Showcasing student talents in 3D natural environment graphics

This competition is open to students or those under the age of 26. Participants will be asked to submit an image of any kind of environment showcasing an explosion of vegetation, mountains, skies, or other aspects of nature.

Submissions for the first round of the competition are now open and continue through 5th October, 2018. On 12th October, 2018, 20 finalists will be selected, and they will have until 29th October, 2018 to send their animated scene files to be rendered by Ranch Computing. The winners of the competition will be judged by e-on and its sponsors and will be announced on 5th November, 2018.

Together with sponsors NVIDIA, Wacom, and Ranch Computing, e-on software will be awarding competition winners with more than $20,000 in 3D tools and resources.

Entrants may use the application of their choice, in combination with any of the e-on software products. This includes any version of VUE (Esprit, Studio, Complete, Infinite or xStream), and PlantFactory, including the Free Trial versions.

Judging is based solely on the quality, realism, and artistic merit of the entries, not on the software version used to create them.

A representative from each of the sponsors (NVIDIA, Wacom, and Ranch Computing) will help the e-on software team choose not one, but five lucky winners from the 20 finalists chosen in round two of the competition.

In association with Bentley Systems, prize winners will receive the following:

• First Place Winner: $4,440 in prizes 
• Second Place Winner: $4,300 in prizes 
• Third Place Winner: $3,900 in prizes
• Fourth Place Winner: $3,800 in prizes 
• Fifth Place Winner: $3,700 in prizes