Winners of 3D Artist Mag’s Pet Monster Contest!
It’s time! Find out who has been lucky enough to win their very own 3D printer, courtesy of MakerBot Industries…
We collaborated with 3D Artist for the competition and giveaway and were charged with judging the 48 fantastic submissions. It was a tough decision, but we have winners!
The competition asked entrants to design their own pet monster – this could be an adorable companion or a fearsome critter; the idea was to encourage artists to use their imagination, to be innovative within a small footprint.
Artists could use any 3D software to design their monsters, but they had to generate a manifold (watertight) mesh suitable for 3D printing. This meant things like feathers, small joints and thin clothing was going to be a particular challenge.
Characters also had to be designed within 100x100x120mm, with the ability to have different parts printed in different colours. ‘Makerbotability’ was an important part of the design – and judging – process.
Runners up
Our three runners up have each had their designs 3D printed at the MakerBot Industries HQ, soon to be shipped to the talented creators. We can’t wait to see the photos of the winners with their new 3D-printed pets!
Runner up #1: Ben Malouf – aka BenitoSanduchi – with Fat Bunbun. 3D Artist says: “What a monstrously greedy bunny? We could easily imagine this little fella sat on the 3D Artist desks, munching away. Just as long as he sticks to carrots – we’ve got first dibs on the chocolate biscuits!”
Runner up #2: T. Shawn Johnson – aka Whystler – with Teacup Dragon Puppet. 3D Artist says: “This is such a clever idea! While a dragon isn’t a new concept, it’s been scaled down to live in a teacup designed to move: turn her head and make her speak using a tiny rod below her body.”
Runner up #3: Matt Thorup – aka Redbeard – with Pug Monster Pet. 3D Artist says: “This is adorable: cute from the front, nasty on the reverse! We love his quizzical expression and helpless pose – can we adopt him, please?”
And the winner is…
Andreas Böhler – aka andreas – with Pet monster Blobby. Andreas submitted a handful of charismatic monsters, making the hardest part of the judging process choosing which of his entries was the ultimate winning design!
Andrea submitted a lot of awesome monsters to the contest! This one prints really well and got a lot of likes on Thingiverse!
Check out a bunch of other wonderful entries on Thingiverse.
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6 Comments so far
Joe Larson
Kinda sad that 2 of the 3 runners up, who’s prize is a print of their designs, already have 3D printers and already have prints of their designs.
But I can’t argue with the winner. Would have been my choice too.
Andreas Böhler
Thank you very much, this means alot to me!
I’ve enjoyed the contest very much and I’m really happy that I’ll now be able to print my 3D models. I’m also looking forward to print the useful and silly stuff the Thingiverse community came up with and share some of my own.
Congratulations and greetings to Ben, Shawn and Matt, you’ve made great designs! And thanks to Joe – you’ve made some great models, too!
And a special thank you to all the people at Thingiverse that helped us to make printer friendly models!
Best regards,
Andreas
MtDon
Congratulations Andreas.
It would have been a big surprise if you didn’t win. I am a little surprised that your “Pet monster Valentine,” or one of its derivatives, didn’t win.
– Don
Redbeard
Congrats Andreas! You had many sweet designs, well deserved!
And congrats to the other runners up as well! This was a super cool contest, and I can’t wait to see my model printed. Thanks again Makerbot!
Andreas Böhler
Thanks Don and Matt! I actually wasn’t that sure about the outcome of this contest as I’ve seen some great stuff from other contestants as well.
Joe Larson
Andreas mentioned this, but I feel it needs to be emphasized: A special nod should go out to the community who kept on top of the entries and were diligent in printing them out for those who didn’t have printers to help them refine their designs.