The Challenge Rewards are the official prizes of the Character Design Challenge! Exclusively available to our Patreon Supporters as a way to thank them for their invaluable help, and keeping the community independent. Each Challenge Reward contains fantastic resources for character designers, illustrators, and visual development artists alike, and some of the most interesting, original, and well-crafted art books and graphic novels crowd-funded in recent years. At the end of each challenge, 3 great artworks submitted by the Supporters of the Character Design Challenge on our Patreon page, will receive one of these amazing prizes delivered to their door, or directly via email! The 3 artworks that will win the monthly Challenge Rewards will also be featured on our website and social media pages, along with the classic Winners of the Character Design Challenge, and all the Special Mentions for the month.
What are the Criteria to win the Challenge Rewards and where can I find the rules?
Just as for the classic Winners of the Character Design Challenge, the entries for the Challenge Rewards will be judged on both creative and technical skills, originality, and outstanding draftsmanship applied. The CDR Team will judge all the artworks, and their judgment will be final. Visit the Rules of the Challenge on our website to learn more about it!
WHO IS ELIGIBLE for THE Challenge REWARDS?
The Challenge Rewards are exclusively available for the Supporters (or for the students and employees of our Advertisers and Partners) of the Character Design Challenge on our Patreon Page. Please check all the details below and visit the Membership section on our website to learn how to access all the Challenge Rewards.
Where should I post the artwork to be considered for the Challenge Rewards?
In order to be considered for the Challenge Rewards, you simply need to re-post your artwork directly on our Patreon page. You can post your artwork in the Facebook Group of the Character Design Challenge (or tag it on our Instagram page) before OR after posting your design on Patreon (remember that you can post only a single artwork for each challenge). Artworks can be posted on Patreon exclusively by the Supporters (or Advertisers and Partners, see more info below). Freebies and Tippers can post their artwork only on our Facebook Group, or tag it on our Instagram page.
Can I just post my work on Patreon? Can I post the same submission on Patreon, Facebook, and Instagram?
Yes, If you are not on Facebook or Instagram (and don’t want to open an account there), you can simply just post your design on our Patreon page and it will be automatically validated as an entry for the contest. If instead, you use all these platforms, you can submit your work in all of them (just make sure you submit the very same artwork for that challenge, and not different works).
WHAT IS THE OPEN SUBMISSION DAY AND DEADLINE?
Open submission day, deadline, and specific guidelines for our monthly challenges can be found in the Theme of the Month section of our website.
How many Challenge rewards are available each month?
There are three different Challenge Rewards:
Digital Painting Reward
Graphic Novel Reward
Character Design Reward
Digital Painting Reward
For the Digital Painting Reward, Huion, Animator Guild, Ctrl+Paint & JustSketchMe have brought hours of informative video tutorials, a brilliant app, and an incredible graphics tablet!
Kamvas PRO 13
The Kamvas PRO 13 is an amazing graphics tablet created by Huion! A professional and reliable supplier of graphics tablets, pen display monitors, stylus pens, and more. The application of full lamination crafts and anti-glare glass doesn’t just bring the brightness of 220cd/m2 and 1000:1 contrast ratio but also protects your eyes from harmful glare while ensuring clear, and delicate visual effects. In addition to the full lamination crafts, the color gamut is upgraded to 120%sRGB with 16.7 million colors for better presentation. The color disparity is eliminated and the display quality is improved. On top of this, the 178° wide viewing angle ensures the same presentation viewed from different angles without any distortion. The full-laminated screen of the Kamvas PRO 13 is not just good for color presentation but also strengthens the whole screen: the cursor on the screen keeps close and moves simultaneously to the nib (without causing any parallax), and the frosted surface of AG glass brings users the same feeling as drawing on paper. Finally, the battery-free digital pen PW507 is ergonomically designed with a silicone grip that is anti-slip and sweatproof, with 10mm sensing height (which ensures instant capture of pen movement and thus higher efficiency). Start sketching, doodling, and drawing directly on a Kamvas PRO 13 and begin your creative journey!
MOTION LAB (2 packs)
Have you ever searched for that perfect animation reference, only to get sucked into the infinite labyrinth of social media distractions? Have you ever struggled to make your animation look realistic? Professional animation directors Howard Wimshurst & Janina Putzker are the creators of Motion Lab! One of the most useful reference footage for animation artists. Great animation requires time and focus, and you don't want to let your schedule be crippled by time-consuming research tasks. Instead, fast-track your research stage by skipping straight to a curated catalog of high-quality references. You will spend less time procrastinating and more time drawing!
Concept Art Starter Kit & Digital Painting Starter Kit
Over 12 hours of video tutorials created by Matt Kohr from CtrlPaint.com! By far the most immersive, useful, and honest online training program and painting course on the Internet. This collections contains essential lessons for every digital painter and are especially crucial for beginners, there is a huge emphasis on art theory and great practical tips to achieve results. The tutorials will not be exclusively about technique, but they will also focus on mindset, ideas and how to turn them into final art. Each of these series offers assignments and drills, ranging from simple to complex. Get ready to practice!
