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2017 has been the biggest year yet for Search For A Star & Sumo Digital Rising Star. The second year running our art competition has seen 219 talented artists submitting work for our first round of the competition!

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Our amazing round two industry judges have donated their valuable time and marked all our students work based on their design, technical ability, creative vision and the presentation of their final piece.

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With all the marks in, we’re now excited to announce the 21 Search For A Star & Sumo Digital Rising Star artists, ranging from character and environmental artists, to animators and VFX artists!

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Search For A Star Character Art

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Harry Buckley-Robins – Staffordshire University

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Maxim Zazulak – University of Huddersfield

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Michael Starovoytov – University of Huddersfield

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Sumo Digital Rising Star Character Art 

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Dorota Sekula – Abertay University

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Ellie Brown – University of Huddersfield

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Georgia Jeffries – University of Hertfordshire

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Search For A Star Environment Art 

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Adam Robert Knight – Doncaster University Centre

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Jake Missing – Sheffield Hallam University

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Stefan Oprisan – Teeside University 

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Rising Star Environment Art

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Daniel Stok – NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences

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Guy Boxall – Bournemouth University

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Samuel Sharpe – University of Huddersfield

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Search For A Star Animation 

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Luke Robson – Teeside University

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Owen Calderbank – Salford University 

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Stephane Thomas Gilbert Ikor – University of Derby

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Sumo Digital Rising Star Animation 

Alexander Gray – Buckinghamshire New University

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Hollie Whitehouse – University of Hertfordshire

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Michal Niewiadomski – Buckinghamshire New University

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 Tamara Tumbov – NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences

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Search For A Star VFX 

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Lyuboslav Angelov – Buckinghamshire New University

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Niels Dewitte – Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen

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Robert Potter – University of Huddersfield