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### Hows it going guys
*Welcome back*.  So I've had this small little project in the back burner for quite some time now.  Well, I was working on this towards the end of last year, and just stopped for some reason.  I don't know why I do that sometimes.  Maybe I was burnt out or just needed a little break.  Oooh, I just remembered, (as I'm typing this out) I was working on that 3D stick figure animation last year.  Man, that totally burnt me out.  (●´⌓`●). Yet, I still wanna make more.  Because that's who I am as an animator.  Just a vicious cycle (lol).  Well, on to thy post.



### Inspiration
Last year, I was playing this video game called control.  It was the second game I've played on the playstation 5 at the time.  The mystery atmosphere and the overall eeriness hooked me.  The story, the lore, and the gameplay, all melted together like a hot fudge sunday.   After I finished the game, I thought about it for a very, very long time.  You know a game is so good that you just can't think about anything else.  And that's what happened to me.  So I wanted to make something similar to my experience with the game.

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[Source](https://www.laiha.fi/case/remedy-entertainment)
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### Process
I actually didn't have any plan on how I would make the scene.  It just came to me as I created it.  I haven't done that in a very long time.  Usually I would draw a layout of the level and story board it as well, but not this (lol).  I pretty much made the scene in 3D space on the top of my head, and then added some texture after that.  I wanted it to look very dark and gritty.  


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The next step was the animation part.  So I animated a man going up the stairs, slowly walking up to the small pillar.  At the time I didn't know what was going to be on there. So I decided it should be my logo.  I thought that would be very fitting because my logo it has an unknown look to it. At least that's what I think.  By the way, I got the male model from sketchfab, incase you were wondering.  Anyway, I added some texture to the logo and animated the movement and the texture, so it would have this other worldly look to it.  

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I then added multiple light sources in the room to try and capture that mystery atmosphere, just like in the game.  A lot of 3D artists say that lighting is very important when it comes to a 3D scene.  So I tried my best on that part.  And then I pretty much finished up on the animation part and rendered it.  The total animation frames for the project was 3900 frames.  Apparently when I came back to this project on a later date, I had already rendered out some footage.  So the process of that didn't take too much time. 



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Lastly, I put all the footage together in Adobe After Effects as usual and rendered it out once more.  You know, I really like working on these types of videos because I am able to fully express myself through my art work.  Alrighty, here's the final results of the project.
  
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**_Ludvig Forssell - Spatial Awareness_**

Another small project done, but many more to come.  I wanted to ask a very important question, do you guys want to see more content like this or maybe something different?  I have many ideas just waiting to be created.  But I do want to create more mystery kind of art.  So please let me know.  

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**_And as always, have a good one guys,
until next time, peace and thank you._**
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Vibe
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Programs used:
Blender
Adobe Premiere Pro
After Effects
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