PoseMy.Art (app Subscription)
PoseMy.Art is an online 3D model poser that features 2400+ Animations and Poses based on real human motion capture - making creating dynamic and realistic reference poses easy and super fast! The app also features a huge library of pre-made scenes, helping you find inspiration for your scenes. You can choose from a myriad of mannequin and props styles (realistic, anime, chibi, etc.), and adjust the rotation of each joint for a natural pose of each of your characters, so you can create an amazing drawing reference for your art! Control the position, direction, and intensity of the lights in your scene (or remove them entirely), and move the virtual camera around the scene for the perfect shot, with an adjustable field of view for extreme perspective. Get ready to create the perfect scene for your artwork!
graphic Novel Reward
For the Graphic Novel Reward, Tatai Lab & Spaceman Project have brought three amazing books!
KAYA & KAYA: the Artbook
Kaya is a post-apocalyptic/sci-fi graphic novel written by Paola Barbato and Linda Cavallini, and drawn by Linda Cavallini, Emanuele Tenderini, and Lorenzo Lanfranconi. A self-contained volume of 96 pages in total, it tells the struggle for the survival of a little girl in an era in which the planet is now at its last, torn apart by a threat that has brought it close to its end.
The graphic novel comes with an original soundtrack written by Remo Baldi, with sound design by Carlo Missidenti, violin by Pietro David Caramia, and vocals by Margaret Figoni. In the volume, you will find the QR code that will redirect you to the OST. From time to time, between the pages, you will be recommended the tracks that you can listen to so that you can immerse yourself even more deeply in the world of Kaya, while reading it.
LIMBO HOTEL
The new graphic novel by Spanish artist and storyteller Enrique Fernández, with a unique story: the Limbo Hotel was Cory and Kein's lifelong dream. They transformed the small abandoned coastal village with their bare hands into a prosperous, happy business, always crowded with guests from all corners of the world. But everything changed the day she died, leaving Kein defeated and alone in charge of keeping their dream alive. Since then, no client has ever come back to this remote setting. Only the accidental arrival of Aiden broke the spell of the past lonely years. Kein has educated the kid to be a great host, in fact, he has raised him to be nothing else. Now the time has come to leave him in charge of the maintenance of the hotel. Every day he must have every room prepared and in perfect order, in case some unexpected guests arrive. But Aiden suspects life might not only consist of keeping the strange place afloat, and there must be something else waiting for him…
IMPORTANT: The book is in development right now, so the Winners of the Graphic Novel Reward will receive the Limbo Hotel book in Fall 2023!
Character Design Reward
For the Character Design Reward, 21 Draw and Masters Of Anatomy have brought lots of amazing educational books and ebooks!
21 Draw: Book One & Illustrator's Guidebook
Two amazing books that will teach you about character movement and expression, line of action, figure balance, details distribution and loads more! Featuring the work of more than 100 giants of the entertainment and gaming industry, top artists working for companies like Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks, Marvel, D.C Comics, Rockstar Games, 21 Draw: Book One and Illustrator's Guidebook will improve your ability to draw hands & faces and will help you understand drawing perspective and backgrounds. With full in-depth tutorials and with over 1000 amazing character design references, the books will help you understand the importance of line weight, colouring, composition in your work and you will learn all you need to know to create amazing characters!
Masters of Anatomy: Books 1, 2, 3, 4, AND 5
Five incredible ebooks that will help you understand every step of the character design process, expand your design knowledge, create action poses, and much more! Imagine being in a classroom made up of 130 of the world's greatest character designers, artists who have worked for Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks, Sony Animation, Marvel, and DC. Book 1 aims to improve your ability to design meaningful and modern characters. Books 2, 3, 4, and 5 will teach you how to create bold, electric poses coupled with realistic and stylized human and animal references, thanks to the dynamic poses examples created by a true master of line art and anatomy: Raul Moreno!
LEgal Notes
Character Design References is not responsible for any copyright infringement on the part of the individual artists, our intent is merely to inspire others to create original works based on a common theme. For questions regarding specific pieces of artwork please follow the links for the website, portfolio, or social pages provided by the author in the caption of the design posted in our Facebook group or contact directly the profile associated with it. Artists participating in the Character Design Challenge must be a member of the Character Design Challenge group on Facebook or on Patreon. Ensure you have read and fully understood the rules of the competition, the Character Design Challenge Terms of Use, the Facebook Terms of Use, the Instagram Terms of Use, and the Patreon Terms of Use before entering an artwork for the contest. The Challenge Rewards are limited and exclusively available to the Supporters of the Character Design References on Patreon.
IMPORTANT: The Character Design Challenge is being organized and managed by Character Design References. The Character Design Challenge is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with, Meta or Patreon. By entering this contest, you agree to a complete release of Meta and Patreon from any or all liability in connection with this contest. The project partners and sponsors are listed on: www.characterdesignreferences.com. The Character Design Challenge Terms of Use can be read HERE
