Reflection of Affection
an Animated Short Film by
Annie Filali & Taylor Gandy
Building a World
The Rainforest
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Here we have some initial lizard designs, with this process we wanted to explore the various body types, frills and spikes that lizards can be found with.
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Once we narrowed down the features of our protagonist, we went through one more iteration that explored broader body styles
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Once we were satisfied, we ended up picking parts and pieces from the various lizards and applying them to our final lizard design which ended up taking on spikes, and a more rounded snout.
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Next we took our love struck lizard through several color passes to find what felt right, and how would he appear against the forest background
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Reflection of Affection
THE ART OF
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I personally had a heavy part in the world building aspect of our film, each environment started off as a flat plane and was sculpted and loaded with various forest flora. To help guide the eye, I started with the largest element- the trees to block in the environment before laying out all sorts of grasses and flowers to compliment the scene.
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Taylor Gandy
3D Generalist | Virtual Production
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Taylor is an award winning artist and experienced 3D Generalist with a history of working in virtual production, and the entertainment industry. She is skilled in Zbrush, Photoshop, Substance Painter, and Maya. She is an incredibly strong and quick minded professional with a Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA focused in Animation, Interactive Technology, Modeling and Special Effects from Columbus College of Art & Design.