— PROJECT NAME
Ursa Major
— ILLUSTRATION
Ana Hoo
— MUSIC
Alexandru Suciu
— ROLE
2D Animator
Illustrator
— RELEASE DATE
20.12.2023
Ursa Major is a personal project inspired by the work of Portuguese Illustrator Ana Hoo and my love for polar bears. I saw this illustration a long time ago and wished I had time to animate it.
Using the course of Aaron Blaise and his incredible guidance I was able to learn how to animate a side view of a polar bear walking.
Although the original design of the illustration shows a closer look on this world I took the liberty of extending the perspective to add more magnitude to the bear’s walk and surroundings.
The gentle music and soundscape created by the composer Alexandru Suciu conveys exactly the feeling I had when looking at this illustration.
THE PROCESS
- learning how to draw a polar bear
- learning how to animate a walk
- paint the illustration in order to animate it
- animate the polar bear
- animate the secondary elements
- edit it all together with the music
- add sound effects to complete the atmosphere
