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.
Round of applause for our sponsors
Winners
Rookie of the Year | Visual Effects
On behalf of the sponsors and judges, The Rookies would like to congratulate the following category winners.
Winner: Lucas Piazzini
A bunch of public projects from the past 365 days :) Hopefully you will enjoy them as much as I enjoyed making them!
Runner Up: Steven Webb Bottcher
Mara, an anti-social mech pilot, is waiting to be picked up for a blind date.
Highly Commended: KIM TAE KYEONG
It is an honor that I can release my first VFX portfolio through The Rookies in 2023. I worked hard for a year and I hope you enjoy it :)
Highly Commended: Hady Abou Ghazale
Hello, this is my end of studies compositing showreel. In it you can find shots from my masters film Macula, and other student projects that I collaborated on like Maronii and Fady (from Artfx promo 2022). I had fun working on these various projects, each with their unique artistic direction and challenges.
Highly Commended: German ZC
As a VFX artist passionate about creating visual effects, I'm eager to apply my skills professionally and am currently seeking opportunities. Here, I'm sharing my latest personal projects and a peek into my creative process. Enjoy!
Highly Commended: Jurrian Witmans
My name is Jurrian Witmans. I am a third year student at The Netherlands Filmacademy.
Here is a snippet of some of my latest work.
I specialise in Character/Creature Modeling.
Highly Commended: Kim min so
Animals that live along the ecosystem look for things left in nature. But the curious beast witnesses waking life and tells the story of living together.
Highly Commended: John Fanny
Hey there, I am John Fanny, and welcome to my entry for this year's Rookies Awards!
Here I will showcase and break down my reel representing a selection of the work I've produced during the past 2 years using Houdini.
People's Choice: Guy Frutiger
Below is my graduate compositing showreel with my best pieces of university work from the last three years.
Finalists
Rookie of the Year | Visual Effects
On behalf of the sponsors and judges, The Rookies would like to congratulate the following category finalists.
