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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
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Didier Konings

Lead Matte Painter / Concept Artist

Didier Konings (28) from the Netherlands. Currently Lead Digital Matte Painter / Concept Artist at Aaron Sims Creative, a concept design and visual effects studio based in Los Angeles, CA. For the past five years Didier has been working on several blockbusters and delivering iconic concept design work and memorable visual effects. Some of the highlights being - The look of scenes for the film ““Rampage””, the majestical worlds of the film ““Wrinkle in Time””, The design for the Island for the film ““Wonder Woman””, the bizarre Upside Down world for the hit TV series - ““Stranger Things””, the look for the nun in the film ““Conjuring 2””, and the fantastical worlds for the Chinese blockbuster ““Asura””, to name a few. Didier is now working on the film ““Mouseguard”” an epic adventure for which he has designed many iconic environments that will be seen on the big screen in the future.

Besides his work at Aaron Sims Creative, Didier has also continued pursuing his filmmaking passion by creating, developing and directing a personal piece named ““Uncario””, which is a Sci-Fi / Thriller film shot in Iceland, The Netherlands and the USA.