ROLE: Motion Designer/ CG Generalist
BRIEF: SCAD partnered with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center to communicate their ICESat-2’s scientific mission.
GOAL: Our goal was to develop innovative and creative ways to engage the general public and raise awareness about the mission.
Learn more about the whole project on ICESat-2: Collaborative Student Project
TOURIST PHO & PLANET PAIGE
TOURIST PHO CONCEPT: Tourist Pho, an animated short, stars ICESat-2 mission mascots Paige the Penguin and Pho the Photon. It showcases how the ICESat-2 satellite measures Earth heights in various biomes, inspired by NASA's Photon Phriday. Published on NASA's social media, I created all 2D graphic elements.
APPLICATIONS USED: Houdini, Nuke, Maya, Illustrator and After Effects.
SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS: Earth Day Twitter Post: @NASA_ICE | Arbor Day Instagram Post: @nasaearth | Facebook Post: NASA ICE
PLANET PAIGE CONCEPT: Planet Paige is a short looped animation designed for social media, highlighting how ICESat-2 measures Earth heights across different biomes year-round, regardless of weather changes. My roles encompassed render optimization, 3D rendering, creating 2D rain and snow effects, designing cloud text bubbles, and compositing 3D and 2D elements. Additionally, I modeled the umbrella prop, imported animated characters into the 3D scene, and made adjustments to sync with the background animation.
APPLICATIONS USED: Cinema 4D, ProCreate, Photoshop and After Effects.
SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS: Instagram Post: @nasaearth | Twitter Post: @NASA_ICE | Facebook Post: NASA ICE and NASA Earth
PROCESS
TOURIST PHO TEAM:
Directors: Madison Snow, Amanda Skeith, Monica Chavez Trochez and Hannah Spillers
Concept and Storyboarding Artists: Madison Snow and Sara Blaske
Technical Directors: Madison Snow, Avery Chang, Amanda Skeith and Monica Chavez Trochez
Character Design: Adriana Manrique
Character Modelers: Faith Zeng and Rebecca Lau
Character Riggers: Rebecca Lau, Faith Zeng and Mason Smigel
Animators: Hannah Spillers and Joshua Bates
Look Development Artist: Monica Chavez Trochez
Lighter and Compositor: Amanda Skeith
Motion Designer and 2D Animator: Dee Divakaran
Illustrator: Daniela Shuping
Sound Design: Caleb Green
Directors: Madison Snow, Amanda Skeith, Monica Chavez Trochez and Hannah Spillers
Concept and Storyboarding Artists: Madison Snow and Sara Blaske
Technical Directors: Madison Snow, Avery Chang, Amanda Skeith and Monica Chavez Trochez
Character Design: Adriana Manrique
Character Modelers: Faith Zeng and Rebecca Lau
Character Riggers: Rebecca Lau, Faith Zeng and Mason Smigel
Animators: Hannah Spillers and Joshua Bates
Look Development Artist: Monica Chavez Trochez
Lighter and Compositor: Amanda Skeith
Motion Designer and 2D Animator: Dee Divakaran
Illustrator: Daniela Shuping
Sound Design: Caleb Green
PLANET PAIGE TEAM
Director: Qinye Xiang
Technical Directors: Madison Snow and Qinye Xiang
Character Design: Adriana Manrique
Character Modelers: Faith Zeng, Rebecca Lau
Character Riggers: Rebecca Lau, Faith Zeng, Mason Smigel
Character Animators: Kazue Tng and Joshua Bates
3D Environment Modelers: Madison Snow, Kazue Tng, & Qinye Xiang
2D Background Designer: Cai Burks
2D FX Artist & Compositor: Dee Divakaran
Sound Designer: Caleb Green
Director: Qinye Xiang
Technical Directors: Madison Snow and Qinye Xiang
Character Design: Adriana Manrique
Character Modelers: Faith Zeng, Rebecca Lau
Character Riggers: Rebecca Lau, Faith Zeng, Mason Smigel
Character Animators: Kazue Tng and Joshua Bates
3D Environment Modelers: Madison Snow, Kazue Tng, & Qinye Xiang
2D Background Designer: Cai Burks
2D FX Artist & Compositor: Dee Divakaran
Sound Designer: Caleb Green
NASA's ICESat-2 CHILL Lo-Fi BEATS
CONCEPT: This project is a 44-minute animation loop video featuring soothing music and vocal snippets from the ICESat-2 mission; the LoFi Girl trend on YouTube inspired it. I handled the animation for this project.
APPLICATIONS USED: Photoshop and After Effects.
LoFi TEAM:
Illustrator: Daniela Shuping
Sound Designer: Caleb Green
Animator: Dee Divakaran
Illustrator: Daniela Shuping
Sound Designer: Caleb Green
Animator: Dee Divakaran
SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS: YouTube: @NASAGoddard | Facebook Post: NASA ICE
NASA PARTNERS
Dr. Tom Neumann - Project Scientist
Valerie Casasanto - Education and Outreach Lead
Adriana Manrique - Multimedia Specialist, Animator at USRA / NASA
Dr. Nathan Kurtz - Deputy Project Scientist
Lori Perkins - Nasa Engineer
JP Swinski - SlideRule
Kate Ramsayer - Writer
Dr. Tom Neumann - Project Scientist
Valerie Casasanto - Education and Outreach Lead
Adriana Manrique - Multimedia Specialist, Animator at USRA / NASA
Dr. Nathan Kurtz - Deputy Project Scientist
Lori Perkins - Nasa Engineer
JP Swinski - SlideRule
Kate Ramsayer - Writer
SUPERVISING PROFESSOR
Dr. Deborah R. Fowler
Dr. Deborah R. Fowler
SPECIAL THANKS
SCADpro
Dean Dan Bartlett
Chair Gray Marshall
SCADpro
Dean Dan Bartlett
Chair Gray Marshall
