Daphne Santamaria

Petrified's environment uses environmental storytelling to drive the narrative that is set in a fantasy world. The setting holds a mysterious atmosphere that takes place in an old ruined sanctum found in a desolate snowy landscape.

For this capstone project, I was a animator, storyboarder, and also took care of everything related to the Environment creation. Although this project is still in the works for the animation part, I'm really pleased with with the results I have currently for the environment especially since this is the first 3D one I've ever made.

This experience has encouraged to keep pushing these skills to create so much more ambitious projects. This project was developed around the research question “How can the arrangement of environmental elements in a 3D animated ruin setting communicate the believability of unseen past events?”.