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THE CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED! See results here.
It’s time to crack open something big.
Our “Packshot” contest was one of our most successful events ever, so today, we’re leveling up. Welcome to the Energy Drink Packshot Design Contest.
In the professional world, clients don’t just want a photo of their product, they want a feeling to be captured. They want power, speed, and electricity. For this challenge, we are moving away from photorealism and diving into High-Energy Stylized packshot render.
The Brief
Your mission is to design and render a premium “Energy Drink” hero shot.
But there’s a twist: You aren’t just lighting a can. You’re using some free assets we provide to create a powerful energy. Whether it’s a swirling vortex of neon mist, a shockwave of flavor, or an electric aura, we want to see the “energy” in the energy drink. Vibrant colors, energy, power, caffeine!
The Packshot 2 Starter Kit (FREE)
We’ve put together a specialized kit to give you a start. Download it now to get:
- Two VDB Smoke Assets: Plume and Ground Fog.
- An Electric element from our Electricity Pack.
- A Magical Power Stream from this pack.
- Two Still Water Splashes from this pack. (Full Packs on site are animated)
- A VDB Cloud still from this pack.
(If you have never used VDBs, head here and watch a few tutorials on this page to get an idea: www.thepixellab.net/tutorials)
The Prizes
We’re giving away over $1,000 in pro level tools:
- 🥇 1st Place: 10 Free Products of your choice from The Pixel Lab + A dedicated feature on our social channels.
- 🥈 2nd Place: Any 5 Pixel Lab products of your choice.
- 🥉 3rd Place: Any 3 Pixel Lab products of your choice
How to Enter
- Download the Starter Kit.
- Create your render. Use at least 3 of the included assets. You can use all if you want! You can use a 3D energy drink can or bottle from anywhere you want. There are some free ones in the C4D browser. There are other free ones online, or you can create your own. You can brand it however you want, you can even create fictional art/branding on the can if you want a fun challenge! If you brand it with Pixel Lab branding, I won’t complain! 🙂
- E-mail the render to us at joren@thepixellab.net You can send a still at 1920×1080 or vertical.
- Tag us and use the hashtag #PixelLab if you post on your socials
The Rules:
- Must be rendered in a 3D engine (C4D, Blender, Unreal, etc.).
- No “Text-to-Image” AI. You can use AI for the wrapper, or background elements, or to upres etc. but not for the main feature. This is a contest to hone 3D skills! We may request a clay render of render of your scene if you are selected as a winner to keep this fair for everyone!
- Deadline: All entries must be submitted by February 14th.
Have fun and learn something new!
This contest is all about learning new skills. If you have never made a packshot render showing off a “product” this will be a great addition to your portfolio and will show clients that they can trust you with their products! AI is really cool, but clients want control so you have to show them you can give them anything they want and have the ability to modify and tweak anything they request.
Be creative, use new tools, learn something new, push your craft, and make something filled with vibrant energy. Good luck!
We will be posting the winning results on our social channels and website and tagging the authors so if you want to have your socials highlighted make sure to send that info when you send in your entry!