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The Return of Captain Atomic

By Staff Writers
12:02 Aug 5, 2003
Tags: The | Return | of | Captain | Atomic

In early November 2001, Atomic was approached by Perth's eCentral TAFE campus with a proposal to bring our very own Captain Atomic to life, via the talent of 43 graduating Diploma in Technology (Interactive Media) students.

The plan was simple; ask a bunch of tech savvy artists to create a scenario where our Hero was sucked into a videogame, building an animation around that central theme for their final assessment task. After viewing the twelve finalist entries, it is exceedingly obvious that all twelve works deserve absolute top marks.



In early November 2001, Atomic was approached by Perth's eCentral TAFE campus with a proposal to bring our very own Captain Atomic to life, via the talent of 43 graduating Diploma in Technology (Interactive Media) students.

The plan was simple; ask a bunch of tech savvy artists to create a scenario where our Hero was sucked into a videogame, building an animation around that central theme for their final assessment task. After viewing the twelve finalist entries, it is exceedingly obvious that all twelve works deserve absolute top marks.

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What do you get when you combine 43 graduating TAFE students and our very own Captain Atomic? The best darn tootin' Shockwave animation of our Hero ever, that's what!
Above: From the animation by Jaqueline Baker and William Leggett - our winners!



The 12 finalist animations supplied to Atomic were a special bunch; several different artistic styles shone through and from what we've seen, all who participated have long, bright futures ahead of them in animation.
Above: From the animation by Phuong Duong, whose work came a very close second.



The Captain Atomic Shockwave competition was the final assignment for Perth TAFE students doing the Advanced Animation component of a two year Diploma in Technology (Interactive Multimedia) course.
Above: From the awesome animation by Michael Lombardi, which gained 3rd place.



Our top twelve finalists were;
1st

Jackqueline Baker and
William Leggett

2nd Phuong Duong

3rd Michael Lombardi

Aaron Flokey
Brad Walsh
Colm Doyle and Brent Hewer
Ethan Crawford
Friady Halim
Jarrod Corbett
John Taylor and Jason Voss
Michael Stockbridge
Zoey Waycott
Download all animations.
 
 
This article appeared in the January, 2005 issue of Atomic.

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