INSERT: The Configurations of a World Made By a Hefty Personality

May 2023

3D art + animation, AI stills + animation, video and sound

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1920 x 1080 px, 05:06

 

Semester + Senior Thesis Project for Experimental Cinema.

 

Delved into the format of Indian movies where there can be a dramatic plot line and it cuts to a song. This film cuts to an item song, which usually serves as fanservice to the Indian cinema moviegoer. I use that format by building a world that my 3D characters' reside in.

 

Modeled in Maya: Spider-Funko, DEEROID, BIRB, Maurice, Spider-Robot, and INSERT.

Sculpted in Mudbox: Hyde & Hyde, and Parrot. Textured in Maya: Spider-Funko, BIRB, INSERT, and Parrot.

Textured in Substance Painter: DEEROID, Maurice, and Spider-Robot

Textured in Mari: Hyde & Hyde

Lit + Rendered 3D frames with V-Ray via Maya.

AI frames and animations generated via Stable Diffusion.

Compositing completed via Nuke.

Sound compiled with composited footage via Premiere Pro.

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Exhibitions

World Builders Inc., Gary R. Libby Focus Gallery, Gainesville, FL, May 4–6, 2023