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IANIMAGIC 2017 WINNER STORY – YINGZI ZHUO, BEST TECHNIQUE WINNER

The Best Technique award for iAniMagic Animation Contest 2017 has been awarded to Yingzi Zhuo for her impressive animation, Door, which depicts the difficulties we encounter door-after-door throughout life. Zhuo is an enthusiastic student from Xiamen Academy of Arts and Design at Fuzhou University, China, with a strong passion for animation. Her attentiveness to detail is shown in her award-winning piece, which has led to her well-deserved Best Technique award. Join us in discovering Zhuo’s method to success!

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iAniMagic 2017 Winner Story – Aastalim, Honorable Mention & Student Award Winner

Lin Xiaoman (林曉曼), also known as Aastalim, is the 2017 recipient of both an Honorable Mention and a Student award in iAniMagic 2017 with her submitted animation, Pick Yourself Up . Lin’s work is traditionally stylized with eye-catching colors and visuals, but in this competition, she chose to present the characters’ movements with minimalist black and white. Let’s learn more about her experience creating this work and some useful animation tips! Continue reading “iAniMagic 2017 Winner Story – Aastalim, Honorable Mention & Student Award Winner”

iAniMagic 2017 Winner Story – Beck Williams

Beck Williams is our grand winner for iAniMagic 2017. The interview with Beck outlines her success in the making of the winning work, Misfortune, and her journey in navigating the animation industry. We at Kdan Mobile appreciate the many animation enthusiasts like Beck and would welcome more to come and try how Animation Desk could help you bring your ideas to life.

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Take It Easy Award Winners

Alright Kdanimators, the Take It Easy animation challenge is finally over!

Time to stop slaving away on your animations and finally take it easy for real (pun most intended). We know it’s been a long, tough ride for many of you as you squeezed out your 6-second magnum opus, but we hope that Animation Desk made the messy creative process smoother, and easier for you.
That is in fact, why we created the app in the first place! Because we’re creative too, and we understand just how difficult it can be to create something absolutely stunning – on time.

So from one creative to another, we at Kdan Mobile would just like to say…

Thank you. You are the reason we’ll continue to Create, Mash and Inspire.

Now before you get all teary-eyed, it’s time to kick back, relax, and read on as we unveil the Take It Easy Judge Award and Audience Award winners.
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iAniMagic 2017 Winner Story – Ian Chung, the Jury Award Winner

We have had the pleasure to interview Ian Chung (鍾侑軒), the Jury Award winner of iAniMagic 2017, to learn more about his journey in the animation world. After graduating from National Tainan University of Arts, he started working as Storyboard artist and 2D FX Artist in an animation studio. Previously he was involved in the production of various Taiwanese animation films and TV series. His award-winning piece Future is considered to be a ‘stylish’ and ‘fun’ piece that has caught attention around the world.

Read on for our conversation with Ian:

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