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Search For A Star | Animation & VFX Finalists 2023

March 30, 2023 0
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Search For A Star | Animation & VFX Finalists 2023

March 30, 2023 Dan Dudley 0

The assessments have been received back and we have our finalists selection for this year’s Search For A Star challenge in the Animation and VFX categories!

We’ll be interviewing all the finalists and revealing the winners of this year’s challenges as part of our Search For A Star finals event, on April 13th in Sheffield.

We’ve had a range of fantastic submissions this year, so let’s take a look at our finalists for 2023!


Search for a Star 2023

Students in their final year of a degree or in postgraduate study

Charlie Shaw

University of Huddersfield

Battle Boss Vel’Koz Skin

See Charlie’s portfolio here: https://www.artstation.com/charlieshaw


Alvin Oblitey

Staffordshire University

ConeJo Beast Mode

See Alvin’s portfolio here: https://www.artstation.com/alvinoblitey


Karla Tanner

Staffordshire University

Devana Combat Ready

See Karla’s portfolio here: https://www.artstation.com/karlala


Katherine Lindhorst

Teesside University

Link’s Cautious Approach

See Katherine’s portfolio here: https://kmlindhorst.wordpress.com/


Siobhan Foster

Staffordshire University

Crustacean Attack

See Siobhan’s portfolio here: https://www.youtube.com/@siobhanfoster6795


Article By Dan Dudley

Marketing + community + support person. Lots of behind-the-scenes bits here at Grads In Games & with Search For A Star. If you need help with anything, you can usually find me over on the Grads In Games Discord or email dan@gradsingames.com

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