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Creator of June 2013 – urbansicc

Jun 03

A blink of an eye and poof! It’s June! Whoaa it’s really fast, isn’t it? Where did the time go?

Anyway, the first week of the month means it’s time for our Creator of the Month! :D

We would like to introduce you to Anna Kövecses or many of you have known her as urbansicc here at eYeka. She’s a Hungarian-born graphic designer currently living and working in Cyprus.

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She entered her first online logo design competition 5 years ago and that marks the start of her creative career. Crowdsourcing competitions helped her to gain experience and build a great portfolio and she slowly got involved in a lot of different creative fields, mostly by guessing, trying different methods and simply by learning from what others have created. Today, she works mainly on illustration, branding and animation projects. But besides that, she loves photography as well as it helps her to capture everyday objects, people and places that later serve as inspiration for her works.

You know how some people get inspiration from music, books, people, or even traveling? Anna is one of them. She lives in a quiet village with her boyfriend and their little girl. In their free time, they travel a lot around the island or visit friends and family in Budapest, which is a super inspiring city for her.

If you have seen one of her video creations (like the ones here for Tag Heuer and Lux), you may have thought that she has had a formal education in filmmaking, but in fact, she has never had any! Video making seems like the next step from graphic design and photography for her.

My first video project was a competition on eYeka for Kempinski and my video won the first prize, which is a very kind memory to my heart. I’ve experimented with stop motion techniques and animation as well. Today I’m more into animation as it provides endless opportunities for creative ideas.. nothing is impossible :)

And having been creating such awesome videos and winning 17 prizes so far (and counting, I’m sure) make us wonder, does she have a team that works with her and how’s her creation process usually like? This is what she has to say:

I usually like brainstorming with my boyfriend as he’s a big fan of videomaking and my works as well. We make a great team when it comes to scriptwriting and I trust his opinion a lot. At the production stage, if I’m working with actors, I usually ask friends to participate and it’s all about teamwork; if I’m doing an animation, then it’s much more like a journey in my mind. Post processing can be quite tiring as it involves a lot of sitting in front of my laptop and fighting with deadlines but it does produce a hell lot of adrenaline! :)

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To her, video making and graphic design are quite interconnected in terms of inspiration. She really digs anything Scandinavian, Swiss and German. That includes movies of Lars von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg, Wim Wenders and Christian Petzold, graphic and industrial designers like Olle Eksell, Dieter Rams, Paul Rand (ok, he’s American). She also loves mid century modern architecture and furniture, everyday objects, children’s books, packaging, etc. “Actually anything can be inspiring as long as it’s simple, honest and functional.”, she added.

She doesn’t actually remember how did she first find out about eYeka as it was long ago, but she has been loving it ever since :D . She said, “I love that it’s the friendliest company ever; no matter how many bugging questions I ask them, they always answer me quickly and kindly. I think it’s very important for a crowdsourcing company to provide a seamless communication, and they’re doing a great job. I really appreciate how eYeka gives equal chances to everyone and judges all creations based on their originality and spirit, not only their execution. Finally, of course it’s incredibly great to work on exciting briefs for exciting brands. eYeka provides everyone the opportunity to express him/herself, to learn and gain success. The only downside for me is that sometimes it’s incredibly hard to wait for the results but I know it’s a complex situation and depends highly on brands and I’m an impatient person anyway. All in all, eYeka rocks and is worth returning to from time to time.”

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If you’d like to see more of her creative works, do check out her website where you can find a selection of her best works.  Or if you are curious on behind-the-scene of her projects, check out her blog where she shares sneak peeks from works in progress, personal photographs, and stuff that inspires her. She is also running a personal design project called Coloradore that aims to provide color matching inspiration for anyone interested in forms of simple posters she has designed.

To end this article, Anna would like to share some advise to all of you, her fellow creators:

Don’t be afraid to experiment and try new things every time you start a project.

Learn from others but don’t copy them.

Be yourself, find your own voice and create honest work that you can 100% identify yourself with.

Be kind to others. :)

Thank you for your time, Anna. We are glad to have such an inspiring creator here in eYeka. Keep on rocking and creating amazing stuffs :D

Creator of May: final3

May 07

Dear all,

It’s May and it’s time to meet our Creator of the Month! ;)
Let us introduce Shan Guowei a.k.a final3 from China, a talented animator who just joined eYeka 7 months ago but shows us amazing creativity and productivity in his animations: he has won 5 prizes so far! Let’s see what he said and learn his secret know-how to win in eYeka contests:

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Hello all! My name is Shan Guowei, I am living in Beijing, China. I learnt animation in 2000 and started to create my animations in 2001, I have been working in several projects in animation studios of China Central Television, animation school of Beijing Film Academy etc as Art Director. Now I am working as a freelancer here.

