🏆 Texture Quest 2.0: Carnivorous Plant Edition

📅 Challenge Dates

Start: Mar 4, 2026

Deadline: Mar 31, 2026– 11:59 PM AEDT

Winner announced in 📢︱announcements

Featured in 🏅︱studio-highlights

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🌿 The Challenge

You'll receive a ready-to-go Carnivorous Plant model (UVs + cameras included).
Your mission is to texture it however you like.
Go for a realistic botanical horror.
Go stylized and vibrant.
Go alien and futuristic.
Materials, mood and storytelling are up to you.
You may use any software:
Substance 3D Painter, Blender, Mari, 3DCoat, Photoshop, or anything else.
The focus is creativity, material definition and presentation.

Special thanks to Dushko B. for creating the awesome model for this challenge!

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‍🧩How to Participate

This challenge will have its own temporary category:

🏆 Texture Quest – [Mar2026]

Inside that category:

📜︱challenge-info to Download asset + read rules.

🚧︱challenge-wips (forum) Create one thread per participant and share progress

💬︱challenge-chat Ask questions and discuss ideas.

📤︱challenge-submissions Post your final renders here (one submission per participant).

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📤 Final Submission Rules

You should submit one final entry (post), which can include up to 3 images.
Include at least one final render using the provided RENDER camera in square format at 2000px by 2000px so everyone is judged fairly from the same angle.
You’re welcome to include up to 2 additional renders from any angle to better showcase your work.

Use JPEG or PNG format.
Use the provided model as-is, no mesh edits.
No AI-generated textures, lighting, or renders.

Deadline: Mar 31, 2026– 11:59 PM AEDT
Late submissions will not be accepted.

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🧠Judging & Voting

Phase 1 – Jury Selection (Apr):

The Pablander Academy team will shortlist 6 finalists, based on:

• Creativity and Originality
• Material Definition & Technical Quality
• Presentation & Storytelling

Phase 2 – Community Vote (Apr):

‍Finalists will be posted in 📤︱challenge-submissions.

Voting will happen via emoji reactions. In case of a tie, the jury makes the final decision.

Winner revealed in 📢︱announcements

Featured in 🏅︱studio-highlights

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📸 Optional: Instagram

Share your progress or final entry using: #TextureQuestFinal and tag @pablander.academy