Gnomon 2020 Student Reel

Featuring a selection of the extraordinary work produced by Gnomon's student artists, the Gnomon 2020 Student Reel highlights a variety of skills in the areas of visual effects, animation, modeling, texturing, character design, games, environment creation, and much, much more.
Please enjoy our 2020 compilation and be sure to look out for these amazing artists in the future!
Credits, listed by piece in order of appearance:
Mikko Eustaquio
Josh Harrison
Steven Henao, concept by Eddie Mendoza
Maya Borikova
Steven Henao
Ivanna Liitschwager
Preetham Raj R, concept by Masahiro Sawada
Andrew Adams
Jak Pagan, concept by Kung Jazz
Kevin Le
Nora Sakal
Georgia Saroj
Jared Fischler
Alex Rivera, concept by Donghee Han
Michelangelo Cellini, concept by Alessandro Paviolo
Sanjeevan Thavaraja, concept by Even Amundsen
Manan Bachkaniwala
Darren Hou
Georgia Saroj
Colleen Wei, concept by Zhang Jingna
Weiyo Sha
Mariam Hamed
Melody Romero, concept by Kazou Oga
Constantin Vilsmeier, concept by Cory Loftis
Sean and Jason Gardner
Austin Hanson, concept by Joseph Meehan
Zhang Xiaoyue
Steven Henao
Tom Hearne, concept by John Eaves
Dylan Zimmerman, concept by Blade Runner 2049
Viktoriia Didenko, concept by Acid Wizard Studio
Dennis Tae Wook Kim
Carlos Rizo
Eric Hollands
Nathan Plante
Melissa Cardona, concept by Alejandro Burdisio
Nathan Plante
Mariam Hamed
Steven Seydel
Kyle Sarvas
Logan Kehoe
Steven Henao
Omar Mukhtar
Skye Terran
Kevin Le
Max Moseley
Matt Hoyle
Josh Harrison
Mandy Chiu
Anita Kang & Mikko Eustaquio, concept by Paul Braddock
Nawan Junhasiri
Gonzalo Teixidor, concept by Luka Misvek
Sean Gardner, concept by O O Joo
Hamlet Ghazaryan
Alejandro Gomez
Mitch Fields
Chaerin Yoon
Constantin Vilsmeier, concept by Marta Dettlaff
Stephanie Wang, concept by Nuare Studio
Thomas Mills, concept by Michael Pedro
Jared Fischler
Ellis Tamarin
Elliot Wenzel
Josh Harrison
Weiyo Sha
Max Moseley
Melissa Cardona, concept by Airi Pan
Omar Mukhtar
Eric Roinashvili
Brian Gao, concept by Hubert Robert
Lucia Huang, concept by Lorenzo Lanfronconi
George Harrison, concept by Konstantin Vavilov
Kirkor Kasparian
Viktoriia Didenko
Melissa Cardona, concept by Sergey Vasnev
Strat Goumas
Fifi Then
Fabio Marzo, concept by Jesper Andersen
Thomas Mills
Andrew Adams
Georgia Saroj
Logan Kehoe
Viktoriia Didenko
Hue Yang
Erica Liu
Lotem Sason
Viktoriia Didenko, concept by Metro 2033
Kirkor Kasparian
Mikko Eustaquio
Jason Gardner
Viktoriia Didenko
Dennis Tae Wook Kim
Liz Wood
Foram Jani, concept by Quentin Bouilloud
Roy Ahn
Jonathan Chua
Mingshun Zhu
Constantin Vilsmeier
Matt Hoyle
Omar Mukhtar
Andrew Butler, concept by High Moon Studios
Foram Jani
Alex Rivera, concept by Roman Kupriianov
Logan Kehoe
Dayana Torosyan
Erica Liu, concept by Tom Booth
Lucia Huang, concept by Aymeric Kevin
Tom Hearne, concept by Joaquim Barata
Damon Cimarusti, concept by Hyun Lee
Meg Mjaatvedt
Erica Liu, concept by Gop Gap
Brandon Mays, concept by Johnson Ting
Zhouli Tan, concept by Micheal Soong
Vinay Bhardwaj
Jefferson Smith, concept by Michael Mowat
Kasita Wonowidjojo
Preetham Rapeti, Kyle Tang, Georgia Saroj, Jared Fischler
John Woolley
Grace Hori Reaves
Andrew Adams
Dennis Tae Wook Kim
Max Moseley
Weiyo Sha
Manan Bachkaniwala
Virginia Cantaro
Mitch Fields
Foram Jani
Jonathan Chua, concept by Detective Pikachu
Constantin Vilsmeier, concept by Borja Montoro
Ivanna Liitschwager
Narek Tashchyan
Eric Roinashvili
Ema Klucovska
Mikko Eustaquio, concept by Laurent Durieux
Carlos Rizo
Alexandria Federico, concept by Hongbo Yang
Mikko Eustaquio
Alec Hunstad
Haining Cao, concept by Alessandro Paviolo
Heng Cai
Kevin Le
Dallas Palmer, concept by Stephen Najarian
Jared Fischler, concept by Richard Wright
Roy Ahn
Georgia Saroj
Stephanie Wang, concept by Shaoai Chen
Steven Henao
Josh Harrison
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[@Mozzumz]

