Animation At Work Contest 2019

WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT

Cartoon Animator 2019 Contest "Animation At Work" has finally completed after three months of exciting competition. With the participation of dozens of amazing animators, Cartoon Animator has proved once again that it is the tool of choice among every skill level and project mission.

"Animation At Work" contest was a runaway success that comprised of 240 submissions, with more creativity and skill in a single contest that we have ever witnessed. The entries include commercials, artworks, and Youtube videos made exclusively with Cartoon Animator 4. A huge thanks goes out to all the participants who rocked this event! Join us and check out the winners for Business, Comic, YouTube, and Education animation categories. Finally, some of the entries are stunning but disadvantaged competing in the existing categories. We set "Judges' Awards" specifically for them.

THE HONORABLE GUEST

Award Winning "The Curious Child"

Reallusion is honored to share that our friend, Howard Vause, is awarded by numerous film festivals with his winning animation of Animation At Work, 2018.

"The Curious Child" had won Best Animated Film 2019 at London's Discover Film Awards. This is an AMAZING news!"

- by Howard Vause

First PRIZE

Eon De Bruin, Sound Engineer | South Africa

Superheld 101 Scene Outtake

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Testimonial - Eon De Bruin

I am so honored to win first place in the Business category in this year's Animation@Work competition. My entry is part of an animation series called Superheld101, which took me 15 months to create, and I am so excited to see my hard work being appreciated and rewarded. Very humbled.

Judge's Comments

In the Animation At Work 2018, Eon de Bruin impressed us with his very first CTA creation "U Love Me 4 Me" which was selected as Honorable Mention. Now he is back with "Superheld101" and grabbed first place of Business category. The smooth motions and nicely rigged characters are the winning factor for Eon.

Winner Prizes:

Cash Prize: US $2,000

SECOND PRIZE

Tim Dahn, Graphic Designer | United States

Protection Plus - A Taxing Experience!

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Testimonial - Tim Dahn

This is my very first project with Cartoon Animator 4. I was contracted by Protection Plus, to create a 2D animated explainer video showcasing their services in a fun, informative and inviting way. In this business, you typically say yes to projects knowing you'll dig your way out somehow in the end. Cartoon Animator 4 proved to be the "shovel" ! The short learning curve and ease of use allowed me to complete on time and on budget, all while meeting the client's initial goal!

Judge's Comments

Congratulations to Tim Dahn for winning the 2nd place. This explainer video is fast-paced and easy to understand. In addition, this distinguished work is actually a commercial from a existing company. Here is their website. This is a good example of how users and businesses can utilize Cartoon Animator to promote their products and companies.

Winner Prizes:

Cash Prize: US $1,000

THIRD PRIZE

Jim Stedman, 05Minute Productions | United States

GTS Explainer: Get What You Need

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Testimonial - Jim Stedman

When GTS wanted to create a message that their audience would actually watch, they asked 05min Productions how to go about it. We worked with them to produce this fun and entertaining animation using Cartoon Animator 4.

Judge's Comments

Congratulations for winning the 3rd place. Jim’s work is a great service explainer video for GTS. This video is a real commercial as well. You can visit their company website here. This wonderful sales pitch delivers a great balance in tempo, graphics, information and overall feeling. The video also includes original characters with smooth and fluid 360 Head animations.

Winner Prizes:

Cash Prize: US $500

HONORABLE MENTIONS

The judging process for "Animation At Work" proved to be quite difficult and thus took many hours of deliberation to come up with the final winners. Although the following entries did not get the top prizes, Reallusion felt the need to praise their outstanding workmanship and spirit of sharing with an honorable mention.

Mekkit Wasin | Thailand

Department of environmental quality promotion

Judge's Comments

Awesome work! This talented animator, Mekkit Wasin, cleverly adopts Elastic Motion and other features of CTA to make this explainer video for the Department of Environmental Quality Promotion of Thailand. The visuals are truly dynamic.

Sven Cordes | Germany

Waldi Jones and the lost Atlantis Gate 2019

Judge's Comments

Another honorable mention goes to the "Waldi Jones and the lost Atlantis Gate 2019" by Sven Cordes. This spy movie is made up of well-designed details, such as rolling wheels of trucks, and rotating helicopter rotor blades. Good job on making a fantastic compound prop.