Ethan Naicker

Out of the Blue

Bachelor of Design 3D animation Environmental Storytelling Visual Effects Abstract Narrative

To find yourself you must dive deep.​

A being from outer space comes crashing down into earth many years after humanity has died off, after it emerges from the asteroid and starts to explore the ocean that it landed in, The being finds an ocean filled with groups of sea life but finds itself drawn to a lone shark that it tries to befriend, while following the shark the being starts imitating different sea creatures to impress the shark. But when the time comes to save the shark will the skills he picked up along the way be enough?

My project explored creating a story that invokes the viewers' emotions using a low poly aesthetic. Some important tools that I used were deformers, motion paths, and the mash network. All of these allowed me to create more quantity while keeping the equality of the story.