When given the chance to do work for Adult Swim… you just gotta go for it. This concept is the product of insane dreams of camping and charcuterie boards. S’moreo City is a land of marshmallo people, who find themselves under siege by an alien force of cheese aliens. Yep - it’s that crazy. But out of the crazy comes tons of goodness.

This project featured many challenges I was tasked to oversee. Starting with the development of what S’moreo City looked like, merging a comic book and cartoon type appearance, I set out to build the “city” to serve as our home base. My next challenge was to begin building our alien invaders across all scenes. This involved multiple procedures, each differing based on the demand of the shot. From fluid and particle sims, to cloth sims, to multiple character rigs; and from character sculpts through to face-melts… I build all of these systems to be dynamic, gloopy, and fun.

This project was a fun one, and truly turned out as close as could be to the initial storyboards. Take a look below for more insights into the process on the job.

Credits:

Produced at Spillt

Story and Creative Director: Ryan Summers

Producer: Katie Mariani

Art Direction: David Rickles/Adam Schmisek

Principal 3d/Simulations: David Rickles

Character Animation/Mocap: Ryan Summers

Edit and Composite: Adam Schmisek

PROCESS

Storyboards through Final Piece

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