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THALASSA
Group project creating an animation over the course of a semester.
Log Line: An underwater explorer stumbles upon an ancient artifact and soon meets its guardian.
Character Focus: Siren
Time Period & Setting: 1850's Greece, Underwater
Genre: Adventure/Thriller
Rendering: UE5, Stylized with semi-realistic textures.
I was project manager, storyboard artist, Look-Dev artist, assistant modeler, and assistant concept artist.
15 week project - Spring 2026
MEET THE TEAM
THE SIRENS
Emma Hajdik
Concept and Prop Artist
Environment Modeler
Surfacing Artist
Carmen M. Dollins
Lead Rigger
Lead Animator
Unreal Artist
Camera Artist
Editor
Gayatri Pemmaraju
Lead Lighting
Lead Concept Artist
Prop Surfacer
Prop Modeling
Grace Lee
Lead Surfacing Artist
Lead Sculpting
Environment Modeling & Surfacing
Post Production
Sarah Roberts
Concept Artist
Storyboarding
Animation
Modeling
Sidney Slater
(Me)
Project Manager
Storyboarding
Look-Dev
Modeling
Surfacing
MY WORK
DOCUMENTS
I made our production tracking document from scratch and built upon pre-made templates for all other documents and maintained them throughout the semester. I also created and organized our team google drive as well as crafted our weekly documents for submission purposes.
PRODUCTION TRACKING
TIME LOG
ASSET MANAGEMENT
SHOT LIST
FINAL 2D ANIMATIC
I created our final 2D animatic, and therefore constructed most of our camera angles and shots with research of the mood and story that we wanted to convey.
PROPS
Responsible for the shells and the ring (hero object).
PECTEN SHELL
ORIGINAL SCULPT
BEFORE & AFTER RETOP
SURFACE VERSION
1 & 2
TURRET SHELL
ORIGINAL SCULPT
BEFORE & AFTER RETOP
SURFACED VERSION
WHELK SHELL
ORIGINAL SCULPT
SURFACE VERSION
1 & 2
HERO PROP - SIREN RING
ORIGINAL CONCEPT ART
NOT MY WORK
ORIGINAL PROXY MODEL
ORIGINAL SCULPT WITH REFERENCE
BEFORE & AFTER RETOP
SURFACED VERSION
PROP IN SCENE EXAMPLES
CHARACTER PROP - DIVER CANISTERS
Responsible for full re-model from teammates design and complete unwrapping and surfacing. Also responsible for placement and animation of the canisters.
CHARACTER TURN-AROUNDS
Responsible for diver chest-plate, weight, and air canisters.
My team members work.
DUST SIMULATION
Responsible for the creation, placement, and timing of the dust simulation within Unreal Engine.
POSTER
Responsible for creation of our poster, started with a render from our scene and used photoshop to edit and illustrate our final poster.
ORIGINAL RENDER
ITERATIONS FOR TEAM CHOICE
FINAL ITERATIONS
OUR CHOICE
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