“Life is good for the pruned and pampered house-cactus Planty, but when her best friend Lavender’s attention is diverted to their neighbor Violet, Planty must overcome her jealousy and rediscover the blossoming nature of friendship, selflessness, and love.”
“Seeing Green” is my senior thesis project at Drexel University. I was the animation lead and worked alongside my classmates Mike Gaynor, Amani Barnett, Maggie Plum, and Alysa Braga to create this 3D animated short film. From February 2022, to our showcase in June of 2023, my team got to act as a small studio. We took our project from conception of our idea, to pre-production which involved story development, concept art, storyboards, and animatic. This led to the production process where we modeled our 3D environment, rigged our characters, textured, animated, and lit every shot. From there, we moved on to post-production which included rendering, color management, 2D FX, music & foley, compositing, and video editing. We had the pleasure of presenting “Seeing Green” at Drexel’s Digital Media Showcase. We also had the amazing opportunity to have our short film presented at Siggraph 2023 in Los Angeles.
Lighting
I had the wonderful opportunity to be part of the lighting team for this project. I was responsible for lighting the second scene of our animated short film: the movie scene where Planty finally has the realization that Lavender needs a human companion. “Seeing Green” was rendered using Arnold and color managed using ACES.
Poster Design
This is the poster I designed for my team’s 3D animated short film. It is hung up in Drexel’s Westphal College of Media Art and Design building and was displayed at our senior showcase.
