2018 Digital Art
Battle Platform

In 2016 and 2017, GrandTech held the first and second Digital Art Battle Platform popularizing digital art all over Taiwan! This year, GrandTech has once again teamed up with Wacom, a well-known brand of drawing tablets, and Junheng Antilousart Dragon Art, to hold the third CG drawing competition! Are you ready to be the next superstar in the world of CG graphics?

Competition Process

Access Code→ Go todesignated distributersto receive an event invitation ticket

Competition Registration→ Fill in information and access code

Account Activation→ Receive verification letter and activate your account

Submit Artwork→ Upload group submissions and creation descriptions

Professional Evaluation→ A professional judge will select a CG digital art superstar

Awards Ceremony→ Announce winners and award prizes

How to Receive an Access Code

Starting November 1st, 2018, purchases of Wacom pen tablets or screens (excluding peripheral accessories) from GrandTech will include an invitation ticket for the “2018 Digital Art Battle Platform” (one ticket included with each product). The access code on the invitation ticket will verify your qualification for the competition. Each set of access codes can register up to three 2D character artworks.



Prizes

(* Not applicable in Malaysia,Singapore & Indonesia)


Competition Theme and Grouping

Common Theme→ Eye-opener fantasy CG digital art competition

Please choose one of the three topics:

①Fantasy Nightmare ②Modern ③Science Fiction

Matched with one of the three fairy tales:

①The Wizard of Oz  ②Alice in Wonderland ③Peter Pan

Contestants should choose a theme to redraw as a new creative fairy tale CG artwork.

Example 1: Transform Dorothy into the evil Witch of Oz. She uses the cowardly lion, the tin man, and the scarecrow's desire of courage, kindness, and wisdom to turn them into rebel forces and support her in establishing the evil kingdom "Nightmare of Oz".

Example 2: Alice fell down the rabbit hole in her front yard and arrived in the year 2810 AD in a future science fiction world.

Public Group
 
Competitors
Public Group: Non-student status citizens of the Republic of Taiwan Indonesia、Malaysia、Singapore who love digital art.


 
Competition Theme

An illustration that presents a complete story of the character, background, and appropriate compositional representation. Use the plot as the main appeal to consider composition in the artwork. Add special effects if necessary, but don't affect the meaning of the artwork.

File Specifications:300 dpi, A4 Horizontal
(3508 X 2480 px).

File Type: .PSD file (character and background should be saved in separate layers), .JPEG file thumbnail (72 dpi, 1228 X 868 px). .PSD file sizes should not exceed 100 MB, .JPG/.JPEG file sizes should not exceed 5 MB.

 
Competition award
* Not applicable in
Malaysia,Singapore & Indonesia
Winner:
  • * Postal vouchers NT$20,000
  • Wacom Intuos Pro medium
    (PTH-660/K0-CX - valued at NT$12,900)
  • CLIP STUDIO PAINT EX
  • CLIP STUDIO PAINT DEBUT
  • * Dragon Art course vouchers NT$10,000
  • Corel Painter 2019
  • HP Indigo digital output poster
  • Event winning entries
  • HP Indigo Unlimited Possible Center of Excellence Works
Runner-up:
  • * Postal vouchers NT$10,000
  • Wacom Intuos Pro Medium
  •     (PTH-660/K0-CX - valued at NT$12,900)
  • CLIP STUDIO PAINT DEBUT
  • * Dragon Art course vouchers NT$5,000
  • Corel Painter 2019
  • Event winning entries
  • HP Indigo Unlimited Possible Center of Excellence Works
Third place:
  • * Postal vouchers NT$5,000
  • Wacom Intuos Pro Medium
    (PTH-660/K0-CX - valued at NT$12,900)
  • CLIP STUDIO PAINT DEBUT
  • * Dragon Art course vouchers NT$3,000
  • Corel Painter 2019
  • Event winning entries
  • HP Indigo Unlimited Possible Center of Excellence Works
    Award of Excellence
  • CLIP STUDIO PAINT DEBUT
  • Event winning entries
Joint award

Akatsuki Special Prize:
  • * Internship opportunities for 1-3 people place winners
    (Select 1~3 candidate from the Public Group and Student Group respectively.)
* Kadokawa Animation Education Awards:
  • Course Coupons Optional 2019 free short-term course or regular course tuition fee reduced to 10,000 yuan
    (limited to use one times)





Public Group Competition Registration

Student Group
 
Competitors
Student Group: Student status citizens of the Republic of Taiwan Indonesia、Malaysia、Singapore who love digital art (cram school students who do not have valid student IDs, please apply for the Public Group).
 
Competition Theme

Digital action art with one character that is fully imaged in the artwork and composition clearly representing the overall design. Add special effects if necessary, but don't affect the meaning of the artwork. Background can be chosen according to personal design choices.

File Specifications: 300 dpi, A4 Straight
(2480 X 3508 px).

