The #Christmas2020 Winners!

With about 30 entries and many soon-to-be-crushed dreams, the first annual Stick Nodes #Christmas2020 animation contest has concluded! Thank you to all who entered, it was actually a very pleasant little contests and I everyone did very well following instructions, mostly! But alright, let’s see who won – in no particular order.

The Winners ($100 each, and the #Christmas2020 Winner badge)

VariousPond – Visually stunning, and not actually sure if Stick Nodes. We may have to expose him.

Saibroz Animation – Great character designs, and a lot of action packed into a quick, fun video.

Squi – Captured the warmness of Christmas with a unique style and solid voice acting, with humor!

Runners-Up ($50 each)

Just choosing three winners was tough, even choosing seven wasn’t too much easier, but I felt a few more entries deserved some reward.

Aaron Austin – Quick little “music video” but legitimately funny.

Sm1le_Guy – My guy actually broke out his pipes and sang for us. Very funny.

Neon Anims – Excellent evil-snowman vs Santa (kinda) animation, great character structures as well.

JackFly Studios – Quality enough for television, with top notch voice acting. But went way over the 2-minute max time.

Honorable Mentions

I was almost going to award everyone else who entered $10 but then I regained my senses after a moment of weakness from to too much vodka. So here are some worthy shout outs!

Ray_Bamz (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9oaGyaxjzA)
Lol @ Santa wife theft.
thatguy-2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqLm8xTdy7k)
Enjoyable quick skit with great visuals, needed more Christmassness tho.
dezway (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kre2fT9Up9A)
Vigilante Santa is a great concept, and custom music! Wish it had more content however.
Narrowdale Media (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xATBX9nIoc)
Interesting “horror” Christmas take, wish it had more of a payoff before the relatively charming ending.
Maawoz (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k6hIJoPY0g)
Obligatory Sprite Cranberry entry.
TastyLemon 16 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBk5ROQPx7E)
Happy lil SN-users holiday get together. Paced a bit slow and wish it had more content but charming nonetheless.
VeryStrawberry (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9LqPyH63s4)
Another enjoyable SN-users Christmas part, too long to be considered but has good vibes.
Axton Pollard (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-TUSg3c4JM)
Probably the weirdest “preparing for Christmas” animation you’ll see.

Conclusion

And that’s that. Thanks again to everyone who participated, it was fun! I will iron out details in any future competitions like this. Aka strict deadline and make time limits absolutely clear. Also I may do more of a tier-system of some sort to allow those who aren’t necessarily animation savants to get some spotlight.

A quick note, I do not have the badge ready yet due to the upcoming site redesign. So @ the winners, you will have your shiny new badge very soon. And maybe a little something for Jack as well…as his entry truly was amazing. To be fair to all entries however, while a “little” play is allowed, the runtime was far over the 2-minute maximum.

(Shouts out to Tastylemon for designing the #Christmas2020 Winner badge!)