The Rookie Awards 2024: Celebrating the First Few Weeks with Exciting Entries!

Entries are pouring in for the Rookie Awards 2024, and to say we're excited just doesn't cut it! We're thrilled to see the quality of work being shared by students worldwide, and this is just the beginning. As we progress, we'll continue to share and highlight the excellence that's coming through. Here are 30 popular entries to celebrate the first four weeks of the Awards, and we can't wait to see what more will come.

Abandoned Observatory

Created by: Kaya Thiele

School Name: SAE Institute
Member Level: debut
Description: This entry showcases my final project for SAE Institute: An abandoned observatory environment, rendered in Unreal Engine 5.

Jerusalem's Lot - A short story from Stephen King's "Night Shift"

Created by: Alessandro Rigon

School Name: ACCADEMIA BELLE ARTI DI VERONA
Member Level: player
Description: Hi everyone, this is a school project I had the pleasure to work on. It is split into three parts: the character of Calvin McCann, the creature of The Worm and the abandoned church of Jerusalem's Lot. The story is set in 1850s. I hope you will enjoy it! :)

VILLA APOLLON INTERIORS.

Created by: Giorgia Garrone

School Name: Rainbow Academy
Member Level: debut
Description: Reference: Villa Apollon by Block722.

Student Portfolio 2023-2024

Created by: Pedro Costa

School Name: Think Tank Training Centre
Member Level: contender
Description: My name is Pedro Costa, I'm a 3D character artist and recent graduate of Think Tank Online. For this year's contest, I'm submitting the work I completed over the last two terms at TTO. Special thanks to my mentor Raffael Frank. Hope you enjoy it!

An exploratory journey through 3D art

Created by: Ilenia Di Maria

School Name: Vertex School
Member Level: contender
Description: The key to keep improving and developing further is a mix of love, passion, and consistency. These elements have not only fueled my journey in 3D art but also defined the projects I'm thrilled to showcase to fellow artists and 3d enthusiasts of The Rookies community. Each piece reflects a part of my journey at Vertex.

Giant Of The Steppe | VFX | Arnout Zeghari

Created by: Arnout Zeghari

School Name: Howest University of Applied Sciences - Digital Arts and Entertainment
Member Level: contender
Description: A young girl travels through the steppe, on the back of the Giant Yakram she calls her home.

Grave of the Skybound Ship

Created by: Elena Fontana

School Name: Skyup Academy
Member Level: debut
Description: Presenting 'Grave of the Skybound Ship,' a project born from an intensive ten-day module focused on Unreal Engine environments at Skyup Academy. This endeavor marks my inaugural foray into the world of Unreal, challenging me to explore and create within a medium I had previously not ventured into

100 faces Challenge

Created by: Marius Enemark

School Name: 3D College
Member Level: contender
Description: Hey rookie, I've created a challenge for you. The challenge is to create a photorealistic 3D model, but you only have 100 faces to work with. The rules are that you can use displacement maps to a certain extent. Additionally, you cannot make a face that has more than 3 to 5 points on it.

Mapo District Street

Created by: Alejandro Quintana del Pino

School Name: Lightbox Academy
Member Level: contender
Description: 마포구 메가커피. For my master's degree final proyect I chose to focus on South Korea due to the passion I have developed for this country in the last years and it would be a dream to visit it. I came across the original picture by photographer Henry Joo and was so impressed by the structure and lighting of the street.

The Queen's Gambit

Created by: Jozef Kovács

School Name: Think Tank Training Centre
Member Level: contender
Description: Inspired by Netflix's "The Queen's Gambit," I crafted Anya Taylor for my Think Tank Training Centre mentorship project. Utilizing ZBrush, Mari, Maya, and V-ray, I brought her to life within our 18-week journey!

'Workshop 55' - A Valorant Inspired Environment

Created by: Eden Anthony

School Name: Escape Studios
Member Level: player
Description: A 6 week Environment Art project based on the art of Riot Games' Valorant.

Coquille - ESMA

Created by: Loic Girault

School Name: ESMA Lyon
Member Level: contender
Description: Short graduation film made during our last year at ESMA Lyon. Directed by Anna Danton, Loic Girault, Maud Chesneau, Gregoire Callies, Justine Aubert, Cassandra Bouton, Gatien Peyrude and Justine Raux. Music composed by Nans De Jesus

Abandoned Victorian Mansion

Created by: Guillian Fombelle

School Name: Ynov Campus
Member Level: contender
Description: It gives me great pleasure to share with you my latest project. It's a project that means a lot to me because it's allowed me to improve and create a complete project from A to Z.

The Fatebreaker

Created by: Wong Yu Hung

School Name: 3dsense Media School
Member Level: contender
Description: This is a LookDev Character Modelling Fanart based on The Fatebreaker from Final Fantasy XIV.

3D Environment Art - A compilation

Created by: Karina Paulet Potestá

School Name: Trazos
Member Level: player
Description: I am excited to show you a compilation of my work as an environment art student. The projects you are going to see have been developed in two different schools, as part of my journey to evolve from architect to 3D Artist.

