Caravan. Shards of the old world

Theme

There's a huge and beautiful world at your disposal. Over time there is very little space left for people. There're still several gigantic cities for human beings, which are attacked from all sides by aggressive flora and fauna. Residents of cities are fighting as they can and trying to expand their possessions, but over the past 1000 years, humanity has lost almost half of the territory. Most of the remaining cities-kingdoms are located in extremely convenient places in terms of the resources necessary for life, but the most important part of human life is communication between cities, the exchange of goods, resources that have certain climatic zones, and, of course, knowledge.

All cities have joined forces in the desire to survive, knowledge of the past of mankind has been lost. One thing is clear: it was great. There are some ancient machines from the past, some of which are still working, but the technologies of their creation are no longer available to people. All that they can now is to use the remnants of former greatness and try to find answers to their questions.

We have to lead one of the caravans, which is sent to the most technologically advanced city. The path of the caravan will not be easy, it will pass through dangerous and uncharted lands of the abandoned cities of the ancient habitats.

Prizes

1 place

$1,580 from Playrix
50% discount on any course from RENDERU.COM during a year
VIP account on RENDERU.COM
an interview for Render Magazine
50 raiting points to your account on RENDERU.COM

2 place

$790 from Playrix
30% discount on any course from RENDERU.COM during a year
VIP account on RENDERU.COM
a publication of work in Render Magazine
30 raiting points to your account on RENDERU.COM

3 place

$475 from Playrix
30% discount on any course from RENDERU.COM during a year
VIP account on RENDERU.COM
a publication of work in Render Magazine
20 raiting points to your account on RENDERU.COM

The important point is that the winner will recieve the money directly from RENDERU.COM, which in itself is a guarantee for the participant. To receive the prize, you must transfer the rights to your work to the organizer of the competition, after signing the contract, the money will be transferred to the winner’s account. The payment of the prize is counted as a reward for the transfer of rights to the work.

Interesting artists can be offered the opportunity to work on studio projects, this is not related to prize places, you can get an offer without even entering the TOP 10 works.

Challenge Description

It is necessary to depict a spectacular and memorable moment of the caravan journey: attack, chase, arrival in the city, ancient location, overnight in the gigantic forest, meeting of caravans, etc. You can choose both dynamic and steady moments. It is necessary to place special emphasis on the architecture, characters and uniqueness of each traveler. Actively play on the contrasts between the inhabitants of different cities and on the differences of their cultures. Views of the grand panorama of the city on the horizon are welcome, as an example is a dynamic caravan against the backdrop of a monumental city. But remember, we give maximum freedom to the participants and denote only the general framework.

Locations:

Red desert
Jungle
Snowy mountains
Great Lakes Plains
Ancient forest

Between or in the center of locations are located city-kingdoms. You can choose any zones or area between zones, if it helps to make your work more diverse.

Deliverables

Submitted work must be in high-rez .jpg format not less than 1200px on smaller side.
It is allowed to use any convenient toolkit and software to achieve the highest quality result, but mostly 2D since it is a 2D Challenge.
The description of the work is desirable, but optional. Do not forget to attach a link to the Challenge WIP in the description. If you forget to do it, you can easily fix it using the edit menu on the page of your work.

Challenge Rules

To participate, you need to start a WIP theme for 2D artists on this forum and update it once a week. WIP is needed to control the workflow, it disciplines and help to keep track on what you're doing, protects your work idea from plagiarism, and also provides an opportunity to get an advice from other artists.
To take part in the Challenge, you must send the work to the Challenge gallery.
In case of victory, in order to receive a monetary reward, you must give the rights to your work to the organizer of the competition. Payment of remuneration shall be counted as remuneration for the transfer of rights to your work. You still could use your work for your portfolio.
The competition is international, but the participant must be at least 18 years old.
To the description of the work you need to add a small story.
In case of plagiarism your work will be banned.
The work sent to the Challenge should be made for this Challenge only. You can not send work made for other competitions or at another time.
If you have a question, you can ask it in a topic of the Challenge Forum.

Important! Any work submitted to the Challenge is moderated for compliance with the technical level. All participants will be notified by email about whether their work has been selected. In our experience, the absolute majority of work is selected.

IMPORTANT! The decision on the winners is taken exclusively by The Judges, users' vote reveals only the sympathy of the audience and does not affect the decision of The Judges. The purpose of the competition is to find talanted artists and work with them on new projects of the company.

Challenge Dates

The duration of the Challenge is 2 months.
Submissions start on June 17 and end on August 11, 2019. Please note that the selection is not instant. Your work may be at the selection for several weeks, or may pass quickly, but by the end of the term 100% of the works will pass moderation.
Winners will be announced on August 18, 2019.
It's not likely that these dates will be changed, but the organizer reserves the right to do so.