Rookie Awards 2021
The 11th Annual Rookie Awards is open to young creatives in visual effects, animation, games, virtual reality, motion graphics and 3d visualisation. There is simply no better way to launch your career and start sharing your amazing work online.
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Winners
Rookie of the Year | 3D Animation
On behalf of the sponsors and judges, The Rookies would like to congratulate the following category winners.
Winner: Kim Hyun Jong
Consisting of corrupt Jedi, is a Inquisitor who judges whether the 'Force Sensitive' will serve the Darkness or face death in the name of the Empire and Emperor Palpatine.
I really like Star Wars, so I made a short film with the concept of Star Wars.
Star Wars has become a part of my life.
May the force be with you!
Runner up: Matthew Corsillo
This is my Senior Thesis project for Ringling College of Art and Design. I designed, modeled, textured, rigged, animated, lit, and composited all the characters and assets in the piece. I focused heavily on creating a unique story in a genre that I love and designing an off-beat, grotesque world to match it.
Highly Commended: Nils LEMONNIER
Here is a collection of my favorite projects of 2020
It include some side projects, and some work I did on my graduation movie "Time's Down".
During Time's Down, I had the oportunity to work with Yan WEITLAUFF, Valentin SOULARD, François BRUGALIERE and Jonathan BACHETER (miss you guys). I did all animations and rigs
Highly Commended: Arash Hadavi
This is my Mentorship project at the Think Thank Training center, it took almost a year to finish and It was a really challenging project. I've Used Elisabeth Daynes and John Gurche's artworks as my references, special thanks to my Mentor Marco Menco and all my friends at Think Tank.
https://polycount.com/discussion/2
Highly Commended: Zishu Xiang
"Pawn" is an animated short film directed by Zishu Xiang and produced at School of Visual Arts. In this project, I was responsible for all aspects related to the visual.
People's Choice: Jean-Baptiste Nollot
Character Animation Reel - 2020-2021 :
This is my Demoreel done at Gobelins, l'école de l'image for my last year of study !
Many talented people helped me during this year which allowed me to go further, develop my skills, push my limits and push my sense of detail.
I am very pleased to present you my work !
Finalists
Rookie of the Year | 3D Animation
On behalf of the sponsors and judges, The Rookies would like to congratulate the following category finalists.