I always wanted to participate in contests but I didn’t really have time while at work. Last year I tried to search online to see if there are online platforms with creative contests, eYeka is one of them among the results. I went through the eYeka website and found that there’s Chinese version with clear brief – which is very important to me as I don’t understand English -and the contest prize is pretty attractive! So I decided to participate.

I never doubted eYeka is fake –  if eYeka is fraud, the website will not exist for long so I totally trust it and decided to have a try ;)

When we told him we were really impressed by his creativity – winning 5 prizes in eYeka animation contests within 6 months, he feels a bit shy and thinks he’s far from perfect, and he would like to share some thoughts about his winning secret:

First, you need to understand what the brand wants to see. You can do some research about the brand and make sure you understand the brand’s needs from the brief, then you can start to create your entry.

Second, think creatively and forget about the cliché, try to find more angles to express your ideas before creating, so your entry could stand out from the others.

When we asked what is his best inspiration, he thinks inspirations usually come from his daily life.

Take Comfort contest for example, when I was reading the contest brief, I thought of my wife and my mother immediately - their daily life, their characters, some special moments with them… so I recalled and took down all those special moments with my wife and started to create my animation. Inspiration really comes from everywhere,  you just need to pay attention and observe more.

eYeka is always interested in knowing how creators view us. So we also asked him this question. Here’s what he said to us:

I think eYeka provides great service: I like the brief here, very professional and clear, the people in eYeka shows respect to creators as well, I would like to take this opportunity to say “thank you”.

For the thing that could be improved… I guess it’s always a pity that we can’t view all the submissions in some of the contests, it will be great if we could learn from each other by viewing the entries, I believe we all have different ideas and viewing the creations from other creators is very good opportunity to improve ourselves.

I would also recommend to my fellow creators to participate in eYeka contests, don’t care too much about the prizes, but enjoy the whole creating process – you will feel less pressure and have more fun.

Thanks for your time, final3. We look forward to seeing more creative works from you in our future contests and wish you all the best ;)

Creator of April: Yunganghui

Apr 02

Hello all,

The interview with our creator of the month of April is ready!

For this month, we have chosen a creator from Korean community. As they surely show us their authentic talents in videos and designs with real creative ideas! Our community consists of multinational creators. We are always open to everyone in this world as long as you are creative and fun. :) Without further ado let’s meet our creator of the month.

On eYeka she is known as Yunganghui, it is also her real name: Yun Ganghui.

Hello, I’m a freelance designer. Usually I work for the advertising draft proposals or illustrations. Recently, I participate in contests to build my portfolio. I was looking for some interesting contests. I found eYeka through another contest website.

I had never participated in international contests before eYeka. I checked contests which have been taking place on eYeka and I saw many well known brands. So, I decided to challenge myself.

I personally think that eYeka is a space for the global communication between numerous designers from all over the world.

If eYeka makes some quantitative and qualitative improvement of the site, I am sure that the platform will become a medium which has endless potential like Twitter of Facebook for a creative community.

What is the most important thing in the design for you?

It is important to work primarily on the principle of geometry.  Then I would say the personality and the humour!

How do you get new ideas?

I often search other designers’ and illustrators’ works through web surfing. I check some design books and try to watch as many things as possible through films, exhibitions and also TV to have variety of information. Sometimes great ideas came up without doing anything.
What would you say to eYeka community members?

Yet, compared to Europe, Americas or Japan, South Korean design is not so known. But it is starting to be distinguished on the world design community.  There are “hidden” designers based on solid fundamental skills. If they participate actively in international contests, the excellence of Korean design will be recognized very soon. Personally, I hope that Korean creators can freely collaborate with foreign creators.

And to Korean creators?

As I come from a non English speaking country and it was the first time that I participated in an international contest, I had some difficulties to understand the brief which was just in English. But the hot potato was, after the winning, the contract in English. There was so many legal words, so it was hard to understand. I felt the necessity to study English. It is important to be active in international field. Hopefully there will be more Korean creators at eYeka showing their great talents.

My feeling is that if you think something is interesting, just challenge it! For any results, I am sure that you would learn something during the process. Why not making your first steps with eYeka?

