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OFFICIAL JUDGE: Michael Smale, Head of the Art Department at @weta_digital, joins the judging panel for the 10th Annual Rookie Awards. Originally trained in architecture, Michael has been working in film art departments for 20+ years.
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OFFICIAL JUDGE: Paul H. Paulino joined @weta_digital in 2019 as a Texture Artist, painting textures for environments and digi-doubles. Paul is a champion for emerging artists and we are honoured to have him on the panel.
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OFFICIAL JUDGE: We are pumped to have Glauco Longhi on the panel this year! Glauco is a traditional and digital sculptor, with more than 10 years of experience, currently employed as a Character Supervisor at @sd_studios.
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OFFICIAL JUDGE: Furio Tedeschi has more than 15 years of professional experience in the entertainment industry, working for studios including Blitz Games, Krome Studios and award-winning visual effects company, Mr. X Inc.
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OFFICIAL JUDGE: Tristan Rettich is a senior texture artist at @thewornpixel Studio. Tristan specialises in hero level creature/human texture development but also is proficient in sculpting, shading and lighting.
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OFFICIAL JUDGE: Ken McGaugh is a Visual Effects Supervisor at @weta_digital with expertise in driving the creative and technical advancements to bring a filmmaker’s vision to the screen. Welcome to the judging panel this year Ken!
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OFFICIAL JUDGE: Mike Henry has spent the last 17 years working in games, animation, toys, and comics. Mike has had many fulfilling roles and is currently Studio Art Director of New Games at King in Barcelona. Olé!!
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OFFICIAL JUDGE: Naomi Baker is a Senior Concept Artist at @SuckerPunchProd. Naomi's concept art and especially her sketches, are just mind-blowing. We are thrilled to have Naomi reviewing your own amazing work this year - bring it on!
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OFFICIAL JUDGE: Starting as a junior animator with Animal Logic in Sydney, Steve Beck journeyed to The Mill LA becoming head of animation. He then became Head of CG at The Mill Chicago, eventually moving to ETC in Los Angeles.
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OFFICIAL JUDGE: Shane is the founder and Director of Model Farm, an Architectural Visualisation Studio. ModelFarm has quickly become one of the most sought after and fastest growing studios in South Australia, specialising in AR and VR.
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OFFICIAL JUDGE: We are pleased to announce that Henning Sanden is on the judging panel for the Rookie Awards this year. Henning is the Co-Founder of @FlippedNormals and a CG Artist renowned for his ZBrush work and character art.
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OFFICIAL JUDGE: Markus Kranzler is a CG artist from Germany who first started in Visual Effects while he was studying mathematics in 2007. After graduating in 2014 his dream came true when he was hired by the @Pixar Animation Studios.
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OFFICIAL JUDGE: Jason Smith, a VFX Supervisor at @ILMVFX has been working in the Industry since 2003 and has worked on an impressive list of blockbusters since then. We are honoured to have Jason on the Rookie Awards panel this year.
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OFFICIAL JUDGE: Julie Lottering is the Education and Training Manager at @sidefx. Julie is an artist, polygot and explorer. She spends her time figuring out how to hack learning curves and building networks that propagate creativity.
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OFFICIAL JUDGE: Budding illustrators, sharpen your pencils and pens! We have the pleasure of welcoming Finnian MacManus, Senior Concept Artist at @Marvel, to the judging panel this year.
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OFFICIAL JUDGE: Mariano Steiner is a Senior Character Artist who has worked on cool titles such as Ryse: Son of Rome, Dead Island and Red Dead Redemption 2. Mariano was at @RockstarGames before joining the @SpinVFX Creature Team.
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OFFICIAL JUDGE: Albert Szostkiewicz is an FX Supervisor at Double Negative in Vancouver. Albert brings to the judging panel, a wealth of experience in Feature Films, TV commercials, on-set supervising and gamedev.
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OFFICIAL JUDGE: Morten Jaeger is the Co-Founder of @FlippedNormals and we have been following his own journey from the very beginning. We are pumped that he is joining the judging panel this year!
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OFFICIAL JUDGE: Britta Wikholm is the Art Director and Founder of Visulent AB, founded in June of 2018 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Her vision? To really focus on the creative and artistic side of architectural visualisation.
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