— PROJECT NAME
Nuclear Family
— ROLE
Art Direction/Concept Art/Animation/Music Production
— DATE
Jan. 2025 – April 2025
Nuclear Family is an original student short film I created and worked on with an amazing team of fellow students of The University of Alabama in Huntsville.
The goal with this project was to pitch an original story, gather a motivated team of students, and create a polished, finished product by the end of the semester.
Teammates (Links At End):
Coby Fuller
Dylan Rivers
Gabriel Schwepler
Fish/Sam Krueger
Noah Gregory
Short Film Plot
Joint this makeshift family as they explore an abandoned factory for supplies, only for Foggy, the youngest of the bunch, to find "Creechur," a mutated animal and now the new family pet.
Concept Art
Character Turnarounds
Below is the character height chart and the character turnarounds for all of the 2D characters in order: Frost, Suvi, Raine, Foggy, and then the character height chart
(Use arrow keys to swipe between height charts)
Family Van Thumbnails
Below are some van thumbnails I sketched out when we first started the project to help us figure out what design made more sense for the characters
Family Van Thumbnail #1
Family Van Thumbnail #3
Family Van Thumbnail #2
Family Van Thumbnail #4
Beatboard Thumbnails
Below are the rough beats I did for our first class pitch
(There’s was an inside joke of me spelling ‘Nuclear’ wrong on all my tests)
Rough beat boards I did for the first pitch
Additional Artwork
I have included some extra concepts/sketches below of the characters and a few ideas we had for opening shots
Frost Color Tests
Frost design/silhouette tests
Raine 3/4th
Foggy brainstorm sketches
Suvi brainstorm sketches
Creechur brainstorm sketches
Opening shot test #1
Title Card Illustration
Music Production
Songs I created for the short film
Main song, “A Boy and His Dog”
The End Credits Song “Foggy Tune”
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----------Establishing Shot Concept
Teammates
The amazing people I worked with
Coby Fuller: Instagram
Dylan Rivers: Artstation
Fish/Sam Krueger: Portfolio
Gabriel Schwepler: Portfolio
Noah Gregory: Artstation