stardog

(comic and 3d looping animation)

☆ Stardog has entered 3D space! Things are out of this world, but at least the spaghetti looks tasty! ☆

cartoonist and 3d artist
2020-2021

Between October 2020 and May 2021 I participated in Creative Manitoba’s Individual Mentorship program with Jonathan Dyck as my mentor. I focused on comic creation, visual storytelling and illustration. My end of mentorship project was a short 32 page comic called “Stardog” that was completed and sold to readers all over the world!

I then adapted Stardog into a short 3D animation!
I created all aspects except for the music, which was composed by my brother.

I used Maya, Substance Painter, Blender and Clip Studio Pro (for the 2D elements) and it was all rendered with Arnold.

It was a fun challenge to translate my 2D ink style to 3D, especially with modelling and texturing the assets. I also had tons of fun creating another project through the whole pipeline, including rigging and compositing.

Photograph of three printed Stardog comic books
Photograph of Stardog comic book open to a page with panels depicting Stardog floating in space
Photograph of Stardog comic book open, to a full page spread of an alien worm
Scan of full page drawing of Stardog
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other projects

cosmic snacks
a series of snacks that exist in a fictional convenience store at the edge of the galaxy!
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cryptid obscura
a collaborative game jam submission to brackeys game jam 2022.1.
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sketches
small projects i've made for fun!
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wormdog
my first 3d animated short film! a story about making pals through a shared love of puddles.
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