No! This is not depressing. Stop thinking you could never make this level of work. Yes you can, you can make so much better. Be consistent. Learn new things everyday. Don't give up. Be greateful for the opportunities you DO have and appreciate your OWN talent as an artist, don't compare yourselves to other artists, instead, look at the strengths and weaknesses of your and other works, then use that to improve keep getting better. Have this mindset and you have got this.

[@klauszwegert6382]

Hate to break it down for you but no you wont get this lvl unless you have a industry professional as a teacher. People often believe that "self tought" brings you this far. Nope it doesnt. Only a tiny percentage of self tought people will ever reach this lvl. Reason for that is the big amount of misinformation provided by a lot of youtubers who werent in a studio ever.

[@srsaito9262]

@@klauszwegert6382 If someone just take KZbin as guiders and there are a lots of youtubers that have worked in a big studio, there are literrally a lots of other information online, you just need to know how to get it, like question good artists in social medias on how to improve, artstation classes that in this year are for free, Udemy classes, Gnomon workshops, and a lot of softwares have free tutorials created by great artists, so dont say idiot things like that , I know a lot of self though artists that work in companies like Disney, so dont say people never will reach certain level, the reason why so few people get to that level is because is hard to learn 3d and get to that level and the amount of time that you have to have for this is very big, you just need to get new information every day and not being too comforted with what you have.

[@AdityaYadav-jg9xw]

@@klauszwegert6382 Industry level teachers are available if you take a good course on blender market or gumroad. And these are best works of a particular student they also have some of the worst work they can ever do, but they'll not show us that. They only show their best work

[@likha360]

@@srsaito9262 no there are trainings only thought on school like real sculpting, paintings, drawings etc. Hands on activities that doesnt need computers but are necessary to build those skills.

[@srsaito9262]

@@likha360 I did not say that school is worse than self thought, of course I recomend everyone that can to do school, but if you really think that learning painting, drawing and sculpting you can ONLY learn with school this is just excuse, there are thousands of painters ilustrators and even some sculptors that learned alone and are making good money, in fact to enter Gnomon and other art schools you have to know drawing, and some schools even ask painting and sculpting. Edit: Zbrush is just a tool you can learn the same things with it just like you can learn using real clay, as the same you can learn the same things with a pencil just like you can learn with Photoshop, so stop making excuses even to enter Gnomon is hard and some strugle years learning to enter there, but they do it, and achieve it just like people that strugle years using self thought to enter industry of course is not easy but not impossible either.

[@hellaocd]

Everyone in the comments talking about this 'depressing' them, who else feeling inspired as all hell?

[@lawrencelawine9082]

Nope

[@varsonn5677]

I feel pretty inspired but I'd feel a lot more inspired if I could afford to fecking go.

