We hosted our first online Creative Jam on Dec 1, the day we shipped all the latest Creative Cloud apps. Creators from around the world had just 24 hours to submit an original project inspired by the theme: “You need the dark in order to show the light.” (If you’re wondering, yes, that is a happy little Bob Ross quote.)
A panel of judges made up of Adobe employees and creative streamers reviewed more than 350 submissions, which ranged from images to illustrations to animations. They selected 10 semi-finalists, four finalists, and one grand prize winner.
Check out the winning artists and projects below! Then head over to the Creative Jams Behance Page to explore submissions from past battles, including our London, Los Angeles and New York City events. And stay tuned… we’ll be doing more online Creative Jams in 2016.
GRAND PRIZE WINNER: Jaana Nissinen (aka stiikna)
LOCATION: Finland
FORMAT: Image
PRIZE: Wacom Cintiq 22 HD Pen Display Tablet + 1-Year Creative Cloud Membership + Design Prize Pack
FINALISTS
PRIZE: iPad Pro + 1-Year Creative Cloud Membership + Design Prize Pack
ARTIST: Alberto Lopez
LOCATION: San Diego, CA
FORMAT: Video
ARTIST: Jackson Poole
LOCATION: Sydney, Australia
FORMAT: Video
ARTISTS: Danny Rosas, Amanda Denning, Meagan Hermansen
LOCATION: Boise, Idaho
FORMAT: Image
ARTIST: Aurelien Malagoli
LOCATION: Lausanne, Switzerland
FORMAT: Motion Graphics
SEMI-FINALISTS
PRIZE: 1-Year Creative Cloud Membership + Design Prize Pack
Joel Pigou | Leicster, United Kingdom
Oye LKY | Indore, India
Hema Puran | Queens, New York
Alicia O’Shea (aka Ella Lune) | Seattle, Washington
Simon Tosovsky |Prague, Czech Republic
Justin Leal | Toronto, Ontario
David René Christensen | Copenhagen, Denmark
Flor Leirens | Wetteren, Belgium
Joanna Gondek (aka Asia) | Rzeszów, Poland
Justin Smith | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania