* Monster Making Contest Winner Announcement *

Chris Ellerby · June 2018

With almost 400 monstrous entries to review, we were overwhelmed by the range of frightening creatures that you've all conjured up, and just as impressed with the huge variety of techniques you used to bring them to life!

However, like all good Monster vs. Monster battles, this one is to the death, and there can only be one winner.

Therefore, it is with a mix of horror and pleasure that we award the Monster Art Contest Grand Prize to Dan Chudzinski for his stunning mixed media creation "The Ripper!"

Dan explains that "The Ripper" was created by a team of biologists and engineers to deter poachers from hunting nature's most majestic animals, and combines "the hunting prowess of nature's most efficient predators."

Whatever it is, Dan, it's scary (and incredibly artful at the same time). We pity the poachers who run into "The Ripper."

Congratulations on winning the Grand Prize!

1 Year UNLIMITED Subscription to SWSCA - $359.94 value
Artist Spotlight on the SWSCA Blog
Monster Makers Kit - Sponsored by Monster Makers - $188.70 value

Thanks again to all who entered!

- Team Stan Winston School

Honorable Mentions:

Gluttony by Barthe Florian

https://forums.stanwinstonschool.com/discussion/4716/monster-making-contest-entry-1-gluttony

Merdusa by James Suret
https://forums.stanwinstonschool.com/discussion/4632/merdusa-zbrush-sculpture

Unleash the Kraken by Mark Schneider
https://forums.stanwinstonschool.com/discussion/4554/unleash-the-kraken

Young Hybrid from Real of Flesh by Micha Hoeylaerts
https://forums.stanwinstonschool.com/discussion/4519/young-hybrid-from-the-realm-of-flesh

Mrs 6 eyes and 4 boobs by Sally Brennan
https://forums.stanwinstonschool.com/discussion/4689/monster-comp-mrs-6-eyes-and-4-boobs

Japanese Monsters by Tomo Hyakutake

https://forums.stanwinstonschool.com/discussion/4534/japanese-monsters

Chris Willoughby · June 2018

Congrats to The Ripper and thanks to SWSCA for a great competition and community!

Diego Rodriguez-galvez · June 2018

from the momment I saw the reaper I knew it was gonna win. Congratulations!!!

chris · June 2018

yup, I completely agree. The ripper is one of the most interesting and scary things I've seen in a long while. Well done dan! Very well deserved!

Lee Pearson · June 2018

Well done

Noel Taylor · June 2018

CONGRATS!! It's bloody EPIC!!!!

Kai Rottmann · June 2018

Congrats [= Very well deserved!

Conrad sinclair · June 2018

Good job man.

Sahlah Tepes · June 2018

Love this, congratulations...

Richard Gibson · June 2018

Congratulations, Dan! Very impressive.

Rajesh Mg · June 2018

congrats dear,

i like the details you gave to your monster.

but personally i give my thumbs up for Gluttony by Barthe Florian.. and runner up Merdusa by James Suret

Michaela Presch · June 2018

Congratulations!! Looks very cool and the win is well deserved!!

Dan Chudzinski · June 2018

THANK YOU to Stan Winston School for this tremendous honor! I appreciate everyone's kind words and support. It was always a dream of mine to one day meet/work with Stan. Although I never got to meet him in person, his influence is evident in my work, for which I am extremely grateful. Fans of his will notice subtle nods to some of my favorite Stan Winston Studio creations within the Ripper. There is a bit of Terminator, some Predator, a nod to the Xenomorphs, and a healthy does of Velociraptor. I am truly honored to be able to share this piece with so many wonderful artists that I continue to hold in such high esteem!