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Oh Crab! (2024)
Winner of Best Animated Film and Best Sound Design for BUTTE Film Festival (2024)
Nominated for Best Editing at BUTTE Film Festival (2024)
Official Selection of SHORT SHORT FEST (2024)
Official Selection for LIFT-OFF GLOBAL NETWORK FILM FESTIVAL (2024)
by Lewi Thute, William Zhou Larsen, Batu Alpas and Karina Zhou
'Oh Crab!' is the second 3D-animated short at the California College of the Arts by +1 Studios. This short is about a disgruntled old fisherman who's an amputee, then one day he comes across a little crab who is also missing an arm. Seeing himself in this cute crab, he decided to rehabilitate it.
3D Animation Development
Here is a breakdown of one of shots I had the pleasure of animating. I completed the animation, lighting, camera, FX and compositing for the shot. Also, special thanks to Patricia Kavanaugh, Ron Smith, and Jeff Croke for providing tips and critique!
Blocking Pass
Spline Pass
Spline Pass 2
Final Animation + FX, Render & Comp
3D Rigging Development
For our film, I was responsible for 3D creature rigging. Below is our Crab's 3D rig, incorporating details needed to animate an arthropod. Textures and model were by Karina Zhou.
3D Environment Look-Development
These are our current render tests, tuning in the style and atmosphere of the world. I rendered these in Arnold Maya and composited with Founder's Nuke. As well as simulation tests for ocean-boat physics.
3D Asset Look-Development
These are some of the props and the main boat 3D Set that I textured for the short in Substance Painter. Models shown were by William Zhou Larsen
animation - Lewi Thute, William Zhou Larsen, Batu Alpas and Karina Zhou
character design - Karina Zhou
technical directors - Lewi Thute, William Zhou Larsen
modelling - William Zhou Larsen, Karina Zhou
rigging - Batu Alpas, Lewi Thute
texturing - lewi thute, William Zhou Larsen, Karina Zhou
visual development - Lewi Thute, Karina Zhou, Batu Alpas
camera and lighting - Lewi Thute, Batu Alpas
compositing - Lewi Thute
Production Log
Here's a BTS look into our production - Sponsored by the CAPL program at CCA!
Mugshot (2023)
by Lewi Thute, William Zhou Larsen and Batu Alpas
'mugshot' is our Fall 2023 3D animated short completed at the California College of the Arts. This short follows Mug as he goes to get a haircut from a questionable barber...
3D Animation Process
Here is the progression of one of the shots I worked on in this short.
blocking pass 1
blocking pass 2
clean-up
final
3D Asset and Environment Look-Development
These are some of the props textured and environment development focusing on a stylized painterly aesthetic.
Props were given a hard brushstroke aesthetic by painting over brushstrokes to the mesh's normal map, creating rough edges that interact with lights.
These are early test renders I made exploring a 3D environment rendered in a painterly style. Hand-painted backgrounds are then projection mapped onto 3D geometry to get that unique brush stroke look.
3D Character Design
This is the character model sheet for Mug and the final textured turnarounds
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animation - lewi thute, william zhou larsen, batu alpas
character design - lewi thute, batu alpas
technical director - lewi thute
modelling - william zhou larsen
rigging - batu alpas, lewi thute
texturing - lewi thute, william zhou larsen
visual development - lewi thute, batu alpas
camera and lighting - lewi thute
Attack on Titan: Declaration of War (2023)
This animation was inspired by a segment in 'Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 1'. Completed lighting, camera, textures, animation, rigging, FX and environment models. All rights reserved to their respective owners, this was a personal student project.
Visual Development
A collection of WIP archives from throughout the project's timeline and a few model turnarounds
Essem 3 (2023)
This is an abstract stop-motion animated short film for CCA's Stop-Motion Class. Being inspired by silhouette art and replacement animation. Made with DragonFrame and After Effects.
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