STOR: SkillsUSA, VEX, Esports: 3D Visualization & Animation 2025

This prompt is called, "The Impossible Delivery"

Your team’s mission is to create a 15 to 30-second animated short about a delivery person tasked with delivering an unusual and mysterious package to an extraordinary location under challenging circumstances.

Requirements:

Story:
- The delivery person (human, robot, or creature) must face at least two unexpected obstacles (e.g., a collapsing bridge, a mischievous animal, or an alien invasion).
- End with a twist: what’s inside the package must surprise the audience.

The animation should have a minimum of 15 seconds, with a max of 30 seconds, 3 High quality Still frames should be rendered to show off lighting and materials. Rendering the full animation is not a requirement for this project. Some examples of rigid characters are attached.

Be creative. Students will be graded on complexity of design, story, and likeability of character/s. Animation will be judged by lifelikeness and believability. Try your best to utilize the 12 animation principles. CLICK HERE

You will create:

A character concept sheet (Profile & front view)
A Storyboard showing the basic character designs, environment and the story of the impossible delivery.
3 HQ still renders
A final render (Does not have to be final render quality as you will probably run out of time) but must show final animation and texturing.

NOTES:

Animation must be 15 to 30 seconds.
Video must be at least 720p.
Extra credit for music and sfx which add to the story
We should be rooting on the delivery person (thing)
We should be surprised by the actual delivery.
The environment should immerse us in the story and not bring our attention away from the main character.

Upload your storyboard, character concept mockups, final render + High Quality frame renders to Google Drive Folder and submit link here.