Ten year-old Tiffany Obasohan and eleven year-old,
Onyamaechi Christian Yobo from Nigeria have been announced overall winners in
the drawing and storyboard categories respectively in the first Cartoon Network
Imagination Studios competition, while Nyasha Mazarura, an eleven year-old from
South Africa was the overall winner in the movie category.
The brand new initiative from Cartoon Network (DStv
channel 301) is a specially-crafted, creative online platform, created to
inspire, motivate and celebrate the wild imaginations of children. In its first
year, the competition drew a total of 5,159 entries, with activations
implemented in over 200 schools in Nigeria, which resulted in inspiring the
creativity of 18,056 learners.
Cartoon Network Imagination Studios provided a sneak-peek
into the “real” Cartoon Network Studios and the initiative encouraged children
aged nine to 14 years-old to explore their artistic talents via an online
website, giving children insight into the making of their favourite cartoons,
encouraging imaginative, unfiltered, creative thinking and providing the
perfect constructive entertainment to combat boredom, while also having lots of
fun!
“The website is an important milestone in the network’s
commitment to helping children learn and develop their skills online – using
the channel’s affinity with young audiences to do so”, says Pierre Branco, Vice
President, Southern Europe and Africa for Turner International. “With Cartoon
Network Imagination Studios, Cartoon Network would like to provide children
with the unique opportunity to express their creativity through whichever
medium they like best.”
After finding inspiration on the Cartoon Network
Imagination Studios website, children had the opportunity to enter their very
own original, unique creations following a comedy and humour theme – be it a
new character drawing, storyboard or animation into the Cartoon Network
Imagination Studios competition, which had three different categories:
Drawings, Stories or Films.
“I found the inspiration to draw my character called
Natallie Gelato from the Gelato store near my house where I love to eat”, says
Tiffany Obasohan, winner in the drawing category. “Natalie is a villain, with
super brain powers and drawn in the shape of an ice cream cone. She comes across
as a very sweet girl, who is friends with Gumball’s sister Anais, but all the
while she wants to take over Elmore with her evil powers.”
Nyasha Mazarura, winner in the movie category, says that
her characters called “PB and J”, two Peanut Butter and Jelly superhero
toasties, try to keep the evil, bad guy, Mr. Pepper-shaker, at bay in
Veggie-ville, whilst he profusely tries to over win them by making them sneeze!
The storyboard winner, Onyemaechi Christian Yobo,
illustrated a Spider Monkey vs Lion Lord, two extravagant characters fighting
in a boxing ring, whilst Ben10 is in the audience watching the fight.
The winners in each of the categories walked away with
some amazing prizes, some of which are a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1. As part of
their prize package the winner’s illustrations will be fully transformed, while
getting the opportunity to see their creations come to life, as each winning
project will be aired on Cartoon Network, DStv channel 301 across Africa mid-August
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