Rookie Awards 2022
The 12th 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: Alexandria Siah
"The End" is my senior thesis film. I am entirely responsible for all aspects from story creation to final rendering.
Synopsis: After watching her gallant knight die before their wedding day, it’s up to the determined Princess Hilderose to take matters into her own hands and earn back her happily ever after.
Runner Up: Kate Vaillant
A senior thesis film from Ringling College of Art and Design by Kate Vaillant. A story about a boy who is convinced that his black cat is possessed by a demon.
Highly Commended: Caecilia-Isabella Glaas
This is my graduation showreel and a collection of the characters I created over the past year, whilst studying Time-Based Media (BA) at the University of Applied Sciences in Mainz.
Highly Commended: Claudia C. Lühl
Here a collection of my latest projects. I dared getting out of my comfort zone of real-time characters and make a more complex one with multiple UDIMs, a groom done in xGen and rendered in V-Ray.
I've learned a lot from each project!
Highly Commended: Michael Assous
Coming from a film background with a passion for fine art especially anatomy, life drawing and traditional sculptures I have develop a serious interest for hyper-realism, digital humans and character art which became my main focus during my education alongside grooming, the study of light and composition
Highly Commended: Diane NUTY
I am happy to present you my work as a character artist for the TRIBES short film as the graduation project for New3dge school, as well as a personal project I did on my side.
Highly Commended: Thomas Proux
This is the reel with which I graduated from Gnomon, School of Visual Effects. I focused heavily on creating complete scenes that tell unique stories.
Highly Commended: Frans Bellart
Hello everybody! This is my first animation demo reel composed of the work (cartoon, acting, pantomime, combo, walk cycle… ) done during my training at Animum 3D School. I was able to do the environment, textures, lighting, render and compo in my free time. Al feedback are welcome! Good luck!
People's Choice: Jaehyun Yoo
A curious kid walks into a mysterious Japanese-style arcade. Unaware that something is watching him, he tries his best to win a robot, the epitome of ‘cool’ in his eyes. Unfortunately, he always ends up with a cute teddy bear. Disappointed, the boy trashes the bear, but it always finds its way back to him.
Finalists
Rookie of the Year | 3D Animation
On behalf of the sponsors and judges, The Rookies would like to congratulate the following category finalists.