{"id":804548,"date":"2023-01-20T13:45:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T21:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/us\/?p=804548"},"modified":"2025-04-07T13:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T20:15:09","slug":"winners-kitbash3ds-minerva-3d-art-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/winners-kitbash3ds-minerva-3d-art-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"The winners of KitBash3D&#8217;s &#8216;Mission to Minerva&#8217; 3D art challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>What was Mission to Minerva?<\/h2>\n<p>In late 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/kitbash3d.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KitBash3D<\/a> challenged 3D artists to use some of their Kits and tutorials to <a href=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/us\/your-mission-create-a-new-settlement-in-the-minerva-galaxy-with-kitbash3d\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">build futuristic settlements in the fictional \"Minerva\" galaxy<\/a>. And they stepped up -- more than 32,000 Artists, from 174 countries, created work to contribute to the challenge!<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/us\/the-incredible-settlements-being-created-in-the-minerva-galaxy-with-kitbash3d\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crew of expert judges<\/a> from Industrial Light and Magic, NASA, and more looked through the thousands of entries, and the challenge winners have been decided on! Prizes were awarded in two categories: Concept Art and In-Motion.<\/p>\n<h2>Challenge entry highlights<\/h2>\n<p>Before we get to the winners, here are some of the highlights of the thousands of entries in both categories.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_video et_pb_video_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_video_box\"><iframe title=\"Minerva Concept Art Highlight Reel\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ees-MLz4jwk?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_video et_pb_video_1\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_video_box\"><iframe title=\"Minerva In-Motion Highlight Reel\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j_VlgQtPRNA?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Concept Art Winner: Gavin Manners<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image_sticky\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/01\/Mission-to-Minerva-Winners-Gavin-Manners2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Mission-to-Minerva-Winners-Gavin-Manners2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/01\/Mission-to-Minerva-Winners-Gavin-Manners2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/01\/Mission-to-Minerva-Winners-Gavin-Manners2-980x490.jpg 980w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/01\/Mission-to-Minerva-Winners-Gavin-Manners2-480x240.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-808918\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_2  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>\"Station Resupply\"<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Check out Gavin's work on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gavinmanners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artstation.com\/gavinmanners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ArtStation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the other top-judged Concept Art submissions, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/kitbash3d.com\/pages\/minerva\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KitBash3D's website<\/a>. For an interview with Gavin and the other winners, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/kitbash3d.com\/a\/blog\/mission-to-minerva-winners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">their winners' blog post<\/a>!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_3  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>In-Motion Winner: Oren Cloud\u00a0<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_video et_pb_video_2\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_video_box\"><iframe title=\"Secret Moon By Orencloud\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MjBigRsQG68?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_4  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>\"Secret Moon\"<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_5  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Check out Oren's work on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/orencloud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artstation.com\/orencloud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ArtStation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the other top-judged Concept Art submissions, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/kitbash3d.com\/pages\/minerva\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KitBash3D's website<\/a>. For an interview with Oren and the other winners, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/kitbash3d.com\/a\/blog\/mission-to-minerva-winners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">their winners' blog post<\/a>!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_3 et_pb_equal_columns et_pb_gutters2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_6  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>The challenge is over -- but the creativity isn't.<\/h2>\n<p>The Mission to Minerva challenge is over, but the Kits and tutorials are still available! <a href=\"https:\/\/kitbash3d.com\/pages\/minerva\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Head on over to KitBash3D<\/a> to take a look at all the winners -- and scroll down to the bottom to download the free Mission to Minerva kit as well as free training tools for Blender and Unreal Engine 5.<\/p>\n<p>Mission to Minerva is just <a href=\"https:\/\/kitbash3d.com\/collections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one of the dozens of incredible kits from KitBash3D<\/a>. Check out the rest of their offerings and the gorgeous, innovative 3D work that their kits make possible!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_divider et_pb_divider_0 et_pb_divider_position_center et_pb_space\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The winners of KitBash3D&#8217;s Mission to Minerva 3D art challenge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":808919,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2438,2318,2331,2345],"tags":[98,336,181,2365,642,346],"class_list":["post-804548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-3d","category-creative-inspiration","category-design","category-gaming","tag-3d","tag-blender","tag-challenge","tag-kitbash3d","tag-unreal","tag-unreal-engine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/808919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}