Showcase your artwork by competing in CGTrader Awards: Best 3D art around the web!

We are thrilled to announce our new digital design competition CGTrader Awards: Best 3D art around the web! We are absolutely sure that there are lots of you creating amazing artworks, so now it’s your time to shine! If a prize pool of $50,000 doesn’t motivate you enough then think about all the exposure you will get as an artist! We have amazing media partners happy to help you get noticed and will feature all of the submissions on CGTrader Pinterest Boards.

For this competition we are looking for unique images from your portfolio that fit at least one of the six categories: character, cartoon, environment/scene, sci-fi, fantasy and photorealism. All categories are pretty straightforward and self-explanatory, but read on to find out the details! You can submit any artwork from your portfolio whether old or new - we understand that those projects you are proud of the most might not be the most recent ones, so we do not set any limits on the recency of the project.

To enter this competition is super easy, really:

1. Select your original artwork and pick the category that in your opinion will suit best what your artwork represents.
2. Second, add a note “Participant of CGTrader Awards” on your portfolio website (you can download available badges here)
3. Now all there is left to do is filling the submission form and competing for the prizes.

We will be reviewing submissions every day and pinning those to dedicated Pinterest boards, so you can see who else is participating, select your favourites and encourage others to join the public voting.

Here are the key requirements to consider before submitting your artwork for this competition:

• Submit only one unique image per entry assigning it to the most relevant category. You shouldn’t submit images of the same project, e.g. different renders of the same character, for several categories as separate entries.
• You are allowed to submit up to 5 different artworks per category. If you go over the number, we will disqualify the latest submissions and consider only first five works presented...
• Your submitted artwork must be original (owned by you) and should in no way violate intellectual property rights.
• Your entry has to include a link to the awards page on your portfolio website including but not limited to a personal website or/and online portfolio of other design communities.
• And finally – do NOT miss the deadline on December 1st. At the same time, keep in mind the earlier you enter the more time you have for getting exposure on Pinterest.

For more detailed terms and requirements visit Awards’ rules section.

Finally, this competition would not be happening if not for the help of our sponsors. We are giving our warmest thank you from all CGtrader Team to render service provider RebusFarm, the main sponsor of CGTrader Awards: Best 3D art around the web and a leading partner in the Photorealism Category.

We also have amazing Categories partners - a global developer of computer graphics, visual effects and 3D design software Foundry in Sci-fi category, 3d-coat that has all the tools you need to take your 3D idea from a block of digital clay all the way to a production ready in Cartoon category, fully textured organic or hard surface mode, graphics for architects provider Tonytextures in Environment/Scene category. A leading developer of a new era of professional real-time 3D animation technology Craftanimations is partnering in bringing Fantasy Category to life while Character category is sponsored by SiNi Software, a company creating tools focused on speed and workflow efficiency.

We also want to thank iCube R&D, Luxion, OTOY, _blankRepository, Maxon, Nevercenter, InstaLOD, Lix Pen and many others in supporting our Awards and designers around the world.

Do not miss your opportunity to compete, get exposure and win amazing prizes! If you have any questions regarding the competition, do not hesitate to contact us by dropping us a line to awards@cgtrader.com. We will be more than happy to help you.