[@brightgarinson3099]

There's always inspiration, but with inspiration comes envy. With envy comes depression.

[@qs987]

I feel blissed , you artists gonna build so much more!!

[@hellaocd]

@@brightgarinson3099 doesn't have to be driven by envy when its fueled by passion. Passion brings fulfillment.

[@EscapeCondition]

My nephew is going there and can't stop raving about the teachers and his work shows tremendous progress. Great school.

[@UnFyKilianZ]

@W.A.S.D i can understand why

[@petarcakic3396]

What I like most about a student showreel of a school of this quality, is that the creativity is on a whole other level than compared to an average university where most people stick to basic ideas. Here I can see Everyone is Running completely wild with their imagination, and dont concern themselves with "can I do it", they just thing of something, and find a way to do it. Inspiring work

[@tadhgoneill6005]

"Hello there me old chum! I'm gnot a Gnelf. I'm gnot a Gnoblin. I'm a Gnomon! and you've been Gnomoned!" I'm sorry.

[@AustinThomasFilms]

Sometimes I think about a career in VFX. Then I remember that Gnomon turns out students who do this every semester, who are vying for the same jobs.

[@mayurbadgujar3582]

Seeing this showreel blew my night’s sleep. showreel really inspiring. I'm depressed to watch this showreel. Really Gnomon is Fantastic Animation College.

[@kidehoward93]

I keep saying to myself, "student work, student work, student work!" These don't look like anything I did as a student or ever saw done. If I could do it again I'd just go to Gnomon. If anybody is reading and watching this Gnomon is like Hogwarts. Especially if you already love vfx and 3d work in highschool. Go here!

[@kidehoward93]

@Ninja- Zap nope. You just have to want it bad. Work your ass off and have no excuses. I know 2 people from college who after we graduated went to Gnomon

[@es_ina]

@@kidehoward93 dont forget the money

[@SolWake]

How long ago were you a student? Tools have improved a lot in taking care of heavy lifting and providing more intuitive interactions. Doesn't mean you don't still need artistic skill/talent, just more technical barriers between translating artistic vision into product are reduced.

[@kidehoward93]

@@SolWake I've only been out since 2017 so not that long ago

[@erikariehs8287]

@@kidehoward93 Working your ass off is the defintion of hard. It's hard to get into, end of story.

[@rumbafire]

This is amazing! As a VFX artist, this is inspiring to see what STUDENTS are putting out on their demo reels. Everyone on this reel should be very proud.

[@ruslanshabelsky2]

1:42 OK that was amazing!

[@chetanwalia9598]

bhai hai apna

[@pueblokkk]

Meanwhile, I'm just deleting and reloading the default cube in blender... :(

[@theoryofscience7289]

U r not alone in this world

[@samirkumarpatro952]

😂

[@ninetynine5293]

instagram.com/p/CAyDsYinA7m/?igshid=e3sgo1aidocw

[@koolelephant2885]

😂hahahahahahaha defeated

[@Kaluha900]

You got this man!! Im sure by now you've got some good stuff by now! :D

[@tarundugge6756]

I'm inspired as hell

[@ddted2448]

These showreels get better and better every year, goddamn

[@AngelPerez-dw8ou]

Amazing work by these students. It's really insane how far technology has come and you can see it in some of these projects, the particles, the lighting, shadows, animation, etc. it's all very fluid. Great work!

[@WamBamThankyouMam86]

some fantastic work by the students!

[@allanrabanalesart8763]

Impressive work. Congrats to all of you 👏👏👏

[@Keilnoth]

This is soooooooo inspiring! Good job guys, I admire your art so much. :-)

[@lisapassalacqua9849]

Love the students' work! Wish more of Jefferson Smith's work was shown!

[@gouravrajan8685]

They are getting better day by day

[@Rheez3D]

It's really amazing to see what a good educaation can help you achive man I really wish I could afford to study on Gnomon ^^

[@sagargadhvi4420]

Really amzing work, just loved it ❤❤

[@shalabology]

just wondering : whoever can dislike that ?..it is mind blowing demoreel

[@iternityhuman1782]

Amazing talent!!!!

