The Sun is Bad

Password: thesunisbad2023

The Sun is Bad is a hybrid film with 3D backgrounds and 2D animation. It is about a temperamental girl trying to destroy the sun and stop it from melting her city using toys and whatever she has. The film is driven by a crew of 10 and extra helps led by a faculty.

3D assets in store

I modeled these assets for the store as part of a stylized pipeline in Blender. We were aiming for an illustrative look inspired by children's books, combining clean modeling with dynamic Grease Pencil linework and hand-painted color passovers.

Buddha Asset | zBrush Render

This is one of the Buddha statues I sculpted in ZBrush. It was later optimized and baked to preserve high-detail features for use in the final asset.

Girl flying through Hong Kong

This was the scene I spent the most time on in the film. It was challenging to get the lighting on the girl's face just right while keeping it consistent during animation. Later, motion blur and speed lines were added to enhance the sense of movement.

Shot and Lighting Breakdown in Blender

This technique was used in most of our shots. It involved multiple lighting components that interacted with the textures to create a unique visual style, enhanced further using Blender’s built-in tools and compositing in After Effects.

Timeline

Sept 2022 — May 2023

Role

3D Modeler

Technical Artist

Video Compositor