Thank you for interviewing me. I wish very best of luck for eYeka.

Many thanks to Yunganghui. :)

She hasn’t got an online portfolio or a personal website yet. Hopefully, in the nearest future we will see more of her creations through eYeka!

Winning video used on Philips’ YouTube Channel

Mar 18

Hi everyone!

Still remember the Philips Consumer Lighting contest which ended on July 2012 when we asked you to “bring to life what’s great about LED light bulbs in a very engaging video or animation”?

Here’s the list of winners if you don’t remember ;)

On of these videos, No Heat by a UK community member, Beau, is now being aired on Philips’ YouTube page.

The video was light, funny and has viral potential,” the brand said about Beau’s video in the winner announcement, “it portrayed clearly the benefits of LED bulbs.” Philips is counting on the viral potential of Beau’s cool video to let the world know about the benefits of LED light bulbs.

We love it, we share it!

So this is the first of the 3 winning creations to be featured on the brand’s social network. We are looking forward for the other winning entries to be implemented as well! Stay tuned and we will keep you updated.

Well done, Beau! :D

Creator of the Month of March

Mar 05

Hi All,

Here in Europe, Spring is coming soon, we are entering in a brand new month: MARCH. Finally winter is leaving, and singing birds, burgeoning flowers, picnic, warm weather, are coming back…

So let’s all say good bye to our coat and let’s warmly welcome spring!! :-D

Apart from that, today is a big day as we also have another guest, who is ….. Our creator of the month of March. You may already know him under the name of Saya, he comes from Ecuador!! You know this wonderful country in South America between Peru and Colombia.

Well in order for you to have an idea of how it looks like, just check on this photo of Quito, the capital city of Ecuador!!

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Well, now let’s discover our Creator of the month‘s interview:

Hi my name is  Andrés Jácome, I was born in Ecuador, and I’m very proud of it. I’m a creative graphic engineer, I love to design and test myself to see until where I can get, in everything I do. I never let anything defeat me.

“I joined eYeka as I was looking for design competitions; to be honest I joined just to try out. But then I got more and more interested in eYeka, after each contest. So far, I won one Prize in a contest, but it motivated me to keep on participating for eYeka, and I will continue to do so.

My source of motivation comes from my family, my wife, and my two wonderful daughters. As for my inspiration, it comes from the world around me, the shapes, the colors, and the creative idea comes into my head almost immediately. Actually I am very lucky, I think I have a gift. :)

What I like about eYeka? Well the fact that the brands we are working with are well renowned in the world. Clearly this gives much prestige to eYeka and of course to the creative community as well.

I wish  the best to all the designers in the world, whatever in their personal and family life. And I send the strongest hugs to everyone from Ecuador. I wish you all a good health and happiness!!

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In the photo you can see my daughter Amelie and I in “Caráquez Bay” beach on the coast of Ecuador.”

 

Actually Saya brought us into confidence and told us who was the most inspiring  artist for him:

From my country (cf Ecuador) I get inspiration from  Oswaldo Guayasamín . I like the crude realism from his work, and the social reality of the Latinos countries. He passed away already but his paintings are stunning, impressive.

From South America, I like SOTO : a kinetic artist from Venezuela.

But I also appreciate Luigi Stornaiolo. I like his abstract work based on the madness of people.

 

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I was also curious to know if his daughter heritated from his talent. And guess what, she is indeed already very talented.

 

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“In the photo, you can see the first painting of my daughter when she was 6 months old. Now she is 5 years old. It was the first approach that my daughter had with graphic arts.”

 

Whaouh!!  What a great interview. Thanks a lot Saya!

Hope you all enjoyed reading it as well. See you soon!!

Creator of the month : February 2013

Feb 05

Hello everyone!

It’s February and it’s time to meet our Creator of the Month. It’s the first time we feature someone from the Russian-speaking community. Please meet fDunk, he is from Ukraine and is a very talented and bright person.

Hi, here you can know me as fDunk. I’m from Ukraine, I was born in a small town, regional center, where I still live so far.

I acquired a profession in medicine; I am a certified radiologist and a teacher and I’m working in this field. But with each passing day I clearly understood that this was not my place – the problem is simple – I get bored there. Only when I am creative, I feel myself at the right place.

Creativity for me is an opportunity to discover myself, to express my potential and my soul.

Creativity is the sheer magic – when you start from nothing and create something absolutely new and unique, something that only you can do. I am not talking about logic or making something using one’s mind, I’m talking about the flight of fantasy, about pure inspiration that is born within you and then overwhelm you entirely until you express it in some way. And then you grab that insight and expand it into a whole world.

