PROJECT TYPE: Historical/Afro-Fantasy Animated Short
PROJECT DURATION: 1 Year
ROLE: Environment Artist
SOFTWARE/TOOLS: Maya, Zbrush
RELEASE DATE: 2017
DAWN OF THUNDER is an origin story which gives audiences a full spectrum of Sango, a popular Nigerian deity’s legacy from birth to his famous disappearance. This is a short film created as a proof of concept for a feature length movie,web series and video game.
As environment artist i helped the production conceptualize, model and sculpt the shrine featured in the opening of the short film using autodesk maya and zbrush.
The model was built using photographic reference of ancient yoruba shrines from west africa.