Unity Community Art Challenge - May 2016 - That Thing In the Corner!

Unity Technologies is happy to announce it’s next “Unity Community Forum Challenge”! Everybody is welcome to join in and show other fellow artist what they can do and compete for the First Place!

This months Challenge is themed “That Thing In The Corner!”. What could this “thing” be? A hideous little create? Scary huge monster? Or a strange looking object? It could be anything! You tell us what it is by creating a piece of art to tell the story! Come up with something new and unique. Surprise us with your imagination.

Make sure to present it as a Diorama and don’t forget, you can use animations too to make your entry come alive!

Again, as a result we want to see a beautiful small Diorama/Turntable of your vision for “That Thing In The Corner!”

Post Work in Progress Screenshots or even use Sketchfab to present your work in progress. See rules below.

  1. Participants will have till the end of the month (May, 31th) to submit their Final Entry

  2. Final Entry must be a “Diorama/Turntable” showcasing the theme “That Thing In The Corner!”. We ask that you use Sketchfab to post your final result here on the forum.

  3. Polycount Limitation for this Challenge is 25.000 Vertices. Only ever use as many polygons as necessary to define a shape! This is a game art challenge after all! Make use of normal maps etc to give your textures/meshes more detail.

  4. You can use normal maps, specular maps or PBR etc to enhance your work visually. There is no restriction on how many textures you can use but keep in mind that this is a game art challenge so don’t go too crazy.

  5. Entrants must post at least 1 WIP (Work in Progress) Screenshots before submitting their Final Entry. We suggest you post more and get feedback! Please visit https://help.sketchfab.com/hc/en-us/sections/200485707-Uploading-3D-Models for further information on how to use and upload to Sketchfab.

  6. Your final entries must be submitted through Sketchfab. Please tag your final submission with: “UCAC-May2016”.

  7. No previous work can be used. This essentially means that you should create everything from scratch!

  8. No nudity or gross violence please! Keep it clean and fun for everyone!

  9. Do not use/utilize any currently known game characters (Mario, Luigi, Sonic, etc)

We got some great prizes this month! A big “Thank You” to all the wonderful people/companies! The winners will receive the following prizes:

1st Place

A 1 Year License of Sketchfab Pro sponsored by Sketchfab
A $100 Amazon Gift Card sponsored by Sketchfab

2nd Place:

A 6 Months License of Sketchfab Pro sponsored by Sketchfab
A $50 Amazon Gift Card sponsored by Sketchfab

3rd Place:

A 6 Months License of Sketchfab Pro sponsored by Sketchfab
A $25 Amazon Gift Card sponsored by Sketchfab

We hope to see many of you participate! Let’s get this started and make sure to visit our Sponsors pages!

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Allright! I’m excited to take part in my first UCAC.
I’m intrigued by the theme and look forward to seeing other entries as well!

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Aaargh! What is that filthy, disgusting, hairy thing in the corner?
It reeks of stale coffee, it is welded to what looks like it used to be an office chair and three beacons of rectangular light glare out into what roughly resembles a head containing two dry, bloodshot eyes and a drooling pie hole. It appears to be completely still apart from a pair of rapidly moving hands and it seems to be surrounded by an array of assorted VR headsets, game pads and other miscellaneous hardware, discarded pot noodle containers, mouldy cups, biscuit packets, pringle tubs and dirty plates.

…Could it be a programmer?

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Really looking forward to what you guys come up with :slight_smile:

YES! i love this count me in

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This should be interesting. I’ve got a few ideas I could do.

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Interesting theme. . .

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Here is a verrrrrry early draft. Don’t judge me. That thing in the corner? GRIM REAPER.

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this my early darft of a summoning gong rong and now you have That thing in the corner!488da82bb530455fbffb3361a4018b50

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@SniperEvan It’s not a strange theme at all. The point is that you have to be creative in every way to shine here.

@dreamhead Nice block out of your entry mate! Looking promising :slight_smile:

I love the theme, already have a very rough sketch and moodboard and very important: a working computer :smile:
@dreamhead That thing in the corner is intriguing in an eerie way! Have fun!

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Did a fast block out of my idea. most likely won’t finish but still worth a shot.

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New here but love this so I will be having a go and hopefully get it finished - I have done a quick work up based on some early sketches for an idea of ‘that thing in the corner’ being an opportunity for revenge - 466f8919a8fc4727b86e3b6f7bd7742e

That’s some revenge that’s being planned :slight_smile:

A did a first sketch block out. This is inspired by the Heritage books and the movie Eragon.

And here’s my reference board. I don’t think I’ll make the dragon baby. Not that advanced yet, but that “thing in the corner” has to be doable :slight_smile:

Have fun everyone!

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Hi :),

I’m going for a storage room in which artifacts are stored, and some even get lost and slip between the cracks. Beware for the things lurking in the shadows, or not :stuck_out_tongue: either way looking forward to work on this challenge.

cheers :slight_smile:

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littel update,the monster and the table are still just placeholders :slight_smile:

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Cool :slight_smile: I like it so far but maybe it would be nice if you had like a bit of plumbing and pipes going on beneath the wooden floor to break up the shape/cut off of your scene. But that is just my 2 cents. :smile: Keep it up looking forward to see more progress.

cheers.

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. . . and this is my thing. 5704c29cc1b84521b396c1df4d5e99b1. alien squid.

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a bit late to this, but here’s my first WIP

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i like that idea a lot, i am gone give it a try thx for the idea :slight_smile:

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