The volumetric clouds, animated, seaweed, and water were created using Unity's Shader Graph. Everything but the office chair (procedurally modeled in Houdini) was modeled in Blender.
The school of flying fish is animated through a boids and flocking simulation (C#) in Unity. As the fish pass through the water blocks in the air or ocean below, their wing fins transition from gliding wings to streamlined for the water fins.
From a digital workspace to a land of imagination, a digital artist creates a relaxing world to escape the lonely and stranded feelings of social isolation. Created in Unity 3D, the animation, Stranded: Above and Below, is a real-time exploration of shader art, simulation, and procedurally generative techniques. It takes inspiration from the relaxing and satisfying animations of lofi music compilations on YouTube. It is a tribute to my own digital workspace, lovingly modeled in Blender and Houdini, that made all my projects in the Digital Futures program at OCAD University possible. (Final Project for OCAD University's GradEX 2021). Houdini procedural office chair: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/OmvN8y
