Feudal Japan: The Shogunate Award Winners and Honourable Mentions
ArtStation’s sixth Community Challenge, Feudal Japan: The Shogunate, launched in September 2018 with industry-based challenge hosts, and a record number of entrants for an ArtStation Challenge! Like all our community challenges, the submission process was entirely open, and 5,000+ artists took up the challenge to capture the rich history of Japan during its Shogunate period. Submissions across all categories approached the levels of quality you’d expect in game or film projects, with hosts and fellow entrants providing the encouragement and feedback to push artists to create their best work.
An all-star judging panel took on the difficult task to sort through the very strong entries in all categories. Huge thanks to: Jason Connell (Sucker Punch Productions), C Shannon Tindle (creator of Kubo and the Two Strings), Yekaterina Bourykina (Riot Games), Eddie Del Rio (Concept Designer Ready Player One), Krystal Sae Eua (Lead Character Artist, Blur Studios), Devon Fay (Riot Games) and our amazing challenge hosts Pablo Carpio (Riot Games), Suzanne Helmigh (Freelance), Randall Mackey (Freelance), Grace Liu (Airship Syndicate), Satoshi Arakawa (Amazon Games), Gavin Goulden (Insomniac Games), Mathew O’Halloran (Ubisoft Massive), Karen Stanley (Ubisoft Massive), Hasan Bajramovic (Blur) and Javier Perez (Intrepid Studios).
The quality of submissions were extraordinary, and the judges and hosts agreed:
“I was blown away by the commitment to research, and talent showcased in this challenge. Thanks for the endless inspiration.”
Jason Connell, Art Director on Ghost of Tsushima game
“The 2D character submissions are at 90% professional quality! I’ve never seen the percentage so high in any of the previous ArtStation Challenges!”
Suzanne Helmigh, Character Design Challenge Host
“The history of Japan is near and dear to my heart. So great to see such a wide range of approaches, interpretations and styles.”
C Shannon Tindle, Creator of Kubo & the Two Strings
The challenge winners each receive a virtual ArtStation Challenge trophy, designed with meticulous attention to detail by industrial designer Ivan Šantić (check out the process of designing the Awards). 1st, 2nd and 3rd winners also receive a free 12-month ArtStation Pro subscription.
We’re very pleased to present to you the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners in each of the categories along with the Honourable Mentions. A record 64 amazing artists received awards in the Feudal Japan: The Shogunate challenge!
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Feudal Japan: The Shogunate – Keyframe Concept Art
1st Place Keyframe Concept Art: Sangyeob Park
2nd Place Keyframe Concept Art: Vladyslava Hladkova
3rd Place Keyframe Concept Art: Kevin Fleeman
Honourable Mention Keyframe Concept Art: Klaus Pillon
Honourable Mention Keyframe Concept Art: Lap Pun Cheung
Honourable Mention Keyframe Concept Art: Ngan Pham
Honourable Mention Keyframe Concept Art: Rudy Parfaite
Honourable Mention Keyframe Concept Art: Kévin Le Moigne
Feudal Japan: The Shogunate – Character Design
1st Place Character Design: Hua Lu
2nd Place Character Design: Servane Altermatt
3rd Place Character Design: Thomas Chamberlain – Keen
Honourable Mention Character Design: . Yi
Honourable Mention Character Design: Raymond -hh
Honourable Mention Character Design: Moritz Cremer
Honourable Mention Character Design: Kati Sarin S.
Honourable Mention Character Design: Maoden Zhang
Feudal Japan: The Shogunate – Environment Design
1st Place Environment Design: David Honz
2nd Place Environment Design: Alessandro Paviolo
3rd Place Environment Design: Ivan Ilko
Honourable Mention Environment Design: Andreas Husballe
Honourable Mention Environment Design: Andrey Vasilyev
Honourable Mention Environment Design: Vincent Lebocey
Honourable Mention Environment Design: Fernanders Sam
Honourable Mention Environment Design: Gediminas Einikis
Feudal Japan: The Shogunate – Prop Design
1st Place Prop Design: Elodie Mondoloni
2nd place Prop Design: Roberto Gatto
3rd Place Prop Design: Lloyd Drake-Brockman
Honourable Mention Prop Design: Jens Fiedler
Honourable Mention Prop Design: Glenn van Driel
Honourable Mention Prop Design: Alexandre Avranches
Honourable Mention Prop Design: Luka Mivsek
Honourable Mention Prop Design: Mikita Kavalenka
PRODUCTION
Feudal Japan: The Shogunate – Game Character Art (real-time)
1st Place Game Character Art (real-time): Melan Barba
2nd Place Game Character Art (real-time): Juan Novelletto
3rd Place Game Character Art (real-time): Ilya Gagarin
Honourable Mention Game Character Art (real-time): Olya Anufrieva
Honourable Mention Game Character Art (real-time): Malwina Kwiatkowska
Honourable Mention Game Character Art (real-time): Vladimir Silkin
Honourable Mention Game Character Art (real-time): Frédéric Arsenault
Honourable Mention Game Character Art (real-time): Tommy Gunardi Teguh
Feudal Japan: The Shogunate – Film/VFX Character Art (rendered)
1st Place Film/VFX Character Art (rendered): Artem Gansior
2nd Place Film/VFX Character Art (rendered): Sarah Bromley
3rd Place Film/VFX Character Art (rendered): John Doromal
Honourable Mention Film/VFX Character Art (rendered): Juan Olarte
Honourable Mention Film/VFX Character Art (rendered): James Lin
Honourable Mention Film/VFX Character Art (rendered): Konstantin Gdalevich
Honourable Mention Film/VFX Character Art (rendered): Ali Sadeghi
Honourable Mention Film/VFX Character Art (rendered): Oscar Diaz C
Feudal Japan: The Shogunate – Game Environment/Level Art
1st Place Game Environment/Level Art: Rudy Lamotte
2nd Place Game Environment/Level Art: Tim Simpson
3rd Place Game Environment/Level Art: Jeryce Dianingana
Honourable Mention Game Environment/Level Art: Paul Carstens
Honourable Mention Game Environment/Level Art: Jeremy Cerisy
Honourable Mention Game Environment/Level Art: Thomas Ripoll Kobayashi
Honourable Mention Game Environment/Level Art: Vanessa Boelke
Honourable Mention Game Environment/Level Art: John Teodoro
Feudal Japan: The Shogunate – Prop Art (rendered)
1st Place Prop Art (rendered): Adam Nield
2nd Place Prop Art (rendered): Doru Bogdan
3rd Place Prop Art (rendered): Aidin Salsabili
Honourable Mention Prop Art (rendered): Sourav Kumar
Honourable Mention Prop Art (rendered): Massimo Caggese
Honourable Mention Prop Art (rendered): Warwick .
Honourable Mention Prop Art (rendered): Pedro Pereira
Honourable Mention Prop Art (rendered): Riyad Hasan
You can see all of the entries for the Feudal Japan: The Shogunate Challenge here: