Development of cardboard 3D sets

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Special thanks and hugs to my friend Stephanie Durán Castillo for taking the pictures and lighting the sets <3 p="">

Development for some sets I made for my grad film. I am very glad I decided to make them 3D and out of cardboard instead of flat on construction paper. I think it works very well and the sets were a lot of fun to work - being in contact with "real" materials proved to be very meditative and relaxing, since I spent most of my time staring at a computer monitor. I'll write another post on lighting, green screens, and compositing in After Effects. It's nothing complicated, really (if you know your way around AE) but it's incredibly fun to share.

Emerald City of Oz

This is part of a group assignment for a concept illustration class I took this semester. The class was pleasant and fun enough, but I wish I'd taken it before, and not during my last semester at school. I didn't dedicate enough time to it! The assignment was to redesign the story of the Wizard of Oz, and my team decided to go for a theme inspired in Islamic art.

We didn't get it right at all, but it was a fun project to work on.

So, these are roughs and a somewhat final rendering of the Emerald City of Oz, inspired by Abassid architecture and Moorish art (which I don't think I got well enough, but dang I tried).

Grad film trailer and poster

I'm back! After months of being trapped in my school's animation studio finishing my thesis film, I am almost done with school for good. It feels great, except for the part where I don't get to sleep very often because I'm still finishing this project.

I'll probably do a puppet/ environment post later, and I will also try to go over some things I learned in my last year of school.

I'm still not 100% sure about the poster (specially the handwriting), but I've been meeting my deadlines and getting work done, so that's a plus.

Wish me luck!
STEVE HOLT \o/!!!

Unfortunately - Trailer from Karla on Vimeo.

Character process - Ophelia

Part of a project for Concept Art Illustration class

Storyboards - Sidekick

This is a project I worked on as part of the Motivarti mentorship I did last fall. It was a great experience!

Resort people

Studies from "The Illusionist"

from Sylvain Chomet's "The Illusionist"