Prizes for sixth annual animation competition hosted on mobile devices include the iPad Pro, Wacom Intuos Pro and Apple TV; deadline for submissions is November 15.
STATE COLLEGE, PA -- The annual animation competition iAniMagic2016 hosted by Kdan Mobile Software has issued a call for entries. The Taiwan-headquartered creative software solutions provider has announced new collaborations with leading universities for art and design worldwide for this year’s contest. Kdan’s annual animation competition has now been running six years in a row, garnering much attention and support from animation enthusiasts.
The animation contest of Kdan’s flagship application Animation Desk is supported by various academic institutions including California State University, Fullerton (CSUF), Shandong University of Art & Design and Cheng Shiu University. CSUF professor Chuck Grieb, who has served as a storyboard artist and character designer for studios such as Disney and Nickelodeon, will be one of the judges to decide the winners of the competition. Judging alongside Grieb will be Stephen Egts, Mike Dietz, Wendy Grieb, Sean Shi, Hsieh Pei-Wen and Alejandro Garcia.
“Following the success of iAniMagic2015: The Living Light Box, we want to push the boundaries this year to appeal to an even wider set of audience, inviting all the animation enthusiasts across the world to join this annual contest,” Kdan Mobile CEO Kenny Su comments.
This year, Kdan Mobile has added special awards specifically for students from the participating universities. One student from each collaborating institution will be selected to win an iPad Mini.
iAniMagic2016: My Ani-Character is sponsored by (in alphabetical order) Adonit, Sensu and Wacom, and runs through November 15. This year’s prizes include iPad Pro, Wacom Intuos Pro and Apple TV at a total worth of over $4,000 US. Moving on from last year’s competition theme based on the concept of a “living light box,” iAniMagic2016 encourages the participants to create their own, unique animation characters and tell their stories.
Source: Kdan Mobile Software
Formerly Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network, Jennifer Wolfe has worked in the Media & Entertainment industry as a writer and PR professional since 2003.
