Are you interested in a competition for digital art – welcome to Middle East Talents Awards.
As initiator of the first Middle East Talents Awards, Pixelhunters is honoured to witness a lot of aspiring artist wanting to showcase their talents in digital arts. There have been a lot of initiatives being set up by several organizations across the world and some of them are implemented mainly to engage our younger generation to become the best that they can be.
Pixelhunters live by the passion for art and it continues to teach us numerous things. In a wider scale, we believed in a principle that having a definite framework to maximize one’s potential is essential to the foundation of the future. As a team, we saw a lot of younger individuals trying to get into the world of digital arts industry and some of them are striving hard to be known for what they do. Sending them into the world without enough tools and experience can be a potential recipe for failure. Some of them don’t know where to start – or even don’t know how to start for that matter. This is the reason why we initiated Middle East Talents Awards.
Middle East Talents Awards, together with Pixelhunters, 3D Artist, The Chaos Group, CG Record and Stylus Copywriting, go hand in hand in bringing brightness to the world of undiscovered talents in Middle East. We hunt for individuals who have strong interest in showing their talents in digital arts. We would like to recognize that talent and give them the support they need as a budding artist by giving them the platform of learning, fun and sense of competition.
We were astonished by the hundreds of entries submitted for nine different categories from different individuals across the world. We are more than happy to see a lot of aspiring individuals trying to make a difference through their skills. We are overwhelmed with the number of people wanting to be somebody in the industry. Above all, we are so delighted to be a part of their humble beginnings as young professionals.
With an overwhelming 569 submissions, we decided to not just pick a winner for a particular category. We would also like to notice the talents across the entire section. Some of our artists have multiple artworks that show their uniqueness and skilful hands in different categories that is why we would like to award not just their single masterpiece but the artist himself as a whole. Since META is all about discovering talents and their competition for digital art, all awarded artists will be featured along with their best outputs.
Today, we announce the first winners of Middle East Talents Awards. May this be an encouragement to all individuals who have hopes of becoming an artist to continue showing the world that their talents can make a difference.
STATUETTES AWARDS
Category: Most Rated Artwork: 717 Rates 
Artist: Khaled Jalal, Syria.
Submission: Self Portrait Concept Art
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/433
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Category: Short Film Made by a Single Person 
Artist: Vishwanatha, United Arab Emirates
Submission: Egg Factory
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/617
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Category: 2D Characters 
Subcategory: 2D Still:
Artist: RENJU.MV, India
Submission: Wrinkled Terror
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/613
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Category: 2D Characters 
Subcategory: 2D Videos
Artist: Amaal Abdullah Alkhasheb, Yemen
Submission: The Government Line
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/602
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Category: 3D Characters
Subcategory: 3D Characters Stills – Cartoon
Artist: Raorohith, United Arab Emirates
Submission: The Pussycat Dolls
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/662
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Category: 3D Characters
Subcategory: 3D Characters Stills – Photorealistic
Artist: Rishi, United Arab Emirates
Submission: Monster Sculpt
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/191
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Category: 3D Characters
Subcategory: 3D Characters Videos
Artist: Alaa Aldeen Afifah, United Arab Emirates
Submission: Character Animation Demo Reel
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/458
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Catergoty: Interiors
Subcategory: Interiors Stills
Artist: Muhammad Taher, Egypt
Submission: Maroccan Majlis
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/320
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Catergoty: Interiors
Subcategory: Interiors Videos
Artist: Ahmad, Jordan
Submission: Art Class Movie
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/546
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Category: Exteriors 
Subcategory: Exteriors Stills – 2D
Artist: Binu Rojers SP, India
Submission: Market
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/619
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Category: Exteriors 
Subcategory: Exteriors Stills – 3D
Artist: Mohammad Yazdi Rad, Iran
Submission: Chaharbagh School
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/166
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Category: Exteriors 
Subcategory: Exteriors Videos
Artist: Sherif Gazzar, United Arab Emirates
Submission: Bab Al Bahr
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/547
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Category: Cars
Subcategory: Cars Stills
Artist: Ajdin, Croatia
Submission: Trucks Caravana
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/479
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Category: Cars
Subcategory: Cars Videos
Artist: Fabien Vantroys, Qatar
Submission: Need for Skid
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/194
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Category: Motivational
Subcategory: Motivational Stills
Artist: Jones, Iran
Submission: Frantic Perception
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/80
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Category: Motivational
Subcategory: Motivational Videos
Artist: Sreekumar Thottathil, Qatar
Submission: Show Reel Sreekumar
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/422
