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SUB SURFACE

This thing came from Brighton tourist tat

We saw tourists buying personalised crystal engravings of their pets by Brighton Pier. And it got us thinking. This process, called Sub Surface engraving, shines two laser beams at a cube, disrupting the crystal and creating a 3D image built from thousands of dots. Then we started thinking about how we could animate the cubes. The astronaut’s run cycle was created in low poly 3D to react perfectly to the light hitting the interior surfaces. In total, 24 individual cubes were created, with each cube housing one frame of the cycle. We shot the cubes in the studio, using macro camera lenses and different lighting set-ups. We stitched the shots together into the final animation and turned to our friend Howard to create the otherworldly soundscape

Project

  • Animation
  • Design
  • Coding

Client

  • Studio Project

Date

2020-02-05

subsurface stop motion astronaut etched in glass set up
subsurface stop motion astronaut etched in glass cubes
subsurface stop motion close up of etched glass
subsurface stop motion close up of astronaut in etched glass
animator working on stop motion astronaut
lighting used to create stop motion astronaut in etched glass
subsurface stop motion astronaut movement

Credits

  • Alex RobinsonDirector
  • Norik ImamiAnimator
  • Chris Stevens Photographer
  • Ben SayerBTS Footage
  • Howard WhiddettSound Design & Music
  • Hakan Karlidag Head of Tech
  • Sam Hambridge Creative Developer

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