Mushroom family
The project is a short animated film about friendship and the search for one’s place in life.
Amanita mushroom is born among Champignons. He is kicked out due to being different, but he finds a new family and friends. Along the way, realizing that being different is not a bad thing, and also it is never too late to realize your mistakes and try to correct them.
In the course of work, the main emphasis was placed on visualizing the emotional state of the mushroom characters through animation and locations that are different in color and character. The final project was built in Unreal Engine, which allowed us to create stylized locations and fine-tune the camera settings.
In the course of the project all stages of the development of a 3D cartoon were passed: the creation of a concept and story, the search for a visual style, the development of characters from a sketch to a 3D model with a rig system, the creation and search of assets, the layout of locations, taking into account the necessary mood. The main task was to create character animation, in addition, cameras were installed, editing and color correction were done.
Mushrooms concept arts.
Development progress of character Amanita.
Development progress of character Oyster.
Development progress of character Champignon.
Technological pipeline of the character creation.
Location evolution.
Blocking and final render.
More detailed information about development of the project is collected in the breakdown. It contains a presentation of the created characters and locations with assets, as well as the primary animation — blocking some shots.
Rig
