Context
During a workshop at my school, I worked on a project to create a one-minute short film with a western theme. The only requirement was to incorporate the two keywords "cat" and "candle" at the heart of the story. I completed this project with two other students, one studying motion design and the other studying art direction.
Challenge
This project required good team management, particularly in task allocation. We only had two weeks to complete it. The biggest challenge for me was creating all the film's sets in 3D and finding a graphical style that aligned with the chosen art direction.
Solution
I eventually found cartoon textures that matched the characters' graphic style quite well after hours of testing. As for the modeling, I did everything in Blender, and it went faster than I expected.
![](https://clementbroussescalbert.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Western_2-1024x576.png)
Clay render
All the scenes were entirely created in 3D to facilitate obtaining cinematic angles more easily.
![](https://clementbroussescalbert.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Western_1-1024x576.png)
Eevee render
The renders were then done using the Eevee render engine, with the addition of Blender’s grease pencil tool to enhance the drawn effect in the final output.
![](https://clementbroussescalbert.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Western_3-1024x576.png)
![](https://clementbroussescalbert.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Western_4-1024x576.png)
![](https://clementbroussescalbert.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Western_6_1-1024x576.png)
3D render frame
![](https://clementbroussescalbert.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Western_7-1024x576.png)
Adding characters
![](https://clementbroussescalbert.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Western_8-1024x576.png)
Color editing
![](https://clementbroussescalbert.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Capture-decran-2024-06-23-a-15.46.22-1024x665.png)
![](https://clementbroussescalbert.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Capture-decran-2024-06-23-a-15.45.20-1024x666.png)