The MSI Creator Awards honours the most creative and outstanding creators from all around the world. Create the vision of your utopia for the Metaverse. Submit your entries that fit one of the categories: Graphic Design, Film and 3D Creation.

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Judging Criteria

All entries will be judged based upon criteria including originality, creative skill, variety of content, concept, creativity as well as thematic integrity in each category.

Prize

Finalists’ artwork will be published on the MSI Creator Awards Website for the public to vote for winning the extra special prize. Find more prizes in each category on the official website.

Competition Catagories:

Graphic Design

Open to Poster, Comic, Game Art, 2D Concept Art, Motion graphics, and other Digital Graphics.

Your entries must follow the following requirements:

•  Must be JPEG, JPG, PNG format.
• The resolution should be 1920*1080.
• Also, the file size must be smaller than 5 MB.

3D Creation

Open to 3D Animation, 3D Concept Art created by MAYA, Cinema4D and Blender.

Your entries must follow the following requirements:

• Entries must be .mp4, .mov, .mpeg, .mpg, or .avi format.
• The resolution should be 1920*1080.
• Also, the length should be within 1 minute
• the entries must be uploaded to YouTube or Vimeo.
• Entrants must provide us with an URL link with a thumbnail and a 5-sec preview video that each of the files is no larger than 1 MB.
• For image entries, entries must be JPEG, JPG, PNG format. The resolution should be 1920*1080. File size must be smaller than 5 MB

Flim

Your entries must follow the following requirements:

• Open to Short Film, Music Video, Documentary, Stop Motion, and other video types that involved Filming and Digital Editing.
• Entries must be .mp4, .mov, .mpeg, .mpg, or .avi format.
• The resolution should be 1920*1080.
• The length should be within 1 minute
• You must upload the entries to YouTube or Vimeo.
• Entrants must provide us with an URL link with a thumbnail and a 5-sec preview video that each of the files is no larger than 1 MB

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Submission Rules

1. Open to entries created within 1 year.
2. Entries must relate to the competition theme
3. Moreover, they must be original works.
4. You can submit multiple entries in a single category.

Important Dates

• March 1, 2022: Submission Open
• May 30, 2022: Submission Close
• June 15, 2022: Finalists Announcement & Voting Start
• June 30, 2022: Voting End
• July 15, 2022: Winner Announcement – MSI Creator Awards 2022 Ceremony