Therefore eYeka is the place where you can draw inspiration, which has an amazing variety of tasks as well as methods for their embodiment. There are always several contests, and there is always a choice.

I found eYeka one day, typing into Google something about the creative contests – I wanted to challenge myself and my creativity, and here I am, and incredibly happy about that.

eYeka – is a place where people from all over the world: different cultures, different ways of life, different religions and world-views can realize themselves and their creativity. This is the empowerment for people, and everybody here gets the benefit – the customer, contestants, eYeka employees – isn’t it a perfect model of co-existence?

I have always been inspired by people who have the talent and know how to express it, no matter what. People expanding the borders of consciousness, crashing stereotypes, people who have learned about something unique within themselves and dared to share it with the world.

What is my dream for the future? All I want is to love myself and the world, to create, to express myself and enjoy the life. It may sound like a cliché, but this is how I feel. As for the creativity – I learn, grow, develop, and practice. In the future, I wish to create a project (s) where I can combine all my talents into something integer – photography, video making, poetry, prose, painting, maybe even music.

Thank you, fDunk, for your inspiring words. We are always happy when our creators feel comfortable and free to express themselves within our project. Be creative and stay true to yourself ;)

Creator of January 2013 – chintami

Jan 07

We would like to start the new year (Oh my, is it really 2013 already?!) by featuring a talented creator from a not-so-far away country, Indonesia. She has been with eYeka for slightly more than 2 years as of now and has been actively participating in our creative challenges. She is Chintami Ricci or usually known as chintami among eYeka’s community.

As a designer based in Jakarta, she loves exploring new things and improving her skills on anything related to art & design. This young, talented lady is a designer by day and a contestant by night. Wow! I can’t imagine how busy that must be! And on top of that, she is also an illustrator and children’s book author! Now that’s what we call ‘multitasking’ ;)

“I have just written my first children’s book and it has been approved by a local publisher. I’m interested in writing children’s story books maybe because I love children’s world which is full of fantasy, and in here, I am able to expand my imagination as far as possible :D

Her creation process usually starts with mind mapping and searching for inspirations from her daily life, the environment surrounding her, the Internet, and then asking the people around her whether her idea is applicable, is it good and unique enough, etc. She believes that their opinion and feedback are very useful, and they may also give her some valuable suggestions to improve it. She also said that if she likes the brief, ideas would come out easily. “This makes me think that our happiness will influence the creation process as well”, she added.

When we asked who is her best inspiration, she mentioned Thomas Alva Edison and Albert Einstein. Why? “They are not designers, but they have the creative thinking which make the world better. I love Edison’s spirit. He had failed for more than 1,000 times but he had never given up until the end. He realized that the more he failed, the nearer he was to success. It’s like the theory of sales: out of 10 people, there will be at least 1 who will buy our product. So when we have failed for, say, 5, 7 times, it means we are nearer to our first success.

As for Einstein, he was a very humble man although he was a genius. He was always grateful in his life and he once said, ‘A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depends on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the measure as I have received and am still receiving’. Even all of the success he got did not make him arrogant. This always reminds me that each of my success solely can’t be separated from other people’s support.”

When she first found out about eYeka, she thought we only offer video and animation contests, so she did not enter any initially. However, there have been more and more insights contests here, so she loves it and she started to enter many of them! Yay! :D

As you know, we are always interested in knowing how you view us. So we asked her this question as well. Here’s what she has to say:

“The first thing I like about eYeka is the access given to the creators to enter contests held by major brands with fantastic prizes. Besides good for our portfolio, this will also give us a lot of experiences, as the briefs are interesting. When we win, the feeling will be great and satisfying! Secondly, the fast response and flexibility of the people in eYeka, either in answering questions or reminding creators of approaching deadlines, etc.”

For the lady who loves travelling, she hopes eYeka will have more varied contests which not only focus on graphic/conceptual design, but maybe something like furniture designs or architecture. Now that’s interesting! :D

So let us close this short article with an advise from Chintami to all of eYeka creators:

As soon as you get inspired, act. This is what I’ve experienced. Sometimes I have an idea in mind, but I doubted whether it is good enough. As my mind is only filled with that idea, other upcoming ones could not come out. So I have to take it out to any piece of paper, either by mind mapping, sketching, writing any spontaneous words that came out from my mind at that time (no matter how silly/weird those words are, just write it down) because sometimes creative ideas came from crazy and unpredictable words that have no connection to the brief.

