Homeward Bound

An individual animation project, showing a scene in which a woman is returning home after a long trip away, as the sun sets on her adventure. The project was required to be 10 seconds in duration, and feature an animated character travelling on a vehicle, with a large window into the background.

I chose to combine 2D and 3D work, with the interior of the carriage being 3D, and the exterior environment being 2D. I sculpted the character in Z-Brush, then took the model into Maya for retopology and rigging, where I also modelled the carriage and animated the scene. All 3D assets were textured using Substance Painter. I experimented with a hand-painted aesthetic, and painted brush strokes onto the normal maps to crated a faceted, brushstroke effect. I rendered the scene using Arnold Renderer.

After painting a concept using acrylics, I used Adobe Photoshop to paint layers of background, which I took into After Effects to set up a parallax motion. Finally, I brought in my 3D scene, and combined the two into a cohesive scene, adding the character's reflection in the window, and making some adjustments to colours and lighting.