HEMLOCK
DESIGN / ANIMATION / ART DIRECTION
Brief
Hemlock is a personal project I undertook in the beginning of 2025 to push my abilities in storytelling, 3D animation and art direction. The brief is a classic - outbreak concept, where a virus escapes a secret lab.
GLOBE
I wanted to utilize symbolism and a more creative approach to hinting at a storyline. In this case I used the growing virus covering a globe to symbolize the virus spreading worldwide. I used the globe shape as a “surface” for the Cinema4D particle emitter to be attracted to.
Design and Animation: Andrij Dynko
Music: Artlist.io
PETRI
I was inspired by petri art and wanted to have a colorful collection of petri dishes in this project. I used cloners to create a variety of patterns based on real life images of Petri cultures.
Hand scan
I infused some FUI design into this animation, which can be seen in the hand scanner scene.
I created this in After Effects and tracked it onto the surface of the 3D model.
Storyboard
I planned out this project by storyboarding and creating thumbnail sketches. This allowed me to get my ideas out quickly, and plan out sequences before I started creating. I used Premiere and Photoshop to make animatics to set the pacing and flow. Some of these early concepts were cut for various reasons but most ended up in the final export.
