MARDINI

Daily Art Challenge

SideFX is proud to announce the winners of the MARDINI Daily Art Challenge where Houdini artists can compete for cool prizes by creating a new image or animation everyday during the month of March. Each week had a theme and each day had a topic to help inspire the artwork. 


WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS

Week 1 | MOTION

Week 2 | NATURE

Week 3 | WORLDS

Week 4 | CREATURES

Week 5 | ELEMENTS


WINNERS

 

Category

Winner


   BEST COLLECTION!  



  BEST ARTWORK - IMAGE  

1st PLACE

oooskar | Day 11 | Wave


2nd PLACE

Mucci | Day 9 | Beach


3rd PLACE

oooskar | Day 23 | Sleep


  BEST ARTWORK - ANIMATION  

1st PLACE

Weslie Sison | Day 2 | Grow


2nd PLACE

toast | Day 11 | Wave


3rd PLACE

carldrifter | Day30 | Water


   DAILY WINNERS



   IRON HEART


JUDGES: Thanks to Esther Trilsch, Etienne Carrier, Gabriela Salmeron, James Coore, Kate Xagoraris, Manuel Tausch, Moeen Sayed, Moritz Schwind, and Sunny Teich for judging the Best Artwork categories and Chris Hebert, Paul Ambrosiussen, Ben Mears and Robert Magee for judging the daily challenges. Thanks also go to Kim Davidson for breaking any ties that came up along the way! 


MARDINI Hive

Join us on April 22, 2021 for the Mardini HIVE which brings together a handful of daily challenge winners to share the techniques used to create their winning entries. 


FINAL LEADERBOARD | DAY 31

Place 

Artist                      

# Points                   

1

carldrifter                                 WINNER BEST COLLECTION!  

76

2

Takuya Okada

72

3

oooskar

70

4

NicoKlein

65

5

Jason Harmon

61

6

Furuya Takumi

47

7

beezle

45

8

MAREYUS

42

8

NQ

42

8

Bencze

42

9

Desturberrr

41

9

Luke Kantola

41

10

Ash_fx

39

10

Carl Krause

39

10

vfxman22

39

11

Khaorte

37

12

Destroyer

36

12

Thomas Klyhn Christensen

36

12

tom knaul

36

13

AspenExcel

34

13

Hans Palacios

34

13

Peter_Arcara

34

14

AYOUB HA

33

14

illsqjn

33

14

thehasenn

33

14

zenshep

33




WINNERS

BEST IMAGES

 

First Place

Second Place

Third Place



oooskar
Day 11 | Wave


Mucci
Day 9 | Beach


oooskar
Day 23 | Sleep

Daily IMAGES

 

First Place

Second Place

Third Place

DAY 31
FIRE

ELEMENTS

DAY 30
WATER

ELEMENTS

DAY 29
WIND

ELEMENTS

DAY 28
EARTH

ELEMENTS

DAY 27
BURROW

CREATURES

DAY 26
PERCH

CREATURES

DAY 25
BUZZ

CREATURES

DAY 24
EAT

CREATURES

DAY 23
SLEEP

CREATURES

DAY 22
CRAWL

CREATURES

DAY 21
RUN

CREATURES

DAY 20
HIDDEN

WORLDS

DAY 19
RURAL

WORLDS

DAY 18
MODERN

WORLDS

DAY 17
SCI-FI

WORLDS

DAY 16
FANTASY

WORLDS

DAY 15
MEDIEVAL

WORLDS

DAY 14
ANCIENT

WORLDS

DAY 13
GRASS

NATURE

DAY 12
VALLEY

NATURE

DAY 11
WAVE

NATURE

DAY 10
RIVER

NATURE

DAY 9
BEACH

NATURE

DAY 8
MUD

NATURE

DAY 7
STONE

NATURE

DAY 6
FLOW

MOTION

DAY 5
CRASH

MOTION

DAY 4
ESCAPE

MOTION

DAY 3
LEAP

MOTION

DAY 1
BOUNCE

MOTION

BEST ANIMATIONS

 

First Place

Second Place

Third Place


Weslie Sison
Day 2 | Grow


toast
Day 11 | Wave


carldrifter
Day 30 | Water

Daily ANIMATIONS

 

First Place

Second Place

Third Place

DAY 31
FIRE

ELEMENTS

DAY 30
WATER

ELEMENTS

DAY 29
WIND

ELEMENTS

DAY 28
EARTH

ELEMENTS

DAY 27
BURROW

CREATURES

NQ

DAY 26
PERCH

CREATURES

DAY 25
BUZZ

CREATURES


Em-

DAY 24
EAT

CREATURES

DAY 23
SLEEP

CREATURES

DAY 22
CRAWL

CREATURES

DAY 21
RUN

CREATURES


NQ

DAY 20
HIDDEN

WORLDS

DAY 19
RURAL

WORLDS

DAY 18
MODERN

WORLDS

DAY 17
SCI-FI

WORLDS

DAY 16
FANTASY

WORLDS

DAY 15
MEDIEVAL

WORLDS

DAY 14
ANCIENT

WORLDS

DAY 13
GRASS

NATURE

DAY 12
VALLEY

NATURE

DAY 11
WAVE

NATURE

DAY 10
RIVER

NATURE

DAY 9
BEACH

NATURE

DAY 8
MUD

NATURE

DAY 7
STONE

NATURE


Em-

DAY 6
FLOW

MOTION

DAY 1
BOUNCE

MOTION