works fine for me.

By Slayerazazel - 5 Years Ago

I just uploaded it to test and it does contain a paid item

Deleting that fixes the issue.

By planetstardragon - 5 Years Ago

I created a collection on artstation and labeled it "CC Digital Human Contest 2020"
https://www.artstation.com/anirhythm/collections/998642

If I create any more detailed entries I will update the collection - seems the easiest / cleanest way to consolidate several posts / entries.

By Miranda (RL) - 5 Years Ago

planetstardragon (9/5/2020)

Lovely! Thank you!
There are more artworks which you can find through the methods I shared in the previous post. :)

By Miranda (RL) - 5 Years Ago

We will check it tomorrow, thank you!

Slayerazazel (9/5/2020)

I just uploaded it to test and it does contain a paid item

Deleting that fixes the issue.

By telltoadofficial - 5 Years Ago

Hey there!

I was wondering if it is allowed to modify the skeletal structure for the contest, such as changing the facial bone structure to add extra parts (eg appendages or extra eyes) - using the CC3+ character model as the starting point - or are we not allowed to modify the skeletal structure in the contest?

By Miranda (RL) - 5 Years Ago

telltoadofficial (9/12/2020)

Hello!
Yes, you can use CC as the prototype. However, if the skeletal structure is changed, you won't be able to bring it back to CC for further editing, let alone animating the character in iClone. However, if animating this character in other 3D tools is your original plan, that will be fine.

By KSTART - 5 Years Ago

Hello

Before I start creating, I have one question

There is written ''Original character designs are preferred''

character should be original, (movie character, real person, Actor, Singer etc, ...) or I can create any

By Miranda (RL) - 5 Years Ago

KSTART (9/16/2020)

Hello

Before I start creating, I have one question

There is written ''Original character designs are preferred''

character should be original, (movie character, real person, Actor, Singer etc, ...) or I can create any

Hello KSTART,

The original designs here means the character and peripherals are created by you with the help of sculpting or texturing tools. Utilizing content assets from Reallusion store or third party stores is allowed, however, you might not get high score if those assets are not further tweaked.

There is no limitation on the subject of the character, it can be real person, or purely from your imagination. :)

By MichaelHFalcony - 5 Years Ago

Hello there my name is Michael, I bought a couples of days ago the Ultimate Digital Human Creation with Head Shoot and I didn't even know there was a contest by using CC3 xD, So I decided to participate in the contest I read the rules, paying a lot of attention to its details and I just have 3 concern/question regarding to it please could you answer me?

• My first concern/question is: I want to participate for the stylized character creation and in the rules states that original character designs are preferred, So that's means that if I use a concept art of another artist I will be disqualified? even if give the credit to the concept art to the original artist? meaning that I cannot use any existing concept art at all? Because I have a few examples of characters that I really love and I wanted to make that's why I bought the Ultimate Bundle in the first place without knowing that this contests was going on xD. I will be doing all the 3D work, modeling(using CC3 as base mesh), texturing, lighting and rendering.

• My second question is: For the final renders/turntable it has to be only the character? because I've never liked to showcased just standing or T-Posing characters is boring to me, I want to make it doing it some sort action pose with all the accessories, scene objects, particles, etc. All encapsulated in the diorama I will be modeling. I want to make my characters functional with Rig and such that's why I bought CC3.

• My last question is: For the turn table can I use another software? Or it must to be only iClone?

Thank you in advance for the replay.

Cheers!

By Miranda (RL) - 5 Years Ago

Hello Michael,

Please see our comments below.

MichaelHFalcony (9/21/2020)

The original designs means that this character is not from existing 3D character models (e.g. CC embedded characters, Daz characters, etc.), but being adjusted by using sculpting tools or morph sliders. There is no limitation on character appearance.

We found that this word really confused entrants, so we will remove it from the webpage later. Thank you!

• My second question is: For the final renders/turntable it has to be only the character? because I've never liked to showcased just standing or T-Posing characters is boring to me, I want to make it doing it some sort action pose with all the accessories, scene objects, particles, etc. All encapsulated in the diorama I will be modeling. I want to make my characters functional with Rig and such that's why I bought CC3.

Turntable is the minimum requirement in order to show the character with 360 degree. You can create an short animation video besides turntable. :)

• My last question is: For the turn table can I use another software? Or it must to be only iClone?

Yes, of course. You can use other tools!

By Slayerazazel - 5 Years Ago

Just found a small issue with the artstation blog. I just ran out of space as an error message popped up telling me that 20,000 characters is the limit. So I've had to go through my blog and simplify my blog a bit

By stuckon3d - 5 Years Ago

Slayerazazel (9/25/2020)

Just found a small issue with the artstation blog. I just ran out of space as an error message popped up telling me that 20,000 was the limit. So I've had to go through my blog and simplify my blog a bit

20,000 what? lines? images? characters? this is a bit concerning to me as well.

By Slayerazazel - 5 Years Ago

stuckon3d (9/25/2020)

Slayerazazel (9/25/2020)

20,000 what? lines? images? characters? this is a bit concerning to me as well.

It says characters, but I'm not sure how many characters a picture takes up

By Slayerazazel - 5 Years Ago

I am nowhere near finished and was trying to be as detailed as possible

By stuckon3d - 5 Years Ago

i saw a competitor do a main blog page with link to other blog pages, now i know why. :P

My question is , do you really need to be that detail, it takes so much time doing walkthroughs , time you could be spending on the actual artwork. I feel broad strokes should be sufficient.

By Slayerazazel - 5 Years Ago

Well, I would like to keep it as detailed as possible. I'll make it fit in one blog post if I can. If not, I'll just do multiple I guess. I'm trying to configure my main artstation page, but it's only showing my portfolios, not my blog.

