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Rookie Awards 2023

The 13th 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 2023
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Winners
Rookie of the Year | Game Development

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

Winner: Aaron Burnhope

Aaron Burnhope - Final Year University Work
Here is a collection of 4 projects I created throughout my final year at Staffordshire University, within this collection is a wide variety of subject matter from fantasy to gritty realism. I learnt a whole lot while making these projects and enjoyed them all, all the way through. Thanks for viewing my post :)
Rookie of the Year - Winner

Runner Up: Damian Gerrits

Damian Gerrits - Damian Gerrits | The Rookies 2023
Welcome to my The Rookies 2023 entry! This entry showcases my work from 2021 to 2023. I hope you enjoy the work as much as I've enjoyed creating it!
Rookie of the Year - Runner Up

Highly Commended: Francisque Facon

Francisque Facon - Stylized Characters Collection
Hey! I'm a character artist student at Artside, passionate about video games, stylized and handpainted art! This entry is for me an opportunity to showcase the skills that I sharpened until now. I hope you will enjoy walking through it!
Rookie of the Year - Highly Commended

Highly Commended: Alsu Rakhimova

Alsu Rakhimova - No home left to love - The Rookies entry 2023
In this post, I am showing the key steps in creating my piece 'No home left to love' based on the concept "Kira (The Crow)" by Jude Smith.
Rookie of the Year - Highly Commended

Highly Commended: Joubert Tom

Joubert Tom - SALTY SAILS /  PARIS 2084
Projects i made this year at New3dge: SALTY SAILS V2 / A top down, stylized handpaint, pirate adventure from the surface to the underwater city. PARIS 2084 / A third person, semi realistic, french police investigator visits the crime scene.
Rookie of the Year - Highly Commended

Highly Commended: Marie Henry

Marie Henry - Henry Marie - Game Art 2021/2023
Hello ! I am actually a game art student at New3dge. I present you all the past projects I did in the years 2022 and 2023.
Rookie of the Year - Highly Commended

Highly Commended: Bixente SOULIÉ

Bixente SOULIÉ - Character projects from 2022 to 2023
Hi! I'm a young 3D Character artist who loves working on stylized pieces and is really passionate about game art! This is a showcase of the works I've realized during my formation at Artside with wonderful mentors!
Rookie of the Year - Highly Commended

Highly Commended: Matthieu Lemoule Duparc

Matthieu Lemoule Duparc  - Matthieu Lemoule Duparc | 3D Character Artworks | 2022-2023
Hi ! I’m Matthieu, a French 3D Character artist currently stuying at Artside Game Art School at Bordeaux. I love to make Stylized and also realistic artworks. Today I am very happy to show you the progress I have made during my Artside Journey !
Rookie of the Year - Highly Commended

People's Choice: Damian Gerrits

Damian Gerrits - Damian Gerrits | The Rookies 2023
Welcome to my The Rookies 2023 entry! This entry showcases my work from 2021 to 2023. I hope you enjoy the work as much as I've enjoyed creating it!
Rookie of the Year - People's Choice

Finalists
Rookie of the Year | Game Development

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