The AniExer-size Animation Contest was a brickfilm competition created by Dustin Finstrom. Its aim was to be a regularly-occuring themed animation exercise to help people improve, through practice and feedback.[1] The contest's name refers to "Animation Exercise" as well as the small size of the contest, which is reflected in the font size in the logo.[2]
The contest was primarily hosted on Finstrom's YouTube channel[3] but was also run in association with Bricks in Motion, and Philip Heinrich provided assistance in the running of the contest.[4] Finstrom originally planned to run the contest every 3-4 months,[5] but it ultimately only ran twice, with just over two months between the beginnings of the two installments.
The first AniExer-size Animation Contest[]
The first AniExer-size Animation Contest title graphic, by Finstrom and Heinrich
The first AniExer-size Animation Contest was announced by Dustin Finstrom on July 26, 2009, with the theme "Chase Scene".[6] The minimum time limit was 10 seconds with no maximum limit, and the deadline was August 16, 2009. The prizes were provided by the BrickLink store eBricksOnline and were a $100 store coupon for first place and a $50 coupon for second place. The contest received 201 submissions[7] and was judged by Finstrom, Philip Heinrich, Zach Macias and Forrest Whaley.[8] Gareth Pugh was also supposed to judge but was ultimately unable.[9]
Winners[]
- The Game by Jordan Johnson and Nathan Johnson
- Cheese Chase by Jon Rolph
It was also later mentioned that The Chase by Sean Willets placed third in the judging.[10]
The AniExer-size Animation Contest II - Halloween Edition[]
The AniExer-size Animation Contest II title graphic, by Jordan Harris
The second AniExer-size Animation Contest was announced by Finstrom on October 2, 2009 and the theme was "Fright", to tie in with Halloween.[11] The time limit rules were the same and the deadline was October 31, 2009. Prizes were again supplied by eBricksOnline, this time with a $100 coupon for first place, a $75 coupon for second place and a $50 coupon for third place. There were 64 entries submitted[12] and the judges were Finstrom, Philip Heinrich, Zach Macias, Gareth Pugh and Forrest Whaley.[13]
Winners[]
- tim & fRED Halloween Special by Sean Willets
- Swine Flu: The Pandemic by Harry Bossert
- Ghost Train by David Boddy
It was also later mentioned that The Monkey's Paw by Spencer Olson placed fourth in the judging.[14]
References[]
- ↑ Introducing: AniExer-size on YouTube
- ↑ Finstrom explaining the name of the contest
- ↑ AniExer-size referred to by Finstrom as primarily a YouTube contest
- ↑ Philip Heinrich's role in the contest
- ↑ Finstrom's original plan for the contest
- ↑ First AniExer-size announcement video
- ↑ First AniExer-size results
- ↑ The first AniExer-size Animation Contest thread
- ↑ Finstrom mentions spugesdu being unable to judge
- ↑ The Chase placement mention
- ↑ AniExer-size Animation Contest II announcement video
- ↑ YouTube comment mentioning the number of entries to the second contest
- ↑ The AniExer-size Animation Contest II - Halloween Edition thread
- ↑ The Monkey's Paw placement mention