I'll Make it work.

By MichaelHFalcony - 5 Years Ago

Excuse me I am currently making the turntable of my submission and I want to use only the character creator logo without the "Digital Human Contest 2020" part of the sample image at the beginning of the video, because looks cool :), Can I do that? and then at the end of the video the full Contest logo?

By Slayerazazel - 5 Years Ago

There are only 3 things that you must do with the video according to the rules on the page. So as long as you do those 3 and have a turntable, I'm pretty sure you can present your creation any way you want. But that's just my observation and interpretation of the rules.

By Miranda (RL) - 5 Years Ago

MichaelHFalcony (10/9/2020)

Hi Michael, yes, you can!

Thanks Slayerazazel for the answer. :)

By Victor.Soupday - 5 Years Ago

The promo codes for the 2 month Art Station Pro account have expired.
DIGITALHUMAN expired on the 5th October, 3DHUMAN expired on the 7th October, the contest announcement says redeem by the 31st of October.

FYI.

By alitocarioca - 5 Years Ago

just a question i made my summition and i realized i did a mistake how can i fix that please?

By Miranda (RL) - 5 Years Ago

Hi Soupday,
Thanks for your information. We were aware of this issue, and we are now checking this with ArtStation.
Will keep you posted if there is any progress. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Soupday (10/11/2020)

By Miranda (RL) - 5 Years Ago

Hello! You can contact me via forum message, or email (event@reallusion.com)

alitocarioca (10/13/2020)

just a question i made my summition and i realized i did a mistake how can i fix that please?

By bradyrigg - 5 Years Ago

Quick question on the "Animated Character" contest rules. Do you have to make your own animation? I would like to show how disruptive this program is by taking a concept to game-ready, and then implementing it into UE4 in 2 months. My question is, will having a character running around, attacking enemies, and just exploring the world net the same amount of points as a custom animation?

By Miranda (RL) - 5 Years Ago

bradyrigg (10/25/2020)

Hello bradyrigg,

We don't limit the form of animation. According to the judges' criteria, the animation video shall be able to present character's personality. Not only the character animation (expression, body motion), but also the atmosphere you create specifically for this character.

By sgthk - 5 Years Ago

Hello. I'm 1 month into making my character. According to the rules I have to use the CC Character as a base for my design, which is exactly what I did.
But my question is, do I have to finish the character in Character Creator (i.e. import the clothing, hair, peripherals, etc, into CC), and then pose and render the images from there? Or can I finish off the character and render the images and video within my own tools (3ds Max + Vray)?

Also, do I have to use the provided template for the turntable? Or can I make my own turntable setup?

By Miranda (RL) - 5 Years Ago

Hello sgthk, please see our comments below.

sgthk (10/26/2020)

You can do both ways!
Note: Presenting how you best use of CC and other 3D tools with good quality will get higher score. Rendering only accounts for 10 percent in the Realistic Character and Stylized Character category.

Also, do I have to use the provided template for the turntable? Or can I make my own turntable setup?

You can create your own inside or outside of iClone.

Hope it's clear!

By MichaelHFalcony - 5 Years Ago

Hello there, excuse one question the Rules of the contest specify that we have to keep an ArtStation WIP thread up but what will happens if the trial of the Pro account given thanks to Real Illusion runs out? the blog might not be available. Are we disqualified in that case? because that is what is happening to me right now xD pro account will be off tomorrow T_T and the WIP blog might disappear.

By Miranda (RL) - 5 Years Ago

MichaelHFalcony (11/18/2020)

Hi Michael,

Due to an exploit in the ArtStation member system, we are unable to offer the pro member vouchers since early October.
From Oct 16th, 2020, ArtStation WIP submission is no longer required. Contest WIP can be published with a free account at Reallusion Forum.

By MichaelHFalcony - 5 Years Ago

Oh I see, I didn't know that, thanks you very much for the information.

By Slayerazazel - 5 Years Ago

Miranda (RL) (11/18/2020)

MichaelHFalcony (11/18/2020)

I would hope you are still looking at our WIP Portfolios on artstation. And my portfolio is my WIP thread, i've added a forum thread but it's not as up to date and extensive as my Artstation Porfolio. (I guess i'm lucky i went for the portfolio rather than the blog...)

By Miranda (RL) - 5 Years Ago

Hi Doug,

No worries. We will check all materials you shared on the Submission form. :)

Slayerazazel (11/18/2020)

Miranda (RL) (11/18/2020)

MichaelHFalcony (11/18/2020)

By Slayerazazel - 5 Years Ago

Thanks, Miranda. You guys are probably flooded with heaps of late entries... Have fun. :)

By Slayerazazel - 5 Years Ago

Good Luck to Everyone Entering!!! There are so many amazing and creative creations.

By Miranda (RL) - 5 Years Ago

Slayerazazel (11/18/2020)

Thanks, Miranda. You guys are probably flooded with heaps of late entries... Have fun. :)

I enjoy being flooded with these great artworks! haha
Thanks everyone, including forum users who shared advice and compliments to the entrants. :)

By cergum - 5 Years Ago

Hello! Does anyone know when the winners will be announced?

By art_tijerin - 5 Years Ago

Hello!
It has been several days since I heard about the contest. When will the information on the winners be known?

Un saludo

By Miranda (RL) - 5 Years Ago

Hi everyone,

Sorry for the late response!
There are a lot of submissions this year, so it took the committee several days to check and judge. (I'm one of the committee, I can tell you how difficult it was to decide the winners... there are so many great artworks!!)

We will announce the results on Dec. 3rd. :)

Reallusion Team