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Arti-fish-al 3D short film
The film follows Basil, a man who changes his fish persona daily to fit in.
He falls for a girl with a real fish. He then tries to win her
heart using his many fish personas.
Roles:
Discipline lead, Direction, Concept Art,
Character Sculpt, Asset Modelling,
3D scene lighting and setup, Texturing,
Cloth simulation, Post-production,
Animation, Motion capture.​
Softwares used:
Character Showreel
Main shots handled and Post breakdowns in the film
Other Post production shots handled
Workflow Breakdown
Rough animatic Block out (My shots)
Character texturing
Final Cameras, animation and cloth simulation
Character Sculpt and Retop
Assets modelling and texturing
Lighting, Rendering and compositing
Script Breakdown
Concept Art
The film takes place in the 30's in a world where everyone has fishbowl heads
and the fishes inside represent their personality.
Mechanical fishes are made and popularized by the society.
In this world, a man who always has a mechanical fish falls for a woman with a real fish. The film tells the story of how he wins her heart after many failed attempts.
The fishes designs have taken inspiration from Koi fishes. The mechanical fishes are meant to portray cliché personality traits that are deemed as popular or desirable. The main 3 fishes the character used were Macho fish, Nerd fish and Cool guy fish.
The designs for the real fishes are more organic and closely resemble real koi fishes. Keeping in mind soul mates and concept of Yin and yang their real fishes were designed to complement each other.
Research behind the Koi fishes
Environment Set up
Morning and night shot, Side building
and street lamp Modelled by me.
Scene set up, lighting and animation handled by me.
Other assets modelled by teammates and taken from online.
Building 3D model in 3Ds Max
Initial Iterations
Final Renders
Street scenes handled Cameras, Lighting,
Animation, Crowd and scene set up
Crowd animation taken from Mixamo, set up in 3Ds max and Imported into Unreal Engine