Sporty Innovation - Giulia Filipputti x Marcelo Burlon

Created by: Giulia Filipputti

School Name: Skyup Academy
Member Level: player
Description: As an entry for The Rookies Awards in the category "Digital Fashion", I decided to put forward this dress by Marcelo Burlon I recreated as a student at Skyup Academy.

Vol 666

Created by: Manon François

School Name: ESMA
Member Level: contender
Description: Vol 666 (Flight 666) is a graduation short movie made in 2023 at ESMA Nantes in France.Directed by CORNIERE Julie, de PERTAT Anselme, DERLIN Killian, FRANCOIS Manon, LAVAULT Anais, LE CORRE Leo, POISSON Alienor and ROY Lucas. Enjoy your flight with us !

Skylar - 3D Character + Arrival - 3D Environment Art

Created by: Jeremias Guckert

School Name: Hochschule Kaiserslautern
Member Level: contender
Description: For this years Rookie Awards, I wanted to showcase the two projects I´m most proud of. Skylar, a completely CG Character I created and Arrival, my attempt at creating a StarWars environment with an animated space ship. I hope you like it!

Holborn Underground Station, London

Created by: Leonardo Cianchi

School Name: Escape Studios
Member Level: contender
Description: Reproduction of the platform of Holborn Underground Station in London and of the Central Line train with its interiors. I used to get off at this Underground station when I lived in London to attend the visual effects course at Escape Studios.

Antoine LEFEBVRE | Modeling/Texturing/Shading 3D Artist

Created by: Antoine LEFEBVRE

School Name: ESMA
Member Level: contender
Description: My name is Antoine LEFEBVRE and I'm a graduate of ESMA. I'm a texturing/modeling/shading artist.Here, I share with you various projects that are close to my heart.As you read on, you'll discover stories, moods and atmospheres. Enjoy !

Drago LV - Shoe Ad + Lost in the ocean - Climate Change Campaign

Created by: Fabio Wehner

School Name: Hochschule Kaiserslautern
Member Level: contender
Description: I wanted to showcase my two most recent projects that are also my favorites up till this point. I hope you like it!

Daemon Targaryen

Created by: Thibault Malézieux

School Name: New3dge
Member Level: contender
Description: I want to be a character artist in the VFX indusrty and this exercice of sculpting likeness with lot of details, feel the subject with micro expressions to make him alive as possible. It was so cool to learn anatomy of skull, proportions, muscles and fat tissues.

Dragons from Middle Earth

Created by: andrea cigala

School Name: BigRock
Member Level: debut
Description: In this project I wanted to give my interpretation of the most famous Dragons present in the mythology of "Arda", the imaginary world created by "J.R.R. Tolkien. To create the concepts I based myself on the design of Smaug, from the "Hobbit" trilogy, by Peter Jackson, using it mainly as a scalar reference.

The Bear

Created by: Álvaro Martínez Martí

School Name: Animum Creativity Advanced School
Member Level: contender
Description: Lookdev for an animation sequence that pays tribute to the acclaimed original series ‘The Bear’ (2023) and the iconic movie ‘Batman Forever’ (1995). The aim of the Lookdev is capture and merge the aesthetic essence of “the bear” with the distinctive narrative of ‘Batman Forever’.

Demoreel 2023-2024 Mathias Fourneret Digital Compositor

Created by: Fourneret Mathias

School Name: ARTFX SCHOOLS
Member Level: rookie
Description: Hello there! I'm glad to share my entry to the rookies 2024, I hope you'll enjoy it :)

AMOK

Created by: Apolline Koehrer

School Name: ESMA
Member Level: contender
Description: AMOK is a short movie directed by Océane Banon, Matthieu Barbaza, Léo Ceccaldi, Luce Douillon, Adrien Dussaud, Océane Faure, Jade Hoffstetter, Apolline Koehrer and Adrien Wolfert from ESMA Montpellier.

Bone Whip Hunter / The Whisperer in Darkness

Created by: Low Jia Yi

School Name: 3dsense Media School
Member Level: contender
Description: Recent works done during my study at 3dsense Media School

Church Environment

Created by: Shishir Mathew

School Name: Asian Institute of Design
Member Level: player
Description: Hi everyone, So happy to post my Church Environment. This is my first unreal project. I am very happy with this project. I will learn more and add elements like Foliage, Niagra system, and optimize it even further. I wanted to build a real-life environment and add few non-real elements from Artstation. Thank you.

Maxence Groyer - Character Artist 3D

Created by: Maxence Groyer

School Name: Ynov Bordeaux
Member Level: contender
Description: Hello, I'm at the end of my 3rd year of 3D studies, and I'm specialising in Chara artist / Modelling / Surfacing. This is the first Rookies contest I've entered, so I've chosen the projects that best represent my portfolio ( Even though there are some crazy projects coming up soon :) ) Hope you like it ;) !!

2024 Projects

Created by: Cameron Margetts

School Name: University of South Wales
Member Level: contender
Description: Here are a range of projects from the last year in which i delved into a wide range 3D work ranging from environments to props. All have been created with game engines in mind.