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Chasing Nutcracker
Stylized Animation, 2022
For my final-year student project in The One Academy, I took on multiple roles in this short film, including 3D Animator, Lead Lighter, Compositor, Layout Artist, and Environment Rigger.
I was responsible for the entire 3D animation in these shots, while the initial previz was handled by another artist, as I was in charge of other shots at the time. The animation itself was challenging, especially since I had limited experience with body mechanics, and the main character even had a defective arm. Some of the extreme actions made it difficult to find suitable reference material, so we had to be creative in how we utilized the available references.
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Work Breakdown
The most challenging part of animating this was the santa's tentacle arms animation. I had to be careful to achieve a good pose with strong line of action, while also maintaining the fluidity of the movement. However, thanks to the excellent rigger, I was able to take full control of the rig by utilizing both IK and FK simultaneously. This made tackling the tentacle-like animation much easier!
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