“Can we just go home? There’s nothing here, only sand and rocks and…sand and rocks and…”

“Shush! Just follow up. I can smell them… Come on, come on little human, come out and play!”

“It’s getting late and my favorite show is about to start… Let’s go home… I don’t want to miss my favorite show…”

“WOULD YOU CUT IT?! Stupid fool! Because of you, we have never caught a human! Don’t you get it ?! If we can catch a human, just ONE, we will be rich! And then you can buy the whole DVD collection of your show! So be quiet and follow! Wait, do you hear anything?”

“No…”

“Never mind. That way, let’s go!”

(Off screen voice, Tiffany.)

Today’s probably not my best day. When we were passing the Deadwind Valley, two Kun scouts showed up from nowhere. Those dirty bastards invaded our planet, capture the earthlings and sell us to other Patron races as slaves. I pulled Knuckle back behind a pile of rocks before they spot us. Knuckle wanted to take the scouts out. I gave him a sign to halt.

We can take them alright. The uplifted Neo-chimps are extremely fast in action, giving the Kun huge headache in short-range combat. But one of earthling’s secret underground shelters is only a mile away from here. Open fire would attracts more enemies and put the shelter in danger. I can not take that risk.

Hiding in the shadows we wait, silently.


Uplifted Universe is my third CG challenge and surely the most difficult one. Two month duration is pretty tight, specially when you have two jobs, Monday to Friday finish at 10 pm. Special thank goes to Donglu Yu, Who kept me going from day one. You can check the final of her challenge work here .

Here are the characters in Lambert Shading:





Turntable video:
here

A quick making of:


Hope you enjoy it. And good luck to all finished entries.

Jack. Z