Contest Specifications

 This summer we are introducing a new kind of Indiana Uploaded contest type called a series competition. A series competition will consist of multiple skills contests over time that eventually make up a final creation. Each student who wishes to win the series must compete and submit work to each of the individual contests in the series. The only additional requirement to this competition is that you must share a minimum of 5 critiques on current or past submissions on the site to be eligible. Here's how the first contest will work:

The 2011 "Sharpen Your Skills" Summer Series consists of three individual competitions that will span over the course of the summer and is sponsored by Wiley Publishing. All competition prizes for this series will be your choice of books from the tecnhnology section of www.wiley.com. Only one contest will be open for submission at one time, but you are encouraged to think ahead of each step and work ahead in order to keep in mind the series final. In this case, a short animation will be the outcome of your hard work throughout the summer. And we cannot wait to see what you all come up with! Below is the schedule for the summer.

1. Character Design (open June 1 through June 21)

• 1st Place: 2 books from Wiley

2. Environment Design (open June 21 through July 11)

• 1st Place: 2 books from Wiley

3. Short Animation (open July 11 through August 8)

• 1st Place: 3 books from Wiley
• 2nd Place: 2 books from Wiley
• 3rd Place: 1 book from Wiley

Final Animation Description

The final round of the three contests for the Summer "Sharpen Your Skills" Series is a culmination of the character and environment design contests to make up your final animation. These can be created using 2D, 3D, stop motion, or any other style of animation appropriate to make your animation masterpiece!

Remember, to use the characters and environments you created during the series to complete this last competition, which is a final short animation of any theme of your choice. We're giving you creative freedom on this one, but here are some suggestions for animation inspiration and reference:

11 Second Club: http://bit.ly/oJZa5r
Animation Arena: http://bit.ly/qNGGk1
Animation Buffet: http://bit.ly/p5Su7f
Creative Crash: http://bit.ly/qnQj1n