"Dweller" Animated Short (2015)

Animated short film I directed in late 2015. I came up with the idea, did some storyboarding, rigging, modelling and compositing, and my amazing team did the rest! I also developed the 2.5D background and lighting setup used in the movie, which saved a lot of work and helped us finish before the very tight deadline.

Full credits in the film.

DWELLER Animated short film

Concept sketch

Simplified version of the 2.5D setup

Video showing off the 2.5D setup

Beauty render of the bird character, which I modelled, textured, and rigged.

Clay render of the bird. The "brush-stroke" effect on the feathers was created with several textured planes. In this version you can see the wings slightly intersect with the body, in order to smooth the transition to textured planes.