Rookie Awards 2019 | Rookie of the Year

Visual Effects

Visual effects involves working with assets and elements that can be integrated with live-action footage and generated imagery to create photo realistic environments, characters, sets, props, animation and effects that would be dangerous, expensive, impractical, or simply impossible to capture on film.

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Winners

On behalf of the sponsors and judges, The Rookies would like to congratulate the following caetgory winners.

Winner

tomoe

Japan | Musashino Art University

I realised it when I was university sophomore.

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Runner Up

angelarico

United States | Gnomon School of Visual Effects

Two things happened that made me want to stop thinking about becoming a veterinarian. 1. I watched Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, and 2. I played God of War I.

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Highly Commended

deniskrez

Germany | Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

With 16 years I had my first contact with VFX. My brother showed me a funny photomontage which one of his friends created as a joke. He put my brothers face on the poster of Terminator 2 - the one with Arnold sitting on the motorcycle. It wasn't just funny - it blew my mind how believable that montage looked. From that day on I picked up every online tutorial I could find and started the long journey of learning to see the world in relation to motion, light, composition and colour.

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Highly Commended

joycekambey

Singapore | 3dsense Media School

I was exposed to video games when I was young, and was interested to pursue a career in game industry. However I enrolled into an animation school where I learn more about the film and animation industry. Ever since then I have decided I wanted to do visual effects and pursue a career in film industry.

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People's Choice

lkalbache

Canada | ArtFx

When I was young and fascinated by VFX in big movies, I was already looking for how to create an effect.

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Honorable Mentions

The following winners made a lasting impression on the judging panel and secured highly sort after Excellence Awards and Draft Selection badges.

