MAZE RACER

A SENIOR COLLEGE SHORT FILM THAT TAUGHT ME THE FUNDAMENTALS OF WORKING WITH A TEAM.

My senior group film, Maze Racer, was one of the biggest projects I had worked on. For this CG animated short film, I was in charge of modeling and animating the titular prop, the fake arcade game Maze Racer, in addition to animating the main robot character in a few scenes. I had to design an arcade cabinet that really stuck out, that screamed “I am the main character!”

I made a pretty distinctive looking game, complete with a metal base that allowed the actual main character, a small robot, to come up and play the game. I also made the 8-bit style racing game that mimics the arcade the film takes place in. I faced a lot of unique challenges with this game, and I think it turned out to be such a cute little film.

CG arcade cabinet and ANIMATION

Maze Racer Cabinet

Illustrated in Photoshop, animated in After Effects

Animating Jan the Robot

Animated in Maya, rendered using Arnold, textured in Photoshop

2d and motion graphic elements

End Credit Sequence

Animated in After Effects

Fake 8-Bit Maze Racer Game

Animated in After Effects, assests made in Photoshop