Cry Laugh Animation

Year: 2022
Role: Lead Animator
Brief:

The brief for this piece was to create a title sequence for a comedy special titled “Cry Laugh”. I was tasked with making the design 4K and was given the color pallet below to base the design on. 

 



Storyboard


Below is my storyboard for this project. I knew I wanted to work with a 3D design so I could get both detailed close shots and detailed wide shots. The first design brought in elements from Savannah Georgia where the comedy special was taking place. Both storyboard options were presented to the client, and they eventually chose the second option.











3D Modeling


Here are the steps I took from vector drawings to lighting/rendering.

1.) Laying out text in Illustrator to bring into Cine 3D as Splines. 2.) I then turned the splines 3D by taking a sweep object and assigning it above a circle and the splines 3.) I then created a bracket to hold the 3D tubes 4.) Make sure to toggle the right side active view so the brackets are on the same y-plane! 5.) Added a outline tube through turning a square into a spline. 7.) Created wires and a cylinder to drape them on! 8.) Adding metal, glass, and a very bright luminance color as materials 9.) Background and light testing. 10.) These samples were sent to the client to choose the best look they were searching for. 11.) Lights on with a sky light! 12.) Eventually the client chose this look.



Final Results


Here are the final renders of the project. I used color correction through After Effects to guarantee I achieved the colors that were requested.