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Meet Mat 3 - The 3D Digital Painting Contest

Adobe Substance 3D introduced our little mascot with the first Meet MAT contest back in 2017, he has become kind of a big deal. With hundreds of paint jobs, a dedicated book, collectible figurines and various 3D printed versions, MAT has been busy! And today, MAT is back. He changed a bit. He grew. He needs new texturing, new looks. He needs you.

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Adam Scott

Principal Character Artist | Bungie

Alwyn Hunt

Co-founder The Rookies & Head of Education, Partners 3D&I | Adobe

Andrew McDonald

Andrew McDonald

Co-founder The Rookies

Anna Natter

Substance 3D Design Evangelist | Adobe

Anna Violette

Solutions Consultant | Adobe Substance 3D

Christina Ryan

Texture & Look-dev Artist | ILM

Christophe Desse

Christophe Desse

Lead Technical Artist | Naughty Dog

Cino Lai

Technical Artist | Adobe Substance

Emily Bisset

3D Technical Artist | Adobe Substance 3D

Francesc Loyo Valls

Francesc Loyo Valls

Senior Material Artist | 31st Union

Giovanni Nakpil

Giovanni Nakpil

Head of Visual Development, Worldwide Substance 3D Evangelism

Ishan Verma

Senior Material Artist | Nodding Heads Games

Javier Perez

Lead Material Artist | PlayStation Studios

Jonathan Benainous

Jonathan Benainous

Principal Environment Artist at Lightspeed L.A.

Katherine Lopez

Katherine Lopez

Senior Dungeon Artist I at Blizzard

Kelly Recco

Material Artist | DON'T NOD

Laura Vitolina

3D Artist / Designer | Adobe

Luis Alcala

Solutions Consultant | Adobe Substance 3D

Matthew Stark

3D Segment Manager | Mimaki USA Inc

Michael Tanzillo

Michael Tanzillo

Head of Technical Artists with the Substance 3D Growth Team at Adobe

Nicholas Sharma

Nicholas Sharma

Senior Industrial Design Evangelist | Adobe

Nikie Monteleone

Nikie Monteleone

3D Art Director

Nikola Damjanov

Nikola Damjanov

Lead Game Artist

Nikolay Marinov

Nikolay Marinov

Material Artist | Frontier Developments

Pablo Munoz Gomez

Pablo Munoz Gomez

3D Artist - Founder of ZBrushGuides.com and 3DConceptArtist.com

Pierre Maheut

Director, Strategic Initiatives & Partnerships, Adobe Substance 3D

Sai Melapudi

Technical Artist | Adobe

Valeria Gerontopoulos

Valeria Gerontopoulos

Product Manager and 3D Artist | Adobe

Vincent Gault

Substance 3D Senior Technical Evangelist

Vladimir Petkovic

Vladimir Petkovic

Creative Director | Adobe

Wes McDermott

Head of Worldwide Substance 3D Evangelism

William Ruhlig

Freelance Artist