Animation Promo

Here is a little looping animation of the protagonist, Zannis.   Voice Actor: Evans Colin Animator: Jorge Mayo Environment Concept Artist: Sarah Von Rose Environment Modeler: Jonathan North & Kane Liu Environment Texture Artist: Kane Liu Environment Prop Modeler: Jonathan Gilboa Character Modeler: Kathryn Hicks Character Texture Artist: Sarah Lauinger Rendering: Kathryn Hicks & Omar…

Story Process in 360°

So I want to talk about my story process. Hopefully, this will be an educational or introspective process for people interested in developing 360° / VR films. Initially, this project featured two environments and three characters with several action sequences. The first environment would be held in a forest similar to the redwoods in California. This would…

First Environment Test

My team conducted it’s first environment test with participants to see how all the assets would look in the headset before finalizing everything. The test went better than anticipated; people enjoyed the environment. They felt it matched the 2D aesthetic we were going for, which is similar to Scott Wills Samurai Jack background paintings. The…

Welcome!

Hello everyone welcome to the launch of the Tall Tales of the Aerona Temple blog!