The Goddess' Gift (Epic Bootcamp Animation 2023)

Final project

Adventure begins

Adventure begins

Dancing particles around pillars

Dancing particles around pillars

Shrine view

Shrine view

Sword

Sword

First week test of gates restoring

First week test of gates restoring

First week test of gates restoring

First week test of gates restoring

First week test of gates restoring

First week test of gates restoring

Second week working on the animation and composition

Second week working on the animation and composition

Gates in Houdini prepared for export to Unreal Engine

Gates in Houdini prepared for export to Unreal Engine

Houdini dancing particles

Houdini dancing particles

Mushroom magic emitter

Mushroom magic emitter

Mushroom magic

Mushroom magic

This month I was really happy to participate in Epic Bootcamp Animation 2023 run by Epic Games, UT-Hub, INCAS, Prometheus Lab, Game Ready, ObjectIF3D. It was a fascinating opportunity for me to learn many useful technics for rigging, animation, lighting and post-production in Unreal Engine. And certainly I had lots of fun creating my project.
For my story I imagined an explorer, who achieved a goddess’ secret shrine. An ancient magic restored ruins of the gates and one is welcomed to receive the goddess’ gift.
I used Unreal Engine for making all the composition, vfx and post processing, Mixamo animation and Houdini for the gates.
Here is a couple of videos I uploaded in the beginning, when I started creating a story, which conceptually changed in the end.
Many thanks to Epic Games, UT-Hub and INCAS for giving this unique opportunity!

Date
August 11, 2023