A woman with short hair and a necklace, with a man partially visible behind her. The scene is lit with red lighting, and the poster features award symbols and the title 'to the flame' at the bottom.

To The Flame

Director: Geri Ulrey
Studio: The Picture Shop
Role: Senior CG Generalist

As Senior CG Generalist, I was responsible for animation, rigging, look development, and compositing for the project. A major focus was developing the look and design of the creature wings, exploring a wide range of creative directions through rapid multi-material assignments and iterative brainstorming.

Each wing design was developed to convey a distinct mood and visual personality, with unique looks created to help guide the creative process. Using a fully node-based material pipeline, I was able to quickly generate variations, adjust material percentages, and respond efficiently to client feedback as the final look evolved.

3dsmax • V-Ray • Nuke • Animals

Animation, Look Dev, Rigging, and Compositing.

Using quick multi-materials assignments we went thru a brain storming phase. The focus was on the wings and then the wings underneath. To keep the creative juices flowing and express design I assigned unique names to each look.

Name likes: Bizarre, Dazed, Far Away, Glamor, Royal, and Wonder all expressed a mood to each design.

Its all about options

Once we got closer to the feeling I provided percentage base options. Keeping the whole material pipeline node based I was able to quickly turn around percentages of what the client wanted.