Creature Animation Contest

Only actual creatures & animals are permitted; other characters will not be included for evaluation.
Please do not add your name or contact information anywhere on the video itself (this makes voting unfair).
Please do not alter the references.
You could use online paid/Free rigs. Copyrighted rigs are rejected unless you have permission to use them.
Keep the file size up to 10MB for submissions.
Animate on 24fps in any software of your choice.
Use nothing obviously objectionable (this is not the place for crass sexual comedy, excessively violent material, or hatred toward any culture/religion/gender/etc.). This is also not the place for any type of political remark.
Happy animating.

Assignment: This test is all about capturing the real essence and personality of the creature in the reference with as many details as possible. The frame range to be animated is the same as the animation reference. Please stick to the reference provided.
Camera: Animate the camera as per the reference, to begin with. Feel free to improvise the camera from what you have in the references. If you can add handheld motion on top of it, that would be a plus.
Env Geo: Don’t spend too much time and effort on creating the environment geometry. Keep it simple and basic. For example, if there’s a tree log in the reference, use basic cylindrical shapes to create a tree log. Try and achieve the general setting as per the reference with minimal geometry.
Rigs: It would be ideal to use Truong’s leopard rig for a leopard reference.
https://cubebrush.co/truongcgartist/products/9c0bqw/leopard-maya-rig
https://gumroad.com/l/leopard or any other similar-looking leopard rig can be used.
Time duration: The time duration of the test is 30 days from the start date of this month to the end date.
Software: All the animation is to be done at 24 fps, software is of your choice. Most of the rigs were supported in Maya.

Try to collect as many supplementary references as possible as the same action in the reference to help u to see how the creature would look from other views. Helps ur animation process go smoother while you are animating to the witness camera.
You can use any online or free rigs to do the competition clip and using a reference clip. Few recommended resources. Links.
Animate for Witness camera always.
Plan ahead how u use your controls.Plan ahead how u use your controls.
A basic ground plan and a basic camera will be fine to showcase your animation.
Focus more on the behaviors and body mechanics.

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The CAWContest is a monthly character animation competition. Animators from all over the world participate, animating a character speaking a line of dialogue provided by the club.

Monthly Animation Challenge for Creature Animators

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