File Type: .PSD file (character and background should be saved in separate layers), .JPEG file thumbnail (72 dpi, 868 X 1228 px). .PSD file sizes should not exceed 80 MB, .JPG/.JPEG file sizes should not exceed 5 MB.

 
Competition award
* Not applicable in
Malaysia,Singapore & Indonesia
Winner:
  • * Postal vouchers NT$20,000
  • Wacom Intuos Comfort Small
  •      (CTL-4100WL/E0 - valued at NT$3,590)
  • CLIP STUDIO PAINT EX
  • CLIP STUDIO PAINT DEBUT
  • * Dragon Art course vouchers NT$5,000
  • Corel Painter 2019
  • HP Indigo digital output poster
  • Event winning entries
  • HP Indigo Unlimited Possible Center of Excellence Works
Runner-up
  • * Postal vouchers NT10,000
  • Wacom Intuos Comfort Small
    (CTL-4100WL/E0 - valued at NT$3,590)
  • CLIP STUDIO PAINT DEBUT
  • * Dragon Art course vouchers NT$3,000
  • Corel Painter 2019
  • Event winning entries
  • HP Indigo Unlimited Possible Center of Excellence Works
Third place
  • * Postal vouchers NT5,000
  • Wacom Intuos Comfort Small
    (CTL-4100WL/E0 - valued at NT$3,590)
  • CLIP STUDIO PAINT DEBUT
  • Corel Painter 2019
  • Event winning entries
  • HP Indigo Unlimited Possible Center of Excellence Works

  • Award of Excellence
  • CLIP STUDIO PAINT DEBUT
  • Event winning entries

  • Joint award

    Akatsuki Special Prize:
  • * Internship opportunities for 1-3 people place winners
    (Select 1~3 candidate from the Public Group and Student Group respectively.)

  • * Kadokawa Animation Education Awards:
  • Course Coupons Optional 2019 free short-term course or regular course tuition fee reduced to 10,000 yuan
    (limited to use one times)

  • * Lian Cheng Computers Special Prize
  • Free course 42 hours/person (limited to the Student Group)

  • Student Group Competition Registration

Artwork Specifications

Artwork cannot be co-authored and must not be copied off others. All elements, backgrounds, etc. in the artwork must be original or have permission from the original author (license agreement required). If plagiarism is found, the competitor will be disqualified and any winning prizes shall be returned.




Contact and Registration Information

  1. Registration Period: January 1st, 2019 (TUE) 00:00 to February 28th 2019 (THU) 16:00 (Late registrations will not be accepted).(Taiwan time)
  2. Each set of access codes can register up to three 2D character pieces of art.
  3. Use of multiple access codes is allowed.
  4. Submissions must be sent electronically online through the event website.

Registration Procedures

  1. Please click the "Submit Entry" button according to the competition group to enter the “2018 Digital Art Battle Platform CG Competition Entry Registration Form” web page. Fill in all information and the access code from the invitation ticket. If a student group competitor needs to attach proof of student documentation (student ID or cram school certificate/study certificate), agree and provide personal information and then send. The system will send a verification e-mail to the address you filled in. Competitors who have graduated and have cram school qualifications, please select the other option and fill in the name of the institution. If the student certification documents have not been qualified or if there are other conditions, it will not be included in the assessment qualification.
  2. Open the verification letter in your e-mail and check the personal information then click the verification URL towards the bottom to enter the “login web page” to upload your artwork.
  3. When selecting artwork, you will need to fill in the name of the entry, concept of creation, and software used. Upload the file in accordance with the file specifications.
  4. After selecting the artwork file, you must first click the “Upload File” button and the system will upload your entry. After filling in the artwork information, click the “send” button at the bottom of the page to complete the entry registration.

How to Modify A Submission

  1. Go to the “Artwork Search” web page and fill in the information (click the “Artwork Search” button in the upper).
  2. Go to the “2018 Digital Art Battle Platform CG Competition Submission” page and select the file to reupload (must first click on the “Upload File” button).
  3. Click the “Send” button at the bottom of the page to complete the modification.

Competition Manner

Among the many applicants, up to 40 finalists will be selected from each group. The top three finalists will then be chosen for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.
Akatsuki Special Prize: Among the many applicants, up to 30 finalists will be selected from each group. The top three finalists will be the winners of the Special Akatsuki Prize.

Evaluation Method

  1. The organizer will use professional artists from the industry to form a judging panel.
  2. All entries will be evaluated fairly and justly. Basic information such as names of authors will be confidential when being evaluated by a judge.
  3. Creative 2D Character Artwork Evaluation Criteria: picture composition 40%, character creation 30%, drawing skills 30%.

Scoring Criteria Additional Info

  1. Please design composition, environment, and character actions according to the story and character.
  2. (Student Group) The character must be fully imaged in the artwork and can clearly represent the overall design.
  3. (Public Group) The setting and character should be prioritized so the artist can determine how much detail is in the background.
  4. Add special effects if necessary, but don't affect the meaning of the artwork.
  5. Character design drafts are not required.