[@thdcinema]

Awesome work ladies and gents, continue success ;0)

[@hosainm4204]

This video motivated me to start again after two years

[@DavesChaoticBrain]

Excellent work in here!!!!

[@sayandas2137]

motivational, inspiring , i wish i can be student of gnomon school . but i cant effort .

[@louy4ever]

Amazing work!

[@AlexZ005]

Thanks for providing credits!

[@daichimax]

Awesome Jobs Guys!!! WOW!!!

[@motiontomeproduction6003]

This is realllllly ammmazing....i wish i could be a student of Gnomon.. I can't afford.. Ahn...but great work guys..you guys are amazing as hell..i wish you guys good luck....be creative 😘

[@PandaJerk007]

I like to watch these videos to get depressed about my future prospects

[@dt-gp2vg]

aha

[@raplevision86417]

hahahahah

[@koolelephant2885]

ahahahaha 😂😂

[@leonardoromero4709]

Awesome as always 😲

[@Sanatanwaryam]

Wowwwwwwwww wowww absolutely amazing.

[@hugopeterssen362]

Inspiring works¡ Applause for students.

[@zakalaya]

amazing work indeeeeeeeeeed

[@AbdoAchtioui]

Amazing!

[@relaxmind924]

Really good work

[@ItsJustMeStevie]

What software was used for this amazing work??

[@NKABoX]

now that's talent!

[@kunalvfx5261]

awesome works

[@MapleJokerRofl]

been waiting since February 20th to start my seasonal depression the right way

[@fbdjfiir]

If you enter this academy you will feel like you're in war, competition in every corner. I bet people would feel hyped watching this, they feel like "I need to become better" "I need to prove them I'm better" Well that's how I felt when watching this video

[@manojk1811]

After my tremendous research, Gnomon's gotta be the best art school out there. But good things don't come cheap.

[@pavelpavel1826]

Fantastic

[@a.h.s75]

For being in this major should I study visual art and visual communication design, or animation and game design?

[@alexanderschulz5088]

So all of them together could make a really good AAA Game 👍👍

[@MaxChe]

Top LEVEL school!

[@chinonsoemeji2386]

The music is so good

[@DavidConnerCodeaholic]

gnomon is such a cool word. it's like a $10 word with 6 letters, but the concept is like more useful than that of the compass

[@goncalomartins3520]

I've been reloading this search tab since 2019 xD

[@ottoconceptart895]

Awesome 🤘🤪😋🙏

[@chihanlee512]

Pretty good for students

[@johnluo5122]

这简直太牛了

[@Skanda1111]

Wow. Wish I had the patience to be an animator.

[@abdulrafahykhateeb5077]

love it

[@alientan2949]

Just wondering what kind of computer config they use in school

[@ramiere1412]

What program was used?

[@iceseic]

yo.. that's sick

[@alexalex66666]

Those look awesome. Too bad KZbin compression doesn`t do them justice.

[@symtact9829]

AWESOME

[@whanmore1967]

Shows how much you can push your work with a full render farm at hand.

[@mikkelmelby]

gnomon is the dreeeeaaaam

[@Displant]

amazing

[@Enderplays12]

They look great, and surely express not only the student's creativity but also the competence of the institution. But for 50 thousand? I will stick to some youtube tutorials lmao

[@CGCake]

Honestly, I wish I had gone to Gnomon, but I can't afford it. I really do want to go there someday.

[@wraithe5367]

same man

[@dennyj2969]

INSANE

[@gian.4388]

0:28 Nice Centauro there, Josh

[@jackjack8009]

I have a doubt is Andrew Adams vid is a game (zombie getting electrocuted )? If so tell the name of the game

[@pehnutbota]

i feel inspired and depressed at the same time....

[@dhaneshbavot]

I wonder how long it took them to achieve that level of quality in their works

[@williammontalvo5242]

There are a lot of Gnomon students who started working in 3D for the first time at Gnomon, and these demo reels are made as projects in the school so 2 years is usually enough. It could be done faster of Gnomon was a bit more specialized.