davidmasovitch (Draft Selection) View Entry

jansenem (Draft Selection) View Entry

feliciafelicia (Draft Selection) View Entry

lucassinewe (Excellence Award) View Entry

ryooami (Draft Selection) View Entry

fermin (Draft Selection) View Entry

frederickvallee (Excellence Award) View Entry

davidesonsac (Draft Selection) View Entry

suswitch (Draft Selection) View Entry

yinfei (Draft Selection) View Entry

reneroy (Excellence Award) View Entry

anaisketterer (Excellence Award) View Entry

carlkrause (Rookie of the Year - Winner) View Entry

mireiajou (Excellence Award) View Entry

lucastebib (Draft Selection) View Entry

davidesasselli (Excellence Award) View Entry

edee (Draft Selection) View Entry

felixbfx (Draft Selection) View Entry

leocohen (Draft Selection) View Entry

yokmeyer (Draft Selection) View Entry

laurakar (Draft Selection) View Entry

linarosenowski (Draft Selection) View Entry

yamee (Draft Selection) View Entry

jamesw96 (Draft Selection) View Entry

dinasalama (Excellence Award) View Entry

masa (Draft Selection) View Entry

robertlilian (Draft Selection) View Entry

jerostique (Film of the Year - People's Choice) View Entry

maryagoncillo (Draft Selection) View Entry

mpro (Draft Selection) View Entry

fravenier (Excellence Award) View Entry

loiclemoine26 (Draft Selection) View Entry

vimeney (Draft Selection) View Entry

viniciusfavero (Rookie of the Year - Runner Up) View Entry

maximerichard (Draft Selection) View Entry

gabriellepehlivanides (Draft Selection) View Entry

mikaelandersson (Draft Selection) View Entry

gpasqual (Draft Selection) View Entry

jorgeyep95 (Scholarship - People's Choice) View Entry

jannsherrera (Draft Selection) View Entry

nicologranese (Excellence Award) View Entry

karinwolf (Draft Selection) View Entry

seffadjsamy (Draft Selection) View Entry

simonvdhende (Scholarship - People's Choice) View Entry

mateoandrijanic (Excellence Award) View Entry

tracyle (Draft Selection) View Entry

loiclemoine26 (Internship - Winner) View Entry

mariuspoersel (Excellence Award) View Entry

kevinwei (Draft Selection) View Entry

reichelsim (Draft Selection) View Entry

laylaviscu (Draft Selection) View Entry

nicologranese (Draft Selection) View Entry

tungwu (Draft Selection) View Entry

alextuma (Draft Selection) View Entry

annabruendermann (Draft Selection) View Entry

lennartbreede (Draft Selection) View Entry

lucassinewe (Draft Selection) View Entry

elliedtx (Excellence Award) View Entry

justincarlson (Draft Selection) View Entry

elmono17 (Excellence Award) View Entry

mateoandrijanic (Draft Selection) View Entry

kfavarger (Draft Selection) View Entry

iajhy (Excellence Award) View Entry

jhhvfx (Draft Selection) View Entry

calosanema (Excellence Award) View Entry

chojnackichris (Draft Selection) View Entry

neilcolaco (Draft Selection) View Entry

chromaflux (Draft Selection) View Entry

deongeun (Internship - Winner) View Entry

tyler (Draft Selection) View Entry

jannsherrera (Rookie of the Year - Winner) View Entry

simonvdhende (Draft Selection) View Entry

vitor (Draft Selection) View Entry

reneroy (Scholarship - Winner) View Entry

samanthagerhards (Draft Selection) View Entry

clementch (Draft Selection) View Entry

fravenier (Draft Selection) View Entry

ziyanzhang (Excellence Award) View Entry

fabriziomeli (Draft Selection) View Entry

stellanjoerdens (Draft Selection) View Entry

michaelrobson (Draft Selection) View Entry

francoisbrugalieres (Excellence Award) View Entry

armacostvfx (Draft Selection) View Entry

ziyanzhang (Draft Selection) View Entry

iajhy (Draft Selection) View Entry

muchuanhung (Draft Selection) View Entry

victorv2v (Draft Selection) View Entry

mikejonker (Draft Selection) View Entry

cyrielverkuijlen (Draft Selection) View Entry

jakpagan (Excellence Award) View Entry

keiranfroom (Excellence Award) View Entry

isaaczuren (Draft Selection) View Entry

dinasalama (Draft Selection) View Entry

telika (Internship - People's Choice) View Entry

lanro (Draft Selection) View Entry

joergschmidt (Draft Selection) View Entry

stfvfx (Draft Selection) View Entry

mariuspoersel (Draft Selection) View Entry

danielkupisinski (Draft Selection) View Entry

telika (Draft Selection) View Entry

olivr44 (Draft Selection) View Entry

angie (Draft Selection) View Entry

wrjaravaza (Draft Selection) View Entry

florianrigollet (Draft Selection) View Entry

rbenavent (Draft Selection) View Entry

edee (Excellence Award) View Entry

tomhearne (Draft Selection) View Entry

zorodesign (Excellence Award) View Entry

arashhadavii (Draft Selection) View Entry

nicologranese (Draft Selection) View Entry

nivle (Excellence Award) View Entry

mikahoeft (Excellence Award) View Entry

elliotthc (Draft Selection) View Entry

yuan (Draft Selection) View Entry

freezz (Excellence Award) View Entry

frederickvallee (Draft Selection) View Entry

jjsculpting (Draft Selection) View Entry

leonieetschel (Excellence Award) View Entry

