Reel of Fortune

DateMay 1, 2016
StudioArts University Bournemouth
RoleStudent

A short film about a fisherman who travels to space for the ultimate catch. Created during my third year of studies at Arts University Bournemouth alongside team members Jack Grace, Daniel Newstead and Joe Lack, and later nominated for a British Animation Award in 2017.

I was responsible for developing concepts, sculpting and modelling characters and environments, as well as lighting and compositing shots to completion.

Reel of Fortune
Reel of Fortune character concepts: a lanky bearded fisherman in overalls and beanie beside a burly, arms-crossed goat in an apron
Character concept art
Moody teal paintings of a beached shipwreck on a sandy island, with a broken jetty, picnic bench and graffiti-covered hull
Paintover of a towering wrecked hull upended in a sand dune, a warm glowing doorway at its base and a lone picnic bench below
Environment development.
3D fishing boat model with a weathered, warped wooden hull, small wheelhouse and strings of colourful bunting flags
Boat concept development.
Night-time painting of a rickety wooden jetty strung with rope, leading to a small shack with a warm lit doorway
Dark, loose perspective sketch of the dock from above, the shack's glowing orange doorway the only light in the scene
Manny's dock development.
Four painted frames of a blue ocean planet, from a distant sphere amid green and magenta nebulae to close views of its surface
Ocean planet (view from space) development.
Cluttered kitchen wrapped in tangled pipes, with a patterned rug, stairs up to a round hatch and a fridge marked Do Not Open
Interior kitchen paintover concept.
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