Challenges

The 3D Challenge: Abstract Elements gave everyone a task that was both complex and easy. Now, after long deliberation, the votes are finally in, and it's time to announce the winners! We were looking for high quality, realistic models of various shapes and forms found in nature, graphic design or thought-of by people. We asked designers to put their imagination to work and show us how stunning and interesting 3D can be even when working...

Excitement is in the air as we launch a brand new art event – the CGTrader Digital Art Competition! CG artists from around the world are invited to bring their best 2D and 3D digital artworks. An audience of 1.2M+ CGTrader users can’t wait to see and appreciate great works of art. With over a dozen competition sponsors also ready to feature the best works, the exposure will be massive. And if that weren’t enough,...

Our newest 3D Challenge: Female Characters is about more than just prizes and awesome models. It also comes with a strong message. We are holding our biggest challenge yet with over $8,500 in licenses, rendering credits and other prizes. There are no technical requirements, so every designer has a chance to participate and help create a friendlier virtual world for women. Everyone is invited to join the challenge by creating, sharing and promoting female-friendly 3D...

Are you ready for another challenge? We’ve already awarded a total prize pool of $15,000 to winners of the Designer Schwag and Sports & the Hobbies challenges, and now we’re kicking off another friendly competition: this time we’re searching for the best PBR models of interior objects! Join our Interior Design Challenge today! Eligible models This is a single-object model challenge, so no environments or interior sets can enter the competition. You can, however, take...

We are still accepting submissions for the 3D Challenge: Abstract Elements. You have until January 29 to show us what you can do with natural and man-made forms, ornaments and geometric shapes. If it sounds too abstract, we have some examples of what you could use: Objects found in nature: clouds and smoke, fire, liquid drops and splashes, ice and snow, crystals and gems, floral objects (flowers, leaves, vines - the more design oriented, the...

In a sense we’re all flying through space in a spiraling path at a ridiculous speed (did you know we’re only 4 billion years away from the Milky Way colliding with Andromeda?), but for this 3D challenge we put our reference point on Earth and let your imagination run free! The Space challenge invited designers from all over the world to submit space-themed designs in low and high poly categories. We had a huge turnout...

In the Fall, we were running a Sports & Hobbies themed 3D challenge. We know, quite some time has passed since the challenge was closed, but we have finally decided the winners and hope to get the amazing prizes delivered before the holidays start :) So, without further ado, let’s see who created the models that left the judges in awe. The judging process was based on a number of aspects including technical, aesthetic, legal,...

“It’s great to know that no matter how complicated and tedious 3D production process might be, the artists still manage to see beyond the technical limitations and use powerful software as freely as a simple canvas, creating meaningful and strikingly beautiful work,” says Kirill Tokarev, one of the judges of CGTrader Awards and editor-in-chief at 80.lv. And we cannot agree more with Kiril. The artwork submitted for CGTrader Awards in just a bit more than...

In the end of summer we closed one of the most complex 3D design challenges on CGTrader so far Designer Schwag. After all the technical reviews, countless emails, iterations, and long discussions we finally have the winners! In this challenge we had two categories - best model and best portfolio, each with three winners to be announced. So here are the best ones who managed to submit more than 2 models that are both of...

Some time ago we introduced you to Places you wish were real: Top 10 submissions for CGTrader Awards’ Environment category so far. It is now time to show you the fantasy world of the CGTrader Awards with the top10 submissions for the Fantasy category to date. This is one of the categories that has received the least submissions in the CGTrader Awards as of today, but there are quite a number of quality artworks, and...