Surface Deep

Surface Deep tells the story of a young girl who lives in a siloed, underground city. The sheltered society, plagued by fear of the outside world, has grown blind and brainwashed. Manipulated by a fear-mongering elder, the girl is sent on a dangerous trip to the surface, her mind racing with nightmarish thoughts about what demons she may find waiting for her . . .

Created With

  • Autodesk Maya
  • RenderMan 24
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Substance Designer
  • Substance Painter
  • Pixologic ZBrush
  • Foundry Nuke

Credits

  • Technical Direction Lead
  • Vegetation instancing with XGen Archives
  • All aspects except modeling (by Julia Donaldson)
  • Surfacing in Substance Painter
  • Yarn character groom & CFX with XGen (model by Kamryn Massey)
  • Procedural fabric shader in RenderMan
  • Hair tube auto-rig script in Python
  • Lighting, Shading & Rendering in Maya with RenderMan
  • Compositing in Nuke