Harold and the Purple Crayon
A short film made by myself and seven other people over the course of eight weeks based on storyboards by Kaila Sanfilippo.
Harold and the Purple Crayon - Full Short
Harold and the Purple Crayon - Scene I was Responsible For
My Job on this Project was 3D Animation Director
I was responsible for everything in Harold’s bedroom scene including modeling*, texturing, lighting, rendering, compositing, rigging, and xgen hair simulation.
I sculpted Harold in Zbrush and then retopologized and rigged him in Maya. I used the advanced skeleton auto rigging system to speed up the rigging process. I also learned how to use xgen interactive grooming to make Harold’s hair.
All other assets* were modeled in Maya and then textured using Substance Painter. The pillow and comforter models were modeled in Maya and then deformed using cloth dynamics. I also tweaked the models further in ZBrush to fix the shape.
Programs used: Autodesk Maya, Pixelogic ZBrush, Substance Painter
*The only object I did not model was the dresser; which was modeled by Matthew Cowley but textured by me.
Wireframes
Concept Art
Concept art was drawn by Kacie Cunningham, Michaela Shearin, Meriel Khristyuchenk, Eori Tokunaga, Matthew Cowley, and Eric Hanson
Harold Turnaround
Simplified Hair Sections
Credits
Kacie Cunningham - Director, Concept Artist, Animator
Michaela Shearin - Data Administrator, Concept Artist, Animator
Meriel Khristyuchenk - Story Reel Artist, Concept Artist, Animator
Mathew Cowley - Concept Artist, Animator
Liam Shallock - Sound Designer, Animator
Eori Tokunaga - Concept Artist, Animator
Eric Hanson - Concept Artist, Animator
Nicole Jackson - 3D Animation Director
Voice Actors: Katherine Cunningham as the narrator and Mark as Harold
Storyboards by Kaila Sanfilippo
Special Thanks to Professor Mathew Stoehr!