At The Rookies, we find joy and inspiration in the continuous flow of new projects from emerging artists worldwide. Check out this latest showcase for some inspiration!
At The Rookies, witnessing the influx of new projects is a source of excitement and inspiration for our team and the wider Rookies community. Each new project is a testament to the boundless creativity, talent, and dedication of emerging artists worldwide. We cherish the diversity of styles, ideas, and techniques that these projects bring, creating a vibrant tapestry of artistic expression. Beyond the individual artworks, these projects contribute to the collaborative spirit of our platform, fostering an environment where artists can learn, connect, and evolve together.
In this article we put together a showcase of the latest projects we've been inspired by. We hope it inspires you to share your amazing projects too!
Created by: Xuanwen Chen
School Name: Savannah College of Art and Design
Member Level: contender
Description: A 3D render project using Unreal Engine.
Created by: Chong Neng Junn
School Name: The One Academy of Communication Design
Member Level: debut
Description: Military Radio 3D Model from the latest project.
Created by: Fabio Toniolo
School Name: Side Academy
Member Level: contender
Description: Second year graduation project done at Side Academy
Created by: Gaucheron Armand
School Name: ESMA
Member Level: rookie
Description: the goal was to create a photo realistic picture of a Jumping Spider, worked in my free time during a month.
Created by: Iris Rodríguez Ortiz
School Name: The Factory School
Member Level: debut
Description: III Master's Project, The Factory School.@TheFactorySchool
Created by: Lidia Ortolá Calatayud
School Name: Florida Universitària
Member Level: player
Description: This is a 3D model I made for the "Women In Games" contest in Florida Universitària. This asset consists of the interior of the Apollo 11 command control. The two main parts of this project are the three seats and the control panel.
Created by: Adrián Valiente González
School Name: Lightbox Academy
Member Level: contender
Description: Inspired by the incredible Luis Omar's Spider Gwen, I decided to make my realistic version of Miguel O'Hara! (Spiderman 2099).It is always a good exercise to try to turn a stylized character to a realistic one, and really fun to make!
Created by: Penelope Bolzonella
School Name: Side Academy
Member Level: player
Description: this project was created as a final thesis for my second year in Side Academy. It was created in 6 months, starting from modeling and continuing with texturing, posing, final renderings and compositing. It was also nominated at the Venice Film Festival, in particular at the Golden Dragons Festival. Hope you like it!
Created by: Marco Bonomo
School Name: Side Academy
Member Level: contender
Description: This is my 3d project inspiring from Jake sully from the film “AVATAR”, made during my third year of studies at Side Academy
Created by: Alessandro Tommasi
School Name: Side Academy
Member Level: contender
Description: Hi everyone, this is my third year project here in Side Academy in Verona (IT). This animation led me to win the golden dragon at the Golden Dragon Gala at 2023 Venice Film Festival as best animator artist of the academy's third year. I had to thank Truong CG Artist for creating this beautiful model and rig.
Created by: Anand Shukla
School Name: Escape Studios
Member Level: player
Description: A personal project that I have been working on for 2 months, on and off. In this project, I aimed to improve my hard surface modeling skills and learn how to use planes and opacity masks for elements like feathers and foliage.
Created by: Angelo Cavaliere
School Name: Skyup Academy
Member Level: debut
Description: I completed my first project during the organic modeling module of the Skyup Academy masterclass. Using Zbrush, I sculpted a creature known as Jorōgumo, a Yokai creature from Japanese mythology that resembles a spider-woman. The final rendering was done using Maya and V-Ray.
Created by: Xiang Jianan
School Name: Skyup Academy
Member Level: debut
Description: Kinukaze, an artistic concept born at Skyup Academy, pushed my creative boundaries. Sculpted using ZBrush, brought to life in Maya with V-Ray, and perfected through post-production in Photoshop. My skills were truly put to the test.
Created by: Anna Constable
School Name: Norwich University of the Arts
Member Level: contender
Description: For my entry to the Rookies Weekly Drill Floating Island, I decided to create a spooky themed island. This was a great opportunity for me to experiment with AIFog and get creative with the lighting.
Created by: nicola barani
School Name: Side Academy
Member Level: contender
Description: This is my 3° year's school project. I tried to recreate a Ian Hubert work named "Party tug". I won 2 Golden's drakes at the "golden's drakes night" by Side Academy occured at Venice this year. Im really proud about the end result!
Created by: Cai Field
School Name: JMC Academy
Member Level: contender
Description: LAB 1 PROJECT
Created by: Matteo Cotelli
School Name: Side Academy
Member Level: contender
Description: This is my personal project during the 3rd year at Side Academy . I started from planning through modelling, texturing, lighting and compositing. Thanks to my project I won 1 Drago D'oro at the "Notte dei Draghi D'oro" by Side Academy occured during the 80ª Venice International Film Festival.
Created by: Alicia Rugama García
School Name: Lightbox Academy
Member Level: player
Description: This school project worked as an introduction to the stylized style.
