ABOUT
Lilli is a 3D animated short film created in 2022 with five other students as a part of Texas A&M University's 10-week long Summer Industry Course. My teammates and I were supported along the way by mentors from DreamWorks Animation as we worked to create a photo-realistic 3D animated short based on the prompt "a toy comes to life." Lilli tells the story of a little girl's doll who leaves her heart at a curbside shrine in New Orleans.
MY ROLE
Concept Lead – Responsible for all character and costume designs; contributed sketches and texture callouts for look development lead (Ryan Applebee)
Character Modeling Lead – Responsible for hero character model. Also modeled hair bows, curtain inside building, and character's dress
Sound Design Lead – Responsible for all sound design and mixing
Surfacing – Surfaced chrysanthemum vase, lily vase, and lunchbox
From concept to final rendered look (UV unwrapping and surfacing by Ryan Applebee)
TEAM MEMBERS
Ryan Applebee – character look development, rendering, surfacing, compositing
Sean Kerrigan – layout, rigging, animation
Hannah Martinez – project management, modeling, surfacing
Sarah Razook – environment look development, surfacing
Izzy Rollo – lighting, VFX, modeling, surfacing, layout, compositing
SOFTWARE
Autodesk Maya, Marvelous Designer, RenderMan, Substance Painter and Designer, ZBrush, Houdini, Nuke, Blender, Adobe Suite
Dress simulated in Marvelous Designer (surfacing by Ryan Applebee)
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Early character sketches (prepared by me)
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Final character design (prepared by me)
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Surfaced in Adobe Substance Painter (model by Izzy Rollo)
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Surfaced in Adobe Substance Painter (model by Hannah Martinez)
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Surfaced in Adobe Substance Painter (model by Hannah Martinez)
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Simulated in Marvelous Designer (surfacing by Izzy Rollo)