1/09/26 Over the winter break (November 13th - January 5th) I completed our "Moonlight Trail" FX. This is the sentient 'being' that helps guide our main character away from danger and towards the hero shot. The look of the Trail comes from a collage of different references: The top right is a sketch of the general idea I had in mind for the FX. I wanted to capture the look of a God Ray, but with some sort of volume and texture inside it to better portray our stylized fantasy

1/08/26 The preproduction of Metamorphosis has successfully been completed and we are now transitioning into production. Over the course of 10 weeks, my team and I will be completing their designated assignments for March 16th's course deadline! As co-director, I will still be responsible for keeping the team on-track with Metamorphosis's schedule through assigned responsibilities and frequent checkups. With the foundation of the project completed, I can focus more on my FX c

10/22/25 Due to our team's schedule, I had to model the wings for the fairy and butterfly this week to stay on track. I found a rigger and animator to help us finish our models before the start of Winter Quarter. I sent my model to Mia to retopologize before week 8. Dates to Follow: Week 8: Send off final model to our rigger Week 11 (unofficial SCAD week): Rigger sends final model to our animator January 5th: Completed animation Here is my model mock-up sheet and model for th

9/24/25 This is the end of week 5 (midterm check-in). I revised the animatic to include the comments from our group. We all agreed that the moon was struggling as a character and didn't feel involved in the story-line. From that, we wanted show that the moon wasn't just a stylized light source, but a guardian figure towards the fairy. The fairy and the moon have to work hand-in-hand. The moonlight at the beginning of the film encourages the fairy to emerge from her cocoon. Al

Posts arranged from newest to oldest Animatic A rough animatic was scheduled to be completed before our first day of our Senior...