About the Project:

 

This project has been in production since the Fall of 2019. Since then, 3D modelers, riggers, and texture artists created all of the characters and assets. They were able to hand it off to me to create a movie poster for this film. In collaboration with the film's graphic designer, Hannah Wells, we created a finished piece. I also worked alongside another artist on our team, Lauren Presetenbach, to create the second poster. You can see the concept art and the final renders of the posters to the right. 

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My Contributions:​​

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I was in charge for all the lighting, rendering, and compositing. I created a light rig for the project using an HDR that had a sunset similar to the lighting references I was given. This rig was used by the look development and texture artists as well. I utilized Z-depth in Nuke to make sure the focus was on Henry, the sock monkey, and not the rest of the environment. 

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Challenges:

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The biggest challenge I faced with this particular project was creating the desired mood that encapsulated the whole mood of the film and a sense of nostalgia but in only 300 frames. I used atmospheric volume to mimic the haziness of the afternoon and the dustiness of a school bus. I used spotlights and area lights to create depth in the scene, but not flatten it out.

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I composited the twinkling light rays and the dust particles that are floating around in the bus. This saved a lot of time particularly with FX.