Here's the honest truth: Rigby2D can do far more than our demos show. We're developers, not artists. NILA and Rigbytron are simple rigs, and they don't come close to what meshes, IK, physics, skins and face poses can do in the hands of a real artist.
So we're handing the stage to you. Make the characters that show what Rigby2D can really do.
#Two tracks
Enter one or both. When you post, pick the matching tag:
- 🖌️ Art only: a layered character made for rigging. A PSD or SVG with one layer per body part, and the layers named (head, torso, arm_l…), so AutoRig can read them.
- 🦴 Art + Rig: a rigged, animated character as a
.rigbyfile. Show off meshes, IK, physics, skins, face poses or lip-sync.
No install needed: the browser editor has everything.
#You pick the winners
The posts with the most reactions and comments in #art-challenge win, one per track. So bring your friends, share your post everywhere, and get people talking. Every reaction and every comment counts.
- 📅 Open now, closes Sunday, December 7 (end of day, UTC)
- 🥇 Winners announced Sunday, December 14
#How to submit
- Join the Rigby2D Discord and open #art-challenge.
- Click New Post and use your character's name as the title.
- Pick a tag: Art only or Art + Rig.
- Attach a preview (an image or a GIF) and your source file (PSD, SVG or
.rigby). In the editor, File ▸ Share to Discord… turns your animation into a GIF for you. - Add this line to your post:
License: CC BY 4.0, by <your name>
#What winners get
- ⭐ Your character ships inside Rigby2D as an official demo in File ▸ Open demo, credited to you and seen by everyone who opens the editor.
- ⭐ The splash screen: your art greets every user when Rigby2D starts.
- ⭐ The rigby2d.com homepage, plus a gallery page that links to your portfolio.
- ⭐ An Artist Spotlight devlog: an interview about you and your work, in English and Chinese.
- ⭐ A starring role in the next release trailer.
- ⭐ Art only winner: we rig and animate your character and ship it, and you get the full rigged file.
- ⭐ Credited forever in Help ▸ About, plus the Featured Artist role on Discord.
- ⭐ Early access to new features before they're released.
#The rules
- Original work only. No AI-generated art.
- Entries are shared under CC BY 4.0: you keep your copyright, anyone can learn from and reuse your character, and every use credits you. That's how community demos stay free for everyone to study.
- One post per character. You can enter both tracks.
- Fake accounts or bought reactions disqualify an entry, and spam replies don't count.
#New to rigging?
Start with Help ▸ Tutorials in the editor (now in 简体中文 too): in about fifteen minutes it takes you from a layered drawing to a moving character. Ask anything in #help on Discord. We're there every day.
We can't wait to see what you make. 💙
Rigby2D is free and open source, and it stays that way. If it's useful to you, support the project or give it a star on GitHub.