gcazarine (Excellence Award) View Entry

ludwaar (Draft Selection) View Entry

kseniak (Excellence Award) View Entry

jaimie (Excellence Award) View Entry

elliedtx (Draft Selection) View Entry

tomhearne (Excellence Award) View Entry

constantinvilsmeier (Draft Selection) View Entry

melvinostensen (Draft Selection) View Entry

sophietaylor (Draft Selection) View Entry

mikko (Draft Selection) View Entry

woo (Draft Selection) View Entry

jerostique (Draft Selection) View Entry

denisshpakov (Draft Selection) View Entry

preetykraj (Draft Selection) View Entry

bradcomjeanart (Draft Selection) View Entry

h20s (Excellence Award) View Entry

stagg (Excellence Award) View Entry

kashifahmed (Draft Selection) View Entry

jeangrandgirard (Draft Selection) View Entry

georg (Draft Selection) View Entry

maximerecuyer (Excellence Award) View Entry

jaimie (Draft Selection) View Entry

asgerlanghoff (Excellence Award) View Entry

mistergozo (Draft Selection) View Entry

jamesw96 (Excellence Award) View Entry

seffadjsamy (Film of the Year - Highly Commended) View Entry

norasakal (Draft Selection) View Entry

yanourt (Draft Selection) View Entry

hillaryhuongvu (Draft Selection) View Entry

michmich (Draft Selection) View Entry

thomasongo (Draft Selection) View Entry

lightray (Draft Selection) View Entry

harrytp (Excellence Award) View Entry

robertmastriano (Draft Selection) View Entry

alec2002 (Excellence Award) View Entry

deongeun (Excellence Award) View Entry

kfavarger (Excellence Award) View Entry

tommiskell (Draft Selection) View Entry

georg (Scholarship - Winner) View Entry

luisomar (Excellence Award) View Entry

coltie12 (Draft Selection) View Entry

benjaminfrancois (Draft Selection) View Entry

georgiasaroj (Draft Selection) View Entry

maryagoncillo (Excellence Award) View Entry

loiclemoine26 (Excellence Award) View Entry

omar (Scholarship - People's Choice) View Entry

markosussinger (Excellence Award) View Entry

alextuma (Excellence Award) View Entry

vimeney (Excellence Award) View Entry

coltie12 (Excellence Award) View Entry

jhhvfx (Draft Selection) View Entry

ehumbert (Excellence Award) View Entry

alettagoedman (Draft Selection) View Entry

nicologranese (Excellence Award) View Entry

carycarygraham (Draft Selection) View Entry

mckinseyahn0817 (Draft Selection) View Entry

parthshah (Draft Selection) View Entry

darrendoviko (Excellence Award) View Entry

leejiamin (Draft Selection) View Entry

benjaminfrancois (Excellence Award) View Entry

guillaume (Excellence Award) View Entry

seffadjsamy (Excellence Award) View Entry

calosanema (Draft Selection) View Entry

wyl (Draft Selection) View Entry

guillaume (Draft Selection) View Entry

carlkrause (Draft Selection) View Entry

rickmajoor (Draft Selection) View Entry

ryooami (Internship - Winner) View Entry

francoisbrugalieres (Draft Selection) View Entry

vitor (Excellence Award) View Entry

mikahoeft (Draft Selection) View Entry

davidpferrer (Excellence Award) View Entry

mipply (Draft Selection) View Entry

luisomar (Draft Selection) View Entry

suleiman (Draft Selection) View Entry

neilcolaco (Excellence Award) View Entry

thirded (Draft Selection) View Entry

mbojanic (Draft Selection) View Entry

omar (Excellence Award) View Entry

briannl (Draft Selection) View Entry

jerostique (Excellence Award) View Entry

juriaanw (Draft Selection) View Entry

mariatsianti (Draft Selection) View Entry

hannesfaupel (Draft Selection) View Entry

maximilianlambrecht (Excellence Award) View Entry

vedaprashanth61 (Draft Selection) View Entry

davidpferrer (Draft Selection) View Entry

mozz (Draft Selection) View Entry

arthurtasquin (Draft Selection) View Entry

zhengxinghuang (Draft Selection) View Entry

mjbvfx (Draft Selection) View Entry

lanvanle (Draft Selection) View Entry

yunachenn (Draft Selection) View Entry

isaaczuren (Excellence Award) View Entry

shennamp (Draft Selection) View Entry

jorgeyep95 (Draft Selection) View Entry

timotheemaron (Draft Selection) View Entry

mananrb (Draft Selection) View Entry

anaisketterer (Draft Selection) View Entry

fermin (Excellence Award) View Entry

wyl (Excellence Award) View Entry

dmitryyehorov (Draft Selection) View Entry

sherrynpatt (Excellence Award) View Entry

stagg (Draft Selection) View Entry

dmitryyehorov (Excellence Award) View Entry

samybrutout (Scholarship - People's Choice) View Entry

tiqui (Draft Selection) View Entry

jhihyuan (Draft Selection) View Entry

viniciusfavero (Draft Selection) View Entry

calosanema (Scholarship - Winner) View Entry

arniharaldsson (Draft Selection) View Entry

mariatsianti (Internship - People's Choice) View Entry

ehumbert (Draft Selection) View Entry

aislinnalcaraz (Excellence Award) View Entry

lucastebib (Excellence Award) View Entry

maximilianlambrecht (Draft Selection) View Entry

vedaprashanth61 (Excellence Award) View Entry

jakpagan (Draft Selection) View Entry

thirded (Excellence Award) View Entry

