Young Guns

Young Guns is a portfolio competition awarding creative professionals 30 years and under, including designers, illustrators, entrepreneurs, and more!

2018: Building on the tremendous successes of the previous year, Young Guns 16 strived to be better than ever before, with the largest jury in Young Guns history. More than 60 creative men and women — slightly more of the latter than the former — made up of both past YG winners and industry luminaries, volunteered their time to select this year's class.

After several weeks of poring over hundreds of entries from nearly 40 countries, the jury selected an incredible shortlist of 82 finalists. From this list, the jury continued to debate and discuss, finally choosing 30 new Young Guns to join the family. These new Young Guns are set to receive this year's reinvented trophy, a floating Cube designed by YG11 winner Juan Carlos Pagan and his studio Sunday Afternoon.



Young Guns 16

Calmatic

Filmmaker

An artist from South Central Los Angeles thats inspired by Spike Jonze, the riots in 92, Rocmon, Lil' Wayne's verse on Truffle Butter, Suga Free, Heather, Taz Arnold, the Watson's, Swiff D's old beats he used to post on MySpace, liquor stores, my family, used Newport boxes, dark skinned women, New York, pink walls, year books, church organ players, Nabil, The Wood, Paid In Full, faded black t-shirts, minimalism, positivity, The Guinness Book Of World Records, Solange, N.O.R.E., Phonte, Love Come Down, What We Do, Combat Jack Show, Kendrick Lamar, Funkadelic, Inglewood, Hit-Boy, Quincy, Verbs, Ryan Helfant, Nike, ReggieKnow, Byron Collins, Tanya Morgan, Preach Bal4, Melina Matsoukas, Maxo, the internet, Head Ice, The Internet, Wolf of Wall Street, Blu, Blue, Jesus, black people, self help books, Trenton Williams, Juan Epstein, Union, Hawaii, Daniel Askill, Sportsman Little League, American Apparel, The Gorillaz, art, ASAP MOB, Halls, The Read, OtherTone, New York Undercover, Kofi Siriboe, Larry Powell, Nag Champa, Steven Traylor (@Name___Date___), Vic Mensa freestyles, Bless Escro, Rick Klotz, 8-balls, me, Sister Act 2, Nick Jakckson, Hunter Greene, Issa Rae, Moonlight, "Fear" by K. Dot, Forest Gump, Valid Like Salad, Roy Ayers, The Lakers, Thundercat, Jason Williams, making it up on the spot, The Slauson Swapmeet, Stefan Bowerman, Peedi Cracks flow, Dom Kennedy, Slim from 112, John Singleton, Silver Lake, Supreme, Venice Beach, Joe Budden, Leimert Park, The Forum, Bethany Bankston, podcasts, Def Comedy Jam, Mykestro, smokingsection.net, Pharrell, Jamie Foxx, Cory Henry, Stussy, Ye', Nike SB's, OverDoz., Smino's adlib melodies, Steve, Pretty Hoe, Dee Gordon, Oprah, Jeff Jank, Tyrone Lebon, Moms, Pops, Chanel and love.

 

 

 

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