2019 Node Ident
In 2019 we decided to create a personal project, and what better excuse than to do an ident for Node in Melbourne. It's one of our favorite events of the year, and we haven't missed one yet.
Service
Ident, Character Design, Character Animation
Client
Node
Year
2019
Feeling 'Fruity'
The theme for this year was "fruity" and we ran with it. We interpreted this as a psychedelic acid trip and enlisted the help of our friends to make it happen. This project was a lot of fun and was our first foray into character animation. Like any project, it wasn't without its challenges, but we're please as punch with the end result.

"Why did you make this?"
-Nodefest
















Process
Initial character designs for "Norman" by the incredible Robin Davey.


Norman brought to life by the talented Akhil Mittal.
Our eight legged friend here was a late addition by Chris Angelius, as Norman needed more encouragement to vacate his acid trip.


Big booty banana lumber and fluids by Jamie Hoy.

Credits
Director
Producer
Storyboards
Character Design
Model/Surface
Rigging
Animation
Environment Modelling
Lighting
Houdini Artists
Compositing
Sound Design & Music
Chris Angelius
Diana Angelius
Gareth Chang
Robin Davey
Akhil Mittal
Tessa Eden
Michael Shiao Chen & Jamie Hoy
Gareth Chang
Chris Angelius, Gareth Chang & Jamie Hoy
Daniel Alvarez & Chris Angelius
Chris Angelius
Paul Rhodes