Corridor in 3D
Below are some work-in-progress-renderings of one of the sets for my animated science fiction short film Echoes. If you have not seen the concept design for this set you can […]
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Recycling Airlocks
As it became clear that I needed to use 3D animation techniques to create some of the background animations for Echoes, I had to design some 3D assets like corridors, […]
A Younger Brother´s Burden
Younger brothers don’t have an easy life. Especially when they have an older brother who always comes up with new crazy ideas like the following one. – “Hey, let’s do […]
Killing the Baby
Sometimes, you´ve got to kill your babies in order to keep them alive. With one of my babies, my animated science fiction short film, Echoes, I had to take a […]
Designing the Future II
Below are some detail drawings, mainly isometric views, for a supporting structure seen in Echoes, the animated science fiction short film. It was a lot of fun drawing these elements […]
Echoes´ first Background Animation Test
Below is a sample background animation clip for the sci-fi short film Echoes. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I will be doing several background paintings for every single […]
It´s in the mix – 2D with a little bit of 3D
Some time ago, I talked to Erwin, a friend of mine, who had offered helping me with my background plates for the animated science fiction short film Echoes. Because using […]
The Lock that leads into the Megastructure
This is a quick lineart rendering by Erwin, a friend who helped me with the 3D stuff at the very beginning of the preproduction. We needed to see, if the […]
Trying to create Steel out of Water and Colours
Below is a watercolour texture I did as a test for one of the 3D locks in Echoes. I thought, that it was a good idea painting the skin of […]
Changing the Gender
At a very early stage in the development of my animated science fiction short film Echoes, Susan was not a girl, but a young man. I imagined how it […]
First Look at the Megastructure
These are my initial sketches for the Echoes´ Megastructure. From the very beginning I envisioned the Megastructure as an own character in my short film. These sketches were mainly to […]
Back to the Scribble Board with the Backgrounds
As I was not pleased with the results of the second round of 3 D tests, I had to find another way of creating my backgrounds. Simply sticking some painted […]
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