Sapphire Garden
Project Sapphire Garden, was a co-collaboration with McDermott & North bringing a child’s fantasy escape to life, as the child explores the world of their dreams. The Music was inspired by the Music Artists previous works as well as songs with similar genres.The goal of the project was to create visuals that help elevate the music experience. We wanted to showcase our talents and skills as well as have a chance to work with other industries. Importantly we wanted to create a visual piece that brought social awareness that is relevant to the public currently.
Meet the team!
Director, Producer, Character Artist, Lead Animator
Lead Compositor, Lighting Artist, Environment Artist
Lead Character Artist, Animator, Enironment Artist
Lead Concept Artist, Animator, Environment Artist, Social Media
Technical Director, VFX Artist, Environment Artist
Collaborators
Animator
Concept Artist
Development
Concept Art
Rocks
Giant glowing mushrooms
Shrubs
Plants
Flowers
Portal Tree
Forest Trees
Lamp Post
Ferris wheel & Pirate Ship
Bumper cars
Floating Swan
Bumper Car room
TeaCup Ride
Merry-go-round
Tent
Theme park entrance
Alex Concept
Puffin Concept
Pudgy Concept
Characters
Alex is our main character. We focus on their journey towards a wonderful place with the help of Pudgy and PuffinPudgy is our big goofy cuddly buddy. Believe it or not, he is designed after otters! One of the world's most cutest animals. Pudgy is seen carrying Alex most of the time and is a representation of Alex's strength.Puffin, though smaller than Alex, is a ball of energy. Puffin represents Alex's excitement and innocence.
Alex
Pudgy
Puffin
Environment
There are a total of 3 different environments. The first one is Alex's Bedroom, the second is the forest and then lastly, the Theme park.The bedroom colour theme was inspired by Disney's "Paperman". We depicted it in black and white to show how Alex sees their "real world". The forest was inspired by Disney's "Avatar" with some glow in the dark trees and plants. The forest is to show Alex's journey to a "better place".The Theme park is that better place, a place of joy and laughter. It is filled with vibrant colours, colours that a child would see and feel more attracted to.
Bedroom
Forest
Theme Park
Theme Park