haramjung (Draft Selection) View Entry

elysper (Draft Selection) View Entry

josezalez (Draft Selection) View Entry

thiagopaulino (Internship - Winner) View Entry

eduardolechuga (Draft Selection) View Entry

jeangrandgirard (Excellence Award) View Entry

laylaviscu (Excellence Award) View Entry

andreasav (Draft Selection) View Entry

andri (Draft Selection) View Entry

keiranfroom (Draft Selection) View Entry

mireiajou (Draft Selection) View Entry

hannesfaupel (Excellence Award) View Entry

ranganath (Excellence Award) View Entry

elmono17 (Draft Selection) View Entry

martinhumphrey (Draft Selection) View Entry

darrendoviko (Draft Selection) View Entry

viniciusfavero (Excellence Award) View Entry

mananrb (Excellence Award) View Entry

sherrynpatt (Draft Selection) View Entry

seangardner00 (Excellence Award) View Entry

joker3070 (Draft Selection) View Entry

francopizzani (Draft Selection) View Entry

leonieetschel (Draft Selection) View Entry

deongeun (Draft Selection) View Entry

dreamlessye (Draft Selection) View Entry

joseiuit (Draft Selection) View Entry

thiagopaulino (Draft Selection) View Entry

yeyoung (Draft Selection) View Entry

charly (Draft Selection) View Entry

rodrigoavila (Draft Selection) View Entry

davidpferrer (Internship - Winner) View Entry

asgerlanghoff (Draft Selection) View Entry

yinfei (Internship - Winner) View Entry

yamee (Excellence Award) View Entry

joergschmidt (Excellence Award) View Entry

jessegozo (Draft Selection) View Entry

rixh (Draft Selection) View Entry

medcalfw (Draft Selection) View Entry

riccardotinchelli (Draft Selection) View Entry

katelin (Draft Selection) View Entry

wrjaravaza (Scholarship - Winner) View Entry

nabiljabour (Draft Selection) View Entry

maxvanleeuwen (Draft Selection) View Entry

akshay (Draft Selection) View Entry

h20s (Draft Selection) View Entry

samybrutout (Draft Selection) View Entry

alfiebogush (Draft Selection) View Entry

francescomatteo (Draft Selection) View Entry

logankehoe (Draft Selection) View Entry

heliocarbonell (Draft Selection) View Entry

dmcdesign (Draft Selection) View Entry

sweval (Draft Selection) View Entry

jaeger (Excellence Award) View Entry

mbojanic (Excellence Award) View Entry

timstupak (Draft Selection) View Entry

robinadrb (Draft Selection) View Entry

seangardner00 (Draft Selection) View Entry

markosussinger (Draft Selection) View Entry

thomasongo (Scholarship - People's Choice) View Entry

philippsieben (Draft Selection) View Entry

yisun (Draft Selection) View Entry

dominikhaase (Draft Selection) View Entry

skrikalev (Draft Selection) View Entry

davidesasselli (Draft Selection) View Entry

ranganath (Draft Selection) View Entry

ludwaar (Excellence Award) View Entry

rixh (Excellence Award) View Entry

candy (Draft Selection) View Entry

isaacwatkins (Draft Selection) View Entry

parkdong (Draft Selection) View Entry

trsk (Draft Selection) View Entry

carldrifter (Draft Selection) View Entry

laylaviscu (Internship - Winner) View Entry

artiom3d (Draft Selection) View Entry

danielpaul (Draft Selection) View Entry

alec2002 (Draft Selection) View Entry

Category Brief

Entries should include content created for use with live action footage or backplates. The judges want to see artists that understand the level of detail required for assets and elements that are used to create a photorealistic shot.

We understand that not all Visual Effects work uses a live action plate, but the core brief here is that content must be able to be used in a live action film. The goal must be photo real, the goal must be for your contribution to help make the best possible finished result for a live action film. This doesn’t mean you have to show full integration into live action plates, the judges are looking for assets, elements and finished shots that could be used in a live action film.

Recommended artists

Rotoscoping, Matchmove, Modellers, Texture & Shading, Riggers, Lighters, Animators, Compositors, Editors, Effects TDs…

Important Notes

Combine all your best work into one single entry. Multiple entries with individual projects will not be reviewed.
If the end goal for your submitted work isn’t to be used in a live action film or to integrate with plates, this is not the category for you. Please submit work to 3D Animation category.
This category is open to matchmove and roto artists. Even though your final work doesn’t show completed shots we want you to share your knowledge of working with live action footage and setting up scenes. This work is just as important as final shots.
Character and Environment artists are allowed to submit content to this category. However please make sure it is targeted towards integrating into live action eg: photorealistic assets that can be used in a visual effects film. If your work is cartoony or stylised, please submit to 3D Animation category.
Share your process. If submitting a final compositing shot, make sure to include a breakdown of how it was created.