Concept

Design

Animation

WHAT TO DO?

Concept

Design

Animation

This is an emergency!

It's time to work together and force a change.

GMO Research

Genetically Modified Organisms are common in all the industries that we know about that. Most common in our food, personal care products, and animal feed. Maybe you've heard of corn with bacterial genes that can produce insecticide on their own. Or maybe you have heard of fast growing Atlantic Salmon (which is a combination of Chinook Salmon + Ocean Pout). But why is this bad?

More Research!

But we researched deeper and honed in on the biodiversity loss that comes with producing GMOs. There's a process called monocultural farming where it is single crop dominant. This single crop taking the real estate of vast amounts of land lead to less genetic diversity because the less type of plants, the less insects/animals. This leaves a vulnerable ecosystem that is unable to fend for itself nor adapt to harsh weather conditions. The GMO herbicides specifically can damage beneficial insects/soil microorganisms which lead to less storing of C02 in the dirt, contributing to increased levels of C02 -> Global Warming -> and everything repeats until the end of the world.

So What?

I joined forces with the awesome Chaewon Kang to create a moving piece that will instigate change.

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CONCEPTS

Behind the Scenes

Know your food. The impact of GMOs goes beyond your plate—it's reshaping our environment. Choose wisely.

In a grocery store we pick the juiciest, brightest, and biggest apple—perfect on the outside. But beneath its flawless surface lies a different story. What you’re holding isn’t the product of nature but of genetic manipulation.

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Imperfection

Embrace imperfection.

Our world thrives on its imperfections, creating the delicate balance that sustains life. But as we alter nature through our innovations and modifications, the harmony unravels--cascading into stark desolation.

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Desolation

Learn the truth about the GMOs. They harm not only you but your future.

Perfection is the illusion we chase. Beneath it, our living world is strangled, crushed, and dissected—pushed toward a breaking point that threatens our very survival.

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selected direction!

DEVELOPMENT

Best of Both Worlds

Combining both Chaewon's strengths and mine, we brought together 2D painting and 3D into one. Coming up with the compositions was probably one of my favorite parts of this project. Repeating a lot of dutch angle shots and dimensions landscape shots, we aimed to show disturbing beauty.

Our colors progress from the vibrant green and blue to the sickly yellow, aggressive red, and the dull bleak grey at the end. From life to desolation and destruction.

Our design style reflects not just the Western 3D world but parts of the East Asian works. This hybrid design style would appeal to a wider audience, hence spreading out message even further.

Planes and Textures

Chaewon painted a majority of the backgrounds in this animation and they were placed on planes in the 3D space, creating a natural parallax.

In order for more complex animation,
I created 3D assets like the plants, the DNA, etc. and UV textured each one individually--mimicking Chaewon's painterly strokes in each texture.

I exported the 3D renders with cryptomattes so that chaewon can comp them in post with some more 2D assets and color grade/texture accordingly.

me and my bed head :')

chaewon!! <3

FINAL

more works

WHAT TO DO?

GMO Research

More Research!

More Research!

01

CONCEPTS

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03

DEVELOPMENT

Best of Both Worlds

Combining both Chaewon's strengths and mine, we brought together 2D painting and 3D into one. Coming up with the compositions was probably one of my favorite parts of this project. Repeating a lot of dutch angle shots and dimensions landscape shots, we aimed to show disturbing beauty.

Our colors progress from the vibrant green and blue to the sickly yellow, aggressive red, and the dull bleak grey at the end. From life to desolation and destruction.

Our design style reflects not just the Western 3D world but parts of the East Asian works. This hybrid design style would appeal to a wider audience, hence spreading out message even further.

Planes and Textures

Chaewon painted a majority of the backgrounds in this animation and they were placed on planes in the 3D space, creating a natural parallax.

In order for more complex animation,
I created 3D assets like the plants, the DNA, etc. and UV textured each one individually--mimicking Chaewon's painterly strokes in each texture.

I exported the 3D renders with cryptomattes so that chaewon can comp them in post with some more 2D assets and color grade/texture accordingly.

Mooootion

This was my biggest challenge because the sheer number of shots that we had for our short time period.

Animating something mutating was weird and new because they don't ease and flow as we would like but it's unpredictable, uneasy, and sporatic.

Beep Boop

Dramatic, stirring. Using Adobe Audition, I assembled SFX from SoundIdeas and Universal Music Production to create this dramatic sound :)

My favorite part is the beginning (the latter half is a mix of different songs)

FINAL