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The Gnomon School of Visual Effects prepares its students directly in Hollywood for a VFX career in the industry. The work produced by the students is correspondingly outstanding.
The best work was selected in the various categories such as Visual Effects, Character 3D, Creature 3D, Compositing, Lighting and Environment Design.
The Grand Prize winners are Mike Zhang and Daniel Kho in the "Texturing" category for two robot models from the work "Showdown":
Best of Term Spring 2013 Grand Prize Winner – Texturing from Gnomon School of Visual Effects on Vimeo.
Berk Hakguder created the best visual effects with a car visualization:
Best of Term Spring 2013 — Visual Effects from Gnomon School of Visual Effects on Vimeo.
Also fantastic is Itai Muller’s integration of a miniature airplane model into real filming footage in the "Compositing category:
Best of Term Spring 2013 — Compositing from Gnomon School of Visual Effects on Vimeo.
For characters for games, Jonathan Kuo won with this warrior model:
Best of Term Spring 2013 — Character for Games from Gnomon School of Visual Effects on Vimeo.
Adam Ruzycki created the best hard-surface modeling with a Ghostbusters car:
Best of Term Spring 2013 — Hard Surface Modeling from Gnomon School of Visual Effects
You can view all other winning projects here.
Photo: Shot "The Showdown" Mike Zhang and Daniel Kho