Clarice Guo

HOPE

Bachelor of Design 3D animation Animatic Anime Character Animation Compositing Environmental Storytelling Unreal Engine Video Visual Effects Post-Apocalyptic

https://www.claricevfx.com/

AD24 Award
Digital Design Award
For outstanding teamwork in Animation/Visual Effects

HOPE

Hope is a visually captivating animated short film by Clarice Guo and Qian Shen

The project explored storytelling through a 90-second animation short film set in a post-apocalyptic world.  We aimed to reach an audience interested in survival and human connection stories, capturing themes of resilience and hope.The main idea driving my design was the impact of isolation in a desolate world, embodied by a girl and her cat on a journey to find other survivors. My design relied on several key tools: Unreal Engine for building the 3D environment, Maya for character animation, and Houdini for broken simulations. These allowed me to create a visually immersive and believable world. The combination of these tools, along with VFX, enhanced the realism and storytelling.