The Goal:

Design and bring an original sea turtle character to life.

Reference Photos

Character Turnaround

Final Turnaround & Animation

Texture Development

Rig Test Cycle

Responsible for all aspects.

Skills: Maya, Substance Painter, Arnold, Photoshop, After Effects, hand-sketching

The Goal:

Help create a digital double of the film’s title character.

Legacy Effects created animatronics for use in the film “Earth to Echo” (above).

The story also called for moments that would be difficult, or impossible, to achieve by practical means.

This meant developing a 3d version of Echo whose animation would bring the character to life, and whose appearance would match any shots completed with animatronics.

Stills of the digital model © Relativity Media

Clips of the digital model in “Earth To Echo” © Relativity Media

•Responsible for 3d model cleanup & UV layout.

•Modeled new shell pieces for transitioning into shy/scared sequences.

•Modeled lens cracks, rotating LED layouts, and internal camera shutter pieces for the character’s eyes.

Location: Santa Monica, CA.

Work completed at Shade VFX.

Skills: Maya, Photoshop

The Goal:

Sculpt every expression needed to bring a huge personality to a tiny character.

Concept Art.

Sketches by Jenna Jaillet.

Finished Blendshape Heads (168 Total)

Rig Test Cycle

Final Stills from “The Mechanical Dancer.”

Character sculpt by Allen Zaborski.

Responsible for all 3d face sculpts.

All visuals & tests © ThunderCrab Studios

Skills: modeling & rigging in Maya.