This Animation was created in collaboration with Siggraph's Virtual Reality Theater, as well as my coworkers. Each of us were given complete creative freedom to create an environment with depth for a Virtual Reality scene. This project was so fun, just letting our imaginations run wild (and allowed us to make something a little self-indulgent). I love to create nature scenes, so I decided that now would be a great time to do so.
THE STYLEFRAMES AND TESTS
THE RESEARCH
I wanted to base this animation on something that I was excited about. I love to read, so basing this animation off of a fantastical book series seemed right up my alley. I read The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater in high school, and it was one of my favorites. In the series, the characters visit a magical forest called Cabeswater. This was the forest I wanted to base my animation off of.
THE STORYBOARDS
The forest images in this storyboard were generated by MidJourney AI.
THE FINAL ANIMATION