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Category: Innovation
Subcategory: Innovation Stills
Artist: Ehsan Sarahian, Iran
Submission: Desert Lucast Vehicle, Iran
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/291
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Category: Innovation
Subcategory: Innovation Videos
Artist: Eyad Orabi, United Arab Emirates
Submission: Absract
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/611
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Category: Expo 2020
Artist: Vijay, India
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/610
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*All Statuettes winners will receive also a Pixelhunters T-shirt
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V-RAY RENDERING TALENT AWARD
1ST PRIZE: 1 YEAR V-RAY ADV LICENSE FOR THE PLATFORM THAT THE WINNER USES
Artist: Mohammad Yazdi Rad, Iran
Submissions: CHAHARBAGH SCHOOL & CLASSIC BATH
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/166
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/601
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V-RAY RENDERING STUDENT AWARD
1ST PRIZE: 1 YEAR V-RAY EDU LICENSE FOR THE PLATFORM THAT THE WINNER USES
Artist: Raorohith, United Arab Emirates
RAOROHITH, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Submissions: The Pussycat Dolls & Doll Beauty Salon
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/662
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/470
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PIXELHUNTERS SPECIAL HONORABLE MENTIONS & PIXELHUNTERS T-SHIRTS
Alexandra Kavalova, Canada for her Baianas and The Romanovs submissions
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/361
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/366
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Denitsa, Bulgaria for her Elf Legolas and Fairy Forest submissions
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/123
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/124
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Zdravko Barisic, Serbia and Montenegro, for his Architects Loft Daynight Time
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/382
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Rakan Jandali, United Arab Emirates for Mondrian Inspired Hotel Room and Split House Interior submission
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/654
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/655
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Eychenne Mickael, France, for Pirat town submission
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/311
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Veselin Gyurov, Bulgaria, for Veselin Georgiev Gyurov Showreel submission
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/297
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Shahriar Hosseini, Iran, For Ford GT 500 submission
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/215
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Richard, South Africa, for 1955 BMW Isetta 300 submission
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/27
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Stephen M Rupia, South Africa, for Haunted Villa
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/571
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Huda Abdul-Razzak, United Arab Emirates, for he Portrait of a Woman submission
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/1
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Kudzai Gumbo, United Arab Emirates, for his Queen submission
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/459
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Salama Alhajeri, United Arab Emirates, for her Old woman submission
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/378
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Rozan Alsadi, United Arab Emirates, for his Old Man submission
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/349
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V-RAY SPECIAL HONORABLE MENTIONS & V-RAY T-SHIRTS
Muhammad Taher, Egypt, for his Morrocan Majilis
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/320
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/321
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Yones Bana and Mohammadreza Mohseni, Iran for Frantic Perception submission
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/80
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Mohit, India, for Interior Bedroom Top View and Summer Hear submissions
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/429
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/450
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Rakan Jandali, United Arab Emirates for Split House Interior and Modern Apartment Dining Area submissions
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/655
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Zdravko Barisic, Serbia and Montenegro, for his Architects Loft Daynight Time
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/382
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Pawel, Poland, for Public Space Submission
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/87
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Ahmad, Jordan, for his Robot submission
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/523
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Nitin.D.Mahale, United Arab Emirates for Court Space Submission
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/495
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Rishi, United Arab Emirates for Monster Sculpt submission
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/191
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Richard, South Africa, for 1955 BMW Isetta 300 submission
http://metalentsawards.com/en/contest/view/27
But this doesn’t end here. In fact, we are just beginning to discover what our future generation can offer.
Congratulations to All Winners! We are looking forward to see much more of your works at our next competition for digital art.
Please email us at ani@pixelhunters.com to inform us about your latest address and telephone number.