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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.

Rookie Awards 2022
Round of applause for our sponsors

Winners
Career Opportunities | Ninja Theory

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

Winner: Diane NUTY

Diane NUTY - Diane NUTY - The Rookies 2022
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.
Winner

Runner Up: Vanel Wafo

Vanel Wafo -  Afro-Nippon and Punk
These works are personal projects realized during my free time of school education.
Runner Up

Highly Commended: Garrick Ho

Garrick Ho - California Garage
Super excited to show you my latest project, a vintage mechanic garage inspired by games like GTA and Burnout Paradise. I used 2 main reference images as the foundation for the interior and exterior composition. Rendered in Unreal, textured in Substance, modeled in Blender, Zbrush and Houdini.
Highly Commended

People's Choice: Vanel Wafo

Vanel Wafo -  Afro-Nippon and Punk
These works are personal projects realized during my free time of school education.
People's Choice

Finalists
Career Opportunities | Ninja Theory

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