Copyright Notice

For any entries that make it to the finalists’ stage, its original copy and copyright will be unconditionally used by the organizer. The entry will be used for promotional events and will be used on Wacom, GrandTech, and related company websites and services. The organizer reserves the right to modify and reproduce the artwork. The original author will not receive any royalties.

Winners Announcement

Finalist List: Announced on the event website in mid-March 2019 at 14:00.
Winning List: Announced at the Awards Ceremony at the end of March 2019.

Awards Event

Date: End of March 2019
Time: 14:00(Taiwan)
Location: Akatsuki Taiwan Inc.
Please keep up to date with information about the 2018 Digital Art Competition.
If you are a finalist, please go to the Awards Ceremony to receive the finalist certificate. If you are unable to attend, please organize a substitute Attendee to redeem the certificate. Failure to do so will result in forfeiture of the certificate and winning prizes will not be mailed.
(If the winner is an overseas contestant, the conference will send an additional award.)



Review Line-up

Chun Heng

CG celebrity lecturer

  • “Dragon Art” CG drawing – Owner
  • “Dragon Art” computer game art contractor team director
  • Dapili International figurine designer
  • Contract artist of Gamania
  • Art design for numerous game developers
  • Asterisk Metis and Artwork Cloud in Japan etc.
Weichen

Art director

  • Art director of Akatsuki Taiwan Inc.
  • Experiences in UI/UX, graphic design, original game characters, environment design and children’s picture books
Jeremy

Lead artist

  • Lead artist of Akatsuki Taiwan Inc.
  • Specializing in visual conceptualization and character design, with experience in original animation films and game conceptual art development
Alon Chou

Professional illustrator

  • Awards and experiences
  • In-house artist for numerous domestic and foreign game developers
  • DC Comics, Chinesegamer, Softstar, Rayark, Soft-World, Gamania etc.
  • Concept artist for New York-based firm Project Triforce
  • Creator of numerous well-known games
  • Xuan-Yuan Sword, Xuan-Yuan Sword: The Gate of Firmament, Tian Long Ba Bu etc.
Hakai Wang

CG artist and lecturer

  • Professional CG artist and creator
  • Graphic designer of X-Legend
  • Member of CREATOR UNION OF TOKUSATSU
  • 2013-2018 graphic designer of X-Legend
  • Original sci-fi TV animation - Kainar Asy-Tac Fronteer – licensed by CGCG Inc.
  • Pre-project planning, art and mechanical design conceptualization
Ke Guangyu

Digital Ink - Professional Painter / Lecturer

  • Revival Commercial Workers Training Camp-PAINTERLecturer
  • Liancheng computer painter lecturer
  • Head of visual design
  • Former comic union director
  • Taipei County Comic Newcomer Review
  • Design a variety of well-known illustrations, picture books, teaching books, comics
Vofan

Professional Illustrator

  • The cover of the 50th issue of the 2017 Small S magazine, the quarterly S compilation department
  • 2015 Playstion 4 Summer Limited Host Outer Box Illustrator, Sony Computer Entertainment Taiwan
  • 2014 Cover of the "Minister of the Today's Memo", West End Weixin / Lecture Club
  • 2014 "Vocaloid3 Xinhua Xin hua" virtual singer character design, Gynoid / Huachuang culture
  • 2014 《乖離性百萬亞瑟王》card illustration,SQUARE-ENIX


Related Departments

Organizer : GrandTech, Junheng Antiousart Dragon Art

Co-organizer : WACOM TAIWAN, CELSYS, RealLusion, Akatsuki Taiwan Inc., Lian Cheng Computers,
                        Kadokawa international Edutainment, PCHome,HP Indigo

Special Thanks : Cooperative dealers, all colleges and high schools who assisted in promoting this event


Dealer list



Notice

  1. This event is limited to the use of the access code of the “2018 Digital Art Battle Platform CG Competition” invitation ticket to determine qualification to compete. Previous years will be invalid.
  2. The competition organizer and related partners have the right to publish or reprint artwork and photos uploaded by the contestants.
  3. According to the provisions of the Tax Law of the Republic of China, for those who win more than NT$2,000, the winner must pay 10% income tax. The organizer will withhold 10% income tax in advance; those with a winning value of NT$1,000 or more must be included in personal income when reporting annual tax; Individuals residing in the territory of the Republic of China (i.e. nationals and foreigners who have lived in the territory of the Republic of China for less than 183 days) shall be subject to a 20% deduction of the chance of winning tax, regardless of the amount of the winnings. A photocopy of the identity card is used as the basis for the declaration. All winning qualifications must be verified by the organizer before they are valid.
  4. If you require the organizer to provide proof of competing, you will need to fill out an application form and pay the cost of $100 TWD.
  5. Winning qualifications may not be transferred or sold to others.
  6. Entries that do not meet the requirement conditions will not be published online nor will there be any notice to the competitor of the reasons.
  7. If the registration procedure and specifications have changed, follow the latest announcements on the event website (digipaint.grandtech.com).