This kangaroo portrait aims to inspire empathy in a viewer by animating micromovements (including muscle and ear twitches, breathing etc). It was created for "Flashover", a monumental, immersive artwork about bushfire conceived and directed by Robert Walton, CJ Taylor, and Phil Wilkinson in 2025. In context of this exhibition, a viewer encounters this looping kangaroo animation in a dark space on a 2 metre-high screen.
Find out more about the "Flashover" project here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvsED4TFzOU and here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CVjukZ3mJY
Processes used to create the kangaroo include:
-modelling, rigging, and keyframe animation in Maya
-texturing in Substance Painter
-grooming, guide simulation, and rendering in Houdini
Find out more about the "Flashover" project here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvsED4TFzOU and here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CVjukZ3mJY
Processes used to create the kangaroo include:
-modelling, rigging, and keyframe animation in Maya
-texturing in Substance Painter
-grooming, guide simulation, and rendering in Houdini
- Category
- CG VFX & Misc