Practicum:
Little Mountain Animation

In the spring of 2021, I did a seven week Practicum with Little Mountain Animation. Little Mountain Animation is an independent studio owned by Nathan Thomas, former VFX wizard now working for Unity Technologies. Our objective was to create a new episode of their YouTube Children’s series, Big Dinosaur. I was tasked with writing, storyboarding, concept illustrations and creating small 3D assets in Blender, while Nathan animated the episode using Maya and Unity. Because it’s a smaller studio, I was able to explore the animation pipeline and dabble in any area that interested me. I gained some experience using new software like Blender, Maya and Unity and gained valuable knowledge of the process of 3D animation.