[@zak9364]

What courses in gnomon is this reel from

[@dilibau]

Yup, y'all just got got.

[@bharatparmar9310]

For admission what eligible and fees

[@darkmatter4768]

Do they teach vfx or just gaming graphics designing

[@minwun]

I feel impressed and sad for myself

[@Diogosetgo]

Any advice of tutorial to produce particles from a rigged skeleton like at 0:35?

[@danghoang8958]

is this the new trailer for Love Death and Robots?

[@vincentlefort3046]

Intéressant

[@ZephrusPrime]

This is why you should go to Gnomon.

[@usparks]

Its that time of the year to get depressed.

[@Snow-tk9zv]

"2080ti has left the chat"

[@asianhavoc1872]

Quadro 8000 is abt to leave in 3 years

[@bananasandbass]

It's sad that some contemporary movies have such bad VFX, when there are students that can make gold like this.... HIRE THESE KIDS!

[@grogu4853]

Can you still apply if you know nothing about 3D art/VFX? I’ve only done digital painting/concept art.

[@kjm2002]

I really can't even begin to relay felicitous words to describe this presentation here. This phenomenal work completed by students of next-gen clearly have an amative passion for the subject at hand. Here I was trying my best to keep my Psychiatry up above water and sure enough, subconsciencly I continued to scroll comment after comment, until I veered into that same feeling of depression more vigorously than a glacier welcoming the titanic. There is one statement I would like to present to some of the others who have commented here; the tools of today for i.e. VFX, audioFX, animation, modeling, have had what I guess you could say 'recent boom’. FX-software quality and quantity appear to be magnitudes more powerful, more obtainable, and even more affordable. The necessitated time to get towards a polished project has continually been reduced; having said that, the complexity of todays and tomorrows FX has had a reciprocal effect and continues to grow with expectations certainly not going stagnant anytime soon. Point being that for some, if you were look back at your situation then, would this still impose a depressed self-outlook, if tools such as *cough* ‘Quixel’ *cough*, Allegorithmic Substance, UE4, Houdini, etc. were merely a few clicks away, not to mention having what feels like indefinite sources to find references of probably every known element…? Congratulations to everyone here - I don't doubt for a moment, that we surely have not seen the last of these names here. I'm so ecstatic just thinking about what sort of games\entertainment we are going to be seeing come to fruition here with students making stuff like this already today...that definitely brings some excitement!

[@MVDBMedia]

I dream to go to gnomon some day

[@DriftEdits]

this is insane !

[@visualdosage234]

my gpu got hot by just watching this video

[@lightps5515]

Meanwhile I was finally able to create a minecraft character

[@marllonblack]

Nice

[@jordanhenning6086]

Clickbait title! The students didn't make these. These were made by wizards.

[@Kcimor78]

Ill never even search the name of that school again, not like i even wanted or believed i could go, i never did.

[@hekkibork]

wow

[@user-gw8vx8ke9g]

plz tell me what soundtrack 1:18

[@evgeshencyya]

did you find it?

[@evgeshencyya]

ой)

[@user-gw8vx8ke9g]

@@evgeshencyya ну вы меня конечно рассмешили))))) к сожалению нет,не нашел уже сколько вот времени прошло.Если вы Евгения найдете то мне тоже сообщите)

[@demonitized6208]

I read it as NOMNOM

[@VortekShow]

They might be kickass, but now they are broke too!

[@affansyed5009]

Whoa GUYS! I can see the FUTURE of GAMING AHEAD! But the prices will be HIGH maybe.Thinking of that very much.... GREAT JOB!

[@DylskiM8]

Where does one begin to even teach themselves how to do stuff like this?

[@V-95K]

DylskiM8 at gnomon, teachers over there know every little thing

[@antonkishkin]

Just wow .And tehere is big difference among students.Someone just made a character with not great detalisation. Someone modelled environment and character and made animation for him all that textured and rendered.

[@bittupanwar2644]

Omg