2026 WINNERS

Check out the winners of the MARDINI 2026 Daily Art Challenge where Houdini artists competed for cool prizes by creating a new image or animation everyday during the month of March. Each day had a prompt to help inspire the artwork.


BEST



IMAGE

First Place



 Mgitop
Day 21 | Food

Second Place



PierrickOpitz
Day 28 | Crowd

Third Place



JanHebein
Day 31 | Refract

BEST



ANIMATION

First Place



JanHebein
Day 23 | Orbit

Second Place



erhardiazz
Day 18 | Organic

Third Place



leandersilur
Day 30 | Motion Blur

    BEST COLLECTION
    BEST IMAGE

1st PLACE

Mgitop | Day 21 | Food

 

 2nd PLACE

PierrickOpitz | Day 28 | Crowd

 

3rd PLACE

JanHebein | Day 31 | Refract

    BEST ANIMATION

1st PLACE

JanHebein | Day 23 | Orbit

 

2nd PLACE

pirate sheep | Day 18 | Organic

 

3rd PLACE

leandersilur | Day 30 | Motion Blur

    DAILY WINNERS

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    IRON HEART

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Many thanks to the Judges for Mardini 2026

Best of Judges:  Nick Scarcella, Yan Paul Dubbelman, Adam Swaab, Paul Esteves, Chrysta Hiser and Nicholas Ralabate

Daily Winner Judges: Chris Hebert, Jeff Wagner, Jinho Jeoung, Tom Goffelli, Alasgar Hasanov, Peter Arcara and Dmitrii Vlasenko

FINAL LEADERBOARD

Place

Artist

#Points

1

    WINNER BEST COLLECTION!  

JanHebein

107

2

LeePetrl

91

3

mkarlowski

73

4

HYUN_3

71

5

gou

70

6

leandersilur

58

7

PierrickOpitz

54

8

zakkatara

52

9

pvigier

46

10

afermier

41

10

FFlabs

41

12

Thibs-V

38

13

Jackatack

37

14

Onguu

34

IMAGES

DAY 31

REFRACT


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DAY 30

MOTION BLUR

DAY 29

VOLUMETRIC


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DAY 27

TALK


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DAY 26

COLLAPSE

DAY 25

DANCE

DAY 23

ORBIT


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DAY 22

TRANSFORMER


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DAY 21

FOOD

DAY 20

STYLIZED

DAY 18

ORGANIC

DAY 17

DAMAGED


CV


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DAY 16

FRACTAL

DAY 14

CLOTHING


CV

DAY 13

FUR


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DAY 12

JIGGLE


CV

DAY 11

DISINTEGRATE


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DAY 9

GOOEY


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DAY 8

EXPLODE


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DAY 6

MINIATURE

DAY 5

ENVIRONMENT


CV

DAY 4

ARCHITECTURE

DAY 3

AQUATIC


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