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Monster Challenge

Our first Monster Challenge requires you to delve deep into the dark, look inside the closet, and into the shadows to come up with an amazing monster.

Monster Challenge
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Monster Challenge Categories | 3D Concept Art

The Director is looking to pitch his idea of a modern retelling of Frankenstein to a number of film studios. Alongside his pitch, he would like to present some concepts of how his interpretation of Frankenstein’s monster will look on screen. The Director has the actor and mocap performance specialist, Ace Ruele, in mind to play the monster and he has some notes to make his modern retelling stand out from the crowd, which you will find below.

Your task is to take the reference images provided of the actor Ace Ruele, the director notes and create a 3D Concept Sculpt of Frankenstein’s monster.

Director Notes

  • A mix of man and animal. Maybe our Frankenstein will be a veterinarian? Working in a zoo, which is how he gets all his body parts to do his experiments?
  • I want to play with proportions! How would this impact the movement of the monster?
  • From Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: “His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of pearly whiteness; but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes”
  • From Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: “…his shrivelled complexion”

References

The Director has provided you with the following shots of Ace Ruele along with some examples of how the proportions could be exaggerated and the poses pushed to be more animalistic. View Reference Here.

Requirements & Deliveries

This is a Play-by-Play contest. Entrants need to share their progress by adding multiple updates to your entry page, similar to how a forum discussion works. Learn more about Play-by-Play contests in our Helpdesk.

We want you to create an entry page that shares your entire process from beginning through to final work. As a result, entries that only upload a single update will not be considered.

For your final update, entrants must submit a Final 3D Rendering of their finished artwork. This must be 1920px on the longest edge. Any aspect ratio is allowed.

The winner of this prize will also get their design 3d printed, courtesy of IMakr. In order to make the model 3d print-friendly, we recommend you create a sturdy base for the sculpt. More information on creating a 3d print-friendly asset can be found here and here.

How to enter

Use the button below to create an entry. Use this entry page to share updates as you create your masterpiece. Your last update will be considered as your final submission.

3D Concept Art