It's time to put on your thinking caps! Autodesk is calling all artists to design the animated vacation of a lifetime for Gwen and Dave - new characters from "Gwen & Dave," an animated short created by Autodesk and Hatch Studios.

Entrants are encouraged to submit an imaginative vacation short film and/or postcard using a combination of assets from the film and one or more products from the Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite Ultimate, including 3ds Max, Maya, Softimage, MotionBuilder, Mudbox or Sketchbook Designer. The contest will run from today to May 15 and is open to residents of US and Canada (excluding Puerto Rico and Quebec).

Grand Prizes will be awarded to the best submissions and range from a license of the Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite Ultimate and Lenovo ThinkPad W530 Mobile Workstation to a license of Autodesk Mudbox and an NVIDIA Quadro card.

For more information on contest guidelines and the submission process, check out the contest details on AREA: area.autodesk.com/contest.

Source: Autodesk