Thanks for your time, Chintami. We hope you’ll have more time to create some animations soon like how you want it to be. Cheers! ;)

 

‘A Guitar Hero’ is nominated for NAMM 2013!

Dec 12

Hello everyone!!

We are pretty sure you still remember our Coke “Be The Change!” contest that ended awhile ago. Now do you remember the video “A Guitar Hero” by Giacomo Cagnetti a.k.a gc-studio?

We’re happy to share that his video is being nominated for the 2013 NAMM Awards, on January 27th 2013, in Anaheim, California, USA!

The NAMM Awards have been set up by the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM), an American not-for-profit association that promotes the music industry and the pleasures and benefits of making music, in order to reward the use of music and musical instruments in advertising.

This will be the 8th year NAMM will award the use of musical instruments and music-making technology in advertising. The use of the guitar in Giacomo’s Coca-Cola video is “a great example of a very cool trend,” the NAMM said, and if you have seen Giacomo’s video, you’ll certainly agree! :D

The talented director from San Benedetto del Tronto (Italy) won the spot for The Best Video category of  Coke’s “Be The Change!” contest. This nomination is the chance for him to get an additional reward for his creativity and mastery. So well done, Giacomo! We wish him all the best, good luck, and fingers and toes crossed for a win! ;)

The creator of the month for December 2012

Dec 01

Hello, everyone! We are now in December, the end of the year. It’s that time of year when the sorrow of the leaving the year co-exists with the excitements and expectations of the coming new year.  The creator of this month has been selected as we expect more activities from the Korean community which is currently growing and still will in 2013.

So, the hero is a Korean creator Hyuk Lee. It is the first time we introduce a Korean creator on eYeka. He won the second prize on the contest of Hyundai Euro 2012

 

Hello, my name is Hyuk Lee, 26years old.  I majored in broadcast communications at University. Those days, I took a year off to learn 3D and CG effects and to do my personal portfolio. I participated in local Korean contests several times and I won some of them a couple of times. Then I thought I had to get challenged by international contest. That’s how I joined eYeka. When I saw the site for the first time, I liked it immediately because it is an international site and also because there were many Korean brands that I knew. Also, contests are organized by big international brands on a large scale, and I thought it is really interesting.

If I compare with contests in Korea, contests on eYeka are done on a bigger scale and I realized that there were many great creators out there. I thought there are many advantages on eYeka because for example in different countries people have different ways of expressing moving images and I wanted to learn about it. Also it is a good opportunity to assess my level. In Korea, the contests are very similar to one another. I find much more diversity in eYeka’s contests.

In fact, I doubted for a while as eYeka wasn’t well-known in Korea. So I didn’t know if it was a reliable site or not. Then I saw several public works and answers by the Community team. Finally I understood I could trust it. Usually, it is difficult to participate in international contests. The biggest barrier is the language. However eYeka provides a site translated in Korean. It helped me a lot.

As I am studying graphics these days, I wanted to practice what I have learnt while participating in contests. So I asked friends who study graphics with me and we decided to do it together. The contest Hyundai Euro 2012 was about the passion for football. As our team members were all male who love football, we thought we could have some great idea for this contest. Rightly so as we won.  It increased our confidence a lot and I think we will keep participating in more contests.

I would recommend to my fellow creators to participate to eYeka’s contests. eYeka is easily accessible and allows us to connect with big brands.  Just trying to compete with talented creators from all around the world, you will experience that it changes your thoughts and attitude. While I participated in non-eYeka Korean contests, I did my best but I felt quite limited. But with eYeka’s contest, I was constantly thinking and trying to have better ideas as much as possible. Because I knew the creators on eYeka are very talented. It seems that it has awakened my hidden potential. I saw there are many European winners. I would like to show that also Asian people have many talents in creative work.

If we could view creative and high quality videos on eYeka, we will visit more often eYeka site and will be helpful for further developments.

To participate in contests for any kind of brands, I need to find in it some fun and interests. Because, I want to enjoy the creating process. So, I would like to see brands such as Google or Blizzard contest on eYeka.  I wonder what would a brief look like for a company which is fun, free and extremely well organized at the same time.

Thank you for the interview.

