BREAKDOWN:

1. "Twin Sparks" Short Film

Twin Sparks is Heather Yun and I's SVA senior thesis film set to come out in Spring 2023! I've always been inspired by stylized 3D, and am super excited show off all I've learned about the medium in this film! I'm responsible for the shading, lighting, and FX in this shot, which was done in a combination of Houdini, Blender, and Nuke. Animation is done by my thesis partner Heather Yun.

2. "City Stomp" 3D Illustration:

Rendered in Maya/Arnold with a panoramic camera, then composited in After Effects to create the "tiny world" effect. 2D animation created in Blender Grease Pencil.

3. "Little Brother" 3D Illustration:

Experiment done in Blender and rendered with Eevee with the goal of recreating an illustration I made. Learned a lot about sculpting, 2D texturing, and smoke simulation!

4. "The Devil" 3D Illustration:

Rendered in Blender. Tarot card rendered with the Parallax Occlusion Mapping node plugin in Blender created by Anton Neveselov. Original illustration was created by me as a present for my Dungeons and Dragons group.

5. "The Broken Egg":

Modeled in Maya, textured in Substance Painter, rendered in Blender Cycles. A moody neon-bathed environment model of a sweet, janky little diner.

6. Stylized Fire:

Simulated in Houdini, composited in Nuke. Proof of concept test for my upcoming thesis film.

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