Opportunities don't come bigger than this for Visual Effects artists. Working at Weta Digital is as good as it gets. Katinka Thorondor won an Internship in the 2018 Rookie Awards and talks us through the amazing experience. Tell us about the internship at Weta Digital? It was amazing! Drawing is

I am Aldric Lopez, I finished as the runner-up in the Feature Animation category in the Rookie Awards 2018. Where do you work now? I am currently working as an animator at MPC in Montreal. How’s life where you work now? This is my first time working in an

Today we throw the spotlight on CG Spectrum student Kristian Kebbe, an FX artist who is currently living in Melbourne, Australia. Can you tell us a little bit about your background and how you discovered your passion for visual effects? I'm Kris, I'm 25 years old and I'm from Melbourne,

Today we throw the spotlight on Capilano University student Aidana Murat, a character and creature animator currently living in Vancouver, Canada. Can you tell our readers a little bit about your background and how you discovered your passion for animation? I just graduated this April from Capilano University in Vancouver.

We throw the spotlight on Xavier Marot, an animator from MPC who entered the 2017 Rookie Awards. Can you tell us about your background and how you discovered your passion for animation? I wasn't that young kid who was spending all his time drawing and reading books of animation. Animation

Hi everybody, I am Lanli Su, your 2017 Rookies winner in the Photography category. I am currently freelancing with a team of elite designers on a Christian Dior Campaign as their Lead FX Artist, all while finishing up my third and final year at Gnomon School of VFX. I have

My name is Abby Nath, I was born in Singapore and moved to New Zealand in 2005 after (very understandably) falling in love with The Lord of the Rings. I have always enjoyed films, with my childhood favourites being Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones and Jaws. As a result, I had

Hi there, my name is Elliot Stammers, and I entered the Rookie Awards in its very first year in 2010 under the rigging TD category. I was a runner up, I wasn’t first place, and that was enough to get me a two-month internship rigging at Double Negative Visual

Hi my name is Jonathan Lampal and I was The Rookies (formally known as the CG Student Awards) winner for the Young Guns category back in 2014. That was for High School students and I was just finishing up High School and getting ready for college, so it was absolutely

We spoke with Peter Blaskovic – the driving force behind Escape Motions‘ painting software. What motivated this enthusiastic graduated architect to dedicate his work life to unconventional computer graphics projects? What’s the story behind your success and your brief biography? PB: I grew up having fun with creating visual demos

Hello! My name is Kristóf Rosu, and I was fortunate enough to win the internship offered by Rebellion Developments for The Rookies 2015. This article is an Internship Diary that takes you on my journey from Transylvania to Oxford. The first time I entered the competition was two years ago,

Hello everyone, my name is Rafael Gonzalez Quinones, and I’m bloody glad to have the opportunity to share my experience during my Weta Digital Internship thus far. I’ve been with Weta since August 2015 courtesy of winning an internship experience through The Rookies 2015. “It’s awesome seeing