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CHALLENGE:Illustrate an action packed, one on one battle, two characters going head to head. Who is going to win? Who or what are the characters? All media acceptable! Do a drawing, painting, sculpture, digital, traditional, 2d or 3d, anything goes!.
Prizes provided by @wacom, @michaelmattesi and @stanprokopenko
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The Judge
@michaelmattesi is an artist, author, concept artist, illustrator, and art instructor. Michael began his art career at the School of Visual Arts in New York City where he pursued comic book art but landed working at Disney in Consumer Products and in Feature Animation where he had the chance to work on The Lion King. After moving to California, he wrote the popular drawing book FORCE and launched a company called Contagious Concepts.
Michael has taught at and worked for studios such as, but not limited to, Microsoft, Nickelodeon, and EA and has had drawing workshops all over the world. He now runs DrawingForce.com, an art instruction site focused on teaching the ins and outs of design, anatomy, and gesture. We are excited to have him as the judge for this month’s #Prokochallenge!
Find Michael: Instagram, YouTube, Website and Twitter
1st Place
Nuno Zou – @zunou.art
Prize – Wacom One Creative Pen display, FORCE Bundle: Includes Lifetime Access to FORCE Basics, FORCE Form, FORCE Shape and FORCE Anatomy Courses, the Proko Figure, Portrait, and Anatomy courses, 3 Proko model packs, and their art featured on the Proko YouTube Channel.
2nd Place
Dimi Talas – @dimitalas
Prize – Wacom Intuos Small Bluetooth, FORCE Standard membership for one year, 2 Proko courses of winner’s choice, 2 model packs of winner’s choice, and their art featured on the Proko Youtube channel.
3rd Place
C. Gerisch – c.gerischs
Prize – One by Wacom Pen Tablet, FORCE Model Photo Pack, 1 Proko Course of winner’s choice, 1 model pack of winner’s choice, and their art featured on the Proko Youtube Channel.
Proko “Team Choice”
Manuel Piedra – @m_piedra_m
Prize – 1 Proko course and 1 model pack.
Line Art Award
Richard Wiley – @art_of_wiley
Prize – 1 Proko course.
David and Goliath Award
Mii – @mii_ice
Prize – 1 Proko course.
Violent Cat Award
amershkalump – @amershkalump
Prize – 1 Proko course.
Gesture Award
Antonio Cardone – @antocard_
Prize – 1 Proko course.
Super Soldier Battle Award
Echo Fabito – @ecosixth
Prize – 1 Proko course.
Best Gorilla Beating Up A Skeleton Award
Elvis Murray – @elbees49
Prize – 1 Proko course.
Best Mood
Jescer Ramírez Perfecto – @eljescer
Prize – 1 Proko course.
Best God V.S. Man Award
James Polley – @xjpolley
Prize – 1 Proko course.
Exciting Draftsmanship Award
Vahid Darvish Zadeh – @vahiddz
Prize – 1 Proko course.
Random Winner
Samir H. M. – @huachomorales
Prize – 1 Proko Course
Honorable Mentions
Other Honorable Mentions in no particular order.
Enoch – @enochseasel
Brett Ellefson – @brettlybrettt
Aerius Lee – @aerius723
Zuzanna Kowalska – @zuzanna.a.kowalska
Emmanuel Méndez – @emm_mendez
Thumbnail art by Nuno Zou