MARDINI 2023 WINNERS

Daily Art Challenge

SideFX is proud to announce the winners of the MARDINI 2023 Daily Art Challenge where Houdini artists competed 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 Houdini node to help inspire the artwork. 


WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS

Week 1 | SHAPE

Week 2 | NATURE

Week 3 | MOTION

Week 4 | LIGHT

Week 5 | WORLDS


WINNERS

 

Category

Winner


   BEST COLLECTION!  



  BEST ARTWORK - IMAGE  

1st PLACE


  BEST ARTWORK - ANIMATION  

1st PLACE


   DAILY WINNERS



   IRON HEART


JUDGES: Thanks to Kim Davidson, Scott Keating, Chris Rydalch, Louis-Phillippe Clavet, Matt Estela, Moeen Sayed and Paul Esteves for judging the Best Artwork categories and Chris Hebert, Ben Mears, Yolanda Charlo, Bill Self, Fianna Wong and Robert Magee for judging the daily challenges.  


FINAL LEADERBOARD | DAY 31

Place 

Artist                      

# Points                   

1

Thomas Klyhn Christensen                              WINNER BEST COLLECTION!  

109

2

Wolrajh   

104

3

MichaelHunault

88

4

JanHebein

76

5

No_ha

59

6

EJaworenko

53

7

joakim-e

47

8

QWit

46

9

fdroess

45

11

bechica

43

10

Furuya Takumi

42

13

salilraina

42

11

tom knaul

41

13

galagast

38

15

WaffleBoyTom68

36

16

Chootana

35

16

electricalpencil

35

16

hampeeee

35

19

thimer

34




DAILY WINNERS

BEST IMAGES

First Place

Second Place

Third Place


Wolrajh
Day 8 | Sand


EJaworenko
Day 10 | Wave


EJaworenko
Day 5 | Smooth

DAILY IMAGES

DAY 31
SCI FI

WORLDS

DAY 30
FANTASY

WORLDS

DAY 29
RURAL

WORLDS

DAY 28
URBAN

WORLDS

DAY 27
ANCIENT

WORLDS

DAY 26
HALO

LIGHT

DAY 25
BEAM

LIGHT

DAY 24
FOG

LIGHT

DAY 23
SHADOW

LIGHT

DAY 22
REFLECT

LIGHT

DAY 21
STAGE

LIGHT

DAY 20
BULB

LIGHT

DAY 19
RUN

MOTION

DAY 18
TUMBLE

MOTION

DAY 17
FLOW

MOTION

DAY 16
CRASH

MOTION

DAY 15
LEAP

MOTION

DAY 13
BOUNCE

MOTION

DAY 12
TREE

NATURE

DAY 11
GRASS

NATURE

DAY 10
WAVE

NATURE

DAY 9
RIVER

NATURE

DAY 8
SAND

NATURE

DAY 6
ROCK

NATURE

DAY 5
SMOOTH

SHAPE

DAY 4
ROUGH

SHAPE

DAY 3
OBTUSE

SHAPE

DAY 2
LINEAR

SHAPE

DAY 1
ROUND

SHAPE



BEST ANIMATIONS

First Place

Second Place

Third Place

Joakim-e
Day 2 | Linear


Thomas KC
Day 4 | Rough


JanHebein
Day 21 | Stage

DAILY ANIMATIONS

DAY 31
SCI FI

WORLDS

DAY 30
FANTASY

WORLDS

DAY 29
RURAL

WORLDS

DAY 28
URBAN

WORLDS

DAY 27
ANCIENT

WORLDS

DAY 22
REFLECT

LIGHT

DAY 21
STAGE

LIGHT

DAY 20
BULB

LIGHT

DAY 18
TUMBLE

MOTION

DAY 17
FLOW

MOTION

DAY 16
CRASH

MOTION

DAY 15
LEAP

MOTION

DAY 14
GROW

MOTION

DAY 13
BOUNCE

MOTION

DAY 12
TREE

NATURE

DAY 11
GRASS

NATURE

DAY 10
WAVE

NATURE

DAY 9
RIVER

NATURE

DAY 8
SAND

NATURE

DAY 7
MUD

NATURE

DAY 6
ROCK

NATURE

DAY 5
SMOOTH

SHAPE

DAY 4
ROUGH

SHAPE

DAY 3
OBTUSE

SHAPE

DAY 2
LINEAR

SHAPE

DAY 1
ROUND

SHAPE