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November Art Jam: Dublin, Manchester & Toronto Edition





It's time to check out our November Art Jam submissions!

And we've got another great roundup of art jammy goodness from our studios with a whopping triple serving as we look at our Dublin, Manchester and Toronto studio November Art Jams.

First up, we've got some high-flying submissions from our Dublin studio for their theme of 'Circus'!

A Million Dreams by Texture Artist Francesca Fracassi
A Million Dreams by Texture Artist Francesca Fracassi
Circus by Senior Development Artist Barry O'Donoghue
Circus by Senior Development Artist Barry O'Donoghue
Love Problems by 2D Designer Marvi Manzoni
Love Problems by 2D Designer Marvi Manzoni
Do The Right Thing by Storyboard Artist Irene Martini
Do The Right Thing by Storyboard Artist Irene Martini
Devious Motives by Storyboard Revisionist Olly Blake
Devious Motives by Storyboard Revisionist Olly Blake
Paleoman by Art Director Stephen O'Connor
Paleoman by Art Director Stephen O'Connor
Being Caged by Lead FX Artist Sreejith Ravindran
Being Caged by Lead FX Artist Sreejith Ravindran
Circus by Senior FX Artist Guilherme Brenner - View video below!
Circus by Senior FX Artist Guilherme Brenner - View video below!

The winning entries were:

1st place: Marvi Manzoni

2nd place: Guilherme Brenner

3rd Place: Barry O'Donoghue

Our Manchester studio decided to shake things up and get a little festive with some handcrafted baubles for their latest Art Jam challenge.

The results were delightful!

The winning entries were:

1st place: Holly Churchill for the incredible Lee Scoresby's Hot Air Balloon bauble

2nd place: Eion McNaught for the adorable Baby Yoda bauble

3rd place: Anye Chen for her vibrant The Scrapper bauble

And lastly, our November Toronto Art Jam theme was a whimsical and wispy one… our artists dove deep into the realm of the MOUSTACHE!

By Storyboard Revisionist Adarsh Peter
By Storyboard Revisionist Adarsh Peter
By 2D Design Supervisor Matt Cassan
By 2D Design Supervisor Matt Cassan
By 2D Designer Rachel Joseph
By 2D Designer Rachel Joseph
By Storyboard Revisionist Sam Braithwaite
By Storyboard Revisionist Sam Braithwaite
By Rigger Chloe Wong
By Rigger Chloe Wong
By Storyboard Revisionist Adarsh Peter
By Storyboard Revisionist Adarsh Peter
By 3D Animator Elisa Almeida Ucci
By 3D Animator Elisa Almeida Ucci
By Background Artist Fraeya Pinto
By Background Artist Fraeya Pinto
By Texture Artist Kostadino Ketsilis
By Texture Artist Kostadino Ketsilis

Winner - We Moustache Him To Join Us! by Elisa Almeida Ucci, 3D Animator

1st runner up - Mustache by Sam Braithwaite, Storyboard Revisionist

2nd runner up - Movember Man by Adarsh Peter, Storyboard Revisionist

Winner - We Moustache Him To Join Us! by Elisa Almeida Ucci, 3D Animator 

“When I started thinking about the theme “Moustache” I jotted down a lot of potential ideas I could go with. I did a couple thumbnails and then built off the one I believed could best tell a story.

I like finding the humour in scenarios and enjoy the challenge of putting a story into a single image. I then wanted to further challenge myself with adopting a style I hadn't tried before so, I studied the work of Al Hirschfeld for the month of November. I took note of style choices he made when creating his characters and lines. I wrote these down and then practiced drawing referenced real people into Hirschfeld's style. His smoothness and flow in line, I think, lent itself perfectly to the cool, fashionable characters I, myself, was trying to create.

Now the best part is, moving forward I have another style I can fall back on if I'm not having the best of drawing days!”

- November Winner, Elisa Almeida Ucci

Congrats to all our November Art Jam artists!

Join us again in the New Year for more Jammy goodness!


Anahita Tabarsi

Anahita is Brown Bag Films' Marketing Director, Digital & Social and drinks more than five coffees a day...

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