Created by: Flavio Flüeler
School Name: M3DS Academy
Member Level: player
Description: I tried to recreate the tank "Tank Hunter" from Boom Beach.
Created by: Axel Revidon
School Name: ESMA
Member Level: player
Description: Hello Everyone, I present to you the final project of my first year at ESMA. We worked for around 5 months to make 2 still images on a craftsman's workshop. I chose a stonemason which restores historic monuments. I really enjoy working on all the aspects of the pre-production and the production. Hope you enjoy.
Created by: Iva Nikolic
School Name: The Factory School
Member Level: player
Description: Cozy luxury bedroom with an on suite bathroom in a modern residential building in downtown Valencia, Spain.
Created by: Axel Revidon
School Name: ESMA
Member Level: player
Description: I wanted to experiment the creature workflow during my summer holidays. I started learning a little bit on Zbrush. I tried to make the textures in Substance Painter. As always, I continued improving my modeling skills in a little environment.
Created by: Diego Granizo
School Name: Think Tank Training Centre
Member Level: contender
Description: Proud to share here my final for Foundation term at Think Tank Training Center. The project took 4 weeks in which we had to pick a 2D concept and re-created in 3D, challenge myself to do new things and combinate all the knowledge we learned in this term. While doing this, I felt identify with the concept, or at least t
Created by: Javier Dapena Galán
School Name: Lightbox Academy
Member Level: contender
Description: Hello everyone!!!This is my new project: Kratos. I have used Grassetti's Kratos references for the facial anatomy and the beard.I have used the same workflow as always , sculpture in Zbrush, textures in Substance and hair in Xgen, final renders in Arnold.Hope you like it and share it!!
Created by: Jake Schatzman
School Name: UTS Animal Logic Academy
Member Level: player
Description: Coffee Brake is a short film made by the students of Animal Logic Academy 2023. It was made in 10 weeks using blender. This is a showcase of the surfacing for the characters.
Created by: Nasim Jenabi
School Name: Think Tank Training Centre
Member Level: contender
Description: Concept envisioned by Patrick Faul Wetter, with primary painting executed by Katerina Lukyanova. This is my final demo reel during my mentorship at Think Tank School .
Created by: CHAN Kevin
School Name: Game Academy
Member Level: contender
Description: Yo, here is the second "Supreme cells" character : Kennen!
Created by: Alessio Genovese
School Name: Skyup Academy
Member Level: debut
Description: Presenting my very first project.I hope you like it, any advice is welcome!
Created by: Jake Schatzman
School Name: UTS Animal Logic Academy
Member Level: player
Description: "Class-48 Locomotive Project" was for one of my university self-learning days. My goal for this project was to see how much I had developed as a CG Artist.
Created by: Vicente Moscardó Ribes
School Name: Florida Universitària
Member Level: contender
Description: Reference by IWSE Zhang (Artstation) 3.7K Tris, 1K Texture Map
Created by: Beatriz Lobo Mata
School Name: Lightbox Academy
Member Level: rookie
Description: Project created with Maya and rendered using Arnold Renderer.
Created by: Isabella Salgado
School Name: Staffordshire University
Member Level: player
Description: Character design process for a side character in a personal project I'm working on! He's meant to be a companion bard character to my main character Anika.
Created by: Pier Paolo Picco
School Name: Skyup Academy
Member Level: debut
Description: My course at Skyup Academy has begun and this is my first project realized through sculpture.
Created by: Dime Nedev
School Name: M3DS Academy
Member Level: debut
Description: I tried to make my own version of Super Mario
Created by: Laura Suonpera Lozano
School Name: Lightbox Academy
Member Level: rookie
Description: This is the first half of my Nintendo DS project! It was a hard surface and texturing challenge to practice and enhance my skills :) Creating the animated textures was also lots of fun.
Created by: Xuanwen Chen
School Name: Savannah College of Art and Design
Member Level: contender
Description: Manufactured materials project using Substance Designer, Substance Painter and Unreal Engine for the final render output.
Created by: Gloria Gioso
School Name: Side Academy
Member Level: player
Description: This is a project I worked on as a student at Side Academy in my second academic year. It is based on a concept of a creature from the comic “Prometheus: fire and stone”. I am responsible for the modeling, texturing, compositing and editing of the video.
Created by: Gennaro Dima
School Name: Skyup Academy
Member Level: debut
Description: First project done with zbrush and vray
Created by: Bryan Lozano
School Name: e-artsup
Member Level: contender
Description: 3D Character of a mage Traveler. Sculpt and polypaint in Zbrush and rendering in marmosetIt was really fun trying to translate the concept pose into 3DBased on the original concept art:https://www.artstation.com/artwork/ykZYy9d
Created by: Kevin Masip
School Name: The Factory School
Member Level: player
Description: Images for the master's degree final project in my Archviz formation in @TheFactorySchool
Created by: Paula Garcia Fernandez
School Name: Voxel School
Member Level: player
Description: 3D model developed in #Blender, #Zbrush, clothing in #MarvelousDesigner, textures and shading in #SubstancePainter and rendered with #Marmoset !