NASA X SCADpro: Tourist Pho
ROLE
Motion Designer/ CG Generalist
BRIEF & GOAL
SCAD partnered with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center to communicate their ICESat-2’s
scientific mission. Our goal was to come up with innovative and creative ways to engage the
general public and raise awareness about the mission.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Tourist Pho is an animated short featuring ICESat-2 mission's mascots Paige the Penguin and
Pho the Photon. Inspired by NASA's Photon Phriday, this short was created to bring awareness
to how the ICESat-2 satellite measures earth heights in different biomes. The short was
published on NASA's social media platforms.
SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS
Earth Day Twitter Post: @NASA_ICE | Arbor Day Instagram Post: @nasaearth
Learn more about the whole project on:
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
SPECIAL THANKS
SCADpro
Dean Dan Bartlett
Chair Gray Marshall
SUPERVISING PROFESSOR
Dr. Deborah R. Fowler
FALL 2022 TEAM: IDEATION
Technical Directors: Madison Snow, Dee Divakaran, Avery Chang,
Kazue Tng, Qinye Xiang
Animation/ rigging: Rebecca Lau, Skai Chow, Kazue Tng
Storyboards/ concept: Madison Snow, Sara Blaske
WINTER 2023 TEAM: PRODUCTION
Technical Directors: Amanda Skeith, Monica Chavez Trochez
Motion Designer: Dee Divakaran
Animation: Hannah Spillers, Joshua Bates
Illustrator: Daniela Shuping
Sound Design: Caleb Green
Special Thanks: Mason Smigel
PROCESS
