Mini Challenge #4

Congratulations to Shaun Lee - the winner of Mini Challenge #4! Shaun's clever placement of canvases created a water ripple effect and an impressive barrier-grid animation to make the fish appear to be swimming.

The Judges

This mini challenge was judged by concept artist Peter Han and Adobe research scientist Rubaiat Habib. Their combined expertise and leadership in visual communication made them the perfect pair for this mini challenge. The judges were impressed by many of the submissions and it was a very close call. Thank you to Peter and Rubaiat for your insight!

Peter Han

Peter is an accomplished entertainment and concept designer who graduated from Art Center College of Design. His client list includes Sony, Konami, Cheyenne Mountain, Trion, Vivendi Universal, and many more. His titles include Warhawk, Spyro the Dragon, Stargate Worlds, Silent Hill Experience, and Defiance.

Rubaiat Habib

Rubaiat Habib is a senior research scientist at Adobe Research. Rubaiat’s research interests lie at the intersection of HCI (AR/VR, gestures, and sketching) & Graphics for creative thinking, design, art, and storytelling. Rubaiat received several awards for his work including two ACM CHI Best Paper Nominations, ACM CHI and ACM UIST Peoples’ choice best talk awards, ACM CHI Golden Mouse awards for best research videos, and Microsoft Research Asia PhD fellowship.

More to Explore

Here are some more amazing entries in #MiniChallenge4. A big thank you to everyone who participated. From how to share food with a T-Rex to the proportions of a human head, we learned so much from you!

Cosmic

Bakhriddin Shamsutdinov

A treat with T-Rex

Abhisek Biswas

The Forgotten 1/3rd

Dean Fortune

How to kill a Monster

Ambareesh Varkala

Mini Challenge #3

We’re thrilled to announce that Diana Arus is the winner of Mini Challenge #3! Not only is it beautifully illustrated, but it's a great example of an immersive comic: it almost feels like we can swim inside!

The Judges

This mini challenge was judged by two exceptional comic artists, Rina Piccolo and Bob Eckstein. They're both very accomplished artists who have used Mental Canvas to add a new dimension to their work. Learn more about them:

Rina Piccolo

Rina is a cartoonist, collaborator on Rhymes With Orange comics, and an expert Mental Canvas user. Rina created the Comic of the Future with Mental Canvas: a whimsical and interactive art gallery in which readers can “walk” through the rooms to experience riffs on the famous works and discover hidden jokes and surprises.

Bob Eckstein

Bob is a New York Times bestselling author, a New Yorker cartoonist, professor at NYU and snowman expert. His cartoons, OpEds, and short stories have appeared widely in the New York Times, New York Daily News, Wall Street Journal, Reader’s Digest, and many others. Recently, Bob created a Mental Canvas journey from a desert island to Paris and New York.

More to Explore

We want to sincerely thank everyone who participated and encourage you all to continue creating for the next mini challenges, as well as for the 100K Challenge! It was a difficult decision and there were so many outstanding entries. Here are a few more that impressed the judges:
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Axolotia

Shaun Lee

The Heist

Federico Milella

How I got into Animation

Abhisek Biswas

No Extras

Sumira Rao

Mini Challenge #2

Congratulations Abhisek Biswas - the winner of the second Mini Challenge! His thoughtful process video impressed the judges, showing the steps from the early concept through to the final result. And we love how immersive the scene is, check it out in the interactive web player above.

The Judges

Thank you to our fantastic judges, Veronica Lawlor and Austin Kase, for reviewing all of the “Behind-the-Scenes” submissions. They were impressed by everyone’s creativity in sharing informative and compelling process videos. Learn more about the judges:

Veronica Lawlor

Veronica is an Artist, Illustrator, Educator and one of the early Mental Canvas users. Veronica has worked with Mental Canvas to transform her beautiful illustrations into immersive scenes. Her work with Mental Canvas has been featured in the Times, House Beautiful Magazine and more.

Austin Kase

Austin in a award-winning writer, director, and editor of short and feature films, music videos, and commercials. He has worked with Mental Canvas to film and edit short features about the software - his most recent collaboration being the announcement video for the $100K Challenge.

More to Explore

Shout-out to everyone who participated! There will be many more opportunities in the upcoming mini challenges - stay tuned and be sure to register for up-to-date info. Here are a some more incredible scenes from Mini Challenge 2:
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Shelter

Ambareesh Haridas

It's All in Your Head

Woo_84

Moon Silhouettes

Dr Akshaykumar

Newcastle

Shaun Lee

Mini Challenge #1

Congratulations Ambareesh Haridas 🎉 our first mini challenge winner! It was a tough decision but @artofambro impressed the judges with the the clever placement of canvases and movement from inside the van into the sky. For the full Mental Canvas experience, you can interactively explore Ambareesh's scene in the web player above.

The Judges

The first Mini Challenge was judged by two expert Mental Canvas users, Andre Wojaczek and Carol Hsiung. They looked at every single submission and were blown away by all the amazing creativity that everyone shared. Learn more about the judges:

Andre Wojaczek

Andre is a Designer, Illustrator and visualization expert. He has worked with Mental Canvas on personal projects and professional, including creating this immersive virtual boutique with Town & Country Magazine and Amazon Registry.

Carol Hsiung

Carol is a Senior Designer at FXCollaborative and one of the first Mental Canvas users. Carol “loves the process of drawing and the story a line can make.” Carol has used Mental Canvas extensively in both her professional work as an Architect as well as for personal projects and storytelling.

More to Explore

Thank you to everyone who participated! There will be many more opportunities in the upcoming mini challenges and we can't wait to see what's in store. Here are a few more amazing scenes from the first mini challenge:
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