EXCISION NEXUS
UNREAL, 3D DESIGN, 3D ANIMATION, 3D LIGHTING
In Association With IMMANENT
001// THE PROJECT
IMMANENT brought me in to the team to assist with scene design, lighting, and animation for Excisions 2024 NEXUS tour. Scene assets were built in Cinema4D with the final scene design, animation, lighting, and rendering completed in Unreal Engine 5. I worked on a handful of scenes shown below in collaboration with other members of the Immanent team and utilizing character assets from the Aura team.
The overarching concept of the show explored Break-The-Border illusions that added extra 3D effect for the live audience. Most scenes were designed in looping sections that can be re-edited on the fly to multiple songs over the course of Excision’s tour and subsequent festival appearances.
002// THE PROCESS
For many of these scenes, my task was to build out an environment around a theme that supported a character designed and animated by the Aura team. This involved sourcing or creating assets that fit the theme, blocking out the scene and camera to fit with the characters animations and create border-breaking moments, and then building, texturing and animating the rest of the scene and effects to create each of the loops needed for a full set.
003// THE PEOPLE
MY ROLE
3D ARTIST / ANIMATOR
Sean Bowes
IMMANENT TEAM:
DIRECTOR: Drew Best
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Ben Leonard
PRODUCER: Tara LaPlante
3D ARTISTS + ANIMATORS: Colin Strang, Cameron Leahy, Ofer Zmora, Sean Bowes, Jeroen Snik, Jon Narmour, Maia McDonald, Angus Wakefield, Ricky Runfola, Ryan Talbot, Mohammed Baali, Lillian Raemsch
DEVELOPERS: Brandon Rosado, Jon Lippincott, Brenton March
AURA STUDIOS:
PRODUCER: Sean MacWilliams
ART DIRECTOR: Colin Ozawa
ANIMATION DIRECTOR: Kane Pickerill
PROJECT MANAGER: Apple Xu
ANIMATION: Calista Antonio, Tian Chen, Alberto Coronado, Al O’Sanlou, Kane Pickerill, Tom Pinon, Cory Rogers, Sam Surplice
MODELLING: Garpi Lo, Ariane Pelissoni
RIGGING: Alex Gaidachev, Rudolf Jansen van Vuuren
EXCISION TEAM:
PRODUCTION DESIGNER / LIGHTING DIRECTOR: Chris Pekar
VIDEO DIRECTOR: Matthew Medwid
LASER PROGRAMMER: Garrett Gosting
PRODUCTION MANAGER: Paul Brierly
MANAGEMENT: Brett Abel, Mary Mahan, Adam Mandell
AGENCY: UTA, Steve Gordon, Max Freeman