Through this interview with Hyuk Lee, I hope many creators will get motivated and I am looking forward to meeting you and your wonderful and creative ideas on eYeka. :)

Creator of the month for November – FlojoArt

Nov 05

Our creator of the month is Florian Genal a.k.a FlojoArt from Germany. He joined eYeka not long ago – at the beginning of this year but already showed us his amazing creativity and productivity: he won 7 prizes in eYeka contests so far!  What’s his winning secret? You can find out more in our short interview with him ;)

 

Hello, FlojoArt! Can you please introduce yourself to us?

My name is Florian, I am 33 years old and I am living in Germany.  I love every kind of art! And I am always ready for some new projects and some new ideas. Art means freedom to me! I believe there are no rules in the art.

When I was 13 years old, I started to learn dancing. At the age of 16, I learnt breakdance by myself. After joining lots of competitions, dance battles and shows, I know that I just want to be on the stage! Since 2004, I became a professional dancer, and have been working all over Europe, in theaters, dinner-shows and product presentations, etc. You can see my dancing video <Au contraire>here :

 

Great dancing video! Thanks for sharing with us. We noticed that you joined eYeka not long ago – at the beginning of this year. Can you share with us how did you find eYeka and what did you think of eYeka at that time?

I was searching for some challenging contests for myself to practice my 3D Art and animation skills. Then I found eYeka! I immediately felt in love with it. I like the style of eYeka; I like the community – so many great artists from so many different countries! And of course I like different kinds of competitions here. And till now, I still cannot believe that I won in my first competition at eYeka! This gave me a lot of incentive and I started joining other eYeka contests.

Competitions helped me come closer to my goals in my life. To me, the whole life is like a competition, but my goals were never “to be better” then somebody else, my goals are always “to be different”.
Of course, to join the contests, there were a lot of sleepless nights and hard works, but I always spent with my passion. I always believe that without passion, you cannot do something outstanding!

 

It’s really a surprise that you are actually a dancer! :)  So how did you learn animation & design and when did you start doing animation & design? Your creations for eYeka are very professional!

Thank you! For myself, I think I am far away from professional at 3D animations, but I want to be professional and will do it more professional. I hope you will see my improvement in the next few months.

When I first saw a 3D animation, I wanted to do something like that.  At the end of 2008, I had an art project for 10 month in a theater. For that production, I need a skyline background for my show. But I don’t want to just put a static picture there; I want a background that is alive. I tried different techniques with video cut, etc. but I was never happy with the result. Then I tried to start working with a 3D program. The beginning was very hard, but it was love at the first sight with the result.

After that, I started buying books, finding tutorials and spending A LOT OF TIME with the 3D work. So I learned most of the skills by practicing. In every new project, I try to put some new skills inside. By this way, I learn and grow on every project, and it’s great when you have a deadline or a reason to finish a project.

Till now I still work daily on improving my skills.


Even you didn’t join eYeka for long, you have won 7 prizes so far and you have potential to win in other ended contests too. What do you think puts you above the other participants (any winning secrets)?

I think there are no secrets. Most of the time, I get the idea immediately when reading the contest brief.
Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best. I always like clear lines and good ideas. It really helps a lot;

Also, my experience is: show your work to a non-partisan person before you submit it. I always show my creations that I did to my girlfriend and believe me, she is really critical and it helps! ☺


All of your animations have very good storyline and they meet the brief very well. Can you tell us where do those good ideas that you have come from? And usually where do your inspirations come from?

Frist of all, I have lots of contacts with artists from the whole world. Most of them are acrobats, directors, musicians and now I know more and more 3D artists and designers. I like to talk with them a lot and share some great ideas with each other.

Secondly, I get most of the inspirations from my life! From the person around me, from the things what I watch and listen. I think it’s more about how you are going through your life. There are always a lot of great things, impressions and ideas around you everywhere, you just need to see and catch them.


What are the things you like about eYeka, and what are the things that you think could be improved on or added in the future?

I like the idea of eYeka very much! The community is great! There are a lot of great artists, and some works are really professional and just amazing!

For me it’s always sad that we cannot see the winning ideas and videos. I think there must be a lot of great ideas inside! If they can be public, that will be great.


Last question: any personal story about eYeka you would like to share with us?  

Yes, I would like to share the story about my participation on Bonafont contest.

The Bonafont contest is about how important is to drink water to clean your body from toxins.  After I made the video for this contest (btw, my girlfriend was the actor of this clip), and after we saw other videos on eYeka, we changed our habit completely and really drink minimum 2-liter water everyday! And we really feel good with it☺!!

Thank you eYeka!!

 

Thank you for the interview, Florian! We wish you all the best for your future endeavour and we are always happy to see your creations here on eYeka ;)