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Magma Challenge
Were you a LightBox Expo Online 2021 participant? Or maybe you came across the announcement of our unique contest on our social media? If not, let us remind you what it was about.
During LBX, together with our new business partners — Wacom, we joined forces to invite artists participating in the expo to take part in a unique competition. We asked artists to unleash their creativity and as a team of 3 share their unique vision based on a brief provided, using our Magma App.
The main prize for the winning team was 3 x Wacom One pen displays sponsored by Wacom, Magma Pro for 12 months and shoutout in our and Wacom medias.
The quality of the works, however, exceeded our expectations, so we decided to thank and appreciate not one, but the first 12 competition entries, which in our opinion deserve special recognition. Additionally, for everyone who took part in Magma Challenge, instead of the promised 1 month of Magma Pro plan, as a consolation prize, we extended the validity of the Pro account for another 3 months!
Winners
Leaving Paradise
1st
By Team Teriyaki
Prizes:
- 3 x Wacom One pen display
- 3 x Magma Pro for 12 months
Blooming journey
2nd
By Team Space Froot Loops
Prizes:
- 3 x Magma Pro for 12 months
A break to repair
3rd
By Team Féjay
Prizes:
- 3 x Magma Pro for 12 months
Honourable mentions
Click any artwork to see the name, authors and screenshots presenting details of the collaborative process behind it’s creation. Congratulations to all artists!
Drawing jam with the winning team
We will soon organize a stream with the winning team in which they will show you how working together from 3 different places in the world, artists can create such wonderful masterpieces together.
We will announce date and time on our Events page in the upcoming days.
We are also planning more exciting competitions for our digital artist community soon, so we encourage you to subscribe to our website and follow social media channels today to be the first to know about them.
We hope that our tribute to the artists who wished to take part in our first contest will be a good motivation for you in being part of the digital artist community of Magma. In the meantime, we invite you to familiarize yourself with the competition works that were selected by the distinguished jury composed of:
- Maureen Fan (CEO of Baobab Studio)
- Masae Seki (Character Designer at Imaginism Studios)
- Don Varga (VP of Marketing at Wacom)
- and Magma team
Don’t forget to follow these talented artists!
Create more masterpieces together at one and only Magma. And to you, our dear artists who took part in the competition, thank you very much for your dedication and commitment!
– Magma team
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Thank you for your participation and for supporting our development. Together, we can do more!
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