Obsidian is the first time I’ve decided to direct and design a CG short from start to finish. It was intended for my SideFX presentation in Barcelona - April 2020 which was unfortunately cancelled. There’s no real deep meaning or story, that’s up to interpretation... just an opportunity to create freely outside the scope of regular client work. All of the scenes were finished in around 2 and a half weeks. I built everything on the fly and didn’t want to make a concrete plan going in because I knew the design decisions had to be made quickly. If I tried to force things, I’d end up stuck on a particular look or shot and waste valuable time, so I just decided to let the ideas flow and created without constraints.
Everything was created in Houdini, rendered with Redshift and comped in AE.
A special thanks to Zelig Sound for the fantastic music and sound design.
And a big thanks to my friend Patton Tunstall for offering me the extra render power.
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