'Frog Soup' Short Film
Fall 2021 | Look Development/Surfacing Lead
Modeler | Set Dresser
This student film was created during a collaborative course known as 'vertical studio,' in which students work in each stage of the CG pipeline to create a short film. For this film, I worked as the lead surfacer, and I assisted with environment modeling and set dressing. A full list of my responsibilities can be viewed below.
Modeling: boat (main structure, rope, seats, scythe, vegetables, vegetable sack), and environment terrain
Surfacing: boat (main structure, rope, bucket, scythe, vegetables, and sack), landscape (water, mud terrain, rocks, grass, and tree trunks), dock (wood, ropes, and nails), water wheel (wood, metal brackets), house (all aspects), kitchen area (soup cauldron, kitchen shelves, ropes, ceramic pots, glass bottles, spices, and dishes).
Set Dressing: initial pass on shot 01 riverbank set dressing
Team Members: Luke Bailey (lighting lead), Isabella Bradberry (rigging lead and project manager), John Donaldson (layout and FX lead), Anna Keniston (character modeling & surfacing), Caleb Meine (modeling & set dressing lead), & Joshua Nuckolls (prop modeling & surfacing)
Software: Autodesk Maya, ZBrush, Substance Painter, Substance Designer, Photoshop, and Renderman