Tiny Planets, Big Dreams

By: Lynne Yang, Aden Trathen, Chris Moon, Christina Lee, Allison Lee
Course: IAT 343 Animation

Description: Our 3D animation project tells the story of a boy who falls asleep and is transported into a dream world where he ventures into space on an exciting adventure. During his journey, he meets a bunny, a bear, and a cat—his favorite dolls that he sleeps with every night. As he travels to different planets, he accomplishes tasks and does favours for each of the dolls, eventually returning to the bunny's planet. There, they all eat mochi together happily, but the boy becomes unsure of how to get back to his bed. Combining all their mochis into one, they create a bouncy platform. With the bunny's help, the boy jumps on the mochi, flies through the air, and lands safely back in his bed. He falls asleep again and wakes up the next morning in the real world.

Our inspirations and motivations for the project came from Pororo and Le Petit Prince. We aimed to create a heartwarming and fun experience for the audience. Our characters were inspired by Pororo, with its round and short designs, each featuring unique shapes and details. For the environments and planets, we drew inspiration from Le Petit Prince, striving to convey simple yet cute designs that captured the overall feeling of the project.

We began by sketching the characters, environments, and the overall direction of our art design. From there, we modeled the characters and environments, ensuring they stayed cohesive with our intended style. Then, we moved on to rigging and setting up the characters and environments together. As the project progressed, we animated and textured everything, bringing it all together to create our final product.