Pride Month Animation
2025
Challenge
How do we celebrate Pride through a story through everyday moments and authenticity?
Values
Emphasize everyday and normalizing LGBTQ+ relationships as ordinary and authentic.
Creative Direction
Domestic Warmth
muted colors create a familiar home environment
Subtle Motion
Restrained animation emphasizes natural movement
Everyday Moments
cooking, cleaning become expressions of intimacy
Design Goals
Create a Character-driven animation that celebrates everyday intimacy through subtle performance, routine and storytelling
My Contributions
Storyboarding
2D Illustration
3D Modeling
Motion Graphics
Compositing
Process
Storyboard
Planned a quiet domestic scene that communicate affection without dialogue
Chose a medium shot to emphasize shared space over facial expressions
Asset Preparation
Separated each character into modular body parts for rigging and posing
Built Kitchen in 3D to main consistent perspective and lighting
Compositing
Rigged Layered character assets to create secondary motion
Combined 2D characters with the 3D environment using color grading and lighting to unify the scene
Challenge
How do we celebrate Pride through a story through everyday moments and authenticity?
Pride Month Animation
2025
Values
Emphasize everyday and normalizing LGBTQ+ relationships as ordinary and authentic.
Creative Direction
Domestic Warmth
muted colors create a familiar home environment
Subtle Motion
Restrained animation emphasizes natural movement
Everyday Moments
cooking, cleaning become expressions of intimacy
Design Goals
Create a Character-driven animation that celebrates everyday intimacy through subtle performance, routine and storytelling
My Contributions
Storyboarding
2D Illustration
3D Modeling
Motion Graphics
Compositing
Process
Storyboard
Planned a quiet domestic scene that communicate affection without dialogue
Chose a medium shot to emphasize shared space over facial expressions
Asset Preparation
Separated each character into modular body parts for rigging and posing
Built Kitchen in 3D to main consistent perspective and lighting
Compositing
Rigged Layered character assets to create secondary motion
Combined 2D characters with the 3D environment using color grading and lighting to unify the scene