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Film
Hyun-Ji Ra
Visual Developer
Storyboard Artist
Modeler
Animator
Synopsis:
When venturing into the Filipino Wet Market with his mother, Chris Aguilar gets himself lost and must find his way back to his mother while his imagination gets the best of him.
A COLLABORATIVE FILM
Animation: 2D
Length: 5:40
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Release Date: MAY 2021
Program
Visual Development
Visual Development
![j-Recovered copy.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/417fd5_7dfd2657ed184aa28f7c6b9e592925de~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_83,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/j-Recovered%20copy.jpg)
Adobe Photoshop
When first trying to understand the creativeness of the world of Wander, we had to bring out our imagination to bring this film to life. I was assigned to design items for the Wonder scene for the film when Chris's imagination starts to blossom.
![Fruit.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/417fd5_fa18889260a94ce6a376658d22b6af07~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_120,h_68,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Fruit.jpg)
![Bulbs.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/417fd5_e54f56b1b5814fbf9633deaef0788893~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_120,h_68,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Bulbs.jpg)
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Storyboard
Storyboard
Programs
Adobe Photoshop
ToonBoom Storyboard
While not being able to show the full Animatic, what is below is an old version of Chris becoming distracted by the ashes and the start of his imagination rising
Model
Model
Program
Maya
![10.13.2020_wander_ta_ube_color_v003_Ally.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/417fd5_5cdfe2b0b2184b6f940275b6d82ea1be~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_95,h_34,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/10_13_2020_wander_ta_ube_color_v003_Ally.jpg)
I had created the main character's toy to help with the turnaround, which was made by another artist, as well as scenes with any difficult angles with this toy.
Animation
Animation
Program
ToonBoom Harmony
Sc03Sh0040
When working on this ambitious film our team had to pass files and animations that were on different stages of progress towards each other. Due to the state of constant switching of Clean Up to Color to Clean Up again, we all took variety of shots.
Rough Animation
Sc01Sh0120
Sc02Sh0040
Clean Up
Sc04Sh0040
Color
Sc02Sh0020
Sc05Sh0020
Sc04Sh0020
Official Site
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