As promised, we’re releasing the results of the Boot Animation Contest that we announced back in December. We received quite a few submissions, and our team has voted on which we liked best (note – We liked all of them!).

…and the winner is…

Joachim Holler!

Joachim put together a very impressive animation that blew us away. Congrats to him, as his boot animation will be included as the default very soon. If you’d like to preview Joachim’s work, below is a video preview, and his own website where he will be offering up the animation as a separate download:

http://joachimholler.com/aokp-gear

Congratulations Joachim. A unicorn will magically get in touch with you regarding the details of claiming your brand new Nexus 5 or 7!

…and the runner-up is…

Kiernan Moore

Kiernan put together a very clean animation which features a smooth gear rotation, and crisp design, netting him a super cool gadget, the Chromecast. Here’s a link to a preview of his submission:

+KiernanMoore’s post in AOKP Community

Honorable Mentions:

• PartimusPrime
• Chad Frankos
• Guiseppe DiStefano
• Ahmed El-Hofy

Once again, we want to thank you ALL for the submissions we received. Even if you didn’t submit anything, it’s awesome to see the great enthusiasm and support from the community. Keep on kangin’ folks!