Graduation Film // 2017

Wilder Life

Graduation Film // 2017

Wilder Life

University:

University of the Creative Arts – Farnham

Tasks:

To come up with the concept, art-direct, storyboard, create turnarounds, design and texture all characters and environments, and composite the shots. I also animated some of the 3D shots from the film and assisted with rendering.

Programs:

Maya  //  Mari  //  Photoshop  //  After Effects  //  Premiere Pro

University:
University of the Creative Arts – Farnham

Tasks:
To come up with the concept, art-direct, storyboard, create turnarounds, design and texture all characters and environments, and composite the shots. I also animated some of the 3D shots from the film and assisted with rendering.

Programs:
Maya  //  Mari  //  Photoshop  //  After Effects  //  Premiere Pro

A short 3D animation about a young flamingo who doesn’t want to be pink, and teaches her stuck-in-their-ways family that it’s okay to be different and try new things.

A pose sheet for the film’s protagonist:

A blue flamingo character in various poses.

A line up of characters from the film:

A row of brightly coloured flamingoes in various colours and sizes.

An environment paintover:

A colleague modelled the assets and provided me with the 3D render on the left. My task was to paint over it to demonstrate how I planned to use colour in our film environments, resulting in the image on the right. This image was used in our film pitch:

A plain 3D render from Maya on the left, and a version on the right that has been illustrated over. It shows a collection of underwater rocks and seaweed on a bed of sand.

Environment shape exploration:

Black and white rocks and trees with swirls and marks added to them for texture.

A sequence showing my textures and compositing:

It starts with the plain modelling & animation that a colleague provided me with, then shows my textures (Mari) added, then my compositing pass (Adobe After Effects).

A flamingo approaches a gap in some rocks.

Two shots from the film that I animated in Maya:

Two cranes eat brightly coloured fish and take on their colours.
A grey flamingo chases a blue fish.