Welcome to The Rookies Instagram links page (ig.therookies.co). We find it super annoying that you can't link directly from Instagram posts, so if you ever find something interesting on our Instagram feed, the links will be dumped right here.
Archived Instagram Links
5th January 2020
Tips on How to Achieve Photorealism with 3D Characters
27th December 2020
Insider's Guide - School of Visual Arts
23rd December 2020
How to Create World of Warcraft Characters using ZBrush - Part 2
19th December 2020
Career Advice - Working as a 3D FX Artist with Mattia Rodini
16th December 2020
Development Update: Speed Improvements, 4K Images, Hire me setting, Stacked Images and Page Builder Upgrades
10th December 2020
Creating Props for Games Using Maya and Zbrush
10th December 2020
Full details about $2000 Survey Sweepstake
4th December 2020
Career Advice - Working as a Concept Artist with Gaëlle Seguillon
26th November 2020
Character Production Workflow: From 2D Concept to 3D Render
22nd November 2020
Insider's Guide - Westerdals, Kristiania University College
18th November 2020
Career Advice - Working as an Environment Artist for a Game Studio with Enguerrand Michelin
16th November 2020
Substance Texturing Challenge - Kombi
14th November 2020
How to Create a Realistic 3D Portrait Using Maya and ZBrush
2nd November 2020
Boom-times: Australian animation and visualisation
30th October 2020
Tips For Creating Your Own Custom Material in Substance Designer
26th October 2020
Career Advice - Working as a Character Artist on Fortnite at Epic Games
22nd October 2020
A fully interactive CG toolset that not enough junior artists know about
16th October 2020
Career Advice - Working as an Environment Artist with Brennan Howell
12th October 2020
2020 Best Creative Media & Entertainment Art Schools in the World
30th September 2020
Set reality aside with these trending fantasy artworks
29th September 2020
Animation Challenge - Crazy in Quarantine
28th September 2020
The Subtle Art of Colour Grading
23rd September 2020
How to Create a 3D Game Character in ZBrush
17th September 2020
Star Citizen Gas Station made with Unreal Engine
10th September 2020
How to Create Photo Realistic Characters in 3D in Autodesk Maya
2nd September 2020
Substance Texturing Challenge - Eddie Robot
1st September 2020
Valuable lessons to learn about 3D Composition and Lighting
25th August 2020
Career Advice - Working as a Studio Art Director with Mike Henry
3rd June 2020
Free Webinar - Best Courses to Learn Visual Effects Online
3rd April 2020
Introducing Weekly Drills
4th March 2020
The Complete Adobe CC Training Bundle
4th March 2020
New Contest: Forbidden Lands, Fallen Empires and Ancient Guardians
17th February 2020
10 essential Soft Skills you need to get a job in film, games and design industries
14th February 2020
$18,769 Ultimate Creative Kit Giveaway details
14th February 2020
Download 10th Annual Rookie Awards Posters
14th January 2020
Finalists announced for Netflix & Skill - Peaky Blinders contest
17th December 2019
The Student Art Podcast - Essential weekly interview series for film and game artists.
28th November 2019
Save Over 99% on the Complete 2020 Adobe CC Certification Bundle
19th November 2019
Netflix and Skill - Peaky Blinders contest open for submissions
11th October 2019
The Rookies World School Rankings® 2019 Released
What is The Rookies?
Founded in 2010, The Rookies is a community for non-professional digital artists. A place for artists with a passion for film, games, animation, immersive media, archviz, motion graphics, product design and other creative industries.
It doesn't matter whether you are a hobbyist, student, self-taught or even wanting to change careers. All that matters is you want to become a better artist, learn new skills and be surrounded by people on the same journey as you.
"The Rookies is better than Artstation. It exposes you to the level of artist's that you're competing against."
Testimonial by Morten Jaeger - FlippedNormals
Showcase your portfolio
The Rookies provides you with a slick way to showcase your work to the world. It's more than a generic page that other sites offer, it's a way to share your creative journey, archievements and how you've improved. The custom built tools allow you to upload everything you need: images, videos, galleries, ProcessView ™, Sketchfab viewer, formatted text and even GitHub repositories for your code. See Examples
"I have my portfolio on every major website and I'm left absolutely frustrated by the process. With The Rookies, the way you've made adding images, text, videos - well, it's simply brilliant! I love it!"
Testimonial by Peter Dimitrov
Grow as an artist
Everyone needs a little challenge to push their skills. Come and join one of our contests and collect badges to share on your free portfolio page. We have huge annual contests and even small monthly jams - and prizes, lots of prizes.View Contests
Track your Journey
From the moment an artist realises they have a passion for creative media, up until the moment they secure their first big job, we’ve are here to help. Our community is full of creators on the same journey and we are setup and motivated to help push members to achieve your goals.
Simple steps to get started
CREATE PROFILE
It only takes a few minutes to signup and create a profile. From your private dashboard you can upload work, get targeted news, find people to follow and track your creative journey.
ENTER CONTEST
Challenge yourself to submit an entry to a contest. It doesn't matter about winning, we have prizes and incentives all the way through, no matter what skill level. We have small contests and massive contests, pick the one for you.
CHAT ON DISCORD
Our Discord Channel is full of people just like you. People pushing themselves to become better artists and sharing their progress. There are no stupid questions in here because everyone understands we are all learning.
START LEARNING
Everyone learns at a different pace. We also know everyone is interested in different creative fields. This is why we've setup Discover - a place to learn new skills, read interviews, find schools, look for jobs and even grab a special members deal.
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Platform to help digital artists get discovered without having to compete with professionals for attention.