CGI Behind the Scenes : "Truffle Pig" - by GentlemanScholar.com

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Check out this revealing behind the scenes for the stylized animated short called “Truffle Pig”, the story of a man and his pig on their daily morning expedition into a dark forest in search of truffles. Their journey is interrupted when the two suddenly find something far more intriguing than a mushroom! For more information, please see the details and links below: http://gentlemanscholar.com/works/truffle-pig/ The experience becomes immersive upon their unexpected discovery, transporting the viewer into the body of our hero. It is now up to the player to find their way home through a series of visually striking – and sometimes perplexing – settings and milestones. “Truffle Pig” began as a small internal endeavor at Gentleman Scholar’s Los Angeles based studio, but turned into something much bigger when Creative Directors and Partners, William Campbell and Will Johnson, began playing with the idea of extending the animated experience into VR. “We always love the challenge of attempting something we’ve never done before. For us, creating an Oculus experience seemed like a perfect combination of animation and storytelling through new technologies,” says Campbell. “We just jumped in.” The project was a very collaborative experiment, with Associate Creative Director JP Rooney, CG Supervisor/Unreal Developer Tim Hayward, and Art Director Trevor Conrad leading the pack through the extensive undertaking. From conception through animation, to building multiple worlds in Unreal

Published 2015-08-31 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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