Knight Spider Animation Challenge - Winners Announced

Congratulations to everyone that entered the Knight Spider Animation challenge, there were some fantastic entries and the judges had a lot of fun reviewing some of the incredible work of our character coming to life.

A massive shout out to all our sponsors for this challenge there are some incredible prizes provided by CG Spectrum, XP-PEN, Autodesk, SideFX, Wacom, Griffin Animation Academy, Funkeyz, Dr Reel and Grid Markets.

Without further adieu:

Advanced - Performance category

Winner

Nguyet Nghi Duong - https://www.therookies.co/entries/14185

Prizes:

• Griffin Animation Academy - Live Podclass Courses (worth $2000)
• Adobe - 1 x Substance 3D Collection
• Autodesk - 1 x Maya Indie Subscription
• XP-PEN - Artist Pro 16
• SideFX - 1 year Houdini Indie license
• GridMarkets - 200 render credits

Super impressed with the overall standard of animation. Congratulations to the winners and to everyone that dedicated their time to participate in this challenge!
Senior Animator - Rafael Gonzalez

Advanced - Performance category

Runner up

Ayoub Chaibi - https://www.therookies.co/entries/13979

Prizes:

• Griffin Animation Academy - Live Podclass Courses (worth $500)
• Adobe - 1 x Substance 3D Texturing
• XP-PEN - Deco Pro MW
• SideFX - 1 year Houdini Indie license
• GridMarkets - 200 render credits

Highly commended - Advanced - Performance category

Lucien Sanders - https://www.therookies.co/entries/14177

Beginner - Pose category

Winner

Sofia Nostrali - https://www.therookies.co/entries/14033

Prizes:

• Adobe - 1 x Substance 3D Collection
• Autodesk - 1 x Maya Indie Subscription
• XP-PEN - Artist Series Pen Display (2nd Gen)
• SideFX - 1 year Houdini Indie license

Beginner - Pose category

Runner up

Phillip M Gilkeson - https://www.therookies.co/entries/14092

Prizes:

• Adobe - 1 x Substance 3D Texturing
• XP-PEN - Deco Fun LSide
• FX - 1 year Houdini Indie license

Highly Commended

Dean Lakoseljac - https://www.therookies.co/entries/14175

Well done to all participants. Entertaining to watch and judge.
Character Animator - Zeina Masri

People's Choice Winners

Congratulations to everyone who entered the contest and we look forward to hosting our next animation challenge with Knight Spider.

Special thanks to all our sponsors CG Spectrum, XP-PEN, Autodesk, SideFX, Wacom, Griffin Animation Academy, Funkeyz, Dr Reel and Grid Markets for making this challenge a great success.

Interested in doing a contest? Check out all the other active contests currently running on The Rookies platform.