1. Global Digital Sculpture Competition invites global digital sculpture artists (digital art, sculpture artists) to participate in the competition for free.
2. The works shall guarantee the originality and integrity, and shall not infringe others' copyright, patent, trademark, portrait right, privacy and any other legal rights; It shall not be the winning works of other competitions; It is strictly prohibited to contain political, vulgar, pornographic and other contents, and shall not violate relevant laws and regulations; It is strictly prohibited to hand over the copyright to others、be used commercially or authorize others to use during the competition.
3. The competition is divided into two groups: "Experimental Sculpture Group" and " Tidal Creator Group". Participants are allowed to participate in different groups of competitions at the same time but are not allowed to submit the same work to different groups at the same time.
4. Please carefully read [Entry Information ] [Submission Rules] [Copyright Notice] before registration, and please register within the specified time as required. Only after successful registration can you participate in the competition.
5. In order to ensure the fairness of the competition and ensure that the works are created by the participants themselves, participants should keep the source files of the works properly.
6. The organizing committee has the right to use the registration information of participants to recommend talents to the demander.
7. The organizing committee of GDSC Competition has the right of final interpretation of the rules of GDSC Competition. The organizing committee has the right to cancel the entry qualification and other measures against the authors or works violating the rules of the competition.
April 24th: Registration starts, only successful registration can participate in the competition.
May 31：Live broadcast of the competition opening ceremony.
June-July：The works of the Tidal Creator Group will be sent to Weibo for audition as required
August 31：Final submission
September：Voting for the Popularity Lucky Award begins
In the middle of October: Announce the awards and hold awards ceremony
○Experimental Sculpture Group(no age limit)
Experimental Sculpture Group(no age limit)
There are no restrictions on the form of expression. You can express yourself freely from the perspective of artistic thinking. You can freely create digital or sculptural art and explore the uncharted territory.
The judges will score the works from multiple dimensions such as conception, artistic language and contemporary.
This group will produce: [Future Master Award] (1), [Academy Award] (5 ) and [Best Popularity Award].
The way of sign up
Resume (including name, university, contact information and three pictures of previous works) should be sent to the official email gdsc@starpainters.cn by individual or recommending teacher. You can participate the competition only after successful registration.
* Please leave your full contact information: QQ, WeChat, mobile phone number, email address (the organizer will confirm the success of registration through the above methods)
The submission rule of this group:
After successful registration , the final works should be sent to the official email before August 31st to participate in the selection.
Works must be digital works. If they are sculpture objects, please provide 3D scanned digital files.
Final submission should include:
① The final rendering of 3 models;
② Final work model file (source file);
③ Several pieces of the process draft of each stage in the creation process, including but not limited to concept sketch, model progress, material performance, etc.;
④ One copy of final effect display video .
○Tidal Creator Group
The maximum age of entry is 28
The creators can choose the role image provided by the IP licensor of the competition to create the second time, or they can create on their ow(Tide play、GK、Statue etc)
From the perspective of sculpture and plastic art to pursue beauty, aimat the market to tap the commercial potential of the work.
The judges will score the works from the creative expression, modeling ability, market acceptance and other dimensions.
This group will produce: [Netease Favorite Award] (1), [Creation Art Award] (5 ) and [Best Popularity Award].
The way of sign up
Resume (including name, university, contact information and three pictures of previous works) should be sent to the official email gdsc@starpainters.cn by individual or recommending teacher. You can participate the competition only after successful registration.
* Please leave your full contact information: QQ, WeChat, mobile phone number, email address (the organizer will confirm the success of registration through the above methods)
The submission rule of this group:
After successful registration based on the requirement, post Weibo to partitcpate in the audition from june to Aug 31st.
The contestants will send their final works to the official email before July 31 to participate in the selection.
Three pieces of the "GDSC Global Digital and Sculpture Contest" with the name and logo (click here to download) will be uploaded to Weibo for the audition.
Final submission should include:
① At least 3 pictures of the final effect of the "GDSC Global Digital and Sculpture Competition" with different angles of the name and logo;
② Final work model file (source file), physical works need to submit 3D scanning copy;
③ Several pieces of illustration with production parameters (such as the number of faces with wireframes, map number and size, etc.);
④ Several pieces of the process draft of each stage in the creation process, including but not limited to concept sketch, model progress, material performance, etc.;
⑤ Final effect display video (if any).
Total Amount of Bonuses：140,000 Yuan
Group | Award | Number of people | Bonus (Per Person) | Assessment Method |
Experimental Sculpture Group | Future Master Award | 1 | 50,000Yuan | The award is given to the work that ranked first in the overall vote count by the panel of judges from the university. |
Academy Award | 5 | 5,000Yuan | The award is given to the works that ranked second to sixth in the overall vote count by the panel of judges from the university. | |
Tidal Creator Group | NetEase Favorite Award | 1 | 20,000Yuan | The award is selected by the judges from NetEase. |
Creation Art Award | 5 | 5,000Yuan | The award is given to the works that ranked first to fifth in the overall vote count by the panel of judges from the industry. | |
Open for Both Groups | AR Exploration Award | 1 | 10,000Yuan | The focus of this award is to encourage the exploration and application of AR technology. Candidates for the AR Exploration Award can be all works presented using AR technology in the experimental sculpture group and trend creation group. |
Popularity Lucky Award | 3 | 3,333Yuan | All the works of the advanced contestants are announced, and a popular vote activity is initiated. The works that rank first, third, and seventh in the vote count will equally share a bonus of 10,000 yuan. |
1. All the submitted works shall have independent and complete copyright, and the author shall have the right to submit the works in his own name and participate in the award evaluation. Any legal disputes arising from any infringement of the legitimate rights and interests of any third party shall be borne by the participants themselves.（For team works, multiple individuals can be credited, but the intellectual property rights of the work must be attributed to one individual.）
2. The GDSC Organizing Committee (and its affiliates) is authorized to use the works submitted by all participants for the promotion or exhibition activities of the Contest, and for the publicity of various media or medias. If required by the GDSC Organizing Committee, participants shall promise to provide relevant authorization documents.
3. All the works of GDSC based on the second creation of IP licensed content (including: Process works and final works), and the intellectual property and ownership thereof shall be owned by the IP Licensor, who shall have all Copyrights and adjacent rights of such works (including all rights of works in the Mainland of the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan). Participants reserve the right of authorship and exhibition of their works. The organizing committee (and affiliated companies) may use their works for the relevant publicity and exhibition of the competition.
4. Other works that have won[Future Master Award],[Academy Award], [Best Popularity Award], and [Creation Art Award] are copyrighted by the creator and the sponsor. The organizer has the right to display the work and can negotiate with the creator whether to develop the work commercially. The complete copyright of the winning works of Tidal Creator Group will be transferred to the IP licensor, and the creator has the right to display.
5. The copyright of the unawarded works (works that are not created based on the IP license) shall remain with the original author. If the organizing committee of GDSC Competition (and its affiliates) wants to develop, produce, sell and other commercial purposes of the work, it shall obtain the written permission of the author, negotiate with the author and pay the corresponding fees, but the organizer has the priority to develop the work.
6. All the prize money displayed in GDSC Competition is pre-tax. After winning the prize, the organizer will withhold and pay the personal income tax for the winning author. If the organizing committee of GDSC Competition (and its affiliates) needs to further improve the winning works or develop and design peripheral products, the winning authors should assist and cooperate.
The official email of the competituon :gdsc@starpainters.cn or QQ: 1565372402
Please leave your full contact information: QQ, WeChat, mobile phone number and email when you register or submit your works.
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1.Please read Entry Information、Copyright statement、The submission rule carefully
2.Resume (including name, university, contact information and three pictures of historical works) should be sent to the official email gdsc@starpainters.cn or QQ: 1565372402 by individual or recommending teacher. You can participate the competition only after successful registration.
* Please leave your full contact information: QQ, WeChat, mobile phone number, email address (the organizer will confirm the success of registration through the above methods)
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