A little girl dives into the sea and transforms into a mystical creature
About the Dive
The Dive is an on-going animation project.
-
Time: Feb 2024 - May 2024
-
Software: Maya, Zbrush, Unity, Houdini, Substance Painter, Photoshop
-
Team Project
-
3D Role: Environmental art, technical art, character animation, compositing and rendering
-
2D Role: Storyboard, environment concept art, color script
-
Preproduction
Storyboard and Initial Layout Animatics
Concept Art Design
Color Scripts
Environment Asset
Softwares used for the environment:
-
Model: Maya
-
Texture: Substance Painter
Modeling
Texturing
Technical Art
Tech Art - Wave
The wave is rendered in Unity for the opening shot for a more realistic and dynamic look. For the rest of the shots, the wave is rendered in Maya.
-
Maya: Uses Boss Ocean, with a custom Hypershader for sea surface material.
-
Unity: Uses HDRP Water System in Unity 2023.
Tech Art - Underwater Lighting
-
The underwater lighting uses Maya aiFog.
-
The caustic effect uses a spotlight with aiGobo filter.
-
The volumetric light uses Maya aiAtmosphereVolume, and is rendered separately and composited in post-processing.
Tech Art - Fish Flock Simulation
-
The fish is rigged and animated in Maya.
-
The flocking behavior is created with Maya MASH Flight Node.
Compositing
-
The scene is set-dressed and lit differently for each shot to design composition for specific camera angles.
-
The final rendering is done with Arnold in Maya.
Test Renders
Music
-
The music is made with Logic Pro.