July 2025 Art Challenge - Post-Apocalyptic Survival
Post-Apocalyptic Survival
Artists should illustrate a world after a cataclysmic event, focusing on survival themes, makeshift shelters, and the remnants of civilisation.
• Ruined Landscapes
• Survivor Portraits
• Nature's Reclamation
• Survival Tools and Gear
• Emotional Landscapes
Musicians should evoke a range of emotions and atmospheres that reflect the desolation, tension, and resilience of survival in a changed world.
• Ambient Soundscapes
• Dystopian Electronic
• Orchestral Scores
• Percussive Rhythms
• Melancholic Melodies
• Cinematic Tension
Details:
Challenge and voting starts Tuesday, 1st July 2025.
Have all your entries submitted by end of the day on Tuesday, 22nd July 2025.
Voting closes one week after that at 11:59 PM Tuesday, 29th July 2025.
Three weeks to submit and 1 week to vote.
The submission with the most favourites by close-of-vote wins!
Contestants:
You may start working on a submission as soon as you like.
There is no rule against starting or even finishing a submission in advance.
Please don't submit anything to OGA until the submission period officially begins.
Voters:
You can 'favourite' as soon as you see a submission you like, no need to wait.
Be sure to tag your submissions with both a "Challenge" and "Post-Apocalyptic" tag.
Also, post a link to your submission in this thread as well.
Good luck to everyone!
Nice! I'll be sure to submit some art when it starts :)
Oh heck yeah! I am so in!
I just finished a project and was looking for something casual and fun to get some inspiration for new assets.
Good morning, afternoon and evening all!
The OpenGameArt Art Challenge July, 2025 has now begun.
Good luck to all contestants.
Tsorthan Grove
Amateur / Hobbyist Musician
Here's an idea I can see a lot of people enjoying: Zombified or skeletal versions of the LPC farm animals.
Just leaving this out here because I tried and failed many times to make animations look good in the LPC style :P
Is it ok to make more than one submission?
Hi RUOK
If I recall, in previous challenges, multiple entries are allowed. I see no reason to change this :)
Tsorthan Grove
Amateur / Hobbyist Musician
Awesome! Here is my music submission, considering some art assets too https://opengameart.org/content/ruok-apocalyptic-loopstracks
Here is my submission: Last Life
My entry, The World Fell Silent
I may yet add a couple more.
Tsorthan Grove
Amateur / Hobbyist Musician
Here's a quick art entry! Some 2D assets of improvised melee weapons.
Had fun making these. If I have time in a few days, I might make more items before the challenge time ends :)
Hi sorry this is my first entry to Open Game Art, so mistakes might have been made, but here is my entry https://opengameart.org/content/survivor-portraits-post-apocalyptic-surv...
Post-Apocalyptic currency needed for rad-away after you enjoy the contents of a fine radiated bottle of vault cola. :)
https://opengameart.org/content/bottle-cap
https://opengameart.org/content/post-apocalyptic-morning-afternoon-and-n...
I have submitted art to the July 2025 Art Challenge.
The entry phase has now officially closed! Over the next week, we invite the public to cast their votes.
Stay tuned, as the winner will be announced after July 29th. Thank you for your participation!
Tsorthan Grove
Amateur / Hobbyist Musician