Rthro Design Contest

Rthro Design Contests, also known as Avatar Design Contests, are contests in which users are encouraged to create original drawings that feature the use of the Rthro scaling options. The winners of each contest are rewarded with $500 and their submission is published in the marketplace for users to purchase and wear. The first contest started on December 12, 2018,First contest announcement: https://blog.roblox.com/2018/12/rthro-design-contest/ and ended on January 2, 2019. The second contest started on July 12, 2019,Second contest announcement: https://blog.roblox.com/2019/07/rthro-design-contest-back/ and ended on August 2, 2019. The third contest started on March 31, 2020Third contest announcement: https://blog.roblox.com/2020/03/spring-2020-avatar-design-contest/ and ended on April 14, 2020. The fourth contest started on January 29, 2021Fourth contest announcement: https://blog.roblox.com/2021/01/winter-2021-avatar-design-contest/ and ended on February 19, 2021.
On February 8, 2019, the winners for the first contest were announced.First contest winners: https://blog.roblox.com/2019/02/rthro-design-contest-winners/ The first bundle, Amory the Undead Necromancer, was released on the same day.
On August 30, 2019, the winners for the second contest were announced.Second contest winners: https://blog.roblox.com/2019/08/summer-2019-rthro-design-contest-winners/. The first bundle, Bec the Fire God, was released on October 25, 2019.
On May 14, 2020, the winners for the third contest were announced.Third contest winners: https://blog.roblox.com/2020/05/spring-2020-avatar-design-contest-winners/ On June 17, 2020, another winner was edited into the announcement blog post.
On July 23, 2021, the winners of the fourth contest were announced.
These contests are hosted on Twitter and required players to send their submissions as a reply to their official contest tweets.
== Participation ==
In order for users to participate in a contest, they have to either use paper, a 2D drawing program or a 3D modeling program to make a sketch of an Rthro model that they would like to see in the catalog. They then have to reply to the official contest tweet with their submission. Users are not allowed to steal online pictures or send in someone else's drawing(s). They are also not allowed to send in copyrighted images, as they would be disqualified. Meme and joke submissions were also disregarded.
== Judging criteria ==
Rthro designs are judged and evaluated based on three criteria:
=== Originality ===
It should display a style unique to Roblox.
=== Appeal ===
It should display the fun personality of Roblox.
=== Creativity ===
A design should be something no one has seen before.
== Winners ==
* First
* Second
* Third
* Fourth
== Videos ==
thumb|center|400px|A video uploaded to the official Roblox YouTube channel showing the first Rthro Design Contest winners.
thumb|center|400px|A video uploaded to the Roblox Blog showing the second Rthro Design Contest winners.
thumb|center|400px|A video uploaded to the official YouTube channel showing the third Rthro Design Contest winners.
== References ==
== External links ==
* A longer version of the contest rules, archived on The Internet Archive
Category:2018 contests