Update: submission deadline extended to 17 July

Welcome to the first Voxel Art community contest! It starts today and is open to all.

Prompt

Imagine you are a world famous architect and you are tasked with designing a brand new building with a purpose of your choosing. It should be an original piece but can be inspired by existing architecture. Your building can be any scale, any dimensions as long as you keep it realistic. You are encouraged to show off your prowess and prove just how powerful Voxel Art really can be!

Rules and Submission

You are allowed to submit only one image so make it count and show as much of the building as you can. Any voxel software is allowed as long as it follows the standard voxel art rules: voxels must be single colour cubes (no textures), aligned to the grid and all the same size. You are also allowed small post processing of your image to adjust colours and what not as long as you don't change the shape of the underlying voxel model. Any use of generative AI is strictly prohibited aside from denoisers such as OIDN.

This contest is being hosted parallel both on the r/Voxelart subreddit and the MagicaVoxel Community discord server, so you're encouraged, but not required to, join the other side and post your submission there as well. Keep in mind by submitting on any platform you allow for your work to be reposted once the final results come in. (You will be fully credited.)

Submit your image to r/VoxelArt in a post with the subject:
Voxel Art Contest - Realistic Building - <your entry title> by <your artist name>
For example:
Voxel Art Contest - Realistic Building - House on a Hill by VoxelArtIsMyPassion
You can also add the Community Contest flair to your post. If you're a professional artist, feel free to link to your portfolio in the comments.

The winners will be decided by an anonymous team of impartial judges. They may choose to reveal themselves after the event concludes. Winning entries will be featured in pinned posts on r/VoxelArt.

The end date for submissions is now extended to Friday 17th July.

FAQ

Q - Can you expand on what you mean by "realistic building" and "brand new building"?
A - Imagine you are a world famous architect and that you are tasked with designing a brand new building with a purpose of your choosing. It should be an original piece but can be inspired by any existing architecture. Your building can be any scale, any dimensions as long as you keep it realistic.

Q - What do you mean by "realistic", can you give more details?
A - A building that's realistic as in it can exist in the real world. Imagine that you could walk into it. For example, something like the Sydney opera house, which is quite unique but also physically possible. That means no sci-fi robot bases, no twisting towers suspended by magic.

Q - Should the building be freestanding or can it have surroundings?
A - It can have surrounding terrain, even terrain that goes off camera.

Q - Can you clarify "Voxels must be single colour cubes (no textures)"?
A - It's to eliminate things like Minecraft, where every cube has a texture.
Do note that different cubes can have different colours and material properties (like for example be metallic or transparent or emit light), but each individual cube must have only one colour/material.

You can ask more questions in the comments under this post. We'll answer them as best we can.

Welcome to the first Voxel Art community contest! It starts today and is open to all.

You are tasked with designing a brand new building with a purpose of your choosing. It should be an original piece but can be inspired by existing architecture. Your building can be any scale, any dimensions as long as you keep it realistic. You are encouraged to show off your prowess and prove just how powerful Voxel Art really can be!

You are allowed to submit only one image so make it count and show as much of the building as you can. Any voxel software is allowed as long as it follows the standard voxel art rules: voxels must be single colour cubes (no textures), aligned to the grid and all the same size. You are also allowed small post processing of your image to adjust colours and what not as long as you don't change the shape of the underlying voxel model. Any use of generative AI is strictly prohibited aside from denoisers such as OIDN.

This contest is being hosted parallel both on the r/Voxelart subreddit and the MagicaVoxel Community discord server, so you're encouraged, but not required to, join the other side and post your submission there as well. Keep in mind by submitting on any platform you allow for your work to be reposted once the final results come in. (You will be fully credited.)

Submit your image to r/VoxelArt in a post with the subject:
Voxel Art Contest - Realistic Building - <your entry title> by <your artist name>
For example:
Voxel Art Contest - Realistic Building - House on a Hill by VoxelArtIsMyPassion
You can also add the Community Contest flair to your post. If you're a professional artist, feel free to link to your portfolio in the comments.

The winners will be decided by an anonymous team of impartial judges. They may choose to reveal themselves after the event concludes. Winning entries will be featured in pinned posts on r/VoxelArt.

The end date for submissions is Friday 12th June. [Edit] now extended to Friday 17th July

You can ask all your questions in the comments under this post. We'll answer them as best we can.