Computer Graphics Student Awards - 2011

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Computer Graphics Student Awards - 2011. Accepting submissions now.

Sydney, March 23, 2011 - CgCoach.com is proud to announce that the Computer Graphics Student Awards is now accepting submissions for 2011. The Computer Graphics Student Awards is an annual event which showcases and rewards excellence in computer graphics for students and recent graduates. Qualified students are encouraged to submit their Demo Reel to our judging panel and compete for prizes and internships at the world’s leading production studios.

As always, we’ve made a number of improvements to the awards. The biggest improvement is that the event is now open to all students and recent graduates from around the world. We have also split the event into three clear categories: Student of the Year, Studio Internships, School of the Year. All entries are automatically entered into the Student of the Year category, but it’s now elective to be in the running for one of our 18 professional internships in the Studio Internship category.

This year the list of sponsors is even more impressive with contributions from Pixologic, Stash Magazine, The Foundry, Side Effects Software, Corel, Luxology, Workstation Specialists, Pilgway, Smith Micro, 3D Artist Magazine, 3D World Magazine, and Digital Tutors. Leading VFX companies Double Negative, Prime Focus, MPC, Pixomondo, Image Engine and Fuel VFX are also offering 18 professional internships throughout Europe, Canada, India, Singapore, and Australia.

There will be 10 finalists selected for the Student of the Year category. 1 Runner-Up and 1 Winner will be selected from these finalists. All winners will share in over $50,000USD worth of hardware, software and subscriptions. There will be 42 Finalists and 18 Winners for the Studio Internship category. The deadline for submissions is 3rd June, 2011. Finalists will be announced 15th June, 2011 with the Winners announced 29th June, 2011.
Full details can be found here: http://www.cgcoach.com/cgsa

“We’ve been amazed by the quality of our interns we picked up from CgCoach.com through last years Computer Graphics Student Awards. During their internships they gained the respect of our senior crew members and made a tremendous contribution to the lighting, fx, rigging, modelling and texturing of all our current movies.” said Karl Wickens, Co Head of 3D Double Negative.

“This opportunity changed my life and after winning (Excellence in Rigging) last year I now find myself rigging on major blockbuster movies…a dream come true!” said Elliot Stammers.

"Winning (Excellence in Modeling) not only got me an internship, it ended up getting me a full-time position at Double Negative. It has been a huge boost for my career and I now feel more confident with my skills.” said Dzung Phung Dinh.

About CgCoach.com
CgCoach.com is an online community aimed at helping aspiring digital artists improve their skills and connect with industry professionals from the worlds leading studios. Our Coaching Teams consists of artists from studios such as Double Negative, Moving Picture Company, Framestore, Pixar Animation, Sony Imageworks, Dreamworks, Animal Logic, WETA Digital and many more. Currently, our online presence is divided into two distinct websites - Feedback and Collaboration Services.

The Feedback website is a social community that allows digital artists to upload their artwork, animation, demo reel, and receive valuable feedback from the community of over 2000 members. The goal here is to not only provide valuable advice and direction, but to help showcase rising talent, provide regular industry focused articles, advertise job opportunities and moderate discussions.

The Collaboration Services website (coming soon) is where our dedicated Coaching Pods take advantage of the amazing tools offered by our partner Conceptshare (http://www.conceptshare.com). Inside these Coaching Pods we offer School Collaboration services where we team up with student’s and mentor them while they complete final year projects. This way, the student’s not only get an industry based perspective on their work, but can start communicating directly with the people that will most probably be reviewing their job applications and eventually working alongside. We also have private Coaching Pods where individuals can collaborate and gain direct access and support from our team of industry professionals.
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     CgCoach.com,  an online community for digital artists, today announced the winners of  the annual [b]Computer Graphics Student Awards[/b]. The winners were chosen  from more than 150 applicants for their exceptional computer graphics  skills across all facets of production for visual effects. The winners  and finalists of this event share a total prize pool of over $50,000USD  and 18 Studio Internships worldwide.
     
        The [b]Student of the Year winner[/b]  for 2011 is Andrew Juano, a recent graduate of the 3D Animation and  Visual Effects course at the Vancouver Film School. There were only a  few points between all the top 5 entries, but the judges felt Andrew  deserved the accolade due to his overall technical and creative skills  and production quality demo reel.
     
        The [b]Student of the Year - Runner Up [/b]for  2011 is Krzystzof Fus, a recent graduate of the Computer Animation and  Visual Effects Course at the School of Visual Arts in Los Angeles.  Krzystzof impressed the judges with the complexity and size of his work,  coupled with a great eye for detail, to be another stand out. 
     
        The [b]Studio Internship[/b]  winners all showed elements of outstanding skill to help secure each of  them a giant step forward in their careers. The winners of this  category in no particular order are: Tim Murphy, Andrew Juano, Kouji  Tajima, Aldo Martinez, Krzysztof Fus, Zahari Dichev, Szabolcs Menyhei,  Azhul Afeeq Mohamed, Xavier Collos, Miguel Santana, Attila Torok, David  Frylund Otzen, Stoyan Dimitrov, Parzival Rothlein, Jigar Chauhan, Mate  Bodor, Arihant Gupta, Tou Lee Chang.
     
        The [b]School of the Year[/b]  category was awarded to Vancouver Film School for the second year  running. This award is allocated to the school which has the highest  number of finalists and winners across all categories. A special congratulations to all the faculty  staff who have helped produce such a high level of  digital artists.
     
        The judging team was overwhelmed by the level of talent demonstrated by this year’s entries.  “Wow!  Faced with such a huge amount of exceptional work, I had to be a little  more scientific in my judging than I had thought” proclaimed Alex  Parkinson, VFX Supervisor at Dreamworks.“There  was a great standard of work this year. It was exciting to see such a  varied type of work covering many disciplines within the visual arts”  said Matthew Welford, VFX Supervisor at MPC Vancouver. 
     
        The  [b]Computer Graphics Student Awards[/b], which is run and promoted by  cgCoach.com is in its second successful year. The event has helped  launch the careers of many talented artists into full-time roles at  London's leading production facilities working on films such as John  Carter of Mars, Pirates of the Caribbean, Paul, Chronicles of Narnia,  and many more. “We've been amazed by the quality of our interns we've  picked up from cgCoach.com. During their internships they gained the  respect of our senior crew members and made a tremendous contribution to  the lighting, fx, rigging, modelling and texturing of all our current  movies” commented Karl Wickens - Co Head of 3D Double Negative.
     
        A  special thanks must be given to the overwhelming support from industry.  This event would simply not be possible without the contributions from  Pixologic, Stash Magazine, The Foundry, Side Effects Software, Corel,  Luxology, Workstation Specialists, 3D-Coat, Smith Micro, 3D Artist  Magazine, 3D World Magazine and Digital Tutors.
     
        We  would also like to thank all the studios who offered internships:  Double Negative, Prime Focus, MPC, Pixomondo, Image Engine, and Fuel  VFX.
     
     To see all the winning entries please visit [[u]http://www.cgcoach.com/computer-graphics-student-awards/2011/winners/[/u]](http://www.cgcoach.com/computer-graphics-student-awards/2011/winners/)
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