“ROKOKO TV” Intergalactic Animation Challenge

Artwork requirements

• Your entry must relate to the "ROKOKO TV" theme.
• Your entry must be made with Rokoko mocap tools or assets (free ones available, see details in the next FAQ rule folder).
• The contest is a digital art competition meant for artists of every skill level who have an interest in character animation.
• Any visual render style is allowed (including 2D).
• The submission can be individual or collaborative with maximum 2 participants. In the event a duo wins, it is up to the two artists to divide the prizes among themselves.
• The entry for Best Render category must be 7-seconds with a focus on character animation.
• The entry for the Best Breakdown category must be 7-20-seconds with a focus on motion capture.
• The entry has to be published publicly on at least one social media platform of your choice, and tagged with the hashtag #madewithrokoko
• The entry should include sound design, but no use of copyrighted audio or extensive music is allowed.
• The entry can't include personal or social watermarks.
• The delivery must include a screen recording of your motion capture take in Rokoko Studio or your preferred 3D software used for the challenge. If using pre-made assets you will have to specify the file name when doing your final delivery.
• The entry must be submitted by January 29 2024 at 11.59 PM CET.

Technical requirements

• Ratio: 4:3 (horizontal:vertical)
• Min. resolution: 1920x1440
• Framerate: 24 FPS
• Duration for Best Render: 7 seconds, 168 frames in total
• Duration for Best Breakdown: 7-20 seconds
• File Format: MOV or MP4, H264/H265
• File naming: ArtistName-SubmissionTitle.mov/mp4

By submitting your entry with the requirements above, you are eligible for the prize pool and allow Rokoko and our sponsors to showcase your entry on our website and social platforms.

You need to use Rokoko's mocap tools or Rokoko's pre-made assets for your character animation.

Luckily, even if you don’t own a Rokoko hardware product like Smartsuit Pro II or Smartgloves, there are plenty of other (free) ways to access mocap tools or assets in the Rokoko ecosystem:

• Record a custom mocap animation with Rokoko Vision, a video-based AI solution accessible to everyone in their browser with a webcam. The single-cam feature is completely free, the dual-cam feature can be accessed for free for 14 days (if you already used up your trial, write support@rokoko.com to reset it).
• Download a pre-made asset from the Rokoko Motion Library (includes both paid and free assets).
• Download a pre-made asset from our Free Resources page.

Submissions that include mocap animations or animation assets made with other tools or downloaded from other platforms will automatically be disqualified.

The tool or asset you choose to use will not be a determining factor for the "Best Render" and "Community Favourites" categories. However it could have an incidence if you are trying to contend in the "Best Breakdown" category, as recording your own original mocap animations and using them creatively could give you an edge.

As the celebrity judging panel flicks through the TV's channels, 7 seconds at a time, it’s your job to captivate them and make them want to continue watching.

The judges will take 3 criteria into consideration when choosing the winning entries:

• Visual Appeal
• Original Theme Interpretation
• Use of motion capture or character animation assets

Any visual render style is welcomed, including 2D. We want to see the theme interpreted in your own, unique art style. Maybe it’s a scene from a fictional movie, a talk show, a commercial, a cooking show or a futuristic reality show. Whether you find your inspiration IRL or go full Rick & Morty Intergalactic Cable TV, you call the shots on ROKOKO TV.

We reserve the right to exclude entries that are not aligned with Rokoko’s content guidelines (eg. gratuitous violence, pornographic content, etc.)

In the "ROKOKO TV" Intergalactic Animation Challenge, we’re judging things in two categories but with four chances to win:

• Best Render: Seeking top-tier renders where character animation shines within a TV-theme.
• Best Breakdown: This category honours the art behind the art. We're looking for the best visual breakdowns that highlight the mocap process and provide side-by-side comparisons.

Artists are able submit an entry to both categories, but only "Best Render" is mandatory.

To make things a little more interesting, we also have the following extra categories:

• Community Favorites: Here, the audience gets to decide. Three wildcard winners will be chosen based on community votes, celebrating what resonates most with the animation aficionados.
• Bonus Raffle: We want everyone to feel like they have a chance at winning gear, even if they’re just getting started, which is why we’re going to also raffle thousands of dollars of gear amongst all those who didn’t win.

Your final entry has to be published on any social media platform(s) of your choosing with the hashtag #madewithrokoko as a public posting.

You are also more than welcome to share your artwork's progress during the challenge and encourage you to tag us at @hellorokoko and add the #madewithrokoko tag.

If you have questions about the challenge, you can reach out to us and our amazing community on:

• Our Discord server‍
• Sam's livestream on Rokoko's YouTube channel every Thursday at 11pm PST, where he'll answer questions